COMMUNICATE, SERVE, GET INVOLVED
Steven David Gavin has served the U.S. Army in a number of capacities throughout his career, providing mission planning support, new system capabilities and interoperability worldwide. His experiences and lessons learned have paved the way for fellow Soldiers and Army acquisition professionals. “It is fulfilling to execute a whole-of-program effort to build and provide defense material to our allied partners that will achieve their national security goals and objectives,” he said. “By focusing on synchronization, customer expec- tations, effectiveness and efficiency, as well as inoperability of global capabilities … the U.S. warfighter and the allied partners can fight as one on the battlefield.”
STEVEN DAVID GAVIN
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support
TITLE: Executive officer YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 15 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE: 34
DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Practitioner in program management; Foundational in life cycle logistics
EDUCATION: Master of Strategic Studies, U.S. Army War College; Master of Public Administration, Georgia Southern University; Master of Public Affairs, Savannah State Uni- versity; B.A. in political and military science, Augusta University
AWARDS: Bronze Star (4); Army Commenda- tion Medal (2); Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (3); National Defense Medal (2); Armed Forces Reserve Medal; Meri- torious Service Medal (2); Defense Meritorious Service Medal; Certificate of Achievement by the Chief of the General Staff – Afghanistan (Joint Command)
Gavin retired after 34 years from the Army and Army Reserve as a colonel at the end of September 2022 and transitioned into government civilian service within Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) in Security Assistance (Foreign Military Sales) under the Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support (PEO CS&CSS).
On Feb. 1, 2024, Gavin transitioned to serve as the PEO CS&CSS executive officer as part of an ongoing leadership development process where he will also attend the Acqui- sition Leadership Challenge Program. For the next six months as executive officer, he is responsible for the management of day-to-day activities on behalf of the PEO and PEO staff, such as preparing briefings and reports and acting as the principal point of contact on issues as required.
Tis assignment differs from the position he was hired on, as assistant program manager under PEO CS&CSS, where he was responsible for the management of all security assis- tance programs for the JLTV program’s deliveries, retrofit efforts, contractual activities, logistical support and programmatic efforts. In this role, he is often required to inter- act with internal and external customers (other acquisition program offices and U.S. government agencies) and with industry to ensure our partner nations’ defense mate- rial requirements can be achieved through the proper processes, so necessary resources can be obtained and directed.
“Te one thing that others find interesting or surprising [about his role in acquisition] is the amount of time and effort spent interacting with all foreign defense establishments (DOD, Department of State and partner nations) to build defense relationships that promote specific U.S. security interests, develop allied and friendly military capabilities for self-defense and multinational operations, and provide U.S. forces with peacetime and contingency access to host nations,” he said. “Tis may require extensive travel to host nation countries for face-to-face meetings and countless hours on teleconferences.”
During his Army career, Gavin was the first African American officer to serve as the chief of staff for the 80th Training Command, which has oversight for all training under the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command. He was also the first African American commander of the U.S. Army Command General and Staff Officers College Brigade, responsible for providing the “next group
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Army AL&T Magazine
Summer 2024
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