REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- Dr. Myra S. Gray left Army Materiel Command headquarters with recognition from the organization's top leader for her strategic integration work that helped set the course for the organization since its transition to Huntsville.
Gray, a member of the Army's Senior Executive Service, is now the executive director of the Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment Activity, which falls under the Army Aviation and Missile Command, a subordinate command of AMC.
AMC Commanding General Gen. Dennis L. Via told a room full of Gray's friends and colleagues gathered at AMC headquarters June 9, that Gray had helped shape the direction of the command. Via said the former deputy for strategic integration had refined AMC's mission, objectives and vision while aligning the command's overall intent with the Department of the Army, and extending those lines of effort to the major subordinate commands.
"She quickly established herself as one of the organization's most respected and capable senior leaders since she came onboard in October 2010," Via said. "She is dedicated to change and to seeing a project through."
Via presented Gray with the Meritorious Civilian Service Award and a four-star note.
Gray said she was humbled by the recognition and commended the headquarters staff for always keeping its eye on the mission.
"In many organizations, it's so easy to feel buried and get disconnected," she said. "Not here. Everything we do is for the warfighter."
Her time at the headquarters, Gray said, made an enormous impression.
"Five years is not enough -- it would take a lifetime to understand AMC's impact on the warfighter and the world," Gray said.
But what she does leave with, she said, is an appreciations for how rich, deep and intense the organization is. "We would not have an Army without AMC."
After five years here, Gray said she leaves as a different person.
"I have a great appreciation for all of my colleagues," she said, calling them unsung heroes. "I have overwhelming gratitude for how enhanced I feel for what I've gained."
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