to be positioned to recover without significant slippage at this writing.
PREPARED AND RESILIENT People often say that acquisition is a team sport, and I am reminded daily of the importance of teamwork. Te ASA(ALT) team is working seamlessly with our Army and DOD counter- parts to maintain readiness while combating COVID-19. We are working with our industry partners, not only to help maintain and ensure equipment readiness for the current force, but also in fielding for the future force.
I want to thank everyone in the Army’s acquisition enterprise for your hard work, your dedication to our mission and your teamwork.
Always, my top priority is the health and safety of the Army acquisition workforce—all 42,000 professionals—and their fami- lies. In March, I directed supervisors to maximize telework and alternate work schedules for all but those whose work absolutely required that they be present in person to meet essential oper- ational requirements. Tis ability for a large share of our team to work off-site was possible because we had the infrastructure
WELCOME BACK
Col. Robert F. Howe II, right, commander of the 1st Medical Brigade, elbow–bumps medics returning May 11 to Fort Hood, Texas, from deployment to New York. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kelvin Ringold, 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command)
established, the software and hardware, and the foundation upon which to build on the critical nature of our work.
While this pandemic was unforeseen, we already had plans and tools in place to quickly respond to it. As an organization, we were prepared. Tat, really, is what fielding the future is all about— creating the conditions and putting the tools in place so that our forces of the future will be able to respond to their own crises.
No one can say what “normal” will look like when we get back to it. Nor can anyone say how long that will take. Yet the way that we execute now will enable the creation of the future that we want, and that tells a great deal about the character and resil- ience of the men and women of the Army acquisition enterprise.
NO SUBSTITUTE
“You can’t assemble armored vehicles by telephone or computer,” said Jette. “You’ve got to have welders in the factory.” (Photo by Mark Cleghorn, Anniston Army Depot)
Fielding the future—modernizing the Army—proceeds today because of the resilience of the Army Acquisition Workforce, and the larger enterprise of which we are part. We are here to serve the Soldier.
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