GREENVILLE, S.C.–(Business Wire)–
Ranger International Services Group, a private equity consolidator specializing
in government services, announces the appointment of Major General (US Army,
retired) Chuck Swannack as the Chief Operating Officer of its wholly owned
subsidiary US Logistics. US Logistics is a government outsourcing contractor
specialized in tactical vehicle overhauls and repairs, technical staffing, base
logistics, and aircraft technical services. General Swannack retired from the US
Army in 2005 after 33 years of service, culminating as the Commander of the
fabled 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. As the new Chief
Operating Officer of US Logistics, Swannack will help guide the continuing
aggressive growth of that award winning company, with constant vigilance on
quality, safety, and F.A.R. compliance. US Logistics has strong backing from
large institutional shareholders, and a deeply experienced management team at
multiple levels which Swannack now joins in the COO role.
MG Swannack served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and led elements of the division
in the advance to Baghdad and in the succeeding year in western Iraq. MG
Swannack is a 1971 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point
and served in progressive leadership and staff positions throughout his
distinguished career. Since leaving active duty, MG Swannack has mentored US
Army Reserve and Army National Guard senior military leaders in soon to be
deployed units to help prepare them for the rigors of combat in both Iraq and
Afghanistan.
Chuck Swannack said: “I am proud and enthused to join this fine organization.
Our commitment to our customers and to our own people is simple, to be the best
we can be every day. We`re on the move, we`re growing steadily, and US Logistics
is very good at its job. I met most of our major customers just last week at an
AUSA gathering, and they all know how committed we are to serving their
technical services needs with high quality and cost-effective pricing.”
Steve Townes, CEO of Ranger International Services Group and founder of Ranger
Aerospace LLC said: “Chuck Swannack brings an extraordinary level of leadership
power to our management group. Our employees and customers can depend on Chuck
to help grow our technical capabilities and manage the reliable delivery of our
services.”
US Logisticsprovides technical and labor services in support of US Department of
Defense contracts worldwide, with hundreds of its personnel deployed overseas.
In addition to tactical wheeled and tracked vehicle MRO services, US Logistics
also services aircraft programs. USL’s aircraft programs include corrosion
control, wash services, transient alert, maintenance and operations support,
technical labor services, and contract field teams. In an array of challenging
contracts over its history, US Logistics has completed projects in eight
countries and 38 states. The company maintains a lean cost model, and is able to
offer its Government or Prime Contractor customers an absolute cost advantage
combined with measurably superior quality metrics on a consistent and reliable
basis.
The founder and CEO of US Logistics, Mike Boyce, said to all of his employees:
“We are fortunate to have a leader of Chuck`s caliber and experience come aboard
with us. Our customers know him and respect him. He knows every aspect of the
heavy equipment on which we perform technical services, and every nuance of
serving the warfighter.”
Chuck Swannack can be reached directly at: Office 910-223-1208, Cellular
910-322-4498, Email chuckswannack@us-L.com.
Ranger added to its government services portfolio with the August 2009
acquisition of US Logistics Inc. Ranger International earlier in 2009 also
acquired CAV International, another government technical services company
specializing in airfield operations, aircraft ground handling, air cargo, and
base logistics support. US Logistics and CAV together employ approximately 1,000
people, and a third business unit, Ranger TechWorks, was recently added as an
Engineering Services subsidiary. The companies are growing steadily, and Ranger
International is seeking related growth ventures, new market channels, and
possibly additional acquisitions in the government technical services sector.
Ranger, the parent company, is a privately held investment and management
holding company that partners with larger private equity institutions to acquire
and grow companies in aviation services and aerospace/defense support
operations. Ranger and its co-investors add value to acquired companies via
seasoned veterans experienced in an array of aerospace/defense operations,
engineering, business services, TQM, marketing, and private equity. The Ranger
headquarters office is in Greenville S.C. For more information on US Logistics,
please visit www.us-L.com. For information about Ranger and other USL
affiliates, visit: www.rangerinternational.com, www.cavint.com,
www.rangertechworks.com, or www.rangeraerospace.com.
Forward Looking Statements: The Company from time to time may discuss
forward-looking information. Except for factual historical information, all
forward looking statements are estimates by the Company`s management and are
subject to various risks and uncertainties that are beyond the Company`s control
and may cause actual results to differ materially from management`s
expectations.
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Steve Townes, CEO of Ranger, 864-329-9000, ext. 1002
stownes@rangerinternational.com
Copyright Business Wire 2010
British conductor leads Independence Day concert
(Reuters) – Bramwell Tovey, the conductor leading the popular Summertime Classics series at the New York Philharmonic this month, finds it amusing that a British musician is heading a concert to celebrate U.S. Independence Day.
“I feel as if I should apologize,” joked the Grammy Award-winning conductor and composer.
In a concert that Tovey will conduct to mark Independence Day on July 4, the New York Philharmonic will join forces with United States Military Academy Band.
When the West Point band performs the Armed Forces Service Medley, Philharmonic players who have served in the military will stand as the music representing the branch of the military where they served is played.
Tovey has no military background but he is descended from an army of another sort — The Salvation Army. His grandfather was a Salvation Army preacher and secretarial assistant to Bramwell Booth, the son of the Salvation Army’s founder William Booth.
It was in the Salvation Army that Tovey learned to play all the brass instruments.
Tovery, a pianist and a composer who studied at London University and the Royal Academy of Music, said he had wanted to learn as many instruments as possible because he realized early on that he wanted to become a conductor.
Since then Tovey, 56, has compiled an enviable collection of conducting posts.
Music director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra since September 2000, he is also principal guest conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl and host and conductor of the New York Philharmonic’s Summertime Classics series since it was founded in 2004.
Unlike the Boston Symphony Orchestra and other ensembles, the New York Philharmonic does not program “Pops” concerts but the Summertime Classics series was designed to showcase programs of favorites drawn from the mainstream classical repertory.
Tovey’s engaging, humorous commentary on the music about to be performed helps to create a more relaxed atmosphere.
After concluding its subscription season this June with a performance of Beethoven’s monumental Missa Solemnis, the Summertime Classics series began with a program of works by Russian composers, including Tchaikovsky’s “Marche Slave,” which the Philharmonic hadn’t played for 25 years.
“We decided to program popular classical works that the orchestra had never played, or hadn’t played in years,” Tovey told Reuters. “That idea formed the backbone of Summertime Classics.”
(Writing by Ellen Freilich, Editing by Belinda Goldsmith)