Teague Ruffo

Experience

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  Joint Logistics Command, Combine Joint Task Force 76

  Jul 2004 - Jul 2005

  Chief, Distribution Management Center (Forward)

  Provided direct support for over 13,000 soldiers in Regional Command South consisting of two Infantry Battalions, a Field Artillery Battalion, the 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit, a Division Cavalry Squadron, an Aviation Battalion, an Engineer Battalion, four Provincial Reconstruction Teams, and multiple government and civilian agencies. Provided advice and assistance to Logistics Task Force 325 and the 3rd Brigade Combat Team with respect to maintenance, general supply, property book, Combat Service Support (CSS) Automation, and Forward Distribution Point (FDP) management during continuous combat operations.• Directly responsible for consolidating all monthly Armed Crossed Services Agreement (ACSA) information with respect to Class I and Class III, facilitating support for over $3 million dollars’ worth of food and $1.7 million dollars’ worth of fuel to the Coalition Forces of France, Romania, Jordan, New Zealand, and Great Britain.• Created multiple tracking, accountability, and data base systems enabling enhanced asset and supply visibility across the Regional Command South. Show less

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  Assistant Division Ammunition Officer

  Jul 2005 - Jul 2006

  25th Infantry Division Support Command

  Responsible for preparing, implementing, and reviewing all ammunition policies to enhance the division's world-wide deployment readiness capabilities. Responsible for the management of 122 training ammunition accounts valued at over $23.8 million and the division’s 84 Ammunition Basic Load accounts. Maintained the contingency ammunition package for deployment of the division's Ready Reaction Force. • Assisted in the seamless transformation of the 25th ID DISCOM Division Ammunition Office into the new 45th Sustainment Brigade's Class V section under the Army's modularity initiative.• Revised the current SOPs for garrison and deployment operations, incorporating personal experience as well as lessons learned from Center for Army Lessons Learned and CENTCOM. Show less

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  45th Sustainment Brigade

  Jul 2006 - Jul 2007

  Brigade Support Operations Contracting Officer

  Directly responsible for the execution, supervision and refinement of the Logistics Civilian Augmentation Personnel (LOGCAP III) for three FOBs for Combined Logistic Support Services (CLSS) consisting of CSS functional areas (Direct Support Maintenance, Joint Distribution Center, Class III Bulk, Class I, Multiclass Warehouses and Theater Transportation Mission (TTM) which consists of Transportation, Recovery, M H E, and MCT operations provided by Kellogg Brown Root (KBR) for MND-N. Primary liaison and advisor to the Support Operations Officer and the Command on all issues pertaining to the LOGCAP contract, Task Order (T.0.) 139.• As subject matter on T.O. ensured contractual obligations were met by all parties involved. Consolidated, thoroughly reviewed, and forwarded performance feedback from three subordinate units to higher on a monthly basis.• Was instrumental in the timely transfer of all the remaining direct support maintenance operations and the supply support activity operations at two forward operating bases. Show less

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  536 Maintenance Company

  Jul 2007 - Jul 2009

  Company Commander

  Responsible for the discipline training, morale, health, safety, and welfare of over 100 Soldiers. Responsible for coordinating redeployment support requirements in conjunction with Deployment Cycle Support processing. Responsible for the security and accountability of organizational and installation property, valued in excess of $17 million.• Planned and coordinated 25th Transportation Company's redeployment, re-integration and Left Behind Equipment draw of 100% of the company's equipment.• Trained and prepared, and deployed over 50 soldiers to OIF.• Maintained 100% property accountability of 2 companies’ worth or property and equipment. Show less

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  Defence Logistics Agency Pacific Korea (DLA-PK)

  Jul 2009 - Jul 2011

  Operations Officer

  Responsible for providing all strategic level exercise directives for DLA on the Korean Peninsula. Establish a support team to support operations, exercises and contingencies. Organized and led all actions involving Noncombatant Evacuation Operations for 200 DLA employees and families in Korea. • Developed a comprehensive training plan for two separate DLA Support Teams that deployed to Korea in support of USFK’s two major command post exercises.• As the units' security officer, ensured DLA met regulation requirements with zero defects, and managed all secure communications. • Managed, developed and executed all DLA Operation and Concept Plan requirements to include staff inputs.• Ensured all Operation and Concept Plans to include Annexes were updated and synchronized with all stakeholders. Show less

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  US Army, Army Forces Battalion(ARFOR) Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B)

  Jul 2011 - Jul 2012

  S3 Operations Officer

  Responsible for providing command and control (mission command), communications and synchronized training and mission planning for task organized force packages in support of JTF-Bravo and SOUTHCOM priorities in Central America (CENTAM), to include rapid response Foreign Humanitarian and Disaster Relief, Counter-Transnational Organized Crime and Theater Security Cooperation activities.• Developed, resourced, led, and executed the first ever CENTAM Survey assessment team for Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief, bridging the gap between host nations, NGO, other government organizations and the military, enabling the SOUTHCOM Commander to make precise decisions on military support.• Led mission planning and execution for 14 major battalion and Joint Task Force real-world operations and training exercises.• Led a joint staff to perform both Crisis Action Planning and MDMP resulting in highly effective mission plans, synchronized execution and rapid battalion response to real-world mission-sets. Show less

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  US Army

  Jul 2012 - May 2015

  BLST Chief Major O4

  Responsible for integrating and synchronizing Acquisition, Logistics and Technology support for technical reach-back capabilities from the strategic to the tactical level. Monitored and advised the brigade commander on reset preparations and operations for 33180 pieces of organizational equipment worth over $1.3 Billion. Ensured materiel readiness, sustainment and technical issues were identified and resolved before impacting task force combat effectiveness. • Expedited or found alternate sources of supply to rapidly bring the readiness rate of the brigade’s 3000 pieces of equipment up from 92% to 97%. • Provided critical equipment reset management, training, and oversight to the brigade, exceeding the Department of the Army Standard• Developed Theater Provided Equipment (TPE) processes which recovered $12M. Show less

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  FEMA

  Nov 2015 - Feb 2016

  Public Assitance Site Inspector

  Responsible for inspecting roads, bridges, buildings and various structures for several types of damage applicable to FEMA policy requirements. Collecting photographic evidence, writing up the damages and turning the information over the project writers. Working with state, tribe and local governments in order to gather data to assist in the timely processing of public assistance grants to repair damaged public areas within the declared disaster area.

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  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

  Feb 2016 - Sept 2017

  Contract Specialist

  Conduct daily task of procuring commodities to include commercial off-the-shelf pharmaceuticals and medical/surgical supplies that are above the micro-purchase threshold of $3,500, which have been requested by the Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP).Develop and prepare contract solicitations, modifications, terminations, and complete other required contracting documents per the FAR, VAAR, and the VHA Procurement Manual.

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  DLA Troop Support Pacific

  Sept 2017 - Aug 2019

  Forward Logistics Specialist

  Primary face to the field for all of Troop Support's five supply chains of Subsistence, Clothing and Textiles, Construction and Equipment, Medical, and Industrial Hardware. Supporting all of the US Warfighters and Federal Customers in Logistics during Wartime, Contingency and Humanitarian Operations.

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  Defense Logistics Agency

  Aug 2019 - now

  Represent Headquarters DLA, Commander DLA-Pacific, Defense Distribution Centers, Defense Disposition Services, and other DLA Major Subordinate Commands (MSCs), by providing logistical assistance to U.S. Military service components and other US Federal activities within the Korean Theater of Operation (KTO). Fulfills duties, functions and responsibilities of a Liaison Officer (LNO), Customer Support Representative (CSR), Customer Relationship Specialist (CRS), Customer Account Specialist, Demand Planner, Forward Logistics Specialist (FLS) and Customer Logistics Site Specialist (CLSS). Develops, refines, analyzes and modifies logistical and supply program policies having an impact to all Military Service Components. Performs end to end logistical/materiel management by integrating the full range of life cycle integrated logistics support. Incorporates extensive knowledge of DLA/DoD supply chains to analyze Warfighter logistical, policies, problems and recommend solutions. Represents DLA MSCs concerning their commodity and function to the customer and advise DLA MSCs of critical areas requiring improvement based on customer feedback and analysis of trends. Briefs top level senior managers and Headquarters staff concerning issues, problems, and propose solutions to problems and program accomplishments. Show less

  • DLA Indo-Pacific Oceania Chief

    Oct 2021 - now

  • Warfighter Support Representative (WSR) 8th Army LNO at Defense Logistics Agency

    Aug 2019 - Oct 2021