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May 24 2024
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Faces of the Force: Brad Bledsoe

By Stefanie Pidgeon Faces of the Force

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Aviation Rockets and Small Guided Munitions Product Office, Joint Attack Munition Systems Project Office, Program Executive Office (PEO) for Missiles and Space TITLE: Product support integrator YEARS OF SERVICE…

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Mar 11 2019
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MEET THE AUTHOR: Dr. Elizabeth Mezzacappa

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine, Science & Technology

by Mr. Steve Stark Dr. Elizabeth Mezzacappa could seriously hurt you. But if she did hurt you, it would be nonlethal and totally ethical (to understand why, you have to…

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Sep 18 2018
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Research with a difference

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine, Science & Technology

Dr. Philip Perconti leads the Army’s “corporate lab” with the intimate involvement of warfighters, businesses, academia and other labs in a high-stakes, high-risk, no-time-to-waste environment focused on finding and developing…

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Sep 18 2018
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Just add water!

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine, Science & Technology

The Army Research Laboratory’s new nanomaterial paves the way for efficient and green energy solutions. by Ms. Jacqueline M. Hames Like many great scientific advancements, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s…

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Sep 18 2018
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The value of soft drink diplomacy

By Stefanie Pidgeon Faces of the Force

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program, Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems TITLE: Information system security manager YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE WORKFORCE: 8 EDUCATION: Associate degree in general…

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Sep 18 2018
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Sailors from Tunisia and the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) simulate clearing a ship during a training exercise on April 25. The Tunisian navy operates with a level of professionalism that equals its European partners, and most of its officers supplement their training with developmental opportunities with navies and industry partners around the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Raymond Maddocks)

Ship shape

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

Tunisia’s navy is the embodiment of a true FMS partner for the U.S. by Mr. Benjamin Posil “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”…

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Sep 18 2018
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One of more than 50 Abrams tanks that were delivered to Morocco in June, bringing total deliveries to more than 170 of the 222 requested. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army)

Old ally, like-new equipment

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

By Ms. Terri Stover, USASAC Public Affairs Morocco strengthens its capacity to stabilize region and fight terrorism through partnership with U.S. The Kingdom of Morocco is currently the largest U.S….

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Sep 20 2018
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Game changer

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

Understanding the whole of Army acquisition is exceedingly difficult, and that’s why ARDEC—to change its culture, improve decision-making and unleash its own agility—created an innovative combination of war gaming and…

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Sep 18 2018
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Plan for better planning  

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

For better contracts and better support to the warfighter, integrate operational contract support personnel into the same education system that trains the operational personnel. by Maj. Kasandra B. Tharp Imagine…

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Sep 18 2018
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About the Game article

About the Game

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

Sidebar to Game Changer As an educational tool, the war game shows how to use business architecture by enabling people to actually experience it. Customization and personalized game play were…

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May 24 2024
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September 2018 Hot Topics

By Stefanie Pidgeon DACM Office Hot Topics

Army DACM Office Updates: The Senior Rater Potential Evaluation (SRPE) – Phase IV – The final phase of the SRPE commences 1. The SRPE mandate will include all GS-12–GS-15 (broadband…

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Aug 30 2018
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Faces of the Force: Still learning after 20 years

By Stefanie Pidgeon Faces of the Force

COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program; Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems TITLE: Information technology network specialist YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 3 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE: 6.8 DAWIA…

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Aug 30 2018
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Leadership petri dish

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine, Career Development

USAMMDA develops a reputation for growing acquisition workforce leaders. by Mr. Jeffrey M. Soares The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA) at Fort Detrick, Maryland, is helping to prepare…

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Oct 29 2019
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DASA(P) awards honor contracting excellence

By Stefanie Pidgeon Career Development

By Susan L. Follett WASHINGTON (Aug. 28, 2018)—The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement has announced the winners of the 2017 Excellence in Contracting Awards,…

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Aug 23 2018
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Ostrowski discusses ‘revolutionary’ changes

By Stefanie Pidgeon General

There will be changes at the top, he says, but jobs in the acquisition trenches won’t change. By Mr. Steve Stark, senior editor, Army AL&T magazine FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Aug….

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Aug 28 2018
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Charting a new path

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

The new director of the Army Rapid Capabilities Office discusses her vision for delivering major capabilities fast and helping to shape Army modernization.  by Ms. Nancy Jones-Bonbrest Doubling the range…

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Aug 23 2018
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Soldiers from 25th Transportation Company utilizing diagnostics tools and software on M1083 FMTV, Schofield Barracks, HI, December 2015. Photo by Mr. Jesse Fields, AMSAA Operational Sustainment Analysis Team.

If it ain’t broke…

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

The 25th Transportation Company moved from an “every X months” preventive maintenance schedule to servicing vehicles as needed as part of an AMSAA study. Soldiers strengthened their ability to troubleshoot…

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Aug 22 2018
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If a combat vehicle’s systems architecture is “open”—using widely supported standards rather than one vendor’s proprietary standards—it’s easier for the Army to update the vehicle to add new capabilities. PEO Ground Combat Systems, which manages the Abrams tank pictured here, introduced an open-systems approach for the fighting vehicles in its portfolio. (Photo by PEO GCS)

Reusable and refresh-able

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine, Science & Technology

Ground Combat Systems’ Common Infrastructure Architecture integrates multiple systems and eliminates redundancies in fighting vehicles by using open architecture. Soldiers have an easier-to-use interface that the Army can reuse across…

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Aug 17 2018
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Redesigned USAASC website provides quicker access, more information

By Stefanie Pidgeon General

By Army AL&T News Acquisition starts here, with the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center and its mission to build the workforce and support the Soldier. Our oversight of the Army…

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Aug 22 2018
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Experiments in hyperspeed

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine, Science & Technology

What are hypersonic weapons, why does the Army want them, and are they as revolutionary as they sound? by Ms. Mary Kate Aylward 1998: U.S. intelligence locates Osama bin Laden…

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Aug 23 2018
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Every receiver a sensor

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine, Science & Technology

In the complex, digitally connected battlespace of the future, situational awareness will be the difference between victory and defeat. By optimizing current capabilities, developing new sensors and harnessing the power…

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Aug 22 2018
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The Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck A4 is one of the vehicles that will be used to demonstrate the Tactical Vehicle Electrification Kit, which aims to improve vehicle operational energy, range and future electrical systems. The kit reflects the Army priority to deliver Next Generation Combat Vehicles with the most modern firepower, protection, mobility and power generation capabilities. (Photo courtesy of Oshkosh Defense)

Collaborating on innovation

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine

By Dr. Bruce D. Jette, Army Acquisition Executive  The Army is joining forces with industry to achieve land power dominance through science and technology. The future Army must be ready…

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May 24 2024
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DACM Hot Topics

August 2018 Hot Topics

By Stefanie Pidgeon DACM Office Hot Topics

  Army DACM Office Updates: Don’t forget your CLPs—seriously, don’t! Just a few short months are left of the current AAW continuous learning two-year cycle, which runs Oct. 1, 2016…

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Aug 13 2018
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Military (Officer) Corner: Army Acquisition Centralized Selection List

By Stefanie Pidgeon Career Development
By Maj. Sheila L. Howell, Army DACM Office Propenency Officer The summer brings many changes to our careers as military acquisition professionals. Chief among these are the many permanent change...
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Aug 13 2018
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From the Field: Leverage the power of your peers

By Stefanie Pidgeon Career Development
By Carol Vesier, Diane Alvarez, Paul Crise and Earl Heaps The authors are Army acquisition professionals with a combined 100 years of test and evaluation experience. As members of the...
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Aug 13 2018
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CAREER CORNER: Is CES really worth it? (Hint: It is)

By Stefanie Pidgeon Career Development
By Scott Greene, Chief, Leader Development Branch The Civilian Education System (CES) essentially is the Army’s civilian version of professional military education (PME). The Army developed this multilayered level of...
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Mar 14 2019
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Acquisition professionals complete DAU-SSCF program

By Stefanie Pidgeon Career Development
By Kristine Faria, Army DACM Office Acquisition Education and Training Manager Congratulations and well done to the 24 senior civilian acquisition professionals who graduated May 22 from the Defense Acquisition...
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Sep 20 2024
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Keep up to date with DACM Newsletter

By Stefanie Pidgeon DACM Office Hot Topics, General

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (July 26, 2018)—The July issue of the DACM Newsletter is filled with the latest news and updated information about Army acquisition career development. Knowing how to leverage…

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Mar 14 2019
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Getting to ‘normal’

By Stefanie Pidgeon General

Sidebar article to Doctor’s patience yields new diabetes treatment and approach by Ms. Margaret C. Roth Just as “normal” is no absolute in any context, it varies somewhat among medical…

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Mar 14 2019
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Doctor’s patience yields new diabetes treatment and approach

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine
Army materiel developers could learn a lot from the perspicacity and grit of one old man. The adage has it that the doctor who treats himself has a fool for...
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Mar 14 2019
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JPEO-CBRND directorate aims to advance joint capabilities

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine, Science & Technology

Experiments to test incremental solutions that will give joint forces more warning of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons on an accelerated timeline. by Mr. Richard Newton In an unpredictable…

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Mar 14 2019
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The Future Battlefield

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine, Science & Technology

by Dr. Gordon Cooke  Science fiction becomes science fact. To build and buy the right things for the future, the Army’s developers and planners need to be able to envision…

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Mar 14 2019
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Lareina Adams, second from left, poses with other graduates, instructors and guests during Defense Acquisition University’s Senior Service College Fellowship Program graduation on May 23, 2017. Adams is currently serving as the product lead for the Headquarters Army Environmental System, PM GFEBS, at PEO EIS. She will take on her new role as product manager for Counter Explosive Hazard at PEO IEW&S in the summer of 2019. (Photo courtesy of Lareina Adams)

Civilian women making waves in acquisition leadership positions

By Stefanie Pidgeon Career Development

by Jacqueline M. Hames FORT BELVOIR, Va. (July 10, 2018)—The office of the Director for Acquisition Career Management (DACM) this spring announced the selection of three civilian women to run major…

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Oct 04 2019
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Test subjects in this test bed would stand in place of the dummy and shoot themselves with a paint gun. The research sought to address the possible associations among personality, pain tolerance, paintball velocity, injury severity and motivation. Researchers wanted to see how much pain was needed on the first shot to make a person decide not to take a second shot. Most subjects took the second shot, even though they got paid the same amount of money if they didn’t. (U.S. Army photo by Kenneth Short, RDECOM ARDEC)

Exploring Soldier performance ‘at both ends of the barrel’

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine, Science & Technology

ARDEC test beds are laying the foundation for the future of the Soldier, one behavioral experiment at a time. by Dr. Elizabeth Mezzacappa The use of increasingly sophisticated tools over…

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Mar 14 2019
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Soldiers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s East African Response Force, fire M240 weapons systems and practice bounding movements in November 2017 in Djibouti, Africa. Night vision capabilities, which use the infrared spectrum to see in the dark, have evolved from bulky, long exposure cameras to portable goggles and rifle sights that Soldiers can use easily and reliably. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erin Piazza, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa Combat Camera)

A Bright Future for Night Vision Gear

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine
Advances in night vision technology give Soldiers capabilities considered impossible some 50 years ago. By Ms. Mary Kate Aylward “On the battlefield of the future, if you’re standing still, you’re...
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Mar 14 2019
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Undersecretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy, center left, and Gen. James C. McConville, the Army’s vice chief of staff, center right, discuss emerging technology while inside the Mission Enabling Technologies – Demonstrator, a modified Bradley Fighting Vehicle equipped with several upgrades, during a tour Jan. 18 of the Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center at the Detroit Arsenal in Michigan. RCO has pointed the way to getting new capabilities rapidly into the hands of deployed Soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by Sean Kimmons, Defense Media Activity – Army)

Founding director details RCO successes, challenges

By Stefanie Pidgeon Army ALT Magazine
For the Army Rapid Capabilities Office, fast solutions are the new black. As its former director heads for retirement, he looks back on the office’s success and promise as a...
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