GRACE TO LEARN
Brianna Bazilio’s budding career in Army acquisition as a business management major began with the perfect blend of a family recommendation and a positive internship experience.
Her brother, who is a contract specialist in the Army, encouraged her to pursue a govern- ment job while she was attending university. In her junior year, she was accepted to the DOD College Acquisition Internship Program within the Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition (JPEO A&A). With high expectations for the program, she said she soon learned that everyone, although serious about the mission, was also kind and willing to pass the baton.
BRIANNA BAZILIO
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition
TITLE: Program analyst YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 2
EDUCATION: B.S. in business management, Stockton University
“I was working with a really great leader who showed me so much and got me so inter- ested in the field—the rest is history,” Bazilio said. She remained in contact with the office and was hired upon graduation. “Te JPEO A&A helped me see how essential the everyday civilian is for helping the warfighter on their mission. Tere is so much behind-the-scenes work that I never realized existed. It is an honor and pleasure to be a part of that.”
As an internal operating budget program analyst for JPEO A&A, Bazilio’s job ensures that the project managers and project directors have everything they need financially in order to do their work to support the warfighter. Her day-to-day consists of fielding requests that come in from the different project managers within the organization and tracking all of headquarters’ internal spending.
“Te greatest satisfaction I have in being part of the Army Acquisition Workforce is knowing that the hard work that we put in actively affects the people who are fighting for my freedom,” she said. “I also love being part of my team and the leaders that I get to work under who teach me so much every day.”
As an Army civilian, she said the most important points in her career are the opportu- nities she has to learn. “Te encouragement to continue learning throughout our time there is constant,” she said. “Trough the requirement of earning continuous learning points, I am constantly learning and seeking new opportunities to further my team.” Her favorite program she is actively enrolled in is the organization’s mentorship program. “I meet with my mentor every couple of months and we strategize how I can achieve my career goals in the Army,” she said. Te last career development program she participated
“The hard work that we put in actively affects the people who are fighting for my freedom.”
18 Army AL&T Magazine Winter 2025
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