May 2, 2012

Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody, commander of Army Materiel Command, was honored by the USO during a luncheon in New York City, May 1, 2012.

May 2, 2012

Brig. Gen. (P) Gustave F. Perna, commanding general of Joint Munitions & Lethality Life Cycle Management Command and Joint Munitions Command, and members of Perna's headquarters staff visited the depot for a briefing, tour and farewell Tuesday, April 17.

May 2, 2012

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - The AN/TSC-93 Tactical Satellite, or TACSAT, System's Service Life Extension Program, referred to as SLEP, recently produced the AN/TSC-93E, Lynx.

Apr 30, 2012

Anniston Army Depot has long been known for its work on heavy tracked vehicles, but one of the installation's latest programs involves some heavy wheels.

Apr 27, 2012

High school honors students, who are enrolled in a college-preparatory science program called New Visions, helped turn Army laboratories at the Watervliet Arsenal into classrooms.

Apr 27, 2012

One year ago today, a series of tornadoes traveled through the Tennessee Valley, leveling homes, business and killing more than 200 people around the state.

Apr 26, 2012

Representatives from the Royal Jordanian Armed Forces visited Anniston Army Depot April 9-20 to select 22 M88 Recovery Vehicles their country plans to purchase from the U.S. Army.

Apr 26, 2012

U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command budget research analyst, Allyson Trapp, meets Brig. Gen. Khatool Mohammadzai, the first and most senior female general in the Afghan National Army, during the general's recent visit to the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, Campaign and Transition Assessment Group, where Trapp serves.

Apr 25, 2012

A two-man team working in a tent here has saved the Army more than $7 million over the past 18 months by charging batteries for re-use.

Apr 20, 2012

"AMCOM 7 signing off for the last time, sir!"

Apr 20, 2012

Brig. Gen. Theodore Harrison accepted the reigns of the U.S. Army's Expeditionary Contracting Command in a change of command ceremony today at Redstone Arsenal, Ala.

Apr 20, 2012

Joseph Givens' love for being in front of the camera led him into a job that took him all around the world as an Air Force videographer.

Apr 18, 2012

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- Dr. Carol E. Lowman, executive director, U.S. Army Contracting Command, will host a Change of Command ceremony for the U. S. Army Expeditionary Contracting Command, Friday, April 20, 2012 at 10 a.m.

Apr 17, 2012

Working in the historic Watervliet Arsenal has given nearly eight generations of workers a sense of pride that may be rarely equaled anywhere in the Army. But give it to children, who participated in the Arsenal's Take Your Child to Work Day on April 12, 2012, to take that sense of pride to a higher level.

Apr 17, 2012

If a Soldier moves with it, shoots it or uses it to communicate chances it will be issued by the Class VII warehouse located on the Army Field Support Battalion-Kandahar's compound. Literally serving as Army Materiel Command's face to the field, the team who runs the warehouse distributes the equipment that gives Soldiers the edge on the battlefield.

Apr 17, 2012

The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command congratulates Tracy Marshall, CECOM Equal Employment Program Manager, for being named the Army's 2011 Equal Opportunity Advisor of the Year for her work while serving as an active duty Soldier with Army Central Command as an Army Reserve master sergeant.

Apr 17, 2012

What he'll always remember are the sand, extreme heat and ongoing incoming rocket and mortar enemy fire. For Spc. Kris Covault, it's good to be back home.

Apr 16, 2012

A team of Soldiers with the 541st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 402nd Army Field Support Brigade, flew from Kuwait to Camp Shelby, Miss., last month to train deploying Soldiers in their area of expertise.

Apr 16, 2012

This year, the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command received the 2011 Exceptional Organization Safety Award at the Army level. This is the second year in a row that CECOM has won this prestigious award, given by the Secretary of the Army and the Army Chief of Staff. The Army awards just ten safety awards each year.

Apr 14, 2012

The Rock Island Arsenal-JMTC will join the NDIA Small Business Symposium that will take place on May 23 and 24 at the iWireless Center in Moline, Ill. The purpose is to work with the organic base and private enterprise to collaborate on how to produce the best equipment for the Warfighters as well as discuss ways in which small businesses can work with large businesses and the government. The agenda consists of informational sessions, panel discussions, speakers, luncheons, networking opportunities, display booths and more.

Apr 12, 2012

Anniston Army Depot recently contracted to overhaul 143 M1 Abrams tanks for Saudi Arabia's Royal Saudi Land Forces at Lima Army Tank Plant in Ohio.

Apr 12, 2012

Maj. Gen. Kurt Stein, Commanding General, U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, spent the majority of March 22 with Anniston Army Depot officials focusing on the workload and current challenges.

Apr 11, 2012

The engineers working at the Picatinny Arsenal Advanced Materials Lab are working toward artillery warheads with fragments that flare and burn when the warhead detonates.

Apr 11, 2012

THE Honorable Katherine Hammack, Assitant Secretary of the Army (INSTALLATIONS, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT) (ASA(IE&E), visits the US Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) Headquarters (HQ).

Apr 10, 2012

The General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) is coming to TACOM soon.

Apr 10, 2012

Network modernization is an Army priority. The U.S. Army will assess capabilities and emerging C4ISR technologies as part of its efforts to shape the future network when its annual integrated capabilities event begins at Fort Dix, N.J., April 16. The work will support initiatives to provide actionable intelligence at the squad level and improved situational awareness to dismounted Soldiers. The event, which provides an opportunity for stakeholders from across the DoD to integrate and exercise future force capabilities, will also inform efforts to accelerate and recapitalize C4ISR technologies into the current force, thus supporting the Agile acquisition process.

Apr 10, 2012

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- The U.S. Army Materiel Command recently held the 2012 G1 Strategic Symposium with all major subordinate command principals and deputies in the human resource community here, April 4-5.

Apr 9, 2012

More than 300 of the nation's top government, industry and academic leaders will tour a unique lab April 11 that is not only the cornerstone of the Army's next-generation of power and energy initiatives but also the Army's most environmentally conscious laboratory.

Apr 9, 2012

Richard Albietz from the Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Internal Review Office is the recipient of the Department of the Army FY11 Resource Management Individual Award for Analysis/Evaluation, organizations below Army Command level.

Apr 6, 2012

Implementing quality requirements are important when constructing a contract but doing it right the first time is even more important. As a result, headquarters Joint Munitions Command recently completed a Green Belt Lean Six Sigma project designed to reduce omissions/changes in the quality assurance solicitation process. A four-person team consisting of personnel from JMC-Quality Assurance Operations/Quality Assurance Production and Army Contracting Command-Rock Island carried out the project.

Apr 5, 2012

A distinguished lineup of Army leaders and energy officials will join Michigan's Senate delegation to stress the importance of energy security and commemorate the grand opening of the Army's new eight-labs-in-one facility: the Ground Systems Power and Energy Laboratory.

Apr 5, 2012

As one of only eight U.S. women scientists selected for a science exchange program with Brazil, Picatinny Arsenal engineer Lauren Armstrong is helping to promote greater participation by women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Apr 5, 2012

Small Business presentation by Diane Wheeler, ASC, at Milan Chamber of Commerce on April 4 in Milan, Ill.

Apr 5, 2012

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - One week after winning Soldier of the Year in the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year competition, Pfc. Joshua Inserra was promoted to specialist at the RDECOM communications-electronics center, or CERDEC, headquarters, here, April 5.

Apr 5, 2012

George Eaton, Army Sustainment Command historian, shares the Rock Island Arsenal 150th Celebration plans during the monthly Association of the United States Army meeting March 29 at the Arsenal Golf Club. RIA is planning a celebration in July for the RIA personnel and the public.

Apr 4, 2012

After five days of competition that pushed four Soldiers' physical abilities and technical expertise, Staff Sgt. Markus Whisman and Pfc. Joshua Inserra earned honors March 30 as the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year, respectively. RDECOM's enlisted corps serves an important role by acting as Soldier representatives with the Army's scientists and engineers, Command Sgt. Maj. Lebert Beharie said. RDECOM Director Dale Ormond and Beharie presented the winners Army Commendation Medals; gift certificates from AAFES and Morale, Welfare and Recreation; and an RDECOM backpack filled with T-shirts.

Apr 4, 2012

Perna "honored" to spend time with veterans

Apr 4, 2012

Voluntary Protection Program or better known as VPP is intended to improve safety in the workforce by implementing a safety program. This proactive model is management driven and employee owned, which works to reduce incident rates, increase production and provide satisfaction throughout the workforce.

Apr 4, 2012

In the continuing effort to provide alternative means of supporting Defense Logistics Agency-managed national stock numbers, DLA Aviation in Ogden, Utah is partnering with Tooele Army Depot's, Tooele, Utah, engineering staff, growing the depot's organic manufacturing capability. The partnership is proving beneficial to both DLA and Tooele with workload generating from DLA Aviation and DLA Troop Support.

Apr 4, 2012

Senior leaders from Army Contracting Command, major ACC contracting centers, the Expeditionary Contracting Command and the Mission and Installation Contracting Command met at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, March 27 to review selected command programs, priorities and initiatives.

Apr 3, 2012

Corpus Christi Army Depot artisans will soon be able to repair UH-60 Black Hawk main rotor blades using a new technology that will save time and money for the depot.

Apr 2, 2012

Mar 29, 2012

Imagine the stress involved in having a job where a simple, stubby-pencil error in a calculation may mean that your business will lose out on a multimillion dollar order.

Mar 29, 2012

Is your work area clean and safe? Is a fire suppression system located in your building? In an emergency, could you easily and safely find the nearest exit? What about the restrooms closest to your work area, or the breakroom - are they free of hazards? A team of 22 professionals toured Anniston Army Depot and Anniston Defense Munitions Center for two weeks beginning March 19, finding answers to these and other questions -- all related to the quality of work environments throughout the installation.

Mar 27, 2012

The last mine resistant, ambush protected vehicle to depart Iraq during Operation New Dawn was loaded aboard the Ocean Crescent, March 24, 2012, at Port of Ash Shuaiba, Kuwait, for transport to the 1st Cavalry Division Museum at Fort Hood, Texas.

Mar 26, 2012

Luisa DeMorais and her team will go to any lengths to make certain that the items service members wear and carry are performing to their full potential -- even if it means doing 96 loads of laundry in a single day.

Mar 26, 2012

Traveling from the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command headquarters building to the base hospital or the Base Exchange, Sgt. Charles "Chas" Shaffer said he sometimes gets a few unusual stares. Occasionally, he said, someone will stop him to let him know he's not allowed to ride his Segway on base.

Mar 26, 2012

Personnel at Picatinny Arsenal are involved in advancing education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in local area schools through a competitive robotics program.

Mar 26, 2012

Four enlisted Soldiers will test their physical fitness, endurance, technical aptitude and reasoning skills March 26 to 30 for top honors within the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command. On a sunny, cool and breezy morning, three staff sergeants and one private first class kicked off the five-day competition for RDECOM Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year.

Mar 23, 2012

The relationship between the U.S. Army Contracting Command and the Military Surface, Deployment and Distribution Command's Acquisition directorate may be unique, but senior officials from both agencies agree they share a common goal, supporting the joint war fighter.

Mar 22, 2012

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. -- The Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center and Mack Defense, today signed an agreement that will provide Mack Defense access, via public-private partnerships, to the Army's only vertically integrated metal manufacturing facility and the only remaining U.S. Army foundry.

Mar 21, 2012

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait -- Army Contracting Command-Kuwait and the 408th Contracting Support Brigade hosted the 2012 Kuwait Vendor Conference at the Kuwait Hilton Resort here, March 11.

Mar 21, 2012

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- To help counter chemical and biological threats, U.S. Army scientists are exploring artificial human organs and smartphones that can detect hazardous agents. Research biologist Calvin Chue recently joined Edgewood Chemical Biological Center and is bringing advancements to research and development projects.

Mar 20, 2012

A married couple, both U.S. Army research biologists, is working together to improve Soldiers' ability to detect, identify and protect against potentially lethal biological threat agents.

Mar 20, 2012

Mechanical Engineer Ronald Kolment recently won the 2011 Army Team C4ISR Employee of the Quarter Award for the fourth quarter in the senior category.

Mar 16, 2012

Quality Assurance Specialists (Ammunition Surveillance) are aiming for a 'clean sweep' of unserviceable, unsafe or non-mission essential ammunition to support draw-down efforts, retrograde operations, combat readiness and explosives safety in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Mar 16, 2012

Maj. Gen. Robert S. Ferrell, commander of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command made his first official visit to the Central Technical Support Facility, here March 14, where he discussed the challenges that lie ahead, for the Fort Hood-based facility, and for CECOM.

Mar 16, 2012

Maj. Gen. Robert S. Ferrell, commander, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, greets the CECOM Software Engineering workforce at the C4ISR Center of Excellence at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

Mar 16, 2012

Depot commander Col. Charles C. Gibson, center, and Deputy Commander Frank Zardecki, right, participate in a live broadcast of WVIA's "State of Pennsylvania" call-in talk show on March 1, as part of the local PBS affiliate's series of the same name.

Mar 16, 2012

Improved efficiency in a Communications Directorate division has earned the employees there a Shingo Prize evaluation.

Mar 16, 2012

On Monday, March 12, 2012, Col. Anita Raines, United States Army Retired, became the first female Deputy to the Commander at Letterkenny Army Depot (LEAD).

Mar 16, 2012

A noncommissioned officer's (NCO) keen eye and effective decision making have earned her Tobyhanna Army Depot's Warfighter of the Quarter Award for the second quarter of 2012.

Mar 16, 2012

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command introduced its new senior noncommissioned officer to the community March 16. Command Sgt. Maj. Lebert O. Beharie assumed duties as the leader of RDECOM's enlisted Soldiers during a Change of Responsibility ceremony at the Post Theater. About 150 Soldiers and Army civilian employees welcomed Beharie to RDECOM and APG.

Mar 15, 2012

Army Contracting Command will select its Noncommissioned Officer of the year during three days of competition, May 21-23, at Camp Bullis, Texas.

Mar 15, 2012

Secretary of the Army John McHugh got a look at what Soldiers wear, eat and carry during a visit to the Natick Soldier Systems Center, March 15, 2012.

Mar 12, 2012

BALTIMORE -- The inquisitive minds of about 300 local students examined, inspected and explored the science and engineering that supports Soldiers. During the Innovative STEM Conference, the 2012 Maryland Junior Science and Humanities Symposium's first event over three days, Aberdeen Proving Ground research and development organizations displayed their contributions to America's Soldiers.

Mar 12, 2012

Recent budget cuts have left some programs and organizations throughout the Army with less funding. However, despite this short-fall, students and recent graduates from colleges across the United States are gaining real world experience through the Minority College Relations Program.

Mar 9, 2012

Corpus Christi Army Depot is taking steps to go green and reduce energy consumption to save money with a pilot program.

Mar 8, 2012

The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command honored 15 government shippers here today for outstanding performance with the Defense Transportation System throughout 2011.

Mar 7, 2012

USASAC provides a tour of capabilities for our partners.

Mar 6, 2012

The workload at Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) has been declining over the last year, and this decline is projected to continue. In response to this reduction in workload, the depot has taken steps throughout the last 15 months to "right size" its workforce, aligning employee numbers to both the present and the projected workload.

Mar 5, 2012

Many Soldiers have called the Army their home over the years. Few have meant it more than Staff Sgt. Sharalis Canales of the Natick Soldier Systems Center.

Mar 5, 2012

Jadey Pareja, an Edgewood Chemical Biological Center chemist, leads five scientists in the Protective Equipment Test Branch who test and analyze the carbon materials that will be integrated into Soldiers' protective mask filters.

Mar 5, 2012

Although she was a little overweight, having tipped the scales at more than 540,000 pounds, she moved with grace and precision providing support to our warfighters in every conflict since World War I.

Mar 5, 2012

A senior leader's vision, brainstorming ideas, and a plan to make that vision a reality came to fruition Feb. 14 at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics - designed Action Officer Development Program, or AODP, at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Mar 2, 2012

Thousands of historic record of tooling cards save the Arsenal a significant amount of production planning costs for weapon systems and products, and they are maintained by just two tool designers. Each card tells a story about the cost, direct labor requirements, special tooling, and the type of material needed to produce everything from a bridge to an Abrams Tank cannon.

Mar 2, 2012

Promoting science, technology, engineering and math - STEM - is essential to the nation's defense. The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's communications-electronics RD&E center, or CERDEC, is in the eighteenth year of sponsoring its Summer Science & Math Camps. During the camps, state-certified teachers instruct subjects such as flight and rocketry, satellites, robotics and sensors; students also tour CERDEC labs so they can "see what actual engineers are doing". hands-on camp setting designed to enhance student interest in STEM.

Mar 2, 2012

A damaged helicopter is a step closer to being fully repaired due to some creative thinking by Corpus Christi Army Depot artisans aiming to be green and cost-effective.

Mar 2, 2012

When Soldiers in Afghanistan move their M777A2 howitzers to adjust their aim, they can literally become "stuck in a rut" when the wheels get trapped in the sand and rocks. To help alleviate this issue, engineers at Picatinny Arsenal have designed the Traverse Assist Kit (TrAK) to make the howitzer faster and easier to move.

Mar 2, 2012

In January, the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command sergeant major celebrated the two-year anniversary of his assignment here. And in less than two weeks, during a change of responsibility ceremony March 9, Command Sgt. Maj. James E. Riddick will hand that responsibility over to a new senior enlisted leader, Command Sgt. Maj. Cedric J. Thomas.

Mar 1, 2012

Andrew Mahana received the Department of the Army Commander's Award, Feb. 23, 2012, for Civilian Service for his heroic actions after an accident at the Reno Air Races in Nevada

Mar 1, 2012

George Eaton, Army Sustainment Command historian, speaks with participants in the Geneseo Historical Museum monthly discussion on Feb. 29, hosted at the museum. Eaton spoke about Rock Island Arsenal and the history of the Civil War and its connections to the island.

Feb 28, 2012

A team of local high school students unveiled a robot they built under the guidance of mentors from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, or CERDEC. The robot will be sent to the Chesapeake Regional FIRST Robotics Competition at the Baltimore Convention Center March 8-10.

Feb 24, 2012

Army and industry discussed dynamic equipping solutions for Soldiers during a panel presentation at the winter meeting of the Association of the United States Army.

Feb 24, 2012

Army Sustainment Command participates in the United States Army Winter Symposium, held Feb. 22-24 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Feb 24, 2012

Twenty-nine students from 13 different organizations from Aberdeen Proving Ground recently graduated from the installation's "COHORT" senior leadership training program during a ceremony at the Top of the Bay.

Feb 24, 2012

Command launches quality management system training

Feb 23, 2012

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- A U.S. Army engineer from APG is enabling American Soldiers to detect and defeat their adversaries' arsenal of chemical agents. Nichole Au, a civilian chemical engineer with Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, and her colleagues travel to military installations across the United States to field, test, maintain and repair chemical detectors for all services. "[I] get to interact with Soldiers and see the efforts of [my] work immediately," Au said. "[Soldiers] come to you to fix something so they can use it right away. What I'm doing helps keep Soldiers safe. It's really gratifying. "You don't always get to see immediately the effects that you have on people. That's one of the best things about going into the field."

Feb 23, 2012

Plans are in motion for the Soldiers and civilian employees at the U.S. Army Contracting Command and the U.S. Army Expeditionary Contracting Command headquarters to relocate their operations to Building 4505 on Redstone Arsenal as their permanent facility.

Feb 23, 2012

Known as the Department of Defense's premier bomb loading facility, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant (MCAAP) is growing another reputation--that of the nation's premier missile integration and maintenance facility.

Feb 22, 2012

Army Materiel Command is trying to do the right things for the right reasons, AMC Commander Gen. Ann Dunwoody told an audience at the Association of the United States Army Winter Symposium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Feb 22, 2012

The Army's method of attack for addressing the retrograde and reset mission from Iraq was to link the industrial base to the operational force by focusing on four strategic imperatives: visibility, accountability, velocity, and triage forward.

Feb 17, 2012

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- The U.S. Army Materiel Command announces its winners of the 2011 Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware Public Affairs Awards Communication Competition. First place winners will represent AMC at the Department of the Army level of the competition.

Feb 17, 2012

TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. -- The Quality Assurance Lab here has tackled many issues affecting the depot's manufacturing processes since opening in November 2008. Through careful testing and analysis, the lab ensures the success and reliability of depot products and services.

Feb 17, 2012

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder paid a visit to the headquarters of the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren on Friday, February 17.

Feb 16, 2012

The Army Materiel Command's Force Protection Assessment Team chief, Bob Schuster, cited Red River's assessment results as "the best ever" during a recent visit to the depot. Shortly after the team's final report and debrief, AMC selected Red River as the winner of AMC's Best Anti-Terrorism Program Award for 2011.

Feb 16, 2012

Maryland native, Col. William 'Bill' Montgomery, chief of staff for the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, spoke at Havre de Grace Middle School during an honor's breakfast Feb. 14 congratulating students on superior grades earned on their last report card.

Feb 16, 2012

The Army Sustainment Command Equal Opportunity Office hosted the African American/Black History Month Observance, Feb. 16, in Heritage Hall.

Feb 10, 2012

Soldiers with the 113th Sustainment Brigade, took part in Redistribution Property Assistance Team skills training in late January at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, to prepare the Soldiers to begin retrograde and property management operations in Afghanistan.

Feb 8, 2012

Doesn't everyone like a story about dogs? After all, those fun-loving, floppy-eared animals are like a family member to many households. That is, unless you are a terrorist or a person carrying drugs at the Watervliet Arsenal. The City of Albany Police Department's K-9 unit converged on the Arsenal this week in support of an antiterrorism exercise initiated by the Arsenal's Director of Emergency Services, Joe Claus.