WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Capt. Cletus Schafrath, 87th Aerial Port Squadron readiness flight commander, won the 2018 Air Force Reserve Command Logistics Readiness Individual Award, Outstanding Logistics Readiness Traditional Reservist Company Grade Officer of the Year category, for excelling in performance and making contributions to the Air Force or Department of Defense Logistics Readiness mission. The announcement was made February 15, 2019.
Schafrath lead a joint planning team with 20 DoD agencies. Together, the team aligned a multi-modal movement for $516 million in combat requirements from 19 countries. He organized 84 intra-theater missions involving the movement of 29.2 million critical items needed by the special operations joint task force supporting Operation Inherent Resolve.
The captain directed 41 airlift missions that included 6,400 tons of munitions, weapons and equipment. He staffed $2.3 million in Outside the Continental United States standard munitions storage package, eliminating 1.6 million new shortfalls and enabling a long-term global supply point. Schafrath analyzed the $1.6 billion in fiscal year 18 combined joint task force Operation Inherent Resolve weapon and ammunition request, identifying 22 items with overstocked need. The result was a $130 million cost avoidance.