ARMY ACQUISITION HALL OF FAME INAUGURAL CLASS
Te current Army Acquisition Workforce comprises approxi- mately 32,000 Army acquisition professionals—military and civilian—from scientists and engineers to accountants and program managers who turn Army requirements into products and services, managing everything from cradle to grave. Tey are charged with a critical mission to cultivate innovation, design the impossible and provide Soldiers with what they need to be successful.
HALL OF FAME HONOREES
The first four honorees were inducted into the Army Acquisition Hall of Fame on Oct. 12 during a ceremony at the 2022 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington. Kevin Fahey, center, along with the family members of John Shipley, Claude M. Bolton Jr. and Maj. Gen. Harold J. “Harry” Greene were in attendance to accept the awards. From left, Gabe Camarillo, Lt. Gen. Robert L. Marion, Linda Bolton, Kevin Fahey, Sue Myers, Ph.D., Dr. Dan Shipley and Douglas R. Bush. (Photo by the Office of the Undersecretary of the Army)
Sue Myers, Ph.D., (Col., USA Ret.) accepted the award on behalf of her late husband, Maj. Gen. Harold J. “Harry” Greene. Greene was responsible for intelligence, electronic warfare and sensors solutions during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Free- dom. She said that Greene would’ve agreed that the Army Acquisition Workforce deserved this recognition. “It was his great pleasure to serve with you and learn with you and try to help carry the Army forward.”
John L. Shipley, who died last year, was represented by his son, Dr. Dan Shipley. He said his father was a quiet man but knew that his work was all about the mission. “He always said it didn’t matter if people were in harm’s way or the hallway. He tried to treat them the same way because it was about the mission, the warfighter,” he said. John Shipley pioneered the concept of align- ing requirements, resourcing and acquisition with direct user feedback to deliver the safest and most lethal special operations aviation force in the world.
Bush and Camarillo presented the Army Acquisition Hall of Fame award to the recipients.
Linda Bolton accepted the award on behalf of her late husband Claude M. Bolton Jr., whose leadership was pivotal in provid- ing quality warfighting capabilities at the height of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. “His point was always to make sure that the people at the pointy end of the sword, military and civilian, were given the best chance to make things happen safely and bring things home as they should’ve been,” she told the audience. “As he would’ve said, he was only doing his job.”
Fahey was recognized for being instrumental in the development and delivery of lifesaving mine- and improvised explosive device- resistant vehicles, contributing significantly to saving lives. “It was an unbelievable career,” he said. “I worked on some extraor- dinary programs—Stryker, MRAP [Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected], bombs, you name it. … But it’s really about the people that you get to work with.”
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At the conclusion of the ceremony, plaques were unveiled that will be hung in an Army Acquisition Hall of Fame display in the hallway of the Office of the ASA(ALT) in the Pentagon, sched- uled in 2023.
For more information, view a recording of the Army Acquisition Hall of Fame ceremony at:
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/861140/ ausa-2022-army-acquisition-hall-fame-asa-alt-induction- ceremony. For information about the Army Acquisition Hall of Fame, along with biographies of the recipients, go to: https://
asc.army.mil/web/hall-of-fame.
STEFANIE PIDGEON is the communications branch chief in the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center’s DACM Office. She has worked in strategic communications and public affairs for the Department of Defense and U.S. Army for more than a decade. She holds a master of mass communication degree in integrated communications from the University of South Carolina and a bachelor of music education from Winthrop University.
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