Nov 26, 2012

As he described his work and personal life, Tom Yang asked, "So, am I a nerd?" You decide.

Nov 21, 2012

The development and implementation of a strategic human capital plan is a key step in SDDC's progress to maintain a highly effective, performance-based organization.

Nov 21, 2012

Members of the Army Field Support Battalion-North East Asia's Yokohama North Dock have supported Keen Sword 2013 by conducting an issue of two Landing Craft Utility 2000 vessels.

Nov 20, 2012

An employee here was one of three award recipients at the recent Association for the Blind's annual dinner. Caitlin Best, an equal employment opportunity assistant, received the Arline Philips Achievement Award, named for the founder of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Association for the Blind. The annual award is presented to a blind or visually impaired person whose lifestyle and independence sets an example for others.

Nov 20, 2012

The Anniston Contracting Office, a tenant of Anniston Army Depot, has teamed up with the Alabama Army National Guard's 279th Army Field Support Brigade's Contingency Contracting Team to provide Soldiers with necessary training.

Nov 20, 2012

A team of 39 TACOM Life Cycle Management Command subject matter experts in areas ranging from human resources and training to security and maintenance arrived at Anniston Army Depot Nov. 5 poised to inspect the installation, noting best practices and areas for improvement. What they found was an outstanding workforce willing to not only meet, but exceed the standards set.

Nov 20, 2012

An environmental protection specialist here has been named the CECOM Employee of the Quarter in the Junior category for the second quarter of fiscal year 2013.

Nov 19, 2012

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The Tennessee Valley Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association hosted a conference Nov. 14-15, which offered a venue for Army Materiel Command to showcase its small business opportunities to more than 300 businesses in 31 different states.

Nov 16, 2012

U.S. Army research and development centers are collaborating to design new ammunition packaging that could yield significant cost savings and improve battlefield capability, officials said. Two organizations within the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command -- the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center and Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center -- are developing a packaging system for 5.56-millimeter ammunition as an alternative to fabric bandoleers.

Nov 16, 2012

A seamless link from development to production helped to distinguish a recent Department of Defense-awarded radar as one of the top five 2012 defense programs of excellence in systems engineering in October. The AN/TPQ-53 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar, more commonly referred to as Q-53, leveraged government, industry and academic organizations to provide U.S. Soldiers with an advanced radar with 360-degree surveillance capabilities.

Nov 16, 2012

The U.S. Army will close its National Capital Region contracting center next year, the Army announced Nov. 16, 2012.

Nov 16, 2012

Oct. 25, 2007, was like any other day in Afghanistan. Giunta and the Soldiers in his platoon set out in the pre-dawn hours as part of a battalion-wide mission to recover equipment taken from a scout and gun team overrun by enemy fighters on a patrol days before

Nov 16, 2012

"We could never be the Army that we are -- not today, not yesterday -- without the civilian workforce that we have," began Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal at a town hall meeting with Army Materiel Command employees, Nov. 14, 2012, at Redstone Arsenal, Ala.

Nov 15, 2012

WATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y. -- Think about this, we have thousands of troops forward deployed in a combat zone, while at the same time, similar combat-experienced troops are providing food, fuel, medical, and more important, stability to New York City's disaster areas within a two hour drive of here.

Nov 15, 2012

Carol Sinnard, a contract specialist assigned to Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's Acquisition Center, was recently named Hq. SDDC Outstanding Performer of the Quarter.

Nov 14, 2012

A group of female ROTC cadets from the University of Iowa participated in a panel discussion that featured three Army officers from the Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Ill. The purpose of the event was to give the cadets an opportunity to talk to active-duty female Soldiers abuot the unique challenges of being a woman in the military.

Nov 14, 2012

During an annual full-scale anti-terrorism exercise at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, leaders identified a training gap that led to a unique government-to-government cooperation between LCAAP's government security office and the Transportation Security Administration.

Nov 14, 2012

Army Sustainment Command Soldiers fanned out across western Illinois and eastern Iowa during the Veterans Day weekend, paying tribute to area veterans. In an all-out community outreach effort, ASC Soldiers gave speeches, conducted presentations and participated in parades and memorial services while representing the command and the Army.

Nov 13, 2012

Two Army institutions unveiled an unprecedented shared resource designed to support basic and applied research projects that will apply a broad but integrated biological approach to a wide variety of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosives issues.

Nov 13, 2012

Members of the 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and Joint Sustainment Command - Afghanistan visited the Kandahar Regional Military Hospital on November 8, 2012. The Sustainers visited the facility to get a better understanding of the Afghan's medical processes and procedures.

Nov 13, 2012

The Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility completed mass demolition of the last major facility component Oct. 13, using controlled explosive felling technology to demolish the Pollution Abatement System structure. This activity marks the successful completion of a major closure milestone for the facility.

Nov 12, 2012

When it comes to turning out the finest equipment in the world for American servicemen and women, no one else can "Git-R-Done" quite like the folks at the Natick Soldier Systems Center. That's what "Larry the Cable Guy" discovered Nov. 8, 2012, when the comedian known for that blue-collar catch phrase brought the crew of his popular History Channel TV series "Only in America" to NSSC for a visit.

Nov 9, 2012

Dr. Melanie Will-Cole, the lady behind the 2012 ARL Young Women in Science and Engineering College and Career Workshop. Hosted by T'Jae Gibson.

Nov 8, 2012

New algorithm that will make it easier for the Department of Defense to maintain wirelessly networked Army PackBots and other military assets using radio communications.

Nov 8, 2012

U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Power Components chief led a joint team of service members, as a Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel, that recently wrapped up national projects to develop scientists, technicians, engineers, and mathematicians.

Nov 7, 2012

The 406th Army Field Support Brigade has deployed personnel and equipment to support relief operations for Superstorm Sandy.

Nov 7, 2012

Mark R. Adkins, who is currently the Joint Munitions Command senior staff technical representative assigned to 401st Army Field Support Brigade, recently received the highest recognition in the Quality Assurance Specialist (Ammunition Surveillance) career field when he was named QASAS of the Year for the GS-12 grade level.

Nov 7, 2012

Each year on Nov. 11, Americans pause in their daily routines to recognize our nation's veterans. It is the day set aside to recognize and honor the men and women who have served this nation and protected and defended our great Constitution.

Nov 6, 2012

An innovation that will leave female Soldiers safer and more comfortable on the battlefield was named one of Time Magazine's "Best Inventions of the Year 2012."

Nov 6, 2012

Redstone Arsenal, Ala. --Executive Deputy to the Commanding General of U.S. Army Materiel Command John B. Nerger kicked off the Combined Federal Campaign Charity Fair here, Nov. 5.

Nov 5, 2012

Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center representatives were among business and community leaders hosted Oct. 25, 2012, by Natick High School, which kicked off its "Future Ready" program.

Nov 5, 2012

Two Army scientists and a university professor earned a patent for the forerunner of a powerful quantum neural dynamics computer chip. The device uses nonstandard mathematics to accomplish analog problem solving at high speed.

Nov 5, 2012

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- Fifty-two Soldiers convened Nov. 5 in northern Alabama for a week of professional development and the opportunity to learn about the nation's leading Army installation for aviation and missile research, development and testing. The noncommissioned officers of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command will complete a physical fitness test and receive briefings, training, and facility and capability tours. They will conclude this session of NCO Professional Development with a tour of Stones River National Battlefield in Murfreesboro, Tenn., a Civil War historic site.

Nov 3, 2012

New billeting at 401st Army Field Support Brigade headquarters at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, provides improved force protection for personnel by housing them in hardened structures.

Nov 2, 2012

An Army Sustainment Command employee received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award here Oct. 31 for his accomplishments from 2007 to 2012 culminating as the executive director of LOGCAP.

Nov 1, 2012

Representatives from Research, Development and Engineering Command and the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center were among more than 1,000 people who attended the ninth annual Massachusetts STEM Summit, held Oct. 11, 2012, at Gillette Stadium.

Nov 1, 2012

D. Scott Welker, deputy to the commander, Army Sustainment Command, congratulates Tommy L. Marks, then executive director of LOGCAP, after Marks was awarded the Meritorious Civilian Service Award Oct. 31 for his accomplishments from 2007 to 2012 with ASC.

Nov 1, 2012

Several members of Army Contracting Command-Rock Island were recently selected as winners for one of two 2012 David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Awards.

Nov 1, 2012

Excessive shipments of training ammunition between 78 Ammunition Supply Points across the U.S. spurred Ryan Senkbile, a logistics management specialist at the Joint Munitions Command headquarters, Rock Island Arsenal, to find a solution to the problem. Senkbile tackled the issue via a green belt Lean Six Sigma project.

Nov 1, 2012

A Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center engineer is looking at football helmet technology that could one day also help protect Soldiers.

Nov 1, 2012

Oct 31, 2012

Redstone Arsenal is on solid ground for the future.

Oct 31, 2012

Officials from the Armed Scout Helicopter Project Office, together with the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center's Prototype Integration Facility, have announced the first OH-58F Kiowa Warrior helicopter completed production and was released to the Army for test and evaluation.

Oct 31, 2012

Contracting and LOGCAP were the main topics during a three-day meeting that concluded Oct. 31 here in Building 103, Baylor Conference Room, as the Army makes plans for post-war Southwest Asia operations.

Oct 29, 2012

WATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y. -- The Arsenal announced Friday that it received a $4.2 million contract from the U.S. Army to manufacture a new lightweight 60mm mortar baseplate that will enhance Soldiers' abilities to move more quickly across the battlefield, while also reducing logistical requirements.

Oct 29, 2012

Soldiers of the Army Sustainment Command gathered and paired up on mats at the RIA Community Fitness Center, Oct. 1, for some of the most energetic schooling they are likely to ever receive.

Oct 29, 2012

.-- The new route clearance vehicle welding positioner at Letterkenny Army Depot was dedicated to the memory of Master Sgt. Benjamin F. Bitner, C Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) headquartered at Fort Bragg, N.C., in a ceremony at the maintenance facility Oct. 10.

Oct 26, 2012

FORT BELVOIR, Va. -- Top officials from the Defense Logistics Agency, Department of the Army and Army Materiel Command discussed recent logistic milestones at Army/DLA Day Oct. 25 at the McNamara Headquarters Complex.

Oct 25, 2012

Tobyhanna Army Depot's new robotics mission helps warfighters remotely search for improvised explosive devices using either a laptop computer or backpack control system.

Oct 25, 2012

Anniston Army Depot recently began a Foreign Military Sales overhaul for the M198 light towed howitzer. The artillery is disassembled, inspected and rebuilt to specifications for a U.S. military ally.

Oct 25, 2012

Anniston Munitions Center passed an important milestone Oct. 16 - four years without a lost time accident. A lost time accident is any injury occurring within the organization that takes an employee off duty for at least one 24-hour period. The last time that happened for ANMC was Oct. 16, 2008, when an employee's back was injured.

Oct 25, 2012

Members of the Army Sustainment Command headquarters staff and the Rock Island Arsenal Fire Department met with residents of the Arrowhead Ranch Oct. 24-25 to share their message of making good choices to succeed in life.

Oct 24, 2012

On Oct. 1, 2012, after 24 months of detailed planning and coordination with the Department of the Army, and in strong partnership with Installation Management Command (IMCOM), Army Materiel Command (AMC) assumed management of Directorates of Logistics (DOL) Army-wide. I want to take this opportunity to personally welcome every member of the 73 DOL locations -- 49 in the United States and 24 overseas -- to the AMC team.

Oct 24, 2012

Oct 24, 2012

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (October 24, 2012) -- The U.S. Army Materiel Command hosted a wellness fair for its headquarters employees here, Wednesday.

Oct 24, 2012

Leaders from the Mission and Installation Contracting Command are meeting with field directors and their deputies from throughout the command here Oct. 22-24 to conduct roundtable discussions on realignment and a strategic planning workshop.

Oct 23, 2012

Technicians here have successfully completed a mission that gives a key Army communications system increased range and frequencies.

Oct 23, 2012

HUNTSVILLE, ALA. -- "HOOAH!" the girls exclaimed as Lt. Gen. Patricia McQuistion concluded her remarks kicking off the fourth annual Girls' Science & Engineering Day held at UAHuntsville Oct. 20.

Oct 20, 2012

U.S. Air Force Gen. William M. Fraser, III, commander U.S. Transportation Command, made a brief visit to the 401st Army Field Support Brigade Oct. 19 to learn more about the processes the 401st employs to prepare equipment to be shipped from the Combined Joint Operations Area-Afghanistan.

Oct 19, 2012

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. -- Joan Wysoske, chief, Army Contracting Command-Rock Island's Contract Closeout Branch, was chosen as a 2012 Chicago Lighthouse Community Partner Award recipient Oct. 18.

Oct 18, 2012

Brig. Gen. Jonathan A. Maddux, Picatinny senior commander since February 2009, said good-bye to the Picatinny community during a change of charter ceremony today. During the ceremony, Maddux relinquished command to incoming Picatinny Senior Commander and Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Ammunition, Brig. Gen. John J. McGuiness.

Oct 18, 2012

A team of U.S. Army engineers are developing new battery chargers for smartphones, tablet computers and laptops for deployed Soldiers without access to a traditional electrical grid. They have engineered and built prototypes for 8-port, 4-port, and 2-port USB chargers, as well as an AC/USB adaptor -- all of which use a military standard battery such as the BB-2590 as the main power source.

Oct 18, 2012

Range Accuracy Testing System is making a big impact at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant.

Oct 18, 2012

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- As a college student, it was the Army's flashy dress uniform that first attracted Gen. Dennis Via to the military. But it is the Soldier behind the uniform that has kept the attention of Redstone Arsenal's four-star general throughout his 32-year career as a Signal Corps officer.

Oct 18, 2012

CAMP CASEY, South Korea -- The logisticians who look after Warrior Country's transportation, maintenance and supply needs are now able to provide even more robust services thanks to a recent change that gives them broader, faster reach into the Army's overall logistics network.

Oct 15, 2012

Pine Bluff Arsenal's Directorate of Ammunition Operations is keeping busy lately with new munition work, as well as looking down the road at a robust workload for fiscal year 2013.

Oct 15, 2012

Pine Bluff Arsenal played host Sept. 20 to the Project Manager Combat Ammunitions Systems conventional ammunition management review meeting. The meeting, held at the Arsenal's Training Center, included visitors from PM-CAS, U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command, Crane Army Ammunition Activity and McAlester Army Ammunition Plant. Personnel from PBA's Directorate of Ammunitions, Engineering and Technology, Material Management and Business Operations were also in attendance.

Oct 12, 2012

Studies are underway at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to create a 'super engine' that could allow military ground vehicles, stationary power generators, and small unmanned aerial vehicles, for example, to operate with the same kind of fuel.

Oct 12, 2012

WATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y. -- Nearly 500 Watervliet Arsenal civilian employees stopped all manufacturing operations Wednesday as the Arsenal participated in a Suicide Prevention Stand Down on October 10th.

Oct 12, 2012

Teams of Army experts have spent the last five months laying the groundwork for a computational powerhouse at the Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

Oct 12, 2012

Sgt. 1st Class Dawn Simington currently serves as a 51C acquisition, logistics and technology contracting noncommissioned officer with the services flight of the 673rd Contracting Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

Oct 11, 2012

Well-trained and skilled Tobyhanna Army Depot employees maintain and support the military's vast array of electro-optics/night vision for all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, as well as foreign military service customers.

Oct 11, 2012

Chaplain connects through shared military experiences

Oct 11, 2012

Army and NASA part of tradition

Oct 11, 2012

Community Appreciation Day...the name says so much and describes just what the event was all about - celebrating Anniston Army Depot's community.

Oct 11, 2012

Bailey retires from the Army with 20-plus years service

Oct 11, 2012

People with disabilities are a diverse group -- crossing lines of age, ethnicity, gender, race, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. Anniston Army Depot's focus for 2012 is to show how individuals with disabilities are given the opportunities to soar as far as their reach will let them. This year's Disability Awareness Program will enlighten the workforce about individuals with disabilities who are employed at Anniston Army Depot.

Oct 11, 2012

Col. Jeff Vieira, Director of Defense Logistics Agency Land Operations, toured small arms operations at Anniston Army Depot Oct. 3. During the visit, three individuals who have played lead roles in the continued success of the small arms program, particularly as it relates to the DLA mission to support warfighter needs in a timely manner, were recognized by Vieira.

Oct 11, 2012

Anniston Army Depot is the place to go for an M1 Abrams tank in need of overhaul, but, when maintenance is required in the field, the depot's workforce and facilities are thousands of miles away and Soldiers have to know how to get the tank back on its way. When it comes to repairing the equipment located in the M1's turret, the Soldiers learn using tools built, in part, here on the installation.

Oct 11, 2012

LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT, Chambersburg, Pa.-- The new route clearance vehicle welding positioner at Letterkenny Army Depot was dedicated to the memory of Master Sgt. Benjamin F. Bitner, C Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) headquartered at Fort Bragg, N.C. in a ceremony at the maintenance facility on Oct. 10.

Oct 10, 2012

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- Whenever Ray Williams sees an African-American servicemember in uniform, he proudly remembers what he and his fellow Marines did to integrate the Marine Corps in the 1940s. Just like the Army's Buffalo Soldiers and the Army Air Corps' Tuskegee Airmen, the Montford Point Marines have a place in the annals of history for their role in ending segregation in the U.S. military.

Oct 10, 2012

Commanding general, JMC, visits VA Medical Center in Iowa City, Iowa

Oct 10, 2012

Hispanics were recognized at the Hispanic Heritage Month Observance in Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., on Oct. 10, for their positive influences in their communities and to celebrate diversity as a nation.

Oct 10, 2012

The Army has completed field testing for radio-based combat identification capabilities, which it expects to field next year as part of Capability Set 14. This concludes three and a half years of work that will save taxpayer dollars by leveraging and updating software embedded in the Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System, or SINCGARS.

Oct 9, 2012

Steve Belmore, a mechanical engineer with the Systems Equipment and Engineering Team, Department of Defense Combat Feeding Directorate at the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, spent 18 months with the Corps' Afghanistan Engineer District-South.

Oct 9, 2012

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta learned about the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's contributions to national energy security during a tour of exhibits at the Pentagon, Oct. 4, 2012.

Oct 9, 2012

A division chief from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's communications-electronics center was honored by the Association of Old Crows for his contributions to the electronic-warfare community at a Sept. 24 ceremony in Phoenix.

Oct 8, 2012

Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Richardson, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command commanding general, visited 401st Army Field Support Brigade Oct. 3 to see firsthand some of the equipment that will be retrograded using SDDC and other transportation options from the Combined Joint Operations-Afghanistan in the coming months.

Oct 7, 2012

Hundreds of runners got their pink on for the BAF in Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Run sponsored by 401st Army Field Support Brigade at Bagram Airfield Oct. 6.

Oct 5, 2012

Jennifer Exelby, a chemist, leads 10 chemical-agent handlers for the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center.

Oct 5, 2012

Gen. Dennis L. Via, the commanding general of U.S. Army Materiel Command, spoke at the 13th annual Diversity Leadership Conference to a luncheon audience of more than 100 attendees inside Eisenhower Hall at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., Oct. 3, 2012.

Oct 4, 2012

Logistics for the Army of 2020 was a key topic discussed during the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) commander's forum held Oct. 2-3 in the FORSCOM headquarters at Marshall Hall.

Oct 4, 2012

Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Raymond Odierno opened the service-wide suicide prevention stand down with senior leaders in the Pentagon, Sept. 27, by announcing that 237 Soldiers have potentially taken their lives so far this year and that the Army will step up its resilience training to combat the problem.

Oct 4, 2012

Despite an initial setback of being denied membership in the Sgt. Audie Murphy Club once before, Sgt. 1st Class La Chad Jefferson was more than determined the second go-round.

Oct 4, 2012

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (Oct. 4, 2012) -- The U.S. Army Materiel Command hosted the first town hall and recognition ceremony under new leadership at the Von Braun III Auditorium here, Thursday.

Oct 3, 2012

In preparation for the Army's Network Integration Evaluation 13.1, the System of Systems Integration Directorate, with support from the Army Test and Evaluation Command, the Brigade Modernization Command and the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, kicked off a four-week-long network validation exercise, last month.

Oct 3, 2012

Gen. Dennis L. Via, who assumed duties as the 18th Commander of the Army Materiel Command Aug. 7, 2012, was presented with 200 years of Arsenal history during his first visit to this historic post on Oct. 2, 2012.

Oct 3, 2012

The U.S. Army demonstrated a proof of concept for a smart grid that could support tactical operations, this summer at its integrated capabilities testbed at Fort Dix, N.J.

Oct 3, 2012

Oct 3, 2012

Three-dimensional objects are created with computer-aided design programs at a lab managed by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.