(From left to right) Alan Estevez, assistant deputy undersecretary of defense for supply chain integration, Lt. Col. Joseph P. Granata, the officer in charge of the Supply Management Unit, Capt. Tarrell Giersch, the SMU's operation officer, and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Michael Naputi, the SMU's systems officer, accept the Supply-Chain Excellence in Supply-Chain Operations and Management award for the unit at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, Calif., April 5, 2005. The Supply-Chain Council, a civilian organization comprised of many of the leading industrial companies, logistics and distribution companies, and supply-chain application software companies, presents the award to the Department of Defense organization that operates significant components of a supply chain and has demonstrated excellence in design, operation or improvement. the SMU served as a supply center for the I Marine Expeditionary Force and its 30,000 Marines in Iraq.