Mar 18, 2013

When it comes to providing comfortable living spaces for deployed Soldiers while saving time, money, fuel and water, rigid walls beat canvas every time.

Mar 18, 2013

Women's History Month celebrates the contributions women have made to history, culture and society. It also recognizes achievements by women in specific fields and a wide range of careers, including those at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz.

Mar 18, 2013

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Anyone interested in the history of computing knows of the U.S. Army's ground-breaking Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer. ENIAC was the world's first operational, general purpose, electronic digital computer.

Mar 18, 2013

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts visited the Natick Soldier Systems Center, March 15, 2013, as the installation braced for the impact of across-the-board budget cuts, known as sequestration.

Mar 18, 2013

Watervliet Arsenal announced this week that it has completed its first shipment of 19 M20A1 Breech Block Kits, as part of a $22.6 million contract for the U.S. Army to upgrade the M119A2 105mm howitzer.

Mar 18, 2013

A delegation from the Colombian Army met with members of the Army Security Assistance Enterprise in Huntsville Feb. 28 to review the status of Colombia's foreign military sales program.

Mar 17, 2013

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the chapel which is adjacent to brigade headquarters Mar. 16. Ground was broken for the new facility on Feb. 12 and a little more over a month later, services are being held there.

Mar 16, 2013

Soldiers in the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division return to basics to complete small arms reset work in theater using Soldier skills and guidance from TACOM Armament Logistics Assistance Representatives.

Mar 16, 2013

TACOM logistics assistance representatives (LARs) keep things movin' as they make daily rounds of supported units in their mission to support the Warfighter. Spending a morning with four LARs at Bagram means lots of stops and logging at least one trip completely around Bagram Airfield as they work with their units.

Mar 15, 2013

Overexertion, the act of performing a job task that is beyond an individual's physical limitations, is one of Anniston Army Depot's top causes of injury. These musculoskeletal injuries could take the form of a strain or sprain. They often happen when an individual lifts an object that is too heavy or lifts in an incorrect manner. "As much as possible, employees should use mechanical lifting devices," said Ken Fagan, a safety specialist in the depot's Safety Office.

Mar 15, 2013

Anniston Army Depot Commander Col. Brent Bolander held three town hall sessions this week, accompanied by installation leaders. The meetings allowed Bolander to communicate with the workforce regarding recent fiscal year 2013 budget cuts, commonly known as sequestration, and how they would affect depot operations. The night shift session was held at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the final paint facility of the Nichols Industrial Complex. Thursday afternoon, the second town hall meeting was also held in the final paint facility. It was broadcast live on the LAN. This morning, the third meeting will be held in the west area.

Mar 13, 2013

Eating on the go can be tough, especially when your job requires you to fly an aircraft for the U.S. military. The Aircrew Build to Order Meal Module (ABOMM), designed by the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center's Department of Defense Combat Feeding Directorate, or CFD, will make refueling these aviators a lot easier.

Mar 13, 2013

Scientists and engineers at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., have volunteered their time to mentor local students in a robotics competition as part of an ongoing effort to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics education to students.

Mar 12, 2013

Five Operation Ammunition Clean Sweep 13 teams are ready to spread across the Combined Joint Operations Area-Afghanistan searching for unserviceable or unsafe ammunition for demilitarization and serviceable ammunition that can be returned to record for reissue or retrograde back to the United States.

Mar 11, 2013

The Army is preparing to deploy the first Security Forces Advise and Assist Team to Afghanistan equipped with the latest suite of integrated network communications gear, but first the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), must train on the new equipment and learn how it will aid in the advise and assist mission.

Mar 11, 2013

The Army Materiel Command held a promotion ceremony for its chief of staff Friday at Bob Jones Auditorium.

Mar 11, 2013

Less than a week after the Sequester took effect, the Program Executive Officer for Ammunition held the first Town Hall meeting March 5 for the PEO community. The meeting, headed by Brig. Gen. John J. McGuiness, was the fourth Town Hall-style gathering held at the Arsenal since the start of 2013.

Mar 11, 2013

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- The U.S. Army Materiel Command Band increased morale in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait by performing to deployed units assigned there, Feb. 23-28.

Mar 11, 2013

The 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment played host to the U.S. Army Materiel Command Band on Camp Redleg, Feb. 28.

Mar 11, 2013

Budget uncertainty was the main topic at AMCOM's town hall meeting March 6 in Bob Jones Auditorium. Maj. Gen. Lynn Collyar, commander of the Aviation and Missile Command, conducted the third town hall of his tenure. He told the audience in the auditorium and command locations via video-teleconference that he is committed to providing the most up-to-date information about budgetary uncertainties, sequestration and the potential for furloughs.

Mar 11, 2013

The commander of Army Materiel Command met with Congressional leaders and staff members, Feb. 27, 2013, on Capitol Hill, to discuss the Army's organic industrial base and national military readiness.

Mar 8, 2013

The Combined Arms Support Command will host the Global Logistics 2020 Rehearsal of Concept Drill, March 11-15, 2013, at Fort Lee, Va.

Mar 8, 2013

The Wolfhound Handheld Threat Warning System, named one of the Army's greatest inventions for 2009, is still being fielded and sustained to give Soldiers an "ears on the ground" capability in a wide range of missions.

Mar 8, 2013

Dr. Jack Obusek is the technical director of the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center. He leads about 700 Department of the Army employees and 16 Soldiers. He oversees about 100 contractors and executes an annual program budget of about $353 million.

Mar 7, 2013

The Expeditionary Basing and Collective Protection Directorate works with Soldiers to help erect and provide shelters, and sometimes works alongside them when both civilian and military personnel are deployed to countries like Afghanistan.

Mar 7, 2013

Army Field Support Battalion Kandahar, 401st Army Field Support Brigade's Redistribution Property Assistance Team yard at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, retrogrades its first Stryker combat vehicles for return to the U.S. March 2.

Mar 7, 2013

Take a boyhood working for family food businesses in Boston's famed North End, add plenty of intelligence, hard work and people skills, spice it all with self-deprecating humor, and you have Gerry Darsch's recipe for success at the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center's Department of Defense Combat Feeding Directorate.

Mar 7, 2013

When the Soldiers of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, deploy to Afghanistan this summer to assist in the drawdown of U.S. forces, they will be the first to use an on-the-move communications network that stays connected over vast distances, providing information throughout the brigade down to the lowest echelons.

Mar 7, 2013

Electronics Mechanic Edward Mojzuk takes a reading from the elevation data box to verify AS-3036 Antenna alignment here.

Mar 7, 2013

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- The U.S. Army Materiel Command completed its 2012 Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware Public Affairs Competition here, Feb. 11.

Mar 6, 2013

How many people can say they have worked for the federal government for 40 years? Joint Munitions Command's Tony Rosata can. Rosata's career began in January 1973 when he entered the U.S. Air Force with security police. He will retire March 8, 2013, as a senior security specialist.

Mar 6, 2013

As the program manager for Soldier Protective Equipment, Lt. Col. Frank Lozano uses his personal experience to develop and deliver cutting-edge technology to protect Soldiers. Faces of the Force is a biweekly online feature providing an opportunity to highlight members of the Army Acquisition Workforce currently serving in a variety of AL&T disciplines.

Mar 6, 2013

Picatinny hosted an "Introduce a Girl to Engineering" night Feb. 28, in the Building 93 lobby for approximately 20 local high school females to encourage them to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Mar 6, 2013

Fort Campbell's "Rakkasans" are on a slingshot course that will lead them straight home to Fort Campbell, Ky., a bit quicker thanks to turn-in operations with the 401st Army Field Support Brigade in Bagram, Afghanistan.

Mar 6, 2013

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala.--With sequestration under way Army Contracting Command senior leaders are working hard to ensure its workforce and its customers are informed about the command's way ahead.

Mar 6, 2013

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- One of the consequences of the federal government's fiscal uncertainty and sequestration is that conference room availability is scarce at the Army Contracting Command headquarters here.

Mar 5, 2013

Members of the 404th AFSB at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., are participating in a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training program to help them eventually be awarded certification.

Feb 28, 2013

WATERVLIET, N.Y. (Feb. 2013) -- The Secretary of the Army recently acknowledged what the Watervliet Arsenal workforce has known for nearly 200 years, their skilled craftsmanship and machining capability is unequaled anywhere in the Department of Defense. The Honorable John M. McHugh has designated the Watervliet Arsenal as a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) for cannons and mortars.

Feb 28, 2013

One good deed deserves another. That's how things played out as a senior leader for the Army Sustainment Command, headquartered at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., visited a local high school Feb. 27 and thanked them for their assistance at a command New Year's reception.

Feb 28, 2013

Providing the contracting needs for more than 35,000 Soldiers and their families at the Army's second-largest installation is no easy task, but members of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command-Fort Bliss accomplish that every day.

Feb 28, 2013

His life is the sort of story destined for a book or movie. From birth in Vietnam to a career as an interdisciplinary engineer, Ngoc Dang has proven anything is possible. Born in Saigon, in April 1975, Dang grew up in a small village with no electricity or running water. Along with his older sister and two younger brothers, Dang helped with his parents' farm every day after school.

Feb 28, 2013

Aberdeen Proving Ground is participating in a pilot program that will determine how installations Army-wide manage one of our most precious natural resources--water.

Feb 28, 2013

Gen. Dennis L. Via, commanding general, U.S. Army Materiel Command, visited the Combined Arms Support Command, the Army's sustainment think tank, Feb. 27, to learn about training initiatives, credentialing programs and to discuss the future of sustainment.

Feb 28, 2013

TACOM Life Cycle Management Command Sgt. Maj. Karl Schmitt toured Anniston Army Depot Feb. 20 to gain a better understanding of the depot's mission. "I've seen numerous briefings, read numerous briefings and I've sat in on a lot of video teleconferences, but it wasn't until I arrived here to touch the equipment that I really understood the work performed here," said Schmitt. Schmitt said each of TACOM's installations is like a piece of a large puzzle and by going to the depots and arsenals he is able to piece together an overview of TACOM's workload. Depot-level maintenance is not new to Schmitt. He began his military career as a mechanic. "Everything the employees here touch, I've touched and I've depended on it," said Schmitt.

Feb 28, 2013

Chief Warrant Officer Travis Michael of 3-159th Delta Company, Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, needed a speed wrench for the AH64D Apache Helicopter Ammo Handling System. Michael went to the Mobile Parts Hospital where he explained to Joe Westphalen, team lead at MPH Buehring and a member of the Anniston Army Depot workforce, what he needed to get the mission done. "Yes, we can make that," was Westphalen's reply. That is his reply for most parts and tools Soldiers bring to the MPH.

Feb 28, 2013

On Feb. 13, seven Anniston Army Depot employees visited Fort Benning, Ga., at the invitation of the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Capabilities Manager-Stryker, Col. Elmer Speights Jr. After a grueling three hour ride, we had lunch with the Stryker team and were presented a capabilities briefing showing engineering change proposals for upgrades and what the future holds for the Stryker Brigade Combat Team. Then, the fun began.

Feb 28, 2013

Lt. Col. Aaron Jacob, command surgeon, Army Sustainment Command, boards a National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Feb. 28 for a flight to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., from the helipad at Rock Island Arsenal.

Feb 27, 2013

Four Research, Development and Engineering Command personnel deployed to the RDECOM Field Assistance in Science and Technology Center at the 401st AFSB headquarters were reccognized for force protection enhancements engineered, fabricated and installed at a combat outpost used by the unit.

Feb 27, 2013

When a military contractor approached the Army with a proposal for significant savings on armor tiles for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, the impulse to quickly go for the savings had to be postponed: The Bradley played such an important role in saving lives that keeping a steady flow of contracts was paramount.

Feb 27, 2013

Environmental excellence earns Holston Army Ammunition Plant LEED certification.

Feb 27, 2013

On Feb. 20, four Army Contracting Command-Rock Island officers met with approximately 30 Northern Illinois University Reserve Officers' Training Corps Military Science III and MS IV cadets to discuss their potential futures in the Army.

Feb 27, 2013

EL PASO, Texas -- The U.S. Army Contracting Command collected five awards at the 2012 Secretary of the Army Awards for Excellence in Contracting ceremony.

Feb 27, 2013

Federal employees are facing the specter of being furloughed because of the fiscal year 2013 federal budget sequestration.

Feb 27, 2013

REDSTONE ARESENAL, Ala.-In the event Army Contracting Command and Expeditionary Contracting Command Soldiers and employees are directed to stay away from their Redstone Arsenal campus, a plan is in place to help the command continue operations.

Feb 27, 2013

Dorothea Marie Cooper is the deputy director of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command-Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

Feb 26, 2013

U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center latest project -- the Global Strike Near Real Time Battle Data Assessment System - incorporates unattended sensors and a remote Warfighter Interface to provide timely reporting of conditions during reconnaissance operations.

Feb 26, 2013

When they deploy rapidly to the mountainous regions of Afghanistan, U.S. Soldiers confront more than the enemy. At heights exceeding 8,200 feet, they must worry about the effects of altitude on their mental performance and about their susceptibilities to Acute Mountain Sickness.

Feb 26, 2013

Maj. Gen. Larry D. Wyche, Combined Arms Support Command and Fort Lee commanding general, recognized members of the Joint Light Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Requirements team during an award ceremony Feb. 26, in the James Madison Conference room.

Feb 26, 2013

The Runnymede, one of two Landing Craft Utility 2000 series watercraft under U.S. Army South's operational control, was deployed to Guantanamo Bay to support Integrated Advance 2013, a humanitarian-crisis exercise U.S. Southern Command conducts biennially.

Feb 25, 2013

Imagine a world without dirty clothes. Quoc Truong, physical scientist at Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, wants to make that a reality.

Feb 25, 2013

As the Army grapples with budget austerity and prepares for future operations beyond Afghanistan, the Network Integration Evaluations will endure as an effective, cost-efficient way to quickly modernize the force, senior leaders said.

Feb 25, 2013

Property Book Officers from the Combined/Joint Operations Area-Afghanistan met Feb. 20-21 for a two-day PBO ROC drill sponsored by 1st Theater Sustainment Command and the 401st AFSB to set conditions for retrograde.

Feb 25, 2013

The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's Military Ocean Terminal, Concord, or MOTCO, Calif., is currently taking advantage of a U.S. Army-sponsored environmental program designed to locate unexploded ordnance and other metallic debris left over from decades of munitions-related military activities.

Feb 25, 2013

Employees here continue to incorporate Lean into work processes to continuously improve the depot's competitiveness and customer support, and lower costs.

Feb 25, 2013

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - Children at the APG South (Edgewood) Youth Center received a lesson in endurance and overcoming obstacles, courtesy of retired Staff Sgt. Michael Kacer, a Wounded Warrior athlete and motivational speaker who visited the facility Feb. 15.

Feb 25, 2013

The commander of the U.S. Army Materiel Command spoke to Headquarters employees about budget concerns, the looming sequestration and potential furloughs during a Feb. 25 Town Hall meeting here. Gen. Dennis L. Via addressed the workforce, telling audience members that he wanted to ensure he shared information on the budget uncertainty, its impact on the command, and its personal impact on the workforce.

Feb 25, 2013

The Large Capacity Ammunition Carriage System, or "Ironman," began as the brainchild of Iowa National Guardsmen and was named one of the Army's top inventions of 2010. The system was recently assessed by Soldiers in Afghanistan.

Feb 22, 2013

The reset of equipment returning from Afghanistan may be affected by sequestration, said the commander of U.S. Army Materiel Command.

Feb 22, 2013

Nominations for the 2013 Army Contracting Command Annual Awards are due Feb. 28.

Feb 22, 2013

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Transitioning a technology prototype from an Army engineer's laboratory to the Soldier on the ground is filled with potential obstacles. To overcome challenges associated with manufacturing Soldiers' equipment, from helicopters to helmets, the U.S. Army enlists the Manufacturing Technology Program, commonly known as ManTech.

Feb 22, 2013

A panel of Army leaders and industry executives at the Association of the U.S. Army's Winter Symposium focused on sustaining the Industrial Base through partnerships, Feb. 21 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Emphasizing the need for a viable Industrial Base, John B. Nerger, executive deputy to the commanding general, U.S. Army Materiel Command, opened the panel.

Feb 22, 2013

Col. Martha Brooks never envisioned herself rubbing elbows with Hollywood's finest actors and actresses, but that is exactly what she'll be doing on the red carpet at the 85th Academy Award celebration this month.

Feb 21, 2013

Watervliet Arsenal, N.Y., announced Feb. 21, 2012, that it received a $5.9 million contract to provide the Afghan National Army with nearly 900 60mm-mortar systems, as part of the U.S. State Department's Foreign Military Sales program.

Feb 21, 2013

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- Dr. Grace M. Bochenek, chief technology officer for Army Materiel Command gave the science and technology perspective in a briefing at the Winter Symposium of the Association of the United States Army in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Feb. 20.

Feb 21, 2013

Teaching the steps to save lives is a process the Rock Island Arsenal Fire Department is focused on presenting Arsenal-wide. Since the installation of the new Automated Electronic Defibrillators (AED) in several buildings, Arsenal employees recognized a need for life-saving training.

Feb 21, 2013

Army Materiel Command's continued support to the warfighter in spite of looming fiscal cuts was the key focus of a presentation by AMC Commander Gen. Dennis L. Via, Feb. 21, 2013.

Feb 21, 2013

Construction has been completed on upgrades to existing World War II-era storage warehouses and the infrastructure around them at Pine Bluff Arsenal.

Feb 21, 2013

According to the Army Contracting Command's senior noncommissioned officer, the Joint contracting Readiness Exercise conducted Jan. 14-Feb. 1 at Fort Bliss, Texas, is the type of training that will help 51C contracting NCOs advance their skills and achieve the level of expertise needed during deployment operations.

Feb 21, 2013

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala.--A month after becoming the Army Contracting Command deputy to the commanding general, Michael Hutchison has learned that the ACC headquarters here is a busy place.

Feb 21, 2013

Selling military hardware to allied nations is a way to keep weapon production lines hot, ensure the viability of America's industrial base, and strengthen ties with the militaries that buy the equipment. Foreign military sales is a growth area for the future, and a good idea, said the commander of Army Materiel Command.

Feb 20, 2013

In its inaugural year, the STEM Superstar program, the brainchild of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's communications-electronics center Educational Outreach Team engages students from kindergarten to fifth grade in stimulating activities challenging students to think creatively and solve problems like an engineer.

Feb 20, 2013

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Maryland students will soon have a unified APG facility at which to explore the world of science and engineering with Army professionals. The APG STEM Education and Outreach Center will be ready in late May, said Dr. Sandy Young, an Army Research Laboratory materials engineer. She is coordinating the project with ARL laboratory operations and other science, technology, engineering and mathematics outreach offices on APG.

Feb 20, 2013

Joseph Balancier III is currently assigned as a Liaison Officer (LNO) at the Embassy Military Attaché Security Assistance Annex (EMASAA) in Baghdad, Iraq. As a forward deployed LNO, he supports the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) mission by interfacing directly with the customer and the Office of Security Cooperation - Iraq (OSC-I).

Feb 20, 2013

Local news station, Corpus Christi's KRIS-TV, takes a look at how the Corpus Christi Army Depot is looking forward to the future of Army aviation and what they are doing now to posture themselves for whatever the future has in store. This is the second of a two-part news story by local anchor, Lee Sausley.

Feb 20, 2013

An Army Sustainment Command civilian from the 405th Army Field Support Brigade has the honor of being the only ASC employee to receive the 2011 Louis Dellamonica Award.

Feb 20, 2013

Feb 19, 2013

More than 10 years ago, Army researchers saw potential in flexible displays. With nothing in the marketplace, the Army decided to change that by partnering with industry and academia to create the Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University.

Feb 19, 2013

Retired mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship Welterweight Champion Pat Miletich joined the Army Sustainment Command as they recognized six Soldiers who attained Modern Army Combatives Level 2 Tactical Combatives certification Feb. 8 at Rock Island Arsenal's fitness center. Miletich spoke to the ASC Soldiers about how the MAC program has been instrumental in the development of world-class fighters and the success of the sport. The six Soldiers from ASC, Capt. Justin Bergen, Sgts. 1st Class Curtis Benjamin, Matthew Favory, and David Stephenson, Staff Sgt. Tony Reed, and Sgt. Walter Buck, achieved their certificates after a grueling two-week course that teaches advanced hand-to-hand combat techniques and builds on the philosophies and methodology of the MAC program.

Feb 19, 2013

Secretary of the Army John McHugh designated Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center as a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence for Foundry operations.

Feb 19, 2013

Conserving Capabilities: AMC's Public-Private Partnership program aims to preserve the Organic Industrial Base as operations shift to sustainment and workload requirements decrease

Feb 19, 2013

Tiger Team created to aggressively work paperwork issues that can snarl the equipment retrograde process..

Feb 14, 2013

Senior leadership, including the commanding general, from the Army Materiel Command, headquartered in Redstone Arsenal, Al., met with several military and civilian leaders on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb 8.

Feb 14, 2013

The combined mission success of the Anniston Chemical Activity and the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility was publicly recognized Feb. 1 by the outgoing chairman of the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce.

Feb 14, 2013

Anniston Army Depot has long been a proponent of growing its own workforce -- from the high school and college cooperative education programs to the Depot Leadership and Management Program. DLAMP began in 2006 and, for its first five years, was hosted by Jacksonville State University. JSU used its civilian contacts to train the depot's future leaders, and training typically took students away from the installation for the duration of the course.

Feb 14, 2013

FORT LEE, Va. (Feb. 14, 2014) -- Pfc. Larry Black doesn't hold any unrealistic expectations. The young Soldier, who has never been deployed, realizes the Reconfigurable Vehicle Tactical Trainer -- a virtual environment convoy simulation -- can never be a replacement for the real thing, but a recent practice session convinced him that it is more than adequate as the next best thing.

Feb 14, 2013

A three-member team from Concurrent Technologies, the Department of Defense Voluntary Protection Program Center of Excellence, conducted a VPP assessment at Anniston Army Depot the week of Feb. 4. ANAD is currently in stage two of the three-step VPP process.

Feb 14, 2013

Col. Brent Bolander, commander of Anniston Army Depot, addressed the quarterly meeting of the Anniston Satellite of the Redstone-Huntsville Chapter of the Association of the United States Army Tuesday. The meeting, held at the depot's DeSoto Pastime Center served as an introduction of Bolander to the AUSA chapter and enabled him to give the group an overview of the installation and its current operations.

Feb 14, 2013

Iowa Army Ammunition Plant is undertaking a two-phase installation of geothermal and photovoltaic systems at its administration building to help meet the Army Energy Security's mission to "make energy a consideration for all Army activities to reduce demand, increase efficiency, seek alternative sources, and create a culture of energy accountability while sustaining or enhancing operational capabilities."

Feb 14, 2013

As contracting activities across the federal government battle a systemic crisis of closing out hundreds of thousands of overaged contracts, a dedicated plan of attack by contracting officials at Fort Drum, N.Y., has all but eliminated what once seemed an insurmountable backlog.

Feb 14, 2013

Holston Army Ammunition Plant cuts the ribbon on a vital explosives manufacturing facility.