CONTRACTING SPOTLIGHT: MAJ ANTHONY ‘TONY’ ROGERS Satisfaction that doesn’t quit MAJ ANTHONY ‘TONY’ ROGERS


COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: 650th Contingency Contracting Team 413th Contracting Support Brigade


TITLE: Team leader


YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 6 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE: 15.5


EDUCATION: MBA, College of William and Mary; B.S., health care administration, Western Kentucky University


DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Level II in contracting; Level I in program management


AWARDS: Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meri- torious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commenda- tion Medal (5), Army Achievement Medal (3), Presidential Unit Citation, Joint Meritorious Unit Award (2), Meritorious Unit Commendation, Army Superior Unit Award


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AJ Tony Rogers is a busy man, and that’s OK with him. Nearly 16 years ago, he joined


the Army in search of a career that was interesting and exciting, after his first and only job in health care administra- tion didn’t pan out.


“In the summer before I graduated from college, I had an internship in the plan- ning department of a hospital. I quickly realized that I didn’t enjoy office work, at least not at that time in my life,” he said.


Rogers, who grew up in a military fam- ily, joined the Army through Officer Candidate School after finishing college. “I knew the Army could satisfy my crav- ing” for interesting work, he said. Initially part of the Signal Corps, he learned of the Acquisition Corps from a friend and joined acquisition through contracting job opportunities


created in response


to recommendations of the Gansler Commission.


He’s currently a contingency contracting officer (CCO) and team leader for the 650th Contingency Contracting Team (CCT), and played important roles in two large-scale training exercises held last year in Tailand and Indonesia. He served as senior CCO in support of Garuda Shield, the U.S. Army Pacific Command’s largest bilateral training exercise. Rogers’ three- man team executed more than 50 actions and critical requirements to facilitate the event, which involved approximately 1,200 U.S. and 700 Indonesian soldiers.


Rogers served as supporting contracting officer for Cobra Gold, U.S. Pacific Com- mand’s largest multinational exercise in the Pacific area of responsibility (AOR). He and his team supported 13,000-plus participants from eight countries, execut- ing more than 260 contract actions valued in excess of $2.7 million.


“It can be stressful when contracting is expected to have a magic wand to bridge the gap when operational or logistical plans fail,” Rogers said. “Te process can


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