AN AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY
After 10 years as an aviation officer, including nine deployments, Maj. Gregory Griffith made the switch to the acquisition functional area through the Army’s Voluntary Transfer Incentive Program. “My primary motivation was to be a part of solving the hard capabil- ity gap problems, leveraging my operational experience to help field new equipment and capabilities that Soldiers need to retain technological overmatch,” Griffith said. “It has been challenging to learn a new career field but has also been exceptionally interesting and rewarding to get to be a part of a new-start program that is developing a revolution- ary new capability that is critical to the Army’s transformation over the next few years. Tus far, I truly enjoy the intellectual stimulation of the work and getting to help solve the hard problem sets that will influence the future of warfare for generations to come.”
MAJ. GREGORY GRIFFITH
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Sys- tems, Project Lead for Future Battle Platforms, Product Manager for Robotic Combat Vehicle
TITLE: Assistant product manager YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 2 MILITARY OR CIVILIAN: Military YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE: 13
EDUCATION: M.S. in systems engineering management, Naval Postgraduate School; B.S. in mechanical engineering, United States Military Academy at West Point; Human-System Integration Certificate, Naval Postgraduate School
AWARDS: Bronze Star Medal; Meritorious Service Medal; Air Medal with Combat Device (Numeral 2); Army Commendation Medal (two oak leaf clusters); Joint Service Achievement Medal; Army Achievement Metal (two oak leaf clusters); Valorous Unit Award
Griffith’s current position, as an assistant product manager on the Robotic Combat Vehi- cle (RCV) program, is his first within the acquisition workforce, where he oversees the surrogate prototyping line of effort. “In practical terms, I manage RCV Soldier experi- mentation, technology maturation, developmental testing and program risk reduction,” he said. “Tese efforts provide the program early validation of integrated architectures, software capability releases and technology insertions … [and] are critical for both the success of the RCV program of record and for the Army’s larger human-machine inte- gration effort.”
“Other than supporting Soldiers, my greatest satisfaction being a part of the Army Acquisition Workforce is being a part of shaping the future of warfare,” Griffith said. “I wouldn’t have thought it possible for a select few people to have so much influence on how capabilities develop and impact the future of warfare. However, seeing it from the inside now has really opened my eyes to the fact that the products we give Soldiers are the direct result of the leadership, foresight and trade decisions made by key person- nel within the requirements and acquisition communities. Even more impressive is how acquisition leaders and technical subject matter experts at the lowest levels are the ones making many of the decisions or recommendations to senior leaders. It is truly impres- sive and provides me great satisfaction to be empowered, trusted and challenged to lead my line of effort and make decisions that will directly impact the final product we give Soldiers. Talk about an awesome responsibility.”
“People are always surprised by how much technology goes into enabling new warfighting capabilities,” Griffith said. He is proud to be a part of the RCV team provid- ing “revolutionary” new capabilities that will “change the battlefield geometry and improve the survivability and lethality of the Army’s ground maneuver formations.” He added that while it is a lot to try to manage immediate expectations, each piece of technology is important to the RCVs long-term viability and success.
But, he said, the RCV program office can’t do all of this by itself. Te team relies heavily on other programs of record and the science and technology community for integra- tion capabilities. “It is truly a team effort and no one organization can succeed in their mission without the support from everybody else,” he said.
112 Army AL&T Magazine Summer 2024
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