Poster series highlights heroic work - Desert Storm anniversary - poster series commissioned by Military Traffic Management Command - Brief Article

Translog: Journal of Military Transportation Management, May-June, 2001

The work of Oliver Gasaway is casting a bright spotlight on the Military Traffic Management Command.

Gasaway has just completed a poster series that highlights the water ports and headquarters of the Military Traffic Management Command.

In all, 19 posters have been developed that represent a blend of the MTMC ports and their geographically unique areas.

"I really played a small role in the effort," said Gasaway, 26, a computer graphics specialist.

"Most of the ports cooperated greatly and provided excellent photos and suggestions about the customs of the area."

The posters are now being printed.

When finished, complete poster sets will be sent to all MTMC's ports, headquarters and key supporters.

"This project has given me great understanding of our ports and how vast our mission is," said Gasaway, who has worked at MTMC Headquarters since 1998.

The project was suggested by Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky, Commander.

"This is a big, big deal," said Privratsky. "As I get around to the ports, I find enormous enthusiasm for the posters."

In all, Gasaway completed 14 of the posters in the series of 19.

Five initial posters were completed by graphics artist George Voryas; they include MTMC ports in Yokohama, Japan; Okinawa, Japan; Pusan, Korea; Bahrain, Southwest Asia; and Piraeus, Greece.

The first complete poster series will be put up in MTMC Headquarters. Other poster sets will be placed on each of the five floors in the Hoffman II Building, said Mary Townes, decoration coordinator.

The poster series is unique and almost unprecedented, said Mike Bellafaire, MTMC Command Historian.

"Life in the military is fast and there is typically no time for some artistic touches," said Bellafaire,

"Proud military formations have come and gone with almost no recognition, but these posters will be on display all over the world long after most of us are gone--proud banners for the next generation of MTMCers."