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Behind The Frontlines

Exclusive and partner-created content focusing on Army acquisition processes, procedures, capabilities, services, equipment, and the workforce.

Jul 02 2026
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Leadership Insight: Deferred Consequences: Sustainment Risk in Experimentation and Prototyping

By Behind The Frontlines, From the Frontlines, Policy & Planning

The Army is operating in an era defined by strategic competition with China, technological disruption and software-defined warfare. In response to acquisition timelines that often take decades, the Army has shifted toward rapid prototyping, experimentation and accelerated pathways, leveraging Middle Tier Acquisition (MTA) authorities, rapid capability offices and iterative software models to compress delivery timelines and maintain strategic advantage. Read how accelerated pathways allow the Army to integrate user feedback earlier, adapt to evolving threats and deliver capabilities at speed.

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Jun 26 2026
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The Art of Influence: Scaling from Direct to Organizational Leadership

By Behind The Frontlines, From the Frontlines

According to Army Doctrine Publication 6-22, leadership is defined as the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction and motivation to accomplish
the mission and improve the organization. Leadership is a continuously adaptive process of earning respect and commitment across all ranks. In the Army, leadership is never a monolithic or static trait, it is an ever-evolving endeavor designed to keep pace with constant change. Read how a leader’s ability to communicate ideas, build trust and encourage subordinates to excel even without direct oversight is central to modern military operations.

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Jun 26 2026
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2026 ACMA Summit Success

By AAW Spotlights, Behind The Frontlines, Career Development, From the Frontlines, Workforce

Army Acquisition Functional Advisors representing the six functional areas and career advocates within major commands and organizations, known as Acquisition Career Management Advocates (ACMAs), came together to discuss key issues affecting the Army Acquisition Workforce and share best practices from across the functional areas at the 2026 ACMA Summit held at the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center on June 3, 2026.

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Jun 26 2026
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CPE ST3 Redefining Risk and Innovation Through Its People

By Behind The Frontlines, From the Frontlines

Over the past several years, CPE ST3 has undergone a cultural transformation, moving away from rigid, requirement-driven acquisition models toward a faster, more flexible and risk-tolerant approach. This shift is not just procedural; it includes a fundamental change in culture— shifting from paperwork to performance, and from process to outcomes. Read how CPE ST3 is empowering its workforce to engage directly with warfighters, experiment with emerging technologies and deliver capabilities rapidly, even before formal requirements are finalized.

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Jun 25 2026
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Understand the Why Behind the Work – Ebonie F. McClintock-Bennett

By ALCP, Behind The Frontlines, Faces of the Force, IDEAL

For Ebonie McClintock-Bennett, understanding the ‘why’ behind the work is not optional—it is essential. That perspective provides the context that turns requirements into informed decisions and ensures each action supports a broader mission. With an open mindset and a willingness to adapt, she approaches procurement as both a strategic and evolving discipline, helping the Army sustain the innovation, preparedness and responsiveness required to support the warfighter.

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Jun 25 2026
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Catalytic Contracting: Bridging the Foxhole-to-Factory Divide Through Life Cycle Business Leadership

By Behind The Frontlines, From the Frontlines, Policy & Planning

For the U.S. Army to maintain its decisive edge, the procurement apparatus must operate on a wartime footing that no longer treats acquisition as a slow, linear relay race. To unlock the full potential, the Army is undergoing a historic structural realignment, centering modernization efforts on the portfolio acquisition executive (PAE) model. Read how the U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC) is implementing a unified, “360-degree” framework called wrap-around contracting—an unbroken business architecture that binds the Soldier in the foxhole directly to the manufacturing line on the factory floor.

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Jun 25 2026
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Army Signs Streamlined MRP, Aligning Authority with PAEs to Accelerate Capability Delivery

By Behind The Frontlines, From the Frontlines, Policy & Planning

The Army has signed a new policy that fundamentally transforms the materiel release process, replacing decades of administrative friction with a risk-informed, enabling framework that delivers capabilities to Soldiers faster. The streamlined Materiel Release Policy reassigns materiel release decision authority to the Army’s newly established Portfolio Acquisition Executives, aligning the authority to release capability with the leaders accountable for delivering it.

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Jun 25 2026
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From the DACM: Rebuilding the Army Acquisition Workforce for Speed, Agility and Results

By AAW Spotlights, Behind The Frontlines, Workforce

Workforce optimization is not just about reducing numbers; it is about redistributing talent, reskilling personnel and ensuring that the Army has the right expertise. When done correctly, the result is a more efficient organization and one that fulfills its responsibility to equip Soldiers with the capabilities they need, when they need them.

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May 29 2026
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CECOM ASIC Accelerates Help Desk Support via GenAI Integration

By Behind The Frontlines, From the Frontlines

CECOM ASIC has incorporated GenAI capabilities into its Enterprise Help Desk that services the Army’s critical Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. The overarching mission of integrating GenAI into ERP systems is to increase readiness by automating responses for common fixes, enabling analysts to resolve tickets faster and providing more time to prioritize their efforts on complex mission-critical problems.

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May 15 2026
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ATEC Continuous Evaluation Campaign: Purpose-Driven Learning

By Behind The Frontlines, From the Frontlines

As the Army moves at speed toward continuous transformation, ATEC is embracing early integration, diverse data, digital enablement and enduring partnerships to redefine how test and evaluation support the acquisition life cycle. Through Continuous Evaluation Campaigns, ATEC is providing Army senior leaders with agile, integrated strategies that deliver Soldier-validated feedback early and continuously to inform responsible, risk-informed decisions.

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Feb 04 2026
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Staff Sgt. Mbawuike Uchechukwu FOTF Featured Image showing Uchechukwu's official headshot (right) and Uchechukwu taking a short break after the 411th CSB Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter Board at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/411th CSB Building at Camp Humphreys Korea, in February 2024 (left).

Grow In Knowledge – Staff Sgt. Mbawuike Uchechukwu

By Behind The Frontlines, Faces of the Force

Learning something new each day keeps the mind sharp, perspectives fresh and the potential for growth alive. Embracing new opportunities—even those that seem uncertain—opens doors to unexpected experiences and skills. Taking risks may feel uncomfortable at first, but it’s often in those moments of challenge that real progress and confidence take root.

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Feb 04 2026
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NPS Offers Three New Master’s Programs in Acquisition and Financial Management

By AAW Spotlights, Behind The Frontlines, Career Development, Workforce

The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is offering three new master’s degree programs for eligible Army Acquisition Workforce (AAW) personnel: Master of Science in Acquisition – Contract Management; Master of Science in Acquisition – Program Management; and Master of Science in Financial Management. Designed for flexibility, all three 24-month programs are offered remotely and part-time, allowing students to study from their duty station without career interruption.

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Jan 26 2026
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Australian Army soldiers Private Sebastian Jayne, left, Bombardier Charlie Vera, center, and Gunner Zaryn Monson, right, from 54 Siege Battery, 14th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, stand in front of a HIMARS after firing a PrSM at Mount Bundey Training Area, Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.

Precision Strike Missile Success at Talisman Sabre: Accelerating Army Long Range Precision Fires Modernization

By Behind The Frontlines, From the Frontlines, Science & Technology

As the Army enhances Soldier lethality, Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition’s (JPEO A&A) Product Manager (PdM) Small Caliber Ammunition is developing the XM1224 Hybrid-Anti Materiel Round (HAMR) precision cartridge for the MK22 Precision Sniper Rifle.

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Mar 03 2026
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A representative image of DSCS III, an example of a Defense Satellite Communications System that falls within the WSOMS, the support of which will transfer from CECOM SEC to the U.S. Space Force once the transition plan is signed. It provides secure communication services to the DoW and its allies. (Image by FoxPictures, Shutterstock)

CECOM SEC Transitions Sustainment of Wideband Satellite Communications Operational Management System to U.S. Space Force

By Behind The Frontlines, From the Frontlines, Science & Technology

The United States Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Software Engineering Center (SEC) will transfer the life cycle sustainment responsibilities of the Wideband Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Operational Management System (WSOMS) to the United States Space Force (USSF) in fiscal year 2026.

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