ON THE


DOD HONORS CHEMICAL WEAPONS TEAM DOD leadership recognized 45 DA civilian employees who voluntarily deployed at sea to destroy Syrian chemical warfare materiel, during a ceremony Oct. 8, 2014, at the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) in Edgewood, MD. The award recipients are members of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO CBD), U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) and U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity. The honorees received 12 Meritorious Civilian Service Awards and 33 Superior Civilian Service Awards. Pictured with the award recipients are, from center front to right,


Rep. Charles A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger, D-MD; the Hon. Alan F. Estevez, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics; Rebecca K.C. Hersman, deputy assistant secretary of defense for countering weapons of mass destruction for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense; and MG John F. Wharton, commanding general, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engi- neering Command. Other dignitaries at the event included Carmen Spencer, JPEO for Chemical and Biological Defense, front row, far right; and Joseph Wienand, former ECBC director, front row, sixth from left. (Photo by Steve Lusher, JPEO CBD)


PYBUS RETIRES AFTER 22 YEARS


Wimpy D. Pybus retired in December 2014 from federal service, most recently as the deputy assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition policy and logistics in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology at the Pentagon. In that position, which he had held since 2003, he had leadership and policy responsibility for Army acquisition and industrial base policy; life-cycle logistics; and integrated logistics support planning and execution for Army weapon system development, production and fielding.


Pybus, who was selected to the Senior Executive Service in December 1995, is a retired Army colonel who began his military


career in 1958 as a private and served almost 34 years in uniform. In the course of his civilian career, which Pybus began in 1992 as deputy director for maintenance policy and resources in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, he also served as director for aviation, munitions and war reserves, and as deputy director for supply and maintenance and chief of the Aviation Logistics Office in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, G-4, HQDA. He is the recipient of the Presidential Rank Award – Meritorious Executive (twice), the Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Award and the Legion of Merit, in addition to numerous military honors, and is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps.


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