LIVE-FIRE EXERCISE: A Soldier from the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard radios his unit notifying them the heavy machine guns manned by soldiers of the Ukranian…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
OUTSIDE THE LINES: Amit Kapadia, the chief engineer for Product Manager Synthetic Environment at the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), speaks to local chief engineers…
DRIVEN BY DATA: Army HR Command aims to improve the Soldier experience, treating users more like customers and tracking time to resolution for various HR services and requests. (Image by…
TIES THAT BIND: You’ve found the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, but maintaining employment in your career field after becoming a military spouse is…
WASHINGTON (Jan. 30, 2023)—The 2022 Army Acquisition Executive’s (AAE) Excellence in Leadership Awards were announced at a Pentagon ceremony Jan. 10, that brought together members of the acquisition community…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office Armaments and Ammunition, Project Director Joint Services (PD JS) TITLE: Radford Army Ammunition Plant (RFAAP) site integrator YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 1…
FROM THE DIRECTOR, ACQUISITION CAREER MANAGEMENT DIGITAL TRANSORMATION AND THE ARMY ACQUISITION WORKFORCE “The transformed workforce will be digital-forward, understanding of the role, uses and manipulation of…
by Cheryl Marino FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Jan. 17, 2023)—Everything, it seems, is going digital. And all that Army acquisition, logistics and technology does on behalf of the…
A NEW CHAPTER FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: The story of Army modernization in 2023 is a story of software development, interoperability and continuously iterated and integrated software products. (Photo by Getty…
Developers from ERDC’s Enhanced Terrain Processing effort demonstrate their binary built-up areas tool to Sgt. 1st Class Jung Hong from the Army Geospatial Center’s Military Support Team (MST). Working closely…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T) on a developmental assignment to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command (USAISEC) TITLE: Computer scientist YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 6 DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Practitioner in engineering and technical management EDUCATION: Master of…
by Cheryl Marino FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Oct. 4, 2022)—The Fall 2022 issue of Army AL&T magazine focuses on acquisition at speed. Over the years, the acquisition community has struggled with...
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CECOM is shaking up technical data acquisition by seeking neutral ground on government access to intellectual property. by Troy Saunders Right now, seemingly more than ever before,…
GOOD VS. GREAT: Credentials are intended to enhance an workforce member’s knowledge of a particular functional area—either through a broader understanding of the functional area, or specific expertise in one…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Ground Vehicle Systems Center (Post-Senior Service College Fellowship broadening assignment) TITLE: Division chief, systems engineering planning and management YEARS OF…
Microsoft Teams allows leaders to check in with their employees in real time and establishes a sense of community among workers. (Image by Getty Images) From the Director of…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, matrixed to Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition TITLE: Acting deputy product director for special ammunition and weapon systems…
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (June 15, 2022) – Four GS-15 candidates from the Army Acquisition Workforce were selected from the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) project director (PD) centralized selection…
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (June 15, 2022) – Four GS-14 candidates from the Army Acquisition Workforce were selected from the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) product director (PD) centralized selection…
SIMPLY DIVINE: The Virtual Seminar Fellows, meeting in person for the first time, participate in a teambuilding exercise at the Garden of the Gods, Colorado. Pictured left to right are…
by Cheryl Marino FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 25, 2022)—Research, development, testing and evaluation (RDT&E) is critical to everything we do in Army acquisition. “We all come to…
PURSUIT OF STEM: Charneta Samms encourages female students to study STEM sciences. (Photo courtesy of DEVCOM) Creating a more diverse workforce, one person at a time. by Argie…
SMILE BIG: Chelsea Haynes, left, with Haynes and Sue Myers, Ph.D. (Col. Ret.)—spouse of Maj. Gen. Greene. Haynes said that Dr. Myers has become like a member of the family…
SUPPLY IN THE SKY: Soldiers from the 563rd Medical Logistics Company, then a tenant unit of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea, load Class VIII medical supplies onto a CH-47…
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Jan 25, 2022) – Four GS-14 candidates from the Army Acquisition Workforce were selected from the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) product director (PD) centralized selection…
by Cheryl Marino Writing is something we learned early on and use daily—texts, email, presentations, documentation—a skill so routine no one really thinks much about it unless…
by Angela Sanson WASHINGTON (Dec.3, 2021)—Mr. Gregory M. Kausner, performing the duties of undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, announced the winners of the 2021 Defense Acquisition…
ASSESSING OPTIONS: Industry-provided MEO, foreground, and GEO, background, ground satellite prototype terminals are seen here during an early Army assessment of managed multi-orbit satellite communications capabilities and services, in March…
By John Dillard, Col. USA (Ret.) and Steve Stark The valley of death or the chasm sounds like a place where vultures wheel in the hot desert…
