WHERE OUR RUBBER MEETS THEIR ROAD
The vision of an excellent leadership team, and the advice and influence of the world’s finest NCO Corps, will define how, in this position, I can best serve our acquisition team and Soldiers.
Another fruitful benefit of our exchange was informing LTC Purdy about the progress we have made in specific areas of concern to him. He was pleased to hear about our efforts to lighten his Sol- diers’ load with improved rucksacks and longer-range radios. He also expressed how valuable a recent visit from a pro- gram manager (PM) was for him and his Soldiers. Te visit allowed them the opportunity to provide valuable feed- back on where our rubber meets their road. I was most pleased that he felt that what his people said was taken seriously by our PM. Tis tells me that we know how to communicate—we just need to do more of it.
CONCLUSION I will continue to seek out and use such conversations and this magazine to dis- cuss with the force how we can better serve and inform the Soldier. I will also reach within, to members of our own acquisition team, to do the same. My email address is
rory.l.malloy.mil@
mail.mil, if anyone has a concern that he or she wants to raise with me.
I live by the adage that “good enough” is the archenemy of excellence. We can always do better. By leveraging input from the force and our own internal tal- ents, I am sure we can effectively revamp acquisition processes to serve those who deserve the best even better. Change is never easy, but if it were easy, it wouldn’t be called work.
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Tank you all for what you do on a daily basis. We have the best Army in the world because of the efforts of this great team. As a lifelong infantryman, I am sincerely honored and proud to now serve along- side the Soldiers, NCOs, officers and civilians of the Army Acquisition Work- force. My promise to each of you is that I will work tirelessly with you and our stakeholders to meet the highest goals and standards that have been laid out for us. Army Strong!
SGM RORY L. MALLOY assumed duties as the sergeant major to the principal military deputy, ASA(ALT) on Nov. 5, 2014. He holds an MBA in human resource management,
summa cum laude, from
Trident University International and a B.S., cum laude, in business management from Excelsior University. He has served in every infantryman leadership position from team leader to sergeant major, including 12 years as a command sergeant major, drill sergeant, Drill Sergeant of the Year, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) senior instructor, operations
sergeant, battalion
command sergeant major (Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) 1, 2003-04), brigade combat team command sergeant major (OIF 4, 06-07), Junior ROTC and Fort Polk, LA, post command sergeant major, division command sergeant major (OIF 09-10) and the 20th commandant (second enlisted commandant), U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy.
LIGHTENING THE LOAD
SGT Craig Dockery, left, and SSG Jeremy Knight, mortarmen from the 1/19 Infantry Battalion at Fort Benning, GA, assemble the lightweight M252A1 81 mm mortar system developed by the Program Executive Office for Ammunition, during the 81 mm Technical Manual Validation and Verification March 20, 2014, at Picatinny Arsenal. The system is 12 pounds lighter than its predecessor, responding to Soldiers’ and Marines’ need for a lighter load, a theme that is all too familiar to Malloy, who urges the acquisition workforce: “When in doubt about priorities or on what direction to take, ask yourself, ‘How does this help the Soldier?’ ” (U.S. Army photo)
Army AL&T Magazine April–June 2015
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