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The quarterly DACM News shares major Army Acquisition Workforce announcements, spotlights Faces of the Force, shares program successes and other updates applicable to our Army acquisition community.
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Resilience Matters – Maj. Douglas Richardson

Maj. Douglas Richardson has built his career on the simple but solid belief that focus is the foundation for overcoming any challenge.

Leadership Insight: Deferred Consequences: Sustainment Risk in Experimentation and Prototyping

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.

The Art of Influence: Scaling from Direct to Organizational Leadership

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.

2026 ACMA Summit Success

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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