Successful execution of the mission to design, develop, deliver and sustain products and services that enable Soldiers such as this one to dominate the battlefield requires that acquisition professionals maintain relevant skills and expertise, seek diverse career positions, and remain agile and adaptive to the changing acquisition “battlefield,” emerging technologies and fiscal constraints. Here, PFC Chadallen J. Romero of 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment conducts a base defense patrol with his unit around Forward Operating Base Zangabad in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 23. (U.S. Army photo by SSG Shane Hamann, 102nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
