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Excess armored personnel carriers benefit U.S., foreign partners
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -­‐-­‐ Using 1,026 M113A2 armored personnel carriers from the U.S.
Army's Excess Defense Articles obtained through the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command's
Foreign Military Sales program, and the refurbishment expertise provided by an Army Materiel
Command public-­‐private partnership, provided the means for the Iraqi Army to begin standing-­‐
up its planned six-­‐division armored capability.
Combat Feeding Directorate looks for innovation through
'hackathon' NATICK, Mass.-­‐-­‐ The U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and
Engineering Center's Combat Feeding Directorate has signed a partnership intermediary
agreement with Boston's hack/reduce, which will hold the first-­‐ever mobile data "hackathon"
with Department of Defense data.
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As first female commander of JMC, French takes command ROCK
ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. -­‐-­‐ Brig. Gen. Kevin G. O'Connell addressed the Joint Munitions Command
one last time as he turned the ammunition command over to Brig. Gen. Kristin K. French. "I
think what I am most proud of is the culture of the workforce, where we routinely work to see
and assess ourselves and continuously strive for improvement -­‐-­‐ every day better. You can't ask
for any more than that," he said.
Via addresses workforce in global town hall REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -­‐-­‐
Gen. Dennis L. Via, commanding general of Army Materiel Command, hosted a global town hall,
which was broadcast live to all of AMC's major subordinate commands worldwide from the Bob
Jones Auditorium here June 28. Via used this platform to thank the AMC workforce, discuss
milestones of the past 10 months, the future and present the refined mission and vision
statements. He also discussed special topics such as SHARP training and furloughs.
Defense general visits C4ISR Center of Excellence, explores
opportunities for cross-­‐service collaboration ABERDEEN PROVING
GROUND, Md. -­‐-­‐ In times of less financial resources and operating in a joint service
environment, it's imperative to identify opportunities for collaboration and teaming, according
to one general at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Chief Information Office.

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General: critical cyber
needs include people,
partners
DOD at work on New
Cyber strategy, senior
advisor says
Forest service
repositions firefighting
aircraft to Arizona
Army spells out long-­‐
term plan for equipping
force after drawdowns
195 'Dog Face' Soldiers
receive combat badges
USACE Galveston
District urges safety
over July Fourth holiday,
flexes lock schedule
Picatinny ammo goes from regular to unleaded PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J.
-­‐-­‐ If you use the expression "get the lead out" around members of a special technical team here
working on the Army's 5.56mm and 7.62mm enhanced performance ammunition programs,
don't expect them to move more quickly.
ASC holds ceremony honoring 12 members set to retire ROCK
ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. -­‐-­‐ The Army Sustainment Command bid farewell to 12 of its members in a
ceremony here June 27 at Heritage Hall. D. Scott Welker, deputy to the commander, bestowed
four Department of the Army civilians and eight Soldiers with awards, certificates, flags and pins
recognizing their accomplishments at ASC's quarterly Award, Retirement & Retreat ceremony.
Students experience military training, lessons in leadership
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -­‐-­‐ Soldiers with the 413th Contracting Support Brigade here
teamed with the U.S. Army Recruiting Command to lead and mentor 50 high school student
recruits through the installation Leadership Reaction Course May 29.
ARL engineers win RDA award for development of super-­‐
resolution image reconstruction ADELPHI, Md. -­‐-­‐ Dr. Susan Young and Dr. Sean
Hu, electronics engineers in the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Sensors and Electron Devices
Directorate, were recently recognized with a 2012 Department of the Army Research and
Development Achievement award for having proactively undertaken a team effort to develop a
software technology solution called super-­‐resolution image reconstruction.
ARL participates in 2013 eCYBERMISSION national event LEESBURG,
Va. -­‐-­‐ The 2013 eCYBERMISSION National Judging and Educational Event was recently held at
the National Conference Center in Leesburg, Va., and was kicked off by Dale A. Ormond,
director of the Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command.
Weirick to lead Army Contracting Command-­‐Redstone REDSTONE
ARSENAL, Ala. -­‐-­‐ Rebecca "Becky" Weirick has been named executive director of the Army
Contracting Command-­‐Redstone Arsenal, Ala., contracting center. Weirick comes to ACC after
having served as chief of contracting for the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, National Capital
Region in Washington, DC.