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ARMY AL&T July–September 2010 Features EDITORIAL STAFF


ROBERT E. COULTAS Departments Editor


KELLYN D. RITTER Editor


JACLYN PITTS Editor


CHRISTINA SNEED Layout and Graphic Design


Force Provider Expeditionary Base Camps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 LTC Daryl “Rick” Harger


From the Source to Consumption—Operation H2O is Moving Full Steam Ahead . . . . . 50 Ashley John and Kris Osborn


Low-Cost Aerial Delivery Systems Provide Soldiers With Critical Supplies . . . . . . . . . . 53 Scott Martin


Full Spectrum Effects Package—Integrating the Latest Technologies for Total Operational Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Brett Grosshans and Jim Reinhold


The Capabilities of the Army Field Support Brigade’s Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology-Directorate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 LTC Steven Van Riper


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Army Field Support Brigades and the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command—Strengthening the Materiel Enterprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 MAJ O’Neal A. Williams


New Equipment Fielding—What the Army Field Support Brigade Can Do for You . . . . 67 MAJ Camilla A. Wood


Tactical Basics for Assistant Program Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 LTC Steven Van Riper


Acquisition as a Polarity—The Case for Both Rapid and Deliberate Acquisition . . . . . . 74 COL Jeffrey J. Mockensturm


Operation Bold Impact Prepares Contingency Contracting Officers for Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 MAJ John W. Pratt


U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Recovery Project Presented at International Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 James D. Bartha and Keith F. Snider


Lean Six Sigma—Intern Training Standardization Throughout Program Executive Office Missiles and Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Misty Glover


Departments


Career Development Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Contracting Community Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90


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This medium is approved for official dissemination of material designed to keep individuals within the Army knowledgeable of current and emerging developments within their areas of expertise for the purpose of enhancing their professional development.


2 JULY –SEPTEMBER 2010


By order of the Secretary of the Army


GEORGE W. CASEY JR. General


United States Army Chief of Staff


Official: JOYCE E. MORROW


Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army 1016801


ACQUISITION, LOGISTICS & TECHNOLOGY


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