THE HONORABLE HEIDI SHYU Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT))/Army Acquisition Executive
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LTG JEFFREY W. TALLEY Chief, U.S. Army Reserve/Commanding General (CG), U.S. Army Reserve Command
LTG ROBERT S. FERRELL U.S. Army Chief Information Officer/G-6
LTG MICHAEL E. WILLIAMSON Principal Military Deputy to the ASA(ALT)/ Director, Acquisition Career Management
LTG LARRY D. WYCHE Deputy CG/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Materiel Command
LTG JOHN M. MURRAY Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), G-8
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MG PAUL A. OSTROWSKI Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management, Office of the ASA(ALT) (OASA(ALT))
SGM RORY MALLOY ASA(ALT) SGM to the Principal Military Deputy
DR. JEFFERY P. HOLLAND Director of Research and Development/ Chief Scientist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ROY A. WALLACE Assistant DCS, G-1
MARY MILLER Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (DASA) for Research and Technology, OASA(ALT)
THOMAS E. MULLINS DASA for Plans, Programs and Resources, OASA(ALT)
HARRY P. HALLOCK DASA for Procurement, OASA(ALT)
CHRISTOPHER J. LOWMAN DASA for Acquisition Policy and Logistics, OASA(ALT)
ANN CATALDO DASA for Defense Exports and Cooperation, OASA(ALT)
GABRIEL CAMARILLO Principal Deputy ASA(ALT)
CRAIG A. SPISAK Director, U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC)
NELSON MCCOUCH III Executive Secretary, Editorial Board, USAASC
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Secretary of the Army: MARK A. MILLEY
General, United States Army Chief of Staff
GERALD B. O’KEEFE
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January-March 2016
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