ACC-APC leaders and customers show their appreciation at fiscal year-end activities

By Betsy Kozak-Howard, Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground, MarylandOctober 8, 2014

Fiscal year end social
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Reflecting on the past fiscal year was the theme for the 2014 fiscal year-end social hosted by the Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, Oct. 2.

Col. Michael J. Rogers, military deputy to ACC-APG's executive director, said the social "provided an opportunity to recognize the contributions of the ACC-APG team and to say thank you to the workforce who was paramount to this year's success."

Bryon J. Young, ACC-APG's executive director, kicked off the event by highlighting some of the contracting center's significant achievements.

"You completed 32,000 contracting actions and obligated over $12 billion," he told the employees. "This represents the highest dollar value and the most actions per person compared to other centers. You should be proud of this accomplishment and it's a direct reflection of your efficiency and hard work."

Leaders from customer organizations also attended the social to show their appreciation for the center's contracting support.

"We can't perform our mission without contracting support," said Gary Martin, Communications-Electronics Command deputy to the commanding general.. "As I look over the past year, we faced challenges, complex issues, and pressures to accelerate the schedule and you never failed us. Contracting teams found ways to leverage small business and as a result, Team C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) awarded 18 percent of its contracts to small businesses. This exceeded the 11.5 percent goal."

A representative from the Research, Development and Engineering Command also spoke to the contracting workforce.

Jyuji Hewitt, executive deputy to the RDECOM commanding general, recalled the contracting team's mission to design, develop, deploy and operate the Field Deployable Hydrolysis System. RDECOM's FDHS was developed to convert chemical agents into compounds not usable as weapons and the system was deployed on a ship to the Mediterranean Sea for destruction of chemical weapons in Syria, according to Hewitt.

"RDECOM couldn't have completed the FDHS mission without your support," said Hewitt. "We are a team and thank you for all you do."

The Program Executive Office - Command, Control and Communications-Tactical was represented by Mary Woods, deputy program executive officer.

"Our PMs (project managers) appreciate the work you did this year and look forward to continued support into the next fiscal year," said Woods, crediting ACC-APG with helping PEO-C3T equip Soldiers to gather intelligence and monitor situational awareness.