ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (April 13, 2015) -- Four Soldiers are vying to be named the 2015 Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command.
On a sunny and cool morning, 18 RDECOM Soldiers convened at APG to begin the competition. They will test their physical fitness, endurance, technical aptitude and reasoning skills April 13-15.
The tasks will assess the Soldiers' physical and mental abilities: Army Physical Fitness Test, land-navigation course at APG's Lauderick Creek Training Site, perform a function check on a M249 machine gun, obstacle course, weapons qualification with the Engagement Skills Trainer 2000 at Gunpowder Military Reservation, essay, written exam and board appearance before RDECOM's sergeants major.
RDECOM Command Sgt. Maj. James Snyder will preside over an awards ceremony April 15. The winner will advance to the Army Materiel Command NCO of the Year Competition.
Vying for the awards are:
-- Staff Sgt. David Carter, a strategic system maintenance repairer assigned to the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center's Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate at APG. He is from Gustine, California, and has seven years of service.
-- Staff Sgt. Timothy L. Claflin, a flight test crew chief assigned to the Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate at Fort Eustis, Virginia. He is from Edmond, Oklahoma, and has 11 years of service.
-- Staff Sgt. David A. Hoisington, an enlisted advisor assigned to the Army Research Laboratory's Human Research Engineering Directorate at APG. He is from Lacy Lakeview, Texas, and has eight years of service.
-- Staff Sgt. Candice M. Holmes, a parachute rigger assigned to the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center's Aerial Delivery Directorate at Natick, Massachusetts. She is from Plano, Texas, and has seven years of service.
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RDECOM is a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. AMC is the Army's premier provider of materiel readiness -- technology, acquisition support, materiel development, logistics power projection, and sustainment -- to the total force, across the spectrum of joint military operations. If a Soldier shoots it, drives it, flies it, wears it, eats it or communicates with it, AMC delivers it.
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