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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (Oct. 5, 2022) – A team of human resource specialists and the commanding general of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command traveled to northeast Oklahoma Sept. 26-28 to promote the Army’s mission and recruit future college graduates from two universities to work in the acquisitions career field for the command.
Brig. Gen. Doug Lowrey, Maria Allen, Patrick Hill and Brenda Orozco visited students at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma, to promote opportunities for employment and increase the MICC’s hiring actions, and the benefits that accompanies federal employment.
During the visit, the team spoke to nearly 200 potential candidates and received several resumes from students who are ready to work after graduation in December 2022.
“Our goal was to get the word out about excellent opportunities for graduating college students to start their careers with the MICC,” said Maria Allen, deputy chief of staff for MICC human resources directorate. “This event was a big success. We have attended many job fairs at much larger locations and walked away with the same about of resumes. To have this many potential hires, all with great GPAs and willing to relocate, is a big win.”
With the team being at these locations, they were able to streamline the hiring process by accepting resumes and interviewing potential candidates for internships to address workforce opportunities in the General Schedule 7, 9 and 11 positions across the command.
Lowrey, an Oklahoma native of Cherokee descent and graduate of NSU, spoke to students within the business school section of NSU about the hiring process, the type of employee he was looking for to work at the MICC, and provided feedback on what to do and not to do during the interview process.
He also visited cadets in the ROTC program at NSU. Lowrey participated in a question-and-answer session with cadets, providing them his experiences at the university as well as guidance for their future Army careers. Lowrey earned his commission from the program in 1994.
The region Lowrey and his team were recruiting in has a combined 13 federal bases within 300 miles between the Army, Army National Guard and Air Force.
About the MICC
Headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, the Mission and Installation Contracting Command consists of about 1,300 military and civilian members who are responsible for contracting goods and services in support of Soldiers as well as readying trained contracting units for the operating force and contingency environment when called upon. As part of its mission, MICC contracts are vital in feeding more than 200,000 Soldiers every day, providing many daily base operations support services at installations, facilitate training in the preparation of more than 100,000 conventional force members annually, training more than 500,000 students each year, and maintaining more than 14.4 million acres of land and 170,000 structures.
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