DEDERICK L BROOKS IS THE OWNER AND FOUNDER OF SHENANDOAH SHORES MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC. SERVING 20 YEARS IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS AS AN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST, SUPPLY CHAIN/MATERIALS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST, AND RECRUITER. HE LEVERAGED HIS ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE FROM THE CORP TO EARN HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT WITH HONORS FROM AMERICAN MILITARY UNIVERSITY AND LATER A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HUMAN RESOURCES FROM TROY UNIVERSITY.

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DURING HIS TWO DECADES OF SERVICE TO THIS GREAT NATION, DEDERICK FISCALLY AND LOGISTICALLY SUPPORTED MISSIONS IN JAPAN, KUWAIT, IRAQ, AND AFGHANISTAN. WHILE SERVING AS THE RECRUITING STATION SPRINGFIELD SUPPLY AND LOGISTICS CHIEF,

HIS COMMITMENT TO GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND ALLOWED DEDERICK TO BE PROMOTED AHEAD OF HIS PEERS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, AND IN 2012, HE WAS NAMED THE RECRUITER OF THE YEAR FOR THE WESTERN RECRUITING REGION - AN AREA THAT COVERS EVERY STATE AND TERRITORY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

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HE WAS DIRECTLY IN CHARGE OF 70 GOVERNMENT FLEET VEHICLES AND 35 RECRUITING FACILITIES WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY MANAGING HIS FIRST AIRBNB PROPERTY. THIS HELPED TO FINE-TUNE HIS TRANSPORTATION AND HOSPITALITY ACUMEN.

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MOVING TO VIRGINIA IN THE FALL OF 2021, DEDERICK QUICKLY NOTICED A NEED FOR A TRANSPORTATION SERVICE IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY DUE TO THE SCARCITY OF UBER/LYFTS, RELIABLE CAB SERVICES, AND NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN SOME OF THE RURAL AREAS OF THE VALLEY. SO ON VALENTINE'S DAY 2022, SSMG WAS FORMED! 

 

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