From robotics to video games, the Army Materiel Command has plenty to offer students interested in federal service.
AMC delivered that message to more than 1,100 sixth- to eighth- grade students at Monrovia Middle School's career fair May 12.
"You don't have to be a Soldier or go to war to work for AMC," said Paula Taylor, the command's Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions Outreach Coordinator. "We do a tremendous job supporting our warfighters by being civilians."
Along with Taylor, AMC's Acting G-1 Director Steve Harris and HBCU/MI Program Coordinator Shara Ford visited with students and answered questions spanning the gamut from salary and career potential to AMC locations worldwide.
Using a picture of a Soldier, the team told the AMC story.
"Do you see the uniform the Soldier is wearing?" Ford asked the students. "AMC provides that uniform. Everything you see here, we provide. If a Soldier shoots it, flies it, drives, wears it, communicates with it or eats it, AMC provides it."
One student who professed lunch to be her favorite subject at school quickly became interested in the possibility of being a food scientist at AMC, said Ford.
"In order to effectively attract, recruit and retain, you have to start as early as possible," Ford said. "We want to connect students' interests with potential opportunities at AMC."
Taylor also stressed that planting the seed early for federal service is crucial in reaching the future workforce.
"Students are familiar with companies like Apple and Google, but they don't know about all the opportunities at AMC. We want them to come to us," said Taylor.
As the leader in Army research and development, AMC boasts more than 12,000 scientists and engineers. AMC also leads the way in math career fields too, said Taylor.
"AMC encompasses every aspect of STEM - through contracts, logistics, research and development, and even robotics; we offer careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics," Taylor said.
The Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center also participated at the fair with hands-on activities and displays for the students.
For more information on student opportunities at AMC, visit www.army.mil/amc.
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