Army AL & T back issues from September 2005:
SOSCOE-The Glue That Holds FCS Together
Sep 01, 2005; ... In modern network-centric warfare, information is simply another aspect of combat power. A force's total fighting capability depends on its ability to fire, maneuver, gather and use intelligence, provide logistical support and gather information and apply it to command and control. The Army's ...
The FCS Requirements Development Process Sets New Standards of Excellence
Sep 01, 2005; ... The Future Combat Systems (FCS) Unit of Action's (UA's) complexity mandated modification of the classical system engineering processes to provide fiigh-quality requirements and to minimize future rework on the program. The System-of-Systems (SoS) Engineering Integration (SSEI) Integrated Product ...
Planning Your Next Contingency Contracting Deployment
Sep 01, 2005; ... As a Staff Officer with Joint force Headquarters-Florida (JFHQ-FI.), I am assigned to the 53rd Infantry Brigade (lnf Bde) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In the short time this unit has been preparing for deployment, the Brigade's Soldiers have greatly imressed me with their ...
FCS AND THE UNIT OF ACTION - ACCELERATING TECHNOLOGY TO THE MODULAR FORCE: An Interview With BG(P) Charles A. Cartwright
Sep 01, 2005; ... G(P) Charles A. Cartwright, Program Manager Unit of Action (PM UA), recently took time out of his busy schedule to discuss Future Combat Systems (FCS) and PM UA's transformation goals. Q. After several studies, the Army published The Army Vision prescribing the key tenets for ...
Army Fixed-Wing Aircraft Support the Fight
Sep 01, 2005; ... Army fixed-wing units from the Active and Reserve Components (AC/RC) are making significant contributions supporting the mission in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of operations (AO). The theater has 34 fixed-wing aircraft assigned across three countries in four locations. Those aircraft ...
Army Acquisition Executive Addresses the International Test and Evaluation Association Luncheon
Sep 01, 2005; ... In the past, ft sometimes took the Army a decade or longer to field major new weapon systems after they left the designer's drawing board. But today's short-fuse military requirements make that model obsolete, said Army Acquisition,Executive (AAE) and Assistant secretary of the Army for ...
Acquisition Graduate Degree Program (AGDP) Commencement
Sep 01, 2005; ... Fifteen U.S. Army Acquisition Corps (AAC) officers received acquisition-related Master of Arts (MA) or Master of Business Administration (M.BA) degrees at a commencement ceremony held June 15, 2005, at Fort Leavenwonh, KS. Webster University conferred the degrees as pan of the AGDH MAJ David ...
Change to Medal Requests for Veterans
Sep 01, 2005; ... Veterans who were separated, discharged or retired after Oct. 1, 2002, should submit all medal requests to the U.S. Army Human Resources Command in St. Louis (HRC-STL), not the National Personnel Records Center. The address to submit such requests is: U.S. Army Human Resources Command-St. Louis; ...
Innovative Web-Based System Preserves Official Records
Sep 01, 2005; ... The Army recently replaced its official recordkeeping system, the Modem Army Recordkeeping System, with the state-of-the-art Web-based Army Records Information Management System (ARIMS). ARIMS' innovative recordkeeping approach supports Secretary of the Army Dr. Francis J. Harvey's direction ...
The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century
Sep 01, 2005; ... The Pentagon's New Map War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century Thomas P.M. Barnett G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004, New York For the four decades prior to the Soviet Union's dissolution, the U.S. military studied the enemy and knew it well what the Soviets could do, what they might do and how ...
Virtual InSight (VIS)
Sep 01, 2005; ... On Feb. 7, 2005, the Assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASAALT) signed the VIS implementation memorandum establishing policy and responsibility for using the VIS system to support the milestone decision review process. Once fully implemented, VIS usage ...
Bundling Contract Requirements
Sep 01, 2005; ... In virtually every major procurement on which we advise, there is some acquisition aspect where the customer has consolidated requirements in the contract vehicle. This consolidation, or "bundling," has been a great source of political concern resulting in legislative and regulator)' changes ....
2004 DOD Honorary Value Engineering (VE) Achievement Award
Sep 01, 2005; ... Under secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Michael Wynne presented the annual DOD VE Achievement Awards during a ceremony held June 15, 2005. The Army Small Computer Program (ASCP) received this award in the program/project/product management category for the Army ...
Conferences
Sep 01, 2005; ... Defense Logistics 2005 Supporting and sustaining a unified force on a nonlinear battlefield present significant challenges. To achieve victory in this arena we must ensure seamless warfighter support through excellence in defense logistics. For the fifth year, Worldwide Business Research ...
Competitive Development Group (CDG) Luncheon
Sep 01, 2005; ... Assistant secretary of the Army ror Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASAALT) Claude M. Bolton Jr. hosted the first-ever luncheon for CDGs assigned to the National Capital Region (NCR) at the Pentagon Executive Dining Room, July 11,2005. Principal Deputy to the ASAALT Dean G. Popps and ...
FCS - A Truly Integrated Approach
Sep 01, 2005; ... The Future Combat Systems (FCS) program is extremely important to the Army - indeed, the Joint Future Force. It is the core building block. Still, while building toward tomorrow, we are well on our way to meeting the Army Chief of Staff's desire to spin FCS technologies as they mature to the ...
One Team Approach - Building the Best-of-Industry Team
Sep 01, 2005; ... The Future Combat Systems (FCS) program is the new way of doing business and is changing the way government and industry work together. Two guiding principles that emphasize industry involvement in the Army's FCS program are communicated in the Key Tenets of the Program. Two of these tenets are ...
'SPIN-OUT' TECHNOLOGIES-THE BRIDGE FROM THE CURRENT TO FUTURE FORCE
Sep 01, 2005; ... In summer 2004, the Army directed a change to the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, the scope of which included numerous improvements aimed at strengthening the Future Force while also benefiting the Current Force. This modification covered four major additions: * A comprehensive ...
U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Supports FCS
Sep 01, 2005; ... The future of land warfare depends^on the Army's ability to incorporate science and technology (S&T) into the Future Force. The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) was established to consolidate. S&T efforts that accelerate the Future Combat Systems (FCS) ...
National Guard ACMA Discusses Reserve Component's Acquisition Role in Current Army Operations
Sep 01, 2005; ... On Aug. 5, 2005, Tnomas H.E. Drinkwater, National Guard Acquisition Career Management Advocate (ACMA) and Chief, Joint Information Technology Human Capital Management Office, met with Army AL&T Magazine to discuss the Guard's role in current Army operations and acquisition ...
U.S. Army Wartime Acquisition and Procurement
Sep 01, 2005; ... Warfighters deployed in support of the global war on terrorism (GWOT) quickly discovered that additional equipment was required to fulfill their mission because of the environment, operations tempo (OPTEMPO) and threat. The diverse operations environment found many units ill-equipped for the ...
From the Acquisition Support Center Director
Sep 01, 2005; ... For the past year, we have been a Nation at War and as such have been working hard to support our Soldiers at the tip of the spear in the most efficient and responsive manner possible. In direct response to combatant commander and Soldier requirements, we have made critical changes relative to ...
Medal of Honor Recipient SFC Paul Ray Smith Commemorated
Sep 01, 2005; ... On May 13, 2005, several hundred guests of the SFC Paul Ray Smith Simulation and Training Technology Center (STTC), U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), gathered outside the University of Central Florida (LICF) Research Park facility as the 3rd Infantry Regiment's ...
MAJ Haggerty Receives 2005 Hite Award
Sep 01, 2005; ... MAJ Richard T. Haggerty received the LTG Ronald V. Hite Award at a ceremony held June 15, 2005, at Fort Lcavcnworth, KS. The award, established in March 1999, recognizes the outstanding Army Acquisition Corps (AAC) student attending the resident Command and General Staff Officer Course (CGSOC) ....
Partnering to Train the National Guard Acquisition Workforce
Sep 01, 2005; ... Soldiers' success often results from training received prior to mission assignment. Contracting successes are no exception. In July 2005, the 167th Theater Support Command (TSC), Alabama Army National Guard's (NG's) contracting team collaborated with the Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) Directorate of ...
Force Sensing Treadmill Advances Gait Studies
Sep 01, 2005; ... Each foot gets individual attention on the force sensing treadmill, a newly patented design invented by U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) research physiologists. Built by Advanced Mechanical Technology Inc., Watertown, MA, the treadmill features one rolling ...
MAUI Update
Sep 01, 2005; ... Got applications (apps)? Got too many apps? Of course you do. Wc all do. The acquisition world is full of hundreds - if not thousands - of applications, and we use way too many of them on a daily basis. Surely there must be a simpler way to handle the data contained in the Acquisition Business ...
Contracting Successes
Sep 01, 2005; ... WIN-T Contracting Team Receives Frank S. Besson Award. The Warfighter Information Network-Terrestrial (WIN-T) Contracting Team was recently awarded the first-ever Frank S. Besson Award for Procurement Excellence-Contracting Team Category. U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) Commanding General GEN ...
Contracting Community Highlights
Sep 01, 2005; ... In Army AL&T Magazine's "Contracting Community Highlights" section, each feature article is intended to provide in-depth information relative to a contracting organization, mission or process. This issue's feature article, "Bundling Contract Requirements," gives an in-depth overview of ...
Did You Know?
Sep 01, 2005; ... U.S. Army Aircrew Uniform Innovations Program Executive Office Soldier's Product Manager (PM) for Air Warrior has been instrumental in designing a new aviation uniform called Air Warrior. The outer Air Warrior uniform uses the new universal camouflage pattern. A zippered inner layer is ...