Transportation Corps Aviation Association (TCAA)

TCAA President Biography

Ted A. Cimral

Mr. Ted A. Cimral was elected by TCAA’s membership in June 2009.  Mr. Cimral is a retired Transportation Corps officer who served on active duty for 27 years. 

 

His assignments include:

  • Train Commander, US Army Berlin Brigade, West Berlin, Germany

  • Commander, HHC, US Army Berlin and Berlin Brigade

  • Commander, B Company (Motor Transport), 4th Supply & Transport Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Pleiku, RVN

  • Executive Officer, 3d Support Battalion, 3d Infantry Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, LZ English, RVN

  • Assistant S-4, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Dak To, RVN

  • Production Control Officer, 142d Transportation Company (Aircraft Maintenance & Supply), 58th Transportation Battalion, 34th General Support Group, Red Beach Danang, RVN

  • Commander, 142d Transportation Company, Red Beach Danang, RVN

  • Operations Research & Aviation Staff Officer, Office of the Deputy Commandant for Combat & Training Developments, US Army Transportation School, Fort Eustis, Virginia

  • Aide-de-Camp & Executive Officer to the Deputy Commander-in-Chief, US Army Europe and 7th Army, Heidelberg, Germany

  • Executive Officer, 4th Transportation Battalion (Motor Transport), 2d Support Command, VII Corps, Ludwigsburg, Germany

  • Logistics Staff Officer, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff Logistics, Pentagon

  • Commander, Military Traffic Management Command Battalion, Yokohama, Japan (including the Military Export Cargo Offering and Booking Office operations in Yokohama, Guam, and Subic Bay, Phillipines)

  • Strategist, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, Carlisle, PA. (also Faculty Instructor to US Army War College)

  • III Corps Transportation Officer, Fort Hood, Texas (during REFORGER 1986)

  • Assistant Chief of Staff, Materiel, 3d Support Command, III Corps (included Corps Materiel Management Center)

  • Commander, US European Command Support Activity, Stuttgart, Germany

  • Chief, Transportation, Energy, & Troop Support Directorate, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff Logistics, Headquarters, US Army Europe.

Mr. Cimral’s military education and training includes:

  • Transportation Officer Basic & Advanced Courses

  • Command & General Staff College

  • Armed Forces Staff College

  • Army War College

  • Fixed Wing Aviator Course

  • OV-1 Mohawk Transition Course

  • Aircraft Maintenance Officers Course

  • Maintenance Test Pilot Course (AMOC Phase IV), OV-1 Mohawk

  • Rotary Wing Qualification Course

Mr. Cimral is the former President of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA).  He was selected to become a Distinguished Member of the (Transportation Corps) Regiment (DMOR) in 2002.   

He and his wife Kathy live in Williamsburg, Virginia