By ACC public affairs When you left ECC, did you think that you might be back at ACC as the commander? I’ve been very fortunate and blessed that the advances…
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By Ed Worley, ACC Office of Public and Congressional Affairs Army Contracting Command’s move to Redstone Arsenal passed its “tipping point” in March as the personnel strength in Alabama surpassed…
By C. Todd Lopez WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 15, 2010) — The Army christened the new Ground Soldier System June 14 with a name that honors World War II…
By Christina Bates, PEO IEW&S Recent wars have ushered in a totally new way of conducting operations: coordinated sensor warfare. Whether the area of focus is Base Defense, Air Defense,…
By PEO Aviation COLUMBUS, Miss. – The 100th delivery of the UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter was celebrated at a rollout ceremony Thursday at the American Eurocopter facility in Columbus….
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Oct. 27, 2010) — The Kiowa Warrior OH-58D, the Army’s primary armed reconnaissance scout aircraft in Iraq and Afghanistan, is about to get a makeover that…
By Carey Phillips, USAMMDA Public Affairs The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity’s Teri Glass and the Medical Support Systems team won the 2010 National Security and International Affairs Medal…
By Debi Dawson, PEO Soldier FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Army News Service, April 10, 2009) — Col. Patricia Ryan expected an uphill climb last spring when, as a lieutenant colonel, she…
By Debi Dawson, PEO Soldier FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Army News Service, Oct. 15, 2009) — The Army is poised to introduce a plate-carrier vest to provide Soldiers more lightweight gear…
By Debi Dawson, PEO Soldier FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Army News Service, Oct. 15, 2009) — The Army is poised to introduce a plate-carrier vest to provide Soldiers more lightweight gear…
By Brandon Pollachek, PEO IEW&S ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Oct. 15, 2009) — As the U.S. Army approaches eight years of counter-insurgency operations in two theaters, Iraq and Afghanistan, the…
By Brandon J. Pollachek, PEO IEW&S With an urgent demand from soldiers in the field to be able to collect as much information about the enemy in Afghanistan and Iraq,…
By Tiffany Nabors, The Bayonet FORT BENNING, Ga. — By the time 2nd Lt. Charles Lesperance, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, handed his static line to the jumpmaster, March 16,…
By Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Introduction As we move toward the 21st century, our Army will be called on to respond to crises in a…
By Kim Henry, Lt. Col. Martin Downie COLUMBUS, Miss. (Army News Service, Dec. 11, 2006) – Gen. Richard A. Cody, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, and Joe RedCloud,…
By Debi Dawson, PEO Soldier FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Army News Service, April 2, 2007) – The Army continues to upgrade body armor to increase protection from bullets and fragments, and…
By Gregory Frye FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (Army News Service, Aug. 17, 2007) – Aviation history was made at Fort Campbell Wednesday as a newly designed CH-47 Chinook helicopter was officially…
By NSRDEC Public Affairs NATICK, Mass. – A new compact, eat-on-the-move assault ration is well on its way to Warfighters’ hands. “The First Strike Ration is intended for the first…
By Brandon Pollachek, PEO IEW&S Public Affairs Officer In a New Hampshire industrial plant, far away from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, a system that has provided soldiers with…
By Pfc. Jerome Bishop, Army News Service The first group of 35 remotely-operated weapons for mounting on top of Humvees arrived in Iraq recently and the systems were divided among…
By Rick Gregory, APEO Business Operations Support Staff Ever since Captain Kirk uttered the famous line, “Beam me up, Scotty,” on the popular Star Trek television series, people have been…
By Brandon Pollachek, PEO IEW&S Public Affairs ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., July 8, 2011 — A dinner celebration on Aberdeen Proving Ground during the 2011 Special Electronic Mission Aircraft conference…
By Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Troth, 1st CAB Public Affairs FORT RILEY, Kan. (Army News Service, Dec. 30, 2011) — A new helicopter is coming to the Block. The 1st…
By PEO Soldier Activated in April 2002, PEO Soldier develops, acquires, fields and sustains affordable, integrated, state-of-the-art equipment to improve Soldier dominance in Army operations today and in the future….
UNIT: Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems POSITION: Portfolio Manager, Enterprise Management Systems AAC MEMBER SINCE: 2002 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE: 36: 1975-1999, active duty; 2002-present, civilian. AWARDS:…
By Tara Clements FT. BELVOIR, Va. (Sept. 24, 2014) – The Office of the Assistant Secretary for the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)) connected virtually with members of…
UNIT: Program Executive Office-Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors POSITION: Product Director Positioning, Navigation & Timing AAC MEMBER SINCE: 2011 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE: 5 AWARDS: Commander’s Award EDUCATION: B.S….
By Brandon Pollachek, PEO IEW&S PAO On May 29, the Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS) system entered its next chapter as Lt. Col. Michael Parodi, product manager Meteorological and Target…
By Kris Osborn WASHINGTON (Sept. 28, 2012) — The U.S. Army is preparing to conduct a second Forward Operational Assessment of its XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement airburst weapon system….
UNIT: Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications – Tactical POSITION: Chief Engineer, Command Post Computing Environment, Technical Management Division; Branch Chief, Software Applications and Common Operating Environment AAC…
C4ISR Field Support Vision 2020: Preparing the self-sufficient force By Maj. Robert C. Moyer Since the start of contingency operations, the Army has acquired a variety of urgently needed quick…
UNIT: Army Contracting Command POSITION: Director, Non-Standard Rotary Wing Aircraft/Foreign Military Sales Directorate AAC MEMBER SINCE: 2005 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE: 29 years AWARDS: Women of Achievement Award, New…
UNIT: Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Belvoir Division TITLE: Supervisor and Contracting Officer, Branch Chief AAC MEMBER SINCE: 2003 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE: 29 AWARDS: David…
UNIT: Power and Environmental Division Product Realization Engineering & Quality Directorate, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center POSITION: General Engineer AAC MEMBER SINCE:…
UNIT: Mission and Installation Contracting Command POSITION: Supervisor, Quality Assurance, Oversight and Compliance AAC MEMBER SINCE: 2009 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE: 6 AWARDS: Commander’s Award for Civilian Service (2);…
UNIT: Project Manager Maneuver Ammunition Systems (PM MAS), PEO Ammunition POSITION: Deputy Product Director AAC MEMBER SINCE: 1999 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE: 33 AWARDS: Army Packard Award, DOD Value…
UNIT: Army Contracting Command POSITION: Deputy Executive Director AAC MEMBER SINCE: 2012 TOTAL YEARS OF ARMY SERVICE: 24 AWARDS: Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal,…
UNIT: Army Materiel Command/Research, Development and Engineering Command/Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center matrix support to Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense POSITION: Systems Engineer/Foreign Military Sales Lead…
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…
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…
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…
