UNIT: Army Contracting Command, CCAM-CH CH-47 Cargo POSITION: Director, Cargo Contracts AAC MEMBER SINCE: 2005 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE: 30 AWARDS: Contract Professional of the Year; Secretary of the…
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UNIT: Program Executive Office – Command, Control and Communications – Tactical, Project Manager Warfighter Information Network – Tactical POSITION: Chief, Business Management Division/Program Analysis Officer AAC MEMBER SINCE: 2004 TOTAL…
UNIT: Mission and Installation Contracting Command POSITION: Director, Mission and Installation Contracting Command AAC MEMBER SINCE: 2006 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE: 35 AWARDS: ACC Commander’s Award for Civilian Service…
Hot Topic #1: The Annual Senior Rater Potential Evaluation (SRPE) In November 2004, the Army director for Acquisition Career Management (DACM) spearheaded the implementation of the automated Senior Rater Potential…
UNIT: Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems POSITION: Product Manager, Power Projection Enablers AAC MEMBER SINCE: 2003 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE: 21 AWARDS: Meritorious Service Medal (6); Army Commendation…
UNIT: U.S. Army Medical Command Health Care Acquisition Activity POSITION: Chief of Staff/Deputy Principal Assistant for Contracting AAC MEMBER SINCE: 2004 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE: 33 AWARDS: Program Executive…
Suite of trainers for towed artillery systems blends realism, modularity By Maj. Daniel Cowling and Mr. Joshua Zawislak Engineers from the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center…
UNIT: Army Contracting Command – Redstone TITLE: Director, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Contracting AAC MEMBER SINCE: 2003 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE: 33 AWARDS: Secretary of the Army Award for Excellence…
UNIT: U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense TITLE: Lead neuroscientist and principal investigator AAC MEMBER SINCE: 1995 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE: 36 AWARDS: Commander’s Award for Civilian…
UNIT: Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal TITLE: Deputy Director for Aviation AAC MEMBER SINCE: 2001 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE: 30 AWARDS: Dellamonico Award, UASA Redstone Civilian Management/Executive Award (2);…
UNIT: U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Command (USAMRMC) TITLE: Decision Gate Coordinator AAC MEMBER SINCE: 2010 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE: 20 AWARDS: Excellence in Federal Career Award, Army…
By Karen Kurtz WASHINGTON (Sept. 4, 2014) – The Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)), Lt. Gen. Michael E. Williamson,…
UNIT: Program Executive Office: Command, Control and Communications – Tactical (PEO C3T), Project Director Network Enablers TITLE: Product Director, Key Management AAC MEMBER SINCE: 2000 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE:…
UNIT: Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)) TITLE: Director, Plans, Programs, and Resources, ASA(ALT) AAC MEMBER SINCE: 2003 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY…
By Amy Walker, PEO C3T As the Army continues to upgrade WIN-T Increment 1, the tactical communications network backbone that first began supporting forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is…
By Steve Stark FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Sept. 3, 2014) — As the result of budget constraints and the cost of print production, the Army has not printed its traditional coffee…
UNIT: Product Manager Waveforms, Project Manager Joint Tactical Networks (PM JTN), Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications – Tactical TITLE: Product Manager, Waveforms, PM JTN AAC MEMBER SINCE:…
Lasting bonds based on trust, respect and confidence are the foundation of the future By Lt. Gen. Michael E. Williamson, Director Acquisition Career Management Ninety days have passed since I…
UNIT: Army Contracting Command POSITION: Executive director, Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) AAC MEMBER SINCE: 1993 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE: 38 AWARDS: Defense Superior Service Medal;…
Training with Industry program brings best practices from private sector to Army acquisition By Mr. Robert E. Coultas Sometimes the best way to further an Army acquisition career is to…
POSITION: Chief Systems Engineer, Systems Engineering and Technical Integration Division UNIT: Program Manager Maneuver Ammunition Systems, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey TOTAL YEARS OF SERVICE: 29 years AWARDS: Commander’s Award for…
Tactical Network training before more holistic and more versatile with every capability set fielding By Maj. Jonathan Swan, Capt. Keith Jordan and Mr. Larry Spence When fielding complex new equipment…
Research into new materials may change shape, efficiency of combat helmet pads to offer stronger defense against shock waves By T’Jae Gibson, ARL Public Affairs Office New Army studies of…
Detection, protection decontamination and elimination areas of focus for workforce, stakeholders ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – More than a thousand people attended the first Team CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear…
By T’Jae Gibson Shock waves from battlefield explosions are invisible threats for U.S. Soldiers and their top-of-the-line combat helmets, but with new studies in synthetic human physiology, researchers are learning…
By Amanda Koons Work on the Integrated Personnel and Pay System – Army (IPPS-A), the Army’s new web-based personnel and pay solution, has been enhanced by an effective partnership…
By Audra Calloway During a two-day session at the Pentagon last month, approximately 30 members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) gathered to discuss how to improve civilian career development….
Hot Topic #1: Expanding the use of of the Senior Rater Potential Evaluation (SRPE) In 2003, the Army Director Acquisition Career Management (DACM) developed a new tool to manage the…
Focusing on better buying power and value engineering efforts By Lt. Col. Elliott R. Caggins, Mr. Jason R. Middleton and Maj. Demond J. Merrick The vast majority of the acquisition…
By T’Jae Gibson A team of researchers from the Army Research Laboratory and a number of universities are taking a physics-based approach to understanding traumatic brain injuries. They’re partnering with…
By Nancy Jones-Bonbrest, PEO C3T and Matthew C. McVey, SoSE&I ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (August 4, 2014) — As new technologies are introduced into the Army’s network, they are evaluated…
PM CCS seeks maximum efficiency, affordability with consolidated contractor logistics support by Mr. Raymond W. Chin and Col. Richard J. Hornstein As materiel developers, acquisition program executive officers (PEOs) and…
J.D. Leipold WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 25, 2014) — Lt. Gen. Michael E. Williamson, principal military deputy to the assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology,…
Video game-like approach reduces classroom time, increases engagement By Maj. Naim R. Lee, Ms. Caroline McCarthy and Dr. Samuel Johnson Today’s Soldiers have grown up in the digital age. They…
POSITION: Training With Industry Fellow COMPANY: Cisco Systems, Inc., Herndon, Virginia TOTAL YEARS OF SERVICE: 23 AWARDS: (2) Bronze Star Medals EDUCATION: MBA and M. Ed. Troy University, Troy, Alabama;…
With too many boots for too little ground, training system expands units’ options By Col. Wayne Epps American humorist Will Rogers is often quoted as saying, “Buy land. They aren’t…
