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Lieutenant General Gary H. Hughey, USMC Deputy Commander United States Transportation Command (September 2072 19 November 2004) AN ORAL HISTORY Condueted By: Dr. Jay H. Smith Director, Research Center ied States ‘Transportation Command Féited Ry: De. Jay H. Smith Margaret J. Nigra Historian, Research Center United States Transportation Command ‘November 2006 Scott Air Force Base, Ilinais Preface sncral off she USTRANSCOM Deputy Corman: General Hughey served at a momentous time. During his tenure, the command not only placed anc execatec the deployment and susie ment 0? forces for che war with Irsq and Follow on opezations (Operation Irsgi Hreedom); it ofso receiver! a new misc as deploymen: process ownes, which waasformed the command from being just the single mneayer Tor deferse Ganspertacion te the single enily charged wit directing te execution of surctegie distributan for the Department of Defense. General Hughey discusses these and ether copice from his perspective as a key member of the USIRANSCOM lesdetstup, Psior to General Ivghey's retirement in January 2005, I conducted thee hour-long, inser views with bi on 26 Ocioher, 2 Naveenher, anal 9 Noveteler 2004. Thy anal history hes been ersfted Stam the wssscrigs of those intervigws. The original recondings an verbatn: transcripts are available 12 the USLRANSCUM Reseaich Center Margart J. Nigt, sarah at USTRANSCOM cansrbed ie tapes, sis the manuscrip:, created and arcanged Une Fontan uch malls, generate the inn, shee onl gpa te fea mr lorabicoion IGE pmctily rtnceledng her invaluable and incispersaste contoutions I vetsin sole seepansibility for any ertois tr shlong JAY IL SMITIL PhD. Duector, Research Center United States Transportation Command Scott Aic Forse Base, Minis ia Table of Contents Tile Page i Preface sion patios ai Phetwgsapd essen ne ¥ Table ef Contents Mii Narrative Increduetio. L Fist Mati.e Cops Ocueral al USTRANSOOM : wo Role of Dep.ity Cormander 7 Rolatonship with the Transporation Comzoner= Commands 10 Vales of the Chief of Stat E Operation iraqi Freedem. ” leaning for the Deploymert. sun smnennnonnnonnnesnninin 2 Firsthand Observations ofthe Deployinent % Overearniny, Deployment Chullesges 2 Comparing Operations Desert Shiele‘Desert Storm: with Operation Iragi Freee 26 Lessons Learned, . 27 Logisties Transfo-mation seu 4 Distribution Pracess Owner 20 United States Centra! Command Deplovinent Distiibution Operations Center 2 Logisties Transte-mation Struct svnisnnsnansin 33 Relatonship Bevween Unites States Trersportation Command snd dhe Defe: ‘Taeater Logistics Issues ir. United Ststas Peeifis Command, Joint Theater Logistics Corsmander Initistive. USTRANSCUM Reciganiaon Seavift and Acrl:f Issues, Strategie Planning, ‘Conclusion Challenges Accomplish:nents..... Convers fem the Fines Memorable Peep Furuse Plans Importeace of Famslies Bivgraphy 6 ui Ds Srith Geen Hughey: Introduction First Marine Corps General ut USTRANSCOM ist Marine Corps flag cificer and first Mesine Comps deputy ander at USTRANSCOM ‘United States Transportation Command] Tow dic thet come about? That was interes ing. I wes in Korea minding my own business on an fevencise in 2001, Twas talking with Jerry Hamble [Marine Corps Major joneral Jer-y D., Commands, US Marine Corps Forces Korea and assisam Cai of Steif der Plans, Policy, and Strategy, Unite Nations Command and ublic cf KoreaiU'S Combined Forces Command, and Unised Stucs orca, 1996 to 2001], and he indicated te me shat 1 was being neminaied for a deputy CINC fecmmancer in ohief] job. Thad ard nothing bout it, so when T got back to Jape where 1 as the sy Commander, US Forces Japan, [called Heudsuiers Marie Corps ard asked "What's going on?” ‘And they said,“ Musing Come s going te nominate ¢ fag vlliver 1 verve tke deputy eombarant commander at USIRANSCOM, and it's a Io istics assignment Lieutenant Genel [Gary $.J MeKiwors, who wes our deputy 5 (USL), Sestember 1998 te |. a nelicutes’ ha he wanted! me nominated for chat comasandant for snstaltabns ane log! Sepiemer 200 Jonitian ‘Thal vans a gnod thing for me, ead Think u go0é chaice on the past of Genial McK sa Thete were two of us who were logerciams at chet time, and both of us were probably vying fir the deswty commandant for IAL post: dds om favorie wes Rick Kelly [Marine Comps Major ral Richard Ll was rightfelly Masine Corps, ‘new what they were doing, and new where che Marine eplernber 2077 16 Seprember 2005], and that because he bad spent ul of tis at feadquarters Dr. Smith Gen Hughey: Corps was going in logistics. On the osher hend, [ kad been in jeint assignments or in Okinawa, out there ox the edge of the empire, aad had sot keen involved in she efforts within the Marine Corps to improve our logistics srocestes, Rick Kelly was more informed 0: Chal, und he relly was the right ch (Quite frankly, shey were leok.g fora ob for me, ‘The TRANSCOM job didn’t pan out beczuss General Brown [Army Lisutensnt Geners! Daniel C., Deputy Commander, USTRANSCOM, Oete2er 1999 10 Sepiember 2002) another year, So I remained at US Forces, did not retire that yea, He stayed wn for my second year, whiea T should have sdoing, It was also a very guod decision secause of what we were Sorking on at the tine, and wil we cnamaged «9 get snecomalished in the second year I was cut there ur Commardant, Gereval Jones [Masine Corps Genotal James L., 2003], hed a ns sk Commandant of the Mscine Corps, July 1999 te Janary rather novel idea in the assignmmers cf general ofieers, ancl us what would like 29 do, [Laughter] We conesponed with him Tinea nat since the intent individually at the begianing of 2a hed deen to norsinate mie the yea: be‘owe ler the TRANSCOM position, they do the sare ia 2002, see th that. In Tebruary of 2002 I came ca TR ANSCOM to inter and the rest i hist ‘yeur ik would he vaccred. And he 6id » fos the jab, Tr what cays do you think your caer prepared yen. fie his? The Murine Comps dacsn’t have a componest in TRANSOM, Ou oansportation jnhin the Maire Cozps is ll atthe tactical level. We uo ‘les, ame thes about it, But we're a big customer cf IRANSUOM's. | iin thsi, ore thar anpthirg else, arepated me for the TRANSCOM, fdeoaty job, because [was looking at everything fiom a custcner's pespective, [now what it's ke so stan eul there om the tirme jn the room waiting fer a C-SA that deesn't show up. 1 know whut i's ke tn