SUMMER PLANS: The Army will conduct a Satellite Communications (SATCOM) as a Managed Service (SaaMS) Pilot this summer to inform decisions on the service’s potential use of a commercially leased…
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SETTING A-PACE: A Soldier from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Signal and Intelligence Support Company configures equipment and devices for use on the network using Automatic-Primary, Alternate, Contingency, and…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Project Manager Terrestrial Sensors, Program Executive Office Intelligence, Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) TITLE: Assistant product manager YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 12 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE:…
Army Contracting Command offers new training to get civilians and Soldiers up to speed on contract administration. by Stephanie Brown Reviews, audits and investigations tied to DOD…
How OTA consortia are delivering for defense acquisition and our warfighters. by Al Abramson, Brig. Gen. USA (Ret.) From an acquisition standpoint, the Army’s modernization efforts have…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) ‒ Omaha District, Acquisition Support Team TITLE: Contracting officer YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 9 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE: 7.5…
LOCATION BASED CHALLENGES: Service members face a host of location-based challenges to their service, from spousal employment to dual military couple co-stationing, from child care to the high cost of…
CLOUD STORAGE FACILITY: Digital data is stored on servers at off-site locations, maintained by a third-party provider who is responsible for hosting, managing and securing data stored on its infrastructure….
NECESSARY PREPARATIONS: Soldiers with Third Platoon, “Blackhorse” Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division wear upgraded Integrated Visual Augmentation System goggles while sitting…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command ‒ Fort Carson, Colorado, 918th Contracting Battalion, Installation Division TITLE: Contract specialist YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: Less than 1…
DETERRENCE UPGRADE: A CATV travels cross-country at the Cold Region Test Center, Alaska. An armored version of the CATV would give Army Alaska units the ability to deter potential attacks….
TWI FORCE: Training With Industry fellows gather out front of the Salesforce headquarters in San Francisco for their annual midpoint meeting, March 7-9. (Photo courtesy of the Army DACM Office)…
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (June 8, 2023) – Twelve GS-14 candidates from the Army Acquisition Workforce were selected from the fiscal year 2023 (FY23) product director (PD) centralized selection…
WHAT’S NEW CONGRATULATIONS TO FY23 PRODUCT DIRECTOR SELECTEES Twelve GS-14 candidates from the Army Acquisition Workforce were selected from the fiscal year 2023 (FY23) product director (PD)…
AHD NET: A Soldier from the 8th Theater Sustainment Command at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii operates the watercraft mounted Acoustic Hailing Device during the New Equipment Training event held…
AI ASSISTANT: Solano used ChatGPT to help write and edit this article. Some acquisition professionals are already using language models to complete tasks in their daily personal lives. (Photo by…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Mission and Installation Contracting Command, 418th Contract Support Brigade TITLE: Theater Support Cell noncommissioned officer in charge (NCOIC) YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 8 YEARS OF MILITARY…
ACROSS THE ARMY: Branches of the FMMP exist throughout the Army—another branch just launched in March 2023 at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, with Ms. Marion Whicker, Army Materiel Command executive deputy…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Project Manager for Combat Ammunition Systems (PM CAS), Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition (JPEO A&A), Conventional Ammunition Division TITLE: Chief system engineer YEARS OF…
CADRE ON CALL: ALAP candidates listen to a pre-event briefing as part of the strategic leadership exercise. The ALAP cadre is always around to answer questions during the program, even…
RECONNAISSANCE ROTATION: A Soldier from 25th Infantry Division conducts field reconnaissance Oct. 31 on Pohakuloa Training Grounds, Hawaii. (Photo by Sgt. Daniel Proper, 25th Infantry Division) Future operating…
WHAT’S NEW ACQUISITION AWARDS The Army Director, Acquisition Career Management (DACM) Office is accepting nominations for the Defense Acquisition Workforce Awards for the Army Acquisition...
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COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) TITLE: Assistant joint program executive officer for logistics YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 18 YEARS…
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ACQUISITON CAREER MANAGEMENT (DACM) In our line of business, if it’s not in the user’s hands, it’s of no use to anybody. Meeting…
STEERING CLEAR OF CONTAMINATION: Two CBRN technicians secure and prepare to decontaminate the unmanned aerial vehicle after it investigates a potentially hazardous cloud. The unmanned ground vehicle in the background…
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 24, 2023)—The editors have voted, the readers have voted, and the results are in! Army AL&T magazine, the award-winning publication of the Army acquisition…
CAMP 59: A view of Camp 59 in 1941, in a photo taken by the International Committee of the Red Cross during an inspection. (Photo courtesy of the International Committee…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition (JPEO A&A), Program Manager Towed Artillery Systems (PM TAS) TITLE: Supervisory logistics management specialist YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE:…
THE ASSESSMENT: The Integrated Battle Command System Engagement Operations Center undergoes assessment in the prototype integration facility in Huntsville, Alabama. (Images courtesy of the IFMC Project Office) The…
LOADED: A Soldier loads an M320 grenade launcher during a familiarization range hosted by Special Forces in Syria, July 19, 2020. (Photo by Spc. Chris Estrada, U.S. Army 126th Theater…
STRANGE REQUIREMENTS: Bradley Fighting Vehicles are good examples of systems with KPPs that ran wild. (Photo by Sgt. Tara Fajardo Arteaga, 113th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) The Joint…
WHAT’S NEW TAKE PART IN THE ARMY’S DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION WITH UDEMY If you are an Army Acquisition Workforce professional, you now have access to Udemy. The Army…
by Cheryl Marino FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 4, 2023) — “New capabilities and concepts” is almost like the chicken-and-egg scenario: Which came first? According to AL&T editor-in-chief, Nelson…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Project Manager Strategic and Operational Rockets and Missiles, Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space TITLE: Logistics management specialist YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 15 DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS:…
PREPARED FOR PALLETS: An ammunition handler at Blue Grass Army Depot in Lexington, Kentucky, prepares a number of 155 mm projectile rounds to be repalletized, Sept. 8, 2022. The U.S….
In March 2022, the TWI Fellows gathered at Sig Sauer to learn about their business practices and share information from their personal TWI experience. (Photo by Rachel Berry, DACM Office)…
