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Deployable TacticalOperations System (DTOS) isa fleet of deployable,self-containedcommunications vehicles andtrained personnel. The DTOSfalls under the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers (USACE)Readiness Support Center, aheadquarters element, alignedunder the Mobile District ofthe South Atlantic Division.The DTOS provides command,control, and communicationcapabilities which supportfederal emergency responserequirements.

During the 2017 hurricanes,DTOS Emergency Commandand Control Vehicles (ECCV)were used to supportemergency responseoperations in and nearHouston during HurricaneHarvey, provide command andcontrol and emergencyoperations support to thedeployed USACE leadership inFlorida during Hurricane Irma,and support the powerrestoration mission in PuertoRico.

Mobile Command Vehicles(MCV) were deployed to theU.S. Virgin Islands followingHurricane Irma and to PuertoRico to support with thepower restoration and powergrid rebuilding missions, and tosupport the Debris Planningand Response Team byproviding communicationscapabilities and enabling theteam to electronically submithomeowners’ requests for BlueRoofs, decreasing the overallresponse times.

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DEPLOYABLETACTICALOPERATIONSSYSTEMU.S. Army Corps of Engineers,Mobile District

TRAVEL FAIRBi-annual Travel Fair andbazaar hosted by APGMorale, Welfare andRecreation offers specialson regional attractions,vacations, gifts and more.

LEISURE | A3

ELITE SHARP CTTA new laptop trainingapplication provides skillsneeded for leaders toexecute sexualharassment/assaultresponse and preventionprograms.

BRAVE | A4

MAGIC SHOWA 90-minute magic showfeaturing Illusionist MikeSuper comes to the APGNorth (Aberdeen)recreation center April 6just in time for Month ofMilitary Child.

MWR | A6

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TheWomen inLeadership series continuedat Aberdeen Proving GroundMarch 8, asMaj.Gen. BarbaraHolcomb, commander of theU.S.Army Medical Research and Materiel Com-mand and Fort Detrick, Maryland, shared herperspectives about lessons learned throughouther career and responded to inquiries during aquestion-and-answer session that followed.

The U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center, incollaboration with Kirk U.S. Army HealthClinic, hosted the event.

Welcoming attendees, ATC CommanderCol. Morris Bodrick, said the Women inLeadership series is an effort to outreach andpartner to bring new experiences to APG. Thevalue,he said is that, “it allowsus tobeexposedto women who have achieved in their careerswhat many of us hope to achieve throughperseverance andpersonal growth.”

He added that series speakers “demonstratethe height atwhich female leaders can achievegiven the opportunity.”

Noting that MRMC celebrates its 60th

MRMC commander speaks at APG’sWomen in Leadership seriesMRMC commanderreflects on leadershipBy Yvonne JohnsonAPG News

Maj. Gen. Barbara Holcomb, commander of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Com-mand and Fort Detrick, Maryland, and chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps shares a light momentwith listeners during the Women in Leadership series presentation at the Aberdeen Test Centerauditorium March 8, 2018.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY ERIKA JORDAN, ATEC

See WOMEN, page A7

March 12. Aberdeen Proving Ground SeniorCommanderMaj. Gen. Randy Taylor escortedthe junior Senator, and Tom Albro, ArmyAlliance president, hosted the event.

During his remarks, Taylor encouragedlisteners to return to APG for the upcoming

APGDiscoveryWeek, including the AdvancedPlanning Briefing to Industry (APBI), set forApril17-20.Thepurposeof theDiscoveryWeekAPBI is to provide industry with networkingopportunities for large and small businesses.

United States Senator Chris Van Hollen ofMaryland was the guest speaker for the ArmyAlliance Luncheon Meeting at Top of the Bay

United States Senator Chris Van Hollen discusses APG and its importance to Army research and development during the Army Alliance LuncheonMeeting at Top of the Bay March 12, 2018. A nonprofit organization, the Army Alliance advocates for the well-being of APG and the community thatsupports APG missions.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY SEAN KIEF, APG PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Army Alliance hosts Van Hollen at APGBy Yvonne JohnsonAPG News

See VAN HOLLEN, page 7

March 13 was National K9 Veterans Day; a dayset aside to honor and commemorate the serviceand sacrifices of American military and workingdogs.

K9 dogs have been around since 1942, when anorganizationcalledDogs forDefensewasfoundedto train dogs to be sentries for supply depots. Theprogramwasapprovedby theU.S.Army inMarch1942, and the U.S. Army K9 Corps was foundedMarch13, 1942.

Today, more than 2,000 military working dogsare assisting the Department of Defense with avariety of missions, from safeguarding installa-tions to bomb detection. The DOD MilitaryWorkingDog Program ismanaged by theU.S. AirForce 341st Training Squadron at Joint Base SanAntonio, Texas.

National K9Veterans Day

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Local Class A baseball team the Aber-deen IronBirds announced March 5 it willchange its name to the Aberdeen Star-Spangled Banners for all Sunday homegames in 2018, aswell asMilitary Apprecia-tionNight, Thursday, Aug. 9.

TheIronBirdswill celebrateMarylandas“the home of the National Anthem” bydebuting special Star-Spangled Banner-themeduniforms.

“Honoring and helping our country’smilitary has always been one of theIronBirdshighest priorities,” said IronBirdsGeneral Manager Matt Slatus. “We’re soexcited to be able to celebrate Maryland’shistory and the national anthem as away tosupport our military and their families onand off the field.”

The special Star-Spangled Banners uni-forms will feature a patriotic design with“bright stars” and fireworks reminiscent of“the rockets’ red glare.” The uniforms willhaveapatchdedicatedtoeachbranchof theU.S. armed forceson the right sleeve, aswellas a patch featuring lyrics from theStar-SpangledBanner on the left sleeve.

The lyrics to theentireanthemhavebeendelicately placed on the jersey’s tail. TheStar-Spangleduniformswill beavailable foronline auction later this yearwith proceedsbenefiting Tragedy Assistance Program forSurvivors (TAPS), a nonprofit organizationthat offers compassionate care to thosegrieving the loss of amilitary loved one.

Fans can purchase a unique Star-Span-gled Banners ticket package that includes aticket to Military Appreciation Night, aStar-SpangledBanners cap, adonatedgameticket to a local service member, and a $5donation to TAPS. Learn more atwww.StarSpangledBanners.US.

Formore information and2018 schedule,visit www.IronBirdsBasbeall.com or call410-297-9292. Follow @IronBirds on Face-book, Twitter, InstagramandSnapchat.

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Aberdeen IronBirds Star Spangled Banner jerseys

Save the Date - Discovery Fest Coming to APGInaugural event open to public, to feature family-friendly STEM events

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Despite a snowy morning, a group ofvendors gave nearly 350 attendees toMorale,Welfare andRecreation’s bi-annualTravel Fair and Spring Bazaar reasons tolook forward to warmer temperatures andfuture vacations.

Instead of cold weather, talk of whitewater rafting, aquarium excursions, base-ball games and roller coaster rides filled theAPG North (Aberdeen) recreation centerWednesday,March 7.

Since 2003, the event, hosted byMWR’sLeisureTravel Services, has givenmembersof Team APG an inside scoop on tickets tolocal and regional attractions the officeoffers year-round.

“It's important for our office to presentwhat we offer to our APG customers,” saidJana Penniston, a Leisure Travel Servicesrecreation specialist. “It’s a big event.”

Attendees, carrying yellow and blackspotted gift bags, collected information andgoodies from about 30 vendors, represent-ing area attractions, sports teams, hotelsand businesses. Other vendors sold jewelry,art work, home décor and gift items.Participation was down compared to lastyear due to the inclement weather, Pennis-ton said.

Lt. Col. Hamish Ashman, an Australianliaison officerwith theU.S. ArmyResearch,Development and Engineering Command,and his wife, Vanessa, said they visited thefair to learn more about attractions in thelocal area.

“It gives us the opportunity to seewhat’savailable inasmall spacerather thantohaveto go and do the research ourselves,” saidVanessaAshman.

They learned about different opportuni-ties to check out sporting events andmuseumsin theBaltimoreandWashington,D.C. areas.

“We're looking forward to taking ourbrochures and turning them into day trips,”HamishAshman said.

Valerie Habic, a military spouse, and her13-year-old daughter, Maria, said theyvisited the fair to find family-friendlyactivitiesm such as tubing. They looked forvacation destinations and lodging options.

The fair brings more life to the installa-tion, ValerieHabic said.

“I like that they are doing this.”It’s crunch time for Steve Jones, an

account executive for Six Flags America,the seasonal amusement park near Wash-ington, D.C. The park’s opening is weeksaway—March30—andhe spends the timeleading up to that date promoting the parkand its opening, events anddeals for tickets.Joneshas participated in theAPGevent thepast five years.

“It’s a way to connect with our militaryfolks who support the park,” he said. “Thetiming is perfect.”

Travel fair, bazaar bring promise of springBy Jon BleiweisAPG News

Ren Wechsler, a group sales representative for Baltimore Orioles Baseball, left, shows promotions for the upcoming season to Ken Paxtonof the Army Research Laboratory during the MWR ravel Fair and Spring Bazaar, March 7, 2018.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY JON BLEIWEIS, APG NEWS

Visitors peruse vendor displays offering specials, promotions and gift ideas during the MWR Travel Fair and Spring Bazaar at the APGNorth (Aberdeen) recreation center March 7, 2018.

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The U.S. Army Research Laboratory andthe Institute for Creative Technologies atthe University of Southern California re-cently launched new training applicationsto support the U.S. Army’s sexual harass-ment/assault response and prevention, orSHARPprogram.

The Emergent Leader Immersive Train-ing Environment Sexual Harassment/As-sault Response and Prevention CommandTeam Trainer, or ELITE SHARP CTT is alaptop training application that gives Armycommand teams the knowledge, skills,confidence and ability to successfully ex-ecute the SHARPprogram.

These applications are a part of theELITE platform and will be used by theArmy SHARP Academy-the proponent forthis type of training throughout theArmy.

ELITE SHARP Bystander Resource As-sessment Virtual Exercise, or BRAVE is thenew laptop-based training application. Itwas developed under the guidance of theSHARP Program Management Office andin collaboration with the Army SHARPAcademy and theArmyForcesCommand.

The application targets junior leadersand Soldiers by providing instruction andstrategies on how to successfully intervenewhen observing behavior that could lead topotential incidents of sexual harassment orsexual assault. It employs techniques thathave been used successfully in earlierversions of the ELITE suite of trainingapplications. The techniques include avirtualhuman instructor todeliverup-frontinstruction on new key concepts, animatedvignettes to provide visual examples of“good” and “bad” responses to SHARPincidents and practice exercises wherestudents can apply their new knowledge inrealistic training scenarios.

“We are excited to begin leveraging theadditional CTT content and the newBRAVE application in our SHARP educa-tion and training efforts,” said Col. Christo-pher H. Engen, director of the ArmySHARPAcademy.“These latest innovations

enable us to continually improve thebreadth and rigor of available learningproducts for use and benefit Army-wide.”

The new version provides more trainingcontent thanwasavailable inpreviousones.Its content includes specific strategies andrecommended actions for commandersdealing with situations of retaliation pre-

vention and response. It also includesseveral additional practice exercises pro-vidingcommandteamswithmoreopportu-nities to advance their knowledge andhonetheir skills in dealing with SHARP-relatedsituationswithin their units.

The new ELITE SHARP functionscontinue to build on the robust research

and development conducted by ARL andthe Army’s ICT. Both applications andassociated supporting documentation toinclude training support packages, userguides and software installation instruc-tions are now available on the ArmyMilGaming web portal at https://milgam-ing.army.mil/.

Army launches new ‘BRAVE’ SHARPtraining tool for junior leaders, SoldiersBy JoyceM. ConantARL Public Affairs &Sara PretoICT

A Soldier demonstrates the new laptop-based sexual harassment/assault response and prevention, or SHARP training. The techniquesinclude a virtual human instructor to deliver up-front instruction on new key concepts, animated vignettes to provide visual examples of"good" and "bad" responses to SHARP incidents and practice exercises where students can apply their new knowledge in realistic train-ing scenarios.

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The National Cherry Blossom Festival, runs from March 17 to April 15,in Washington, D.C., The festival features events celebrating naturalbeauty, culture and friendship.

1.5 million +Number of people who visit the National Cherry BlossomFestival each year. The festival is promoted as the “Nation’sGreatest Springtime Celebration.”

3,000Number of cherry trees Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo gifted thecity of Washington, D.C. in 1912. The Washington, D.C. cherryblossom trees serve as a symbol of the enduring friendshipbetween the people of Japan and the U.S.

103Years since the U.S. government gave Japan floweringdogwood trees, a species of flowering plant native to easternNorth America and northern Mexico.

10 blocksThe length of the National Cherry Blossom Festival Paradewhich takes place April 14. Other events include the openingceremony on March 24, Blossom Kite Festival on March 31, and theBlossom Bash on April 6.

3Number of peak bloom days this year, March 17-20, accordingto the National Park Service. The peak bloom date is defined asthe day when 70 percent of the Yoshino Cherry blossoms are open.Peak bloom varies annually depending on weather conditions.

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March 2018 marks the second annualMaryland Wine Month, a collaborationbetween the Maryland Wineries Associ-ation and theMarylandOffice of Tourism.

The month-long celebration was de-signed to promote the winery industry inthe state.

According to the Maryland WineriesAssociation, the wine industry, whichcontinues to grow each year, operates as atourist destination, hosting 300,000visitorsannually, and benefiting Marylanders bycontributing more than $4 million in taxesback into the state’s economy.

Callie Pfeiffer, a spokeswoman for theassociation, said about 3 percent of winesales in Maryland are products of localwineries and she hopes that number willgrow.

“Our farmers and winemakers are gain-ing knowledge and experience,” she said.“We really just want to put Maryland wineon themap.”

In early March, Maryland Gov. LarryHogan issued a proclamation to kick offMarylandWineMonth.

“Our state couldn’t bemore proud of ourwineproducers. It’s hard tobelieve that justover adecadeagoour statehad just thirteenwineries, and todayMaryland is now hometo more than 90 licensed wineries,” Hogansaid in a press release. “Maryland WineMonth is about thanking everyonewho hasbeen a part of helping our state grow thisincredible industry.”

The MarylandWineries Association hasthree members in Harford County — FioreWinery & Distillery in Pylesville, HarfordVineyard in Forest Hill and Mount FelixVineyard andWinery inHavre deGrace.

HarfordVineyard ownerTeresaMooneysaid she has seen an uptick in visitations toher winery’s tasting room, which offers 13wines, as a result ofMarylandWineMonth.

She saidMarch is a good time of year forthe promotion, as the month is typicallyslow for her business.

“Generally in March, people aren't outand about yet,” she said. “It's a goodmonthto get people out and give them somethingto do.”

Several events and celebrations aretaking place in observance of MarylandWineMonth.

One is amonth-long challenge contest inwhich visitors fill out challenge cards byacquiring stamps at participating wineriesstatewide. Challenge cards are available atlocalwineries,MarylandWelcomeCenters,or by downloading them online at https://marylandwine.com or www.visitmarylan-d.org. Prizes vary by the number of stampsearned, with a grand prize of a MarylandWineLoversWeekend for two.

The launch of the Legacy Wine Trail —the eighth wine trail in the state —takesplace Saturday, March 17, noon to 6 p.m. atRomano Vineyard & Winery, Janemark

Winery & Vineyard, Gemeny Winery &Vineyards, and Robin Hill Farm & Vine-yards, all located in Charles and PrinceGeorge’s counties. Tickets are $30 perpersonor$55percouple.More informationcan be found at https://www.face-book.com/events/313340599155533/ orcontact Robin Hill Farm & Vineyards at301-643-5619.

A trio of Maryland wineries are takingpart in the #RiversToCanal Instagramcontest. To participate, visit Broken SpokeWinery in Earleville, Chateau Bu-De Win-ery in Chesapeake City and CrowVineyard& Winery in Kennedyville over the courseof themonth, take a photowhile enjoying aglass or bottle of wine at each winery andpost the photos on your Instagramaccount,tagging each winery and the MarylandWineries Association (@marylandwine).Winners will be chosen April 7 and couldwin a onenight stay atCrowB&B, lunch fortwo at Broken Spine or a sunset dessert fortwo at Chateau Bu-De. For more informa-tion, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/2022607354435805/.

Maryland’s first winery, Boordy Vineyards, in Hydes, is taking part in Maryland Wine Month.PHOTO COURTESY OF BOORDY VINEYARDS

Maryland celebrateswineries in March

By Jon BleiweisAPG News

Harford Vineyard, located in Forest Hill, is taking part in Maryland Wine Month.PHOTO COURTESY OF HARFORD VINEYARD

A variety of red and white wines fromMaryland vineyards will be celebrated dur-ing Maryland Wine Month.

PHOTO COURTESY OF HARFORD VINEYARD

Vineyard tasting rooms might see an uptickin visitors during Maryland Wine Month.

PHOTO COURTESY OF HARFORD VINEYARD


Prepare to be pleasantly dazzled by theunexplainable during the Mike Supermagic and illusion show.

Hosted by Family and Morale, WelfareandRecreation, orFMWR, the showcomesto the APG North (Aberdeen) recreationcenter Friday, April 6.

The 90-minute show is an Air ForceEntertainment production presented byArmy Entertainment. The all-ages event ispart of the installation’s Month of theMilitary Family celebration.

“It will be a fun outing for the wholefamily,” said Leisure Ticket OfficeManagerJana Penniston, with MWR. “It will bringthe whole community together. It’s some-thing new; something different.”

AboutMike SuperSuper was a finalist on NBC’s “America’s

Got Talent,” and was the winner of NBC’s“Phenomenon.” This year, he is performingat 22military installations in theU.S.

“He has a passion for magic, and ismilitary-friendly” Penniston said.

Super has entertained millions with hiscraft, includingmedia personalities like JayLeno, Ellen DeGeneres, Regis Philbin andCraig Ferguson.

“The secret to Mike’s success is hisnatural ability to entertain and fascinatepeople,” states Super’s website. “He haspioneered a new form of magic with hisown inimitable, down-to-earth style andpersonality. Mike has brought the art ofmagic back to the people.”

After the show, Super will host a meetand greet for attendees, and will sign freephotographs.Merchandisewill alsobesold.

“We are offering a variety [of shows] tothe community,” said Special Events Coor-dinatorGwynDolzine,withMWR.

Other shows this year include a Big BangVariety Show on March 15, a Tex MexComedy Show on May 10, and a countryconcert this fall.

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ID is required to enter APG for ages 18 andolder.

First Sergeant’s Smoked BBQ will beopen during the event, which begins 6:30p.m., doors open 5 p.m. For more informa-tion, call 410-278-4011. To learn more aboutfuture MWR events:https://aberdeen.armymwr.com/.

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The APBI will describe potential futurecontracting opportunities formission areasthat focus on:Command,Control, Commu-nications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveil-lance and Reconnaissance; Research andDevelopment; Test and Evaluation; Chemi-cal and Biological Defense; APG Garrison;and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers –Baltimore District. Taylor also invitedlisteners back for Military AppreciationWeek festivities set for theweekofMay4-9.Specific activities will be announced as thedate draws closer.

Remarking on the partnerships thatcontinue to thrive between the installationand its surrounding communities, Taylorsaid, “Whenwe go towar, we go towar as anation. So I appreciate your sponsorship, Iappreciate you partnership, collaborationand your presence here today. Army,Strong.”

An environmental enthusiast and asupporter of Chesapeake Bay preservationefforts, Van Hollen said he was impressedwith the beauty of the area and itsnoteworthy bald eagle population and thathe was, “delighted to be in this beautifulsetting at APG.”

Van Hollen discussed the future of APGas it attracts the next generation ofresearchers and the reasons APG “is soimportant to theArmy.”

He touchedon the importanceof attract-ing young people with science, technology,

engineering and mathematics, or STEM,backgrounds to APG and the employmentapplication process through USAJobs, call-ing it “complicated” and“time-consuming.”

“A lot ofpeoplegiveupbecause there’s somuch paperwork and detail,” he said,adding that the Office of Personnel Man-agement is reviewing the process and thathe’s hopeful this will result in improve-ments.

“It’s hard getting young people into thefederal government,” he said.

“Aberdeen Proving Ground is importantfor our Army research and development,”he added, “ensuring we have the cuttingedge of technology and formaking sure ourSoldiers - our warfighters - have all thethings that they need to defend them-selves.”

About theArmyAllianceThe Army Alliance is a volunteer non-

profit community advocate organizationwhosemembers consist of local businesses,defense contractors and members of thelocal community. The group seeks topreserve Aberdeen Proving Ground as anational asset; inform elected officials andthe community about issues impactingAPG; position Northeastern Maryland forthe next base realignment and closureaction, as well as protect and grow themissions, jobs and programs at APG. Its keyorganizations include the Maryland De-partment of Commerce (Office of MilitaryandFederalAffairs);HarfordCountyOfficeof Community and Economic Devel-

opment; Cecil County Office of EconomicDevelopment; and the cities of Aberdeen,Bel Air andHavre deGrace.

The Army Alliance is located at 2021Pulaski Highway, Suite D, Havre de Grace,MD 21078. For more information, call

410-838-2769; [email protected]; or visithttp://armyalliance.org/.

APG Senior Commander Maj. Gen. Randy Taylor, right, and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollenconverse over lunch during the Army Alliance Luncheon Meeting at Top of the Bay March12, 2018. Van Hollen was the event’s guest speaker.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY SEAN KIEF, APG PUBLIC AFFAIRS

VANHOLLENFrom page A1

anniversary this year, Holcomb talkedabout growing up in Pine Hills, Montanawith her nine brothers and three sisters,joining the Army with plans to fulfill onlyher four-year commitment, and the realityof approaching 31years of service in June.

Reviewing her “military journey,” Hol-comb expounded on the importance ofrecognizing different types of stress facedon a daily basis. She said that during herearly command years, she learned that“knowing your people is an importantelement of leadership.”

She emphasized the importance of rec-ognizing personality traits in subordinatesthat can aid in communication which canimpactmission accomplishment.

“It’s important tounderstandthe types tobe effective,” she said.

She also touched on readiness and citedthe importance of physical, emotional,mental and spiritual well-being. She saidgetting the right amount of sleep one of themost important physical aspects thoughdiet and exercisewere equally important.

“Most of us know the importance ofexercise,” he said. “Finding the time is thechallenge.”

Noting the link between the emotionaland spiritual aspects, Holcomb said, “In-jecting spirituality into your life can be anemotional satisfier.”

She advised listeners to “define success”to recognizewhen they have achieved.

“Whatdoes itmean toyou?Howwill youknowwhen you have reached your individ-ual goal?” she asked.

“Take care of you,” Holcomb concluded,adding that “knowing your body” “gettingroutine health exams” is vital to stayinghealthy and identifying ailments early.

“Take care of you,” she said, adding herpersonal points of wisdom include, “Keepcalm andwear comfy shoes,” and “If you’rehealthier, you’re happier.”

“She gave a lot of practical tips that youcan really apply to your life,” said Dr.MelissaSteffen,ATCstrategicplanner,whointroduced Holcomb. “Most importantlysheremindedus thatweneedto takecareofourselves and make sure we take time for

ourselves.”The ATC Women in Leadership series

began in March 2014. Its goal is to exposetheAPGworkforce to senior female leadersto learn how perseverance has guided theircareers.

Maj. Gen. BarbaraR.Holcomb

The chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps,Holcomb holds a bachelor’s degree inNursing from Seattle University ROTC; amaster’s in Nursing Administration from

the University of Kansas; masters in Mili-tary Strategic Studies from the U.S. ArmyWarCollege andmasters-level certificationin Emergency and Disaster ManagementfromAmericanMilitaryUniversity.

Major General Holcomb’s military edu-cation includes the AMEDD Officer BasicCourse, AMEDDOfficer AdvancedCourse,Faculty Development Course, CombinedArms Services and Staff School, residentCommand and General Staff College,AMEDD Executive Skills Course, Inter-agency Institute for Federal Health CareExecutives, Medical Strategic LeadershipProgram, Army War College, Army Strate-

gic Leader Basic, Intermediate, and Ad-vancedCourses, andCAPSTONE.

Her previous assignments includeMadi-gan Army Medical Center; Fort Lewis,Washington and deployment to DesertShield/Desert Storm; Fort Huachuca, Ari-zona; Fort SamHouston, Texas; CampAbleSentry, Macedonia; Fort Benning, Georgia;Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Knox, Kentucky;Landstuhl, Germany; Fort Bragg, NorthCarolina; and asMRMCdeputy command-er, Fort Detrick. She was designated asChief, ArmyNurseCorpsNov. 2, 2015.

Holcomb is a member of the Order ofMilitaryMedicalMerit.

Bryan Small, a light armor branch chief with the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command shows a helmet innovation to MRMC and Fort Detrick, Maryland Commander Maj. Gen. Bar-bara Holcomb during her tour of ATEC facilities March 8, 2018.


WOMENContinued from Page 1A

Maj. Gen. Barbara Holcomb enjoys a tour of test vehicles like the Stryker and the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle while visiting the AberdeenTest Center March 8, 2018.



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MORALE, WELFARE & RECREATIONUpcoming Activities Learn more about APG MWR activities and services

by going online at www.apgmwr.com.

study. A short reception will follow. RSVPby May 17 to Ben Metcalfe at 410-272-9471or [email protected].

HEALTH & RESILIENCY

HEALTH INSURANCE INTORETIREMENT INFO SESSIONMARCH 27Bldg. 6001, Fl. 2, Rm. 224. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m. Open to C4ISR employees only. Formore information, call 443-861-7901.

ALLERGY INFO SESSIONAPRIL 3Bldg. 6008, Room 117; 11:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m. Open to all. Call 443-861-7901 formore information.

IN THE COMMUNITY

MILITARY HIRING EXPO WITHTHE WASHINGTON WIZARDSMARCH 27Hiring Our Heroes will host a WashingtonD.C. Hiring Expo with the WashingtonWizards, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the CapitalOne Arena, 601 F St NW, Washington,District of Columbia 20004.Active duty service members, Guard,Reserve, veterans of all branches andmilitary spouses can connect directly withrecruiters and hiring managers from localand national companies. The eventincludes career connection and job seekerworkshops, 10:30 a.m. to noon, with theHiring Expo set for noon to 3 p.m.All registered job seekers who attend thehiring expo are eligible to receive up to twofree tickets to attend the evening's gamebetween the Wizards and the San AntonioSpur. This event is free. Pre-registration isrequired to receive tickets to enter venue.For more information, or to register, go tohttps://www.uschamberfoundation.org/event/washington-dc-hiring-expo-washington-wizards-0.

WELCOME HOME VIETNAMVETERANS DAYMARCH 29The Hospice of the Chesapeake will hold itsfourth annual Welcome Home VietnamVeterans Day Celebration 4 to 6:30 p.m. atthe Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport Hotel,1736 W. Nursery Road, Linthicum Heights,MD 21090. Pre-registration is required,seating is limited. RSVP by March 15. Theevent includes a meet & greet with fellowveterans and veteran resource

EVENTS & TOWN HALLS

TEAM APG PME CHALLENGEMARCH 23Shore Park; 6 a.m. Come out on March 23rdwith your team of two and see who cantake the PME trophy home with them. Youand your teammate will relay between the4 events of a 10k Bike Ride, 5k Run, 5k RuckMarch and 400meter kayak. The draw forthe start will be random and the order ofevents as well to keep things interesting.Bring a good pair of running shoes and arucksack/back pack that can carry up to50lbs. Sign up and have fun at this raceevent that is the staple of AberdeenProving Ground known as PhysicallyMentally and Emotionally Hard (PME). Formore info contact 1SG Richard R Bernard at410-278-9819 or email [email protected]. Register at:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/apg-pme-quadathlon-tickets-43629659486

SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS& PREVENTION MONTHMOTORCYCLE RIDEAPRIL 3APG SHARP Resource Center, Bldg. 4305; 8a.m. A motorcycleride from APG North toAPG South will follow the kickoff and helpraiseawareness within the local community.

INSTALLATION TOWN HALLAPRIL 10Post Theater; 1 p.m. Open to all installationpersonnel and their families. Hosted byAPG Senior Commander Maj. Gen. RandyTaylor and Garrison Commander Col. RobPhillips.

APG DISCOVERY FESTAPRIL 21Save the Date! Team APG will host theinaugural APG Discovery Week culminatingin APG Discovery Fest open to the public!Discovery Fest activities will include: anadult pinewood derby, 2K/5K/10K walk andrun, STEM-based events for children,bounce houses, food trucks, live music, K-9demo and more! Follow APG on Facebookat www.facebook.com/APGMd for detailsas they are released.

DAU-SSCF GRADUATIONMAY 22The graduation ceremony for the DefenseAcquisition University-Senior CollegeFellowship Program Class of 2018 will beheld 11 a.m. at the Myer Auditorium, Bldg.6000. The ceremony marks theculmination of the 10-month course of

representatives, and hors d’oeuvres,beverages and a cash bar, with the formalceremony starting 5:30 p.m.To register, or for more information [email protected]; call443-837-1513; or visithttps://www.hospicechesapeake.org/event/welcome-home-vietnam-veterans-day-celebration/.

WELCOME HOME VIETNAMVETERANS BREAKFASTMARCH 30Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Toese Tia willlead APG Soldiers and other servicemembers in a tribute to Vietnam veteransduring the Welcome Home VietnamVeterans Day Celebration, 9 a.m. to noon atMartins West, 6817 Dogwood Road,Baltimore, MD 21244. The event includes ameet & greet and breakfast, 9 to 10:30a.m., with the formal program following,10:30 a.m. to noon. Guest speakers includeMaj. Gen. Linda L. Singh, Adjutant Generalof the Maryland National Guard; retiredCommand Sgt. Maj. Rodwell Forbes of FortMeade, and Jan C. Scruggs, founder of theVietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.This event is free but registration isrequired. For more information, or toregister, go tohttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-welcome-home-vietnam-veterans-day-celebration-tickets-39858747587.

WORLD WAR ICOMMEMORATIONAPRIL 14The Liriodendron Mansion willcommemorate World War I, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,with a color guard, guest speakers, an APGSoldier in period dress, displays, songs anda tribute to Dr. Howard Kelly, who treatedreturning Soldiers in Maryland. Themansion, located at 502 W. Gordon Streetin Bel Air, was Kelly’s summer home. Formore information, call 410-879-4424; [email protected]; or visitwww.liriodendron.com.

ROAD WORK & CONSTRUCTIONIN ABERDEENCity leaders are moving forward to buildMiddelton Road. This three plus decadesold effort is moving forward with a designfirm engaged to develop plans. Once armedwith a concept, City Engineers will meetwith residents to discuss them; The StateHighway Administration has announcedplans to grind and totally repave WestBelair Avenue starting this summer; Workon the near $1m upgrade at Aberdeen’s

Train Station is also scheduled to start thisyear. This is made possible by a $800kgrant recently awarded to the City; TheUSPS Regional Director has advised ahandicapped accessible ramp at theAberdeen Post Office should be in placethis Spring; Work on the Old Moose Lodgeby the Aberdeen Library and Fire Stationhas started to transform it into anotherlocation for Aberdeen’s once tremendouslypopular Prost German Restaurant.

MISCELLANEOUS

2018-2019 SENIOR SERVICECOLLEGE FELLOWSHIPPROGRAM NOW ACCEPTINGAPPLICATIONSThe U.S. Army Acquisition Support Centeris currently accepting applications for the2018-19 SSCF program through March 30,2018. The SSCF Program is a 10-montheducational opportunity conducted underthe auspices of the Defense AcquisitionUniversity (DAU) at Aberdeen ProvingGround, MD; Detroit, MI; Huntsville, AL, andPicatinny Arsenal, NJ.The SSCF program prepares governmentcivilians at the GS-14/15 levels orequivalent for senior leadership roles byprovides training in leadership andacquisition. Program components includecompletion of DAU’s Program ManagementCourse (PMT 401), courses in leadership,applications of acquisition to nationaldefense issues, research in acquisitiontopics, mentoring, and a distinguishedspeaker program.For complete program information andapplication requirements, please visit theUS Army Acquisition Support Centerwebsite at http://asc.army.mil/web/career/development/programs/defense-acquisition-university- senior-service-college/.For APG specific program information,please visit: http://www.dau.mil/sscf/Pages/apg.aspx.For more information about the program,please contact Jim Oman [email protected] or 410-272-9470.

FIREWOOD AVAILABLE FORPURCHASEFirewood is available, on a first-comefirst-served basis, at a cost of $20 per levelstandard 8-foot pick-up truck, $15 per levelstandard 6-foot pick-up truck, and $5 percar trunk load. For more information,contact Scott English at 410-436-9804 orKathy Thisse at 410-436-8789.

LEISURE, RECREATION &SPORTS

BIG BANG VARIETY SHOWMARCH 15APG North Recreation Center; 5 p.m.Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door.General seating. 18+ show. To feature TheAmazing Johnathan, contortionist VitaRadionova, and acrobats DuoEnchantment. Hosted by comedian Landry.

FREE MOVIE: MAZE RUNNER -THE DEATH CUREMARCH 23Post theater; 7 to 9 p.m. Movie rated PG-13.Popcorn, snacks and beverages will beavailable for purchase.

FREE MOVIE: MONSTERSUNIVERSITYMARCH 24Post theater; 3 to 5 p.m. Movie rated G.Popcorn, snacks and beverages will beavailable for purchase.

FREE MOVIE: 12 STRONGMARCH 24Post theater; 6 to 8 p.m. Movie rated R.Popcorn, snacks and beverages will beavailable for purchase.

EASTER BRUNCHAPRIL 1Top of the Bay; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. $38 foradults, $20 for children ages 6 to 12,children 5 and under are free. Easter Bunnywill make his annual appearance.Registration and pre-payment required:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/easter-brunch-tickets-43690837471

ARMY COMMUNITYSERVICE

CONFLICT LUNCH & LEARNMARCH 28Bldg. 2503, 2nd floor; 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Are you struggling to improve yourrelationships due to conflicts? Join us andlearn techniques that will help you improveyour relationships through variouscommunication styles and strategies forconflict situations. For more information,call 410-278-7478.

HOW TO SMART START YOUR

SMALL BUSINESSAPRIL 4Bldg. 2503, 2nd floor, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.This class provides an overview of the waysto smart start a business, the skills andduties of a successful entrepreneur, andhow to write a business plan. Open to the

public. Seating is limited. Class is free butregistration is required. For moreinformation, call 410-278-2435.

STRESS MANAGEMENT LUNCH& LEARNAPRIL 11

Bldg. 2503, 2nd floor, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Learn techniques to properly managestressful situations which could improveyour overall physical and mental health.For more information, call 410-278-7478.

YOUTH & CHILD SERVICES

PREPARING TEENS FOR THEWORKPLACEAPRIL 14Youth Center, Bldg. 2522; 2:30 to 5:30 p.m.What are employers looking for in potentialjob candidates? Knowing the answer tothis very important question can help ayoung person just prepare for theworkforce. Education, GPA, experience andskills can all play a factor in an employer’sdecision to interview a potential candidate.However, when it comes to hiring, it is oftenthe individual who has sharpened their softskills that is offered the job. Seminar is free,but registration is required. Call410-278-2154 for more information.

CIVILIAN WELFARE FUND

SAM’S CLUB MEMBERSHIPSIGNUP - EDGEWOODAPRIL 10Bldg. E1260; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The CivilianWelfare Fund will be sponsoring SAM'SCLUB Membership signups. Special savingsand coupon discounts for new and renewalmemberships. Three types of membershipsavailable: $45 per year for the basicmembership, $100 per year for the Sam'sPlus Membership and $45 per year forBusiness Memberships. For moreinformation, call 410-436-4467.

SAM’S CLUB MEMBERSHIPSIGNUP - ABERDEENAPRIL 11Bowling Alley, Bldg. 2342; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.The Civilian Welfare Fund will be sponsoringSAM'S CLUB Membership signups. Specialsavings and coupon discounts for new andrenewal memberships. Three types ofmemberships available: $45 per year forthe basic membership, $100 per year forthe Sam's Plus Membership and $45 peryear for Business Memberships. For moreinformation, call 410-436-4467.

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Army prepositioned stocks(APS) are strategically-placedcaches of warfightingequipment afloat and ashorethat provide speed ofresponse for geographiccombatant commanders toexecute operation plans andconduct contingencyoperations.The U.S. Army MaterielCommand (AMC) is theexecutive agent for the APSprogram. Through itssubordinate commands,including Army SustainmentCommand and its Army FieldSupport Brigades, AMCsynchronizes and integratesthe materiel enterprise to fieldArmy prepositioned stocksand orchestrates thedevelopment of standards andprocedures for the transfer ofAPS materiel to deployingcombat units.AMC is equipping APS sitesacross the globe with the mostmodernized equipmentavailable to enhance theArmy’s battlefield advantageto reduce response times andincrease the expeditionarycapabilities. Fromstate-of-the-artcommunications technologiesand combat enablers, toupgraded weapons andcombat vehicles,combat-configured APSenhance unit readiness andlethality. AMCis increasing thespeed at which stocks arecombat-configured and thespeed at which Soldiers canfall-in on needed equipment.

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COMBAT-CONFIGUREDARMYPREPOSITIONEDSTOCKSARMY MATERIELCOMMAND

PEO IEW&SMichael Trzeciak assumesthe role of acting ProjectManager for Positioning,Navigation and Timingduring a Feb. 27 change ofcharter ceremony.

PM PNT | B2

DETECTIONArmy organization isdeveloping technology thatvisually alerts Soldiers tothe presence of improvisedexplosive devices and otherhazards.

CERDEC | B3

READINESSThe U.S. Army MaterielCommand focuses onmateriel readiness toensure the right equipmentis in the right place at theright time for the nation’swarfighters

AMC | B4

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Soldiers in charge of training at the Army’sNational Training Center, or NTC, recentlyevaluated a new technology as their exercisecontrol tool, which enhanced their ability totrack the location and combat status ofvehicular assets on the simulated battlefield.

Observer Coach/Trainers, or OC/Ts, em-ployed the Tactical Computing Environment,orTCE,which is a flexible,map-basedmissioncommand solution that provides situationalawareness and enables collaboration acrossplatforms such as tablets, laptops, and othermounted and dismounted computing devicesfrombrigade down to the edge.

TheNTCexercises, based out of Fort Irwin,California, enable OC/Ts to evaluate unitsduring their training rotations at theNTC, andthen provide feedback to the unit’s command-er on their unit’s sate of training.

“We strive to ensure our Soldiers are thebest trained force in the world,” said Lt. Col.Kenneth Walters, product manager for Com-bat Training Instrumentation Systems, underProgram Manager Training Devices, or PMTRADE. “To achieve this goal, it is critical thatwe continue to provide robust, embeddedtechnologies to those in charge of training ourSoldiers.”

PM TRADE, assigned to the U.S. ArmyProgram Executive Office Simulation, Train-

Command post software untethers commandersBy Kathryn BaileyCERDEC CP&ID

Capt. Michael Wechsler, Cobra 03A OC/T at the NTC, Fort Irwin, Calif.ornia, uses the TacticalComputing Environment, or TCE, during mobile operations to enhance their exercise controlsystem in August 2017. TCE allows commanders and staff to share operational informationacross multiple platforms.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY MAJ. BRIAN RIESER, CERDEC

See SOFTWARE, page B7

Response Force is called to rapidly deploy andjump into potentially dangerous situations,and being armed with agile resilient networkcommunications is critical to operationalsuccess.

In support of these and other tactical edgemissions, theArmyequipped its firstunit -- the3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd AirborneDivision -- with the new inflatable satelliteFORT BRAGG, N.C. (March 6, 2018) –

During initial entry missions, the Global

The Army’s Project Manager Tactical Network provided Transportable Tactical Command Communications (T2C2) new equipment training to thefirst unit equipped (the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division) in February-March 2018 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The T2C2 Liteand T2C2 Heavy terminals provide high-bandwidth network communications and mission command.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY AMY WALKER, PM TACTICAL NETWORK/PEO C3T PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Army equips first unit withinflatable satellite communicationsBy AmyWalkerPM Tactical Network/PEO C3T Public Affairs

See INFLATABLE, page 7

The Army provided the Illinois ArmyNational Guard 406th Signal Company withadvanced training during the unit's quarterlycommunication exercise, at North Riverside,Illinois in late February 2018.

TheDisaster IncidentResponseEmergencyCommunications Terminal (DIRECT), en-ables National Guard signal units to providecommercial phone and internet access, andcommercial Wi-Fi and 4G LTE, to firstresponders — military, government and non-governmental -- during domestic naturaldisasters, emergencies andcivil supportopera-tions.

To date, 17 states have the DIRECT system,which they can deploy to support disasterrelief efforts or other civil missions if needed.Upcoming pre-fielding pilots include PuertoRico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam. TheArmy anticipates completing the DIRECTequipping effort in fiscal year 2021.

U.S. Army photo by Capt. Wyman Arthur,NetworkModernization product office)

Army pilots network communication system for emergency response

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The Army’s lead acquisition developerfor Positioning, Navigation, and, Timing(PNT) capabilities held a change of charterceremony onFeb. 27.

ProjectManager for Positioning, Naviga-tion and Timing (PMPNT) changed handswhen outgoing PM, Kevin Coggins, passedthe organization’s charter toMichael Trze-ciak.

Maj. Gen. Kirk Vollmecke, ProgramExecutive Officer for Intelligence Elec-tronic Warfare & Sensors (PEO IEW&S),hosted the change of charter ceremony atAPG’s Myer Auditorium. VollmeckethankedCoggins andhis team for a jobwelldoneand recognized their dedication to theArmy institution and themission.

“You have to be extremely proud ofwhatyou have accomplished and what youcontinue to do for our Soldiers at the tip ofthe spear and globally,” said Vollmecke.“Your work has made our Soldiers safer.Thank you for your sacrifice and commit-ment to our Soldiers here and oversees.”

PM PNT reports to PEO IEW&S andcollaborates with other Army and JointService partners to develop interoperable,reliable products to promote real-timesecure PNT services for a variety of combatand combat support field missions. With afocus on modernization and readiness,these capabilities will provide the soldierwith the ability to access accurate andtrustedPNTdata,which is acritical enablerfor Army warfighting functions and sys-tems.

Trzeciak will take over as Acting PMuntil the incoming PM, Col. NickolasKioutas, arrives this summer. Trzeciakjoined PM PNT in 2015, serving as theDeputy PM during that time. Trzeciakpreviously served as the Director of Engi-neering and Acquisition for the JointProjectManager Guardian, providing lead-ership and guidance to three differentProduct Managers and 36 different pro-gramsandprojects.Hepreviously servedasPNTLead for PEO IEW&S from2010-2011.

Vollmecke recognized Trzeciak as hetakes on thepositionofActingPM. “Mike isno stranger to the organizational team,” hesaid. “I can’t think of any other personbetter for theposition.Youare the right guyand this is your time.”

PM PNT leads the Army in the integra-tion of distribution level PNT capabilitiesacross warfighter and Army vehicle plat-forms.Throughacollaborativeeffort acrossthe Army and Department of Defense, theorganization enables the development anddelivery of targeted PNT solutions toincrease Army readiness. Key programsinclude Resiliency and Software AssuranceMeasures,Pseudolites,MountedPNT,Mili-tary Global Positioning System (GPS) UserEquipment, and the Project TITAN – anEmerging Capabilities Office effort insupport of the Army Rapid CapabilitiesOffice.

Before the passing of the charter took

place, Vollmecke made one last remark.“My call to action simply is this,” he said.“Aggressively manage your programs. Lev-erage your team and the expertise that theyoffer. There is brilliance and adaptabilitywithin your organization that no othershave. This is your time.”

Col. Matthew Bowler, Product Manager(PdM) for Assured PNT (APNT), was alsorecognized during the ceremony. The PdMA-PNTCharterwasrelinquishedbyBowlerback to PM PNT as he departs theorganization.BeginningonMarch14,Bowl-erwill be serving as theMilitaryDeputy forthe Army Software Engineering Center atAPG.

“Col. Bowler has done a lot for PdMAssured PNT,” said Coggins. “He’s pushedthe limits of what the Army has done andestablished the new vision of the future forPNT. His team has set the Army up forsuccess and serves as an example to otherservices across theDepartment.”

Later this summer the PdM A-PNTorganization will be formally re-charteredas two distinct organizations; ProductManagerMounted PNT and ProductMan-ager Pseudolites under PMPNT.

Army’s PM PNT changes charterBy Caitlin O’NeillPM PNT staff

Kevin Coggins, left, the outgoing Program Manager Position, Navigation and Timing, congratulates Col. Matthew Bowler, former ProductManager (PdM) Assured PNT (APNT), for his team's accomplishments. The PdM A-PNT Charter was relinquished by Bowler back to PMPNT as he departs the organization.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY JOANNE GALLAGHER

Kevin Coggins, left, receives an Army Superior Service award for his time as the ProgramManager Position Navigation and Timing (PM PNT) from Maj. Gen. Kirk Vollmecke, right,the Program Executive Officer for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY JOANNE GALLAGHER

ADELPHI, Md. -- Army and universityscientists are turning to problems withsocial media to create social sensing as ascientific discipline. For the Army inparticular, thisemergingsciencespace, theysay,will betterhelpcommanders assess andcomprehend the accuracy and true mean-ing of information on the battlefield.

“Humans are prolific generators andcommunicators of information,” said Dr.Lance Kaplan, U.S. Army Research Labora-tory researcher in the Networked Sensingand Fusion branch. “In Army operations,commanders rely on information providedby Soldiers to make decisions. They alsorequire information fromautomatedsensorsystems to understand, for example, wheretroops are located in time and space.

“This traditional pipeline has workedwell when the flow of information wasrelatively small. Now, however, with prolif-eration of computers andwireless commu-nications, the volume of information pro-ducedandshared in thenetworkofSoldiersand sensors can be extremely large,” hecontinued. “It becomes difficult to assessand comprehend the accuracy and truemeaning of such information on the battle-field.”

A small team of ARL scientists, alongwith scientists fromRensselaerPolytechnicInstitute,NotreDame and theUniversity ofIllinois-Urbana Champaign found a some-what similar problem occurs in socialmedia.

“Although the Army battlefield informa-tion problem is not identical to the socialmedia problem, they have some importantsimilarities from the scientific point ofview,”Kaplan said.

In socialmedia, the volume of the data isno longer manageable for manual proc-essing. It’s alsoverydifficult toascertain thecredibility of social media reports, espe-cially given that the reliability of the peopleposting reports is uncertain. A well-docu-

mented social media problem is spreadingrumors. Automated systems are needed toextract relevant and reliable informationfrom the vast amount of data generated bysocialmedia.

Challenges and opportunities associatedwith this research are described in aperspectives paper recently accepted forpublication in IEEE Computer entitled,“The Age of Social Sensing,” by Kaplan andDong Wang of Notre Dame University,Boleslaw Szymanski and Heng Ji of Rens-

selaerPolytechnicInstitute,TarekAbdelza-her of University of Illinois-Urbana Cham-paign.

The IEEE Computer article is thefirst-ever decisive manifesto introducingthe burgeoning science of social sensing tothe entire computer science research com-munity, Kaplan said.

“In light of the growth of social media, itdemonstrates the need for a science ofsocial sensing to extract reliable andrelevant information fromnoisy, conflicting

and equivocal human generated reports,”he said. “It laysout for thevery first time thechallenges and research opportunities bybuilding upon the successful history ofsignal processing and sensor fusion.”

He also credited the emergence of thefield of social sensing within collaborativeresearch as originating from the ARLNetworkScienceCollaborativeTechnologyAlliance.

Their paper addresses how traditionalsensor processing techniques convert sen-sor streamin target identification labels andtracks through classification and multi-target tracking algorithms, for example,Kalman filters. The key idea advanced inthe IEEE Computer article is that one candesign a new “macroscope” to similarlylabel andtrackobjectsbycollectingmassivehuman generated data from social net-works; however, to make this feasiblechallenges in cyberphysical and in socialand linguistic spacesmust be addressed.

“Thecyberphysical spaceconsiderschal-lenges of how humanmay distort a groundtruth in light of their own biases and theirsocial contacts and algorithmic methods toestimate and compensate for source reli-ability and polarization. The social/linguis-tic space consider challenges for naturallanguage processing methods to interprettext data and understand the context ofhowandwhy the reportwas generated,” hesaid.

The article surveys initial research toaddress the social sensing vision, butdemonstrates the need for a more holisticmulti-disciplinary approach that combinessocial and cognitive models, linguistics,estimation theory, information theory, andreliability analysis, with the goal of puttingsocial media exploitation on well-under-stood analytic foundations, not unlikefusion of hard data from physical sensorsand signals.

Social sensing emerges as a tool for Army leadersArmy Research Laboratory

Social sensing may help future Army commanders assess and comprehend the accuracyand true meaning of information on the battlefield.

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FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Army isdeveloping technology that visually alertsSoldiers to hidden explosives in the groundrather than just providing them an audiblenotification during use of mine detectorequipment.

Calledreal-timespatial location tracking,the technology can show sensor images ofburied bombs on either a heads-up displayor tablet attached to a handheld detector.

As a Soldier sweeps with the device, acolored representation of the area -- whereorangemeans the user is close to ametallicobject— appears on the screen.

The goal is to keep Soldiers safe whenclearing routes by being able to betteridentify potential threats.

“You can immediately see the shape ofthe object and roughly its size,” saidChristopher Marshall, a scientist in theCountermine Division of the Night Visionand Electronic Sensors Directorate. “Byproviding this information to the Soldier, itmakes it easier to operate and it means afaster response.”

Thedirectorate falls under theU.S.ArmyCommunications-Electronics Research,Development and Engineering Center,which held a media day late in February tohighlight its emerging technology.

With the devices position location capa-bilities, information about where a Soldierhas swept, and what was found there, canbe easily passed on, real-time, to observersin other locations. Current handheldmine-sweeping technology requires users tomark potential threats with sticks or othermarkers.

The system also monitors how a Soldierswings the mine detector as he or she usesit, to ensure they are not fatigued in such away that itmaycause themtomiss ahiddenobject.

“If the Soldier is starting to swingerratically, that could be an early warningsign, so operationally that can help,” Mar-shall said. “Thensomeonecouldcomeuptotake the place of the Soldier.”

Other advanced technology to betterdiscriminatebetweenmetalobjects that thedevice finds is also being worked on. Thatway, a Soldier can more quickly differenti-atebetweenharmlessobjects andwould-bethreats.

With its displays, Sgt. 1st Class JaredHuffstickler, a combat engineer assigned tothe Countermine Division, said thetechnology would help Soldiers be moreaware of their surroundings as they clear

dangerous routes.“This is giving us an opportunity to

actually see signatures in the groundwithout taking away our situational aware-ness on the battlefield,” he said.

Since the device tracks sweeping pat-terns, it could even serve as a training toolfor Soldiers like him who are taught tosweep at certain speeds and distances withmetal detectors, he added.

Mine detection robots could also be

equipped with the technology to captureand send back imagery to Soldiers in anearby vehicle.

“The idea is that we take these exactsame technologies that we’re maturing forthehandhelddismountedoperationandweput it there,” Marshall said of the robots.“Now the Soldier isn’t even in the pictureand it’smuch safer.”

Army developing system to allow Soldiersto see buried bombs for route clearanceBy Sean KimmonsArmy News Service

Sgt. 1st Class Jared Huffstickler, a combat engineer assigned to the Countermine Division of the Night Vision and Electronic SensorsDirectorate, demonstrates how a Soldier would use real-time spatial location tracking at Fort Belvoir, Va., Feb. 22, 2018.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY SEAN KIMMONS

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A Soldier works out in the newly-dedicated ‘SFC KevinJessen Fitness Center’ near Baghdad, Iraq which wasnamed for a former APG Soldier who was killed by an IEDin Rawah, Iraq in 2006.

Col. James Kriebel, left, and APG Commander Maj. Gen.Richard Tragemann, center, cut the ribbon for the reno-vated barracks of the U.S. Army Combat Systems TestActivity.

A scientist with the U.S. Army Limited War Laboratorytests a revolutionary new tent designed as a shelter foremergency medical treatment and weighing only 32pounds.

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REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — FromSoldiers’ boots to theweapons they shoot, acomplex global supply chain stands behindAmerica’s fighting force.

For every training exercise and contin-gency, Army Materiel Command and themateriel enterprise ensures the right equip-mentgets to therightplaceat theright time.That is the importance of materiel readi-ness.

Along with AMC, the Department of theArmy G-4, and the Assistant Secretary ofthe Army for Acquisition, Logistics and

Technology make up thefoundation of the Army’smateriel enterprise.

Readiness has longbeen the Army Chief ofStaff Gen. Mark Milley’stop priority. Listing exist-ing and emerging threats,Milley said the Armymust have the ability todeal with materiel andreadinesssimultaneously.

“You cannot haveArmy readiness withoutmateriel readiness,” saidGen. Gus Perna, theArmy’s senior logisticianand AMC’s commandinggeneral. “Soldiers cannotwin on the battlefieldwithout weapons toshoot, tanks tomaneuver,food to eat and the logis-tics support to ensurethose provisions are inplace when they areneeded.”

Materiel readiness en-sures the warfighter hasaccess to the materielnecessary to fight andwin the nation’s wars. Itencompasses everythingfrom equipment mainte-nance on today’s shopfloor to researching fu-ture fighting technolo-gies. In between, it in-cludes warehousing sup-plies, transporting equip-ment and projectingAmerica’s fighting forcearound the globe.Materi-el readiness is critical tothe Army’s ability to con-ductdecisiveactionoper-ations.

Behind the scenes,Army logisticians withdecades of lessons and

experience work to synchronize and inte-grate today’s technology.

“Fuel, water, ammunition -- these arecomputations our experts understand,”Perna said. “Our logisticians combine thefundamentals of sustaining a land forcewith state-of-the-art tools to both seeourselves on a global scale and ensurewherever our troops are, they are ready tofight tonight.”

Providing materiel readiness also re-quiresadependabledistributionnetworkof

railways, ports and distribution centers.The Army’s stateside and global distribu-tion networks provide the Army a strategicand tactical advantage against threats,guaranteeing rapid movement of Soldierequipment from fort to port and onward tothe battlefield.

Additionally, Army Materiel Commandmanages strategically located combatequipment sets, known as Army Preposi-tionedStocks. Both ashore andafloat,ArmyPrepositioned Stocks provide CombatantCommanders a capability ready to respondto any threat or humanitarian crisis. TheArmy is actively upgrading equipment inprepositioned stocks to ensure Soldiersdraw the most modern equipment, primedfor response.

To prepare for the future battlefield,ArmyMaterielCommandisbuildingdepth,breadth and speed into the Army’s globalsupply chain to provide Soldiers withmodern, lethal equipment.

Equipmentmodernization is also criticalto achieving amobile and lethal force.

“The Army is modernizing to enhancethe fundamentals of our land force --Soldiers’ ability to shoot,moveandcommu-nicate,” said Perna. “Ultimately, our sonsand daughters are putting their lives on theline in defense of our national security. Themateriel enterprise ensures they deploywith confidence in their equipment.”

Army success relies on materiel inthe right place at the right timeBy Kari HawkinsArmyMateriel Command

Spc. Aaron Harness, a motor transport operator, 1072nd Transportation Company, gives hand signals to a driver during the unloading of asatellite transportable terminal being lowered from a palletized load system during an emergency deployment readiness Jan. 12, 2018, atFOB Gerber on the Udairi Range Complex near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The transportation unit moved signal equipment from CampBuehring to the FOB as the 115th Signal Battalion practiced rapidly emplacing and connecting signal equipment in support of emergencyoperations.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY SGT. DAVID NYE

Chinook mechanics from 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, out of Fort Hood, Texas, mount a propel-ler blade on a CH-47 Chinook after more than 70 aircraft arrived at Zeebrugge, Belgium,Oct. 20, 2017. The brigade will replace 10th Combat Aviation Brigade supporting AtlanticResolve to deter agression and reassure allies.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY SGT. 1ST CLASS JACOB MCDONALD

“Soldierscannotwin onthebattle-fieldwithoutweaponsto shoot,tanks tomaneu-ver, foodto eatand thelogisticssupportto ensurethoseprovi-sions arein placewhenthey areneeded.”Gen. GusPerna, AMCCommander


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7. A small double-headed drum withone or more snares stretched acrossits lower head.

10. A small guitar of Portuguese originpopularized in Hawaii in the 1880s and

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14. A flat-bodied stringed instrumentwith a long fretted neck and usually sixstrings played with a pick or with thefingers.

17. A large drum having two heads andgiving a booming sound of lowindefinite pitch.

19. A double-reed woodwindinstrument having a long U-shapedconical tube connected to themouthpiece by a thin metal tube and ausual range two octaves lower thanthat of the oboe

20. A small rectangular windinstrument with free reeds recessed inair slots from which tones aresounded by exhaling and inhaling.

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4. A circular valved brass instrumenthaving a conical bore, a funnel-shapedmouthpiece, and a usual range from Bbelow the bass staff upward for morethan three octaves.

5. A keyed woodwind instrumentconsisting of a cylindrical tube whichis stopped at one end and which has aside hole over which air is blown toproduce the tone and having a rangefrom middle C upward for threeoctaves.

6. A bowed-stringed instrumenthaving four strings tuned at intervalsof a fifth and a usual range from Gbelow middle C upward for more than4-and-one-half octaves, and having ashallow body, shoulders at right anglesto the neck, a fingerboard withoutfrets, and a curved bridge.

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Musical instrumentsMarch is National Music in Our Schools Month. See if you can figure out the musicalinstruments in this week’s crossword.

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Today, Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson is the deputy commander of the U.S.Army Forces Command. USAFC is the largest command in the U.S. Armyrepresenting 770,000 Soldiers and civilians including 200,000 Regular ArmySoldiers stationed in the United States and the entire National Guard andArmy Reserve.

Richardson is the first female to officially hold this position, though Maj. Gen.Jody Daniels held it for one week prior to Richardson’s appointment on atemporary basis.

Richardson grew up in Colorado and was commissioned a second lieutenantin aviation upon graduation from Metropolitan State College in Denver. Herfirst assignment after flight school was in Korea with the 17th Aviation Brigade,where she served as a platoon leader, company executive officer, brigade staffofficer and company commander. She next served at Fort Hood, Texas on theIII Corps staff and in the 6th Cavalry Brigade as a company commander andbrigade adjutant.

Subsequent assignments include the Battle Command Training Program atFort Leavenworth, Kansas as an observer trainer; and at Fort Campbell,Kentucky as an assault helicopter battalion Operations Officer and ExecutiveOfficer with the 9th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division(Air Assault). She later she attended the U.S. Army Command and GeneralStaff College, also at Fort Leavenworth.

Richardson also served as the military aide to Vice President Al Gore at theWhite House in Washington, D.C. She then returned to Fort Campbell to serveas the Division Deputy G-3 of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and latercommanded the 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment and deployed to Iraq insupport of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.

She was then assigned to the Army G-3/5/7 at the Pentagon where sheserved as deputy director, then director, for the Army’s Transformation Office.After that tour, she attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at FortMcNair in Washington, D.C., served as the Garrison Commander of Fort McNairand Fort Myer, Virginia. Duty as the Army’s Liaison Officer to the U.S. Senatefollowed.

Richardson’s general officer assignments include Commanding General ofthe U.S. Army Operational Test Command; Deputy Commanding General ofthe 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas; Deputy Chief of Staff forCommunications with Headquarters, International Security Assistance Force(ISAF) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan; and at thePentagon as Chief, Army Legislative Liaison.

Richardson became the deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Forces

Command at Fort Bragg, N.C., June 17, 2017. She was promoted to lieutenantgeneral, June 12, 2017. As deputy commanding general, she is heavily involved inensuring the nation’s Soldiers are ready for future deployments and contingencyoperations.

She is married to Maj. Gen. Jim Richardson and they have one daughter.

Sources: https://www.army.mil/women/profiles/;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_J._Richardson;https://www.forscom.army.mil/(S(fufuzv0g5z0o4r3oajkhji1s))/Leadership/LeaderPage/5

Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson, Deputy Commander, U.S. Army Forces Command

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As a major general, Laura J. Richardson wasthe first female to serve as the deputycommander of a combat division; 1st CavalryDivision, Fort Hood, Texas.

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When the Global Response Force firstdeploys, before boots even hit the ground,the Army’s Enroute Mission Commandsystem, or EMC, provides the unit with anexpeditionary command post capability inflight, so it can retain the same level ofsituational awareness and collaborativecommunications it has on the ground,during the long hours in the air.

Then once on the ground and an airfieldis seized, Soldiers can rapidly set up theirinflatable T2C2 satellite system, and retaincontinuity of mission command during theinitial phase of the operation. Later in themission,when follow-on forces fly in largernetwork assets, commanders can extendthe battlespace using T2C2 to supportcompany-size forward operating bases andspecial team-size elements that need aneasily transportable network capability atthe tactical edge.

“With T2C2, we have reach-back to ourhigher headquarters for sustainment, re-porting, and to call for support whenneeded; the commander can receive intelli-gence updates and operational orders,”Spreitler said. “Any capability that gives usan edge, that gives us that communicationpiece before we typically would have it,improves our readiness to fight, becausewehave to be reactionary to a [peer or] nearpeer threat.”

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Electronics Command trainers, providednew equipment training in February andMarch at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. InMarch 2017, the Army conducted the T2C2operational test at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska and was then grantedapproval to proceed to full rate productionin January 2018.The2ndBCT, 2nd InfantryDivision, at Joint Base, Lewis-McChord,Washington, will be the next unit fieldedwith T2C2, with fielding expected to becomplete inmid-April 2018.

On the current basis of issue, the Armywill field over 800T2C2 systems across theforce. Project Manager Tactical Networkhas already fielded easy to deploy GlobalRapid Response Information Package (GR-RIP) and SIPR/NIPR Access Point (SNAP)satellite terminals as bridging capabilitiesuntil T2C2 can be fully fielded.

“T2C2 is packed in easily transportablehard side transit cases or soft sided casesandcanbe rapidly setupor torndown,” saidLt. Col. Jenny Stacy, product manager forSatelliteCommunications, assigned toProj-ect Manager Tactical Network, who pro-cures T2C2 for the Army. “The expedi-tionary capabilities of T2C2 improvesreadiness, operational flexibility and in-creases a unit’s ability to quickly relocate,which in turn improves the survivability ofunits in a tactical fight.”

As part of the Army’s network modern-ization strategy, the T2C2 program ofrecord is designed to enable the service to“fight tonight." Both T2C2 Lite (1.2 metersatellite terminal) and T2C2 Heavy (2.4meter satellite terminal) provide agilerobust high-bandwidth network communi-cations and mission command. Both var-iants are inflatable, providing units with alarger antenna, increasing capability andbandwidth efficiency in half the size ofcurrent solutions. These resilient SATCOMterminals can withstand extreme weatherconditions and even air drops.

T2C2 enables uninterrupted missioncommand and secure reliable voice, videoand data communications at every stage ofthe joint operational spectrum. Because ofits significantly higher bandwidth com-pared to transport volume of satelliteterminals of the same size, Soldiers inremote locations can leverage T2C2 toutilize mission command systems such asCommandPost of the Future (CPOF), JointBattle Command-Platform (JBC-P), Ad-vanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System(AFATDS). T2C2 also enables communica-

tions systems such as whiteboard, chat,video and video teleconference, and VoiceOver Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls thatrequire significant data throughput.

“Our mission as paratroopers is to jumpin and secure a drop zone,” said Sgt.Dominic Steinel, 307th Engineer Battalion,3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd AirborneDivision. “It’s important for us to be able to

drop in and directly support the infantrySoldiers first andsetupourcommunicationdevices without having to land an [AirForce] C17 to bring in the larger networktransport equipment. That is really theapplication, to have that network and voiceaccess instantly, instead of having to landlarger pieces of equipment.”

The Army’s Project Manager Tactical Network provided Tactical Transportable CommandCommunications (T2C2) new equipment training to the first unit equipped with the capa-bility (the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division) in February-March 2018 atFort Bragg, North Carolina.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY AMY WALKER, PM TACTICAL NETWORK/PEO C3T PUBLIC AFFAIRS

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ing, and Instrumentation, or PEO STRI,provides U.S. Army Soldiers with realistictraining environments and equipment toensure they are prepared to deploy.

The TCE was developed by the U.S.Army Communications-Electronics Re-search,DevelopmentandEngineeringCen-ter, or CERDEC, in response to the Army’spush for expeditionarymission command.

CERDEC is the Army’s applied researchand advanced technology developmentcenter for command, control, communica-tions, computers, cyber, intelligence, sur-veillance and reconnaissance, or C5ISR,technologies and systems. CERDEC workswith the Defense Department, nationalresearch organizations, academia and in-dustry to enable information superiorityand tactical overmatch for the JointWarfighter.

Mission command experts withinCERDEC’s Command, Power and Integra-tion directorate, or CP&ID, continue torefine TCE to provide untethered com-manders with the same or better capa-bilities than they had with their stationarycommand post networked mission com-mand systems.

It was this type of functionality that PMTRADE sought to enhance its existingRange Communications System, or RCS,whichOC/Tsuse as their exercise commonoperating picture for both friendly andadversarial forces. Besides tracking assets,the system can execute reporting andmanage information flow to and from theequivalent of a commander’s commandpost.

“Initial feedback fromNTC cadre on theTCEcapabilityprovidedacknowledgementthat this was the right solution for NTC,”Walters said. “Inaddition to its applicabilitytowards our existing system, the tacticalcommunity and Soldiers were alreadyfamiliar with the TCE map’s militarystandard graphics and symbology, whichensured a minimal learning curve for thesystem’s users.”

TCE recently transitioned fromCERDEC as a prototype technology to PMTRADE to better enable exercise control atvarious training events.

This transitionfollowedsuccessful, itera-tive risk reduction events with PMTRADEinCERDEC’s lab environment.

“Our partnership with PEO STRI andNTC is a great example of how CERDEC’sscience and technology breakthroughs canbenefit the Army’s training systems,” saidLisa Heidelberg, CERDEC CP&IDMissionCommand division chief. “In addition, bycollaborating across government entities,we are producing government-owned, zerocost solutions at a fraction of the timenormally required during the traditionalacquisition process.”

CERDEC engineers made a few modifi-cations to ensure interoperability betweenthe TCE and NTC’s Combat TrainingCenterInstrumentationSystem,orCTC-IS,4GLTErangenetwork, saidDexterBrewer,CERDEC CP&ID operational subject mat-ter expert.

“The OC/Ts used TCE in conjunctionwith the network to construct and visualizetheir exercise [common operating picture]COP, drawing data from several systems onthe simulated battlefield,” Brewer said.“From this data they understood whichvehicles were ‘killed’ or ‘alive’ after engage-ments.”

The large, mounted tablets allowed theOC/Ts to track units and collaborate withfellow OC/Ts via messaging while on themove or at the halt.

“When I used the tablet, it increased mysituational understanding of not only ourunit that we were observing but us inrelation to other units in the brigade aswellas the enemy operating in our area, “ saidMaj. Perry White, Cavalry OperationsOC/T. “I really didmiss utilizing the systemafter testing it for one rotation. TCE is trulya value added in accomplishing our job.”

TCE performed well over NTC’s robustnetwork, but its network-agnostic capa-bilities have been successfully evaluated onlower-bandwidth RF networks, whichmaybe the only option available for users, saidAndy Harned, CERDEC CP&ID TCEproject lead.

In simulated or live operations, com-manders and staff can operate TCE in twocollaborationmodes:Mirror andExtended.

“Leaderscanusemirrormodewhentheyand their staff are geographically dis-persed,” Harned said. “All can view thesame map, and all can immediately seechanges to the map, such as new graphics,nomatterwhomakes those changes.”

Extendmodeallowsco-locatedusersoutin the field to place their tablets together ina grid to form one, large screen as analternative to the large video displaystraditionally found in fixedcommandposts.Soldiers can disperse in any direction andretain the sameplan.

Future TCE capabilities will includeAdvanced Human-Computer interfacessuch as speech-to-text capability, whichwould allow the user to create a textmessage using his or her voice, and gestureand eye-tracking interaction, for environ-ments lacking the traditional mouse andkeyboard peripherals.

Following its successful inaugural evalu-ation, TCE will once again be used as theexercise control tool at NTC rotation 18-06

in April 2018, where OC/Ts and theirSoldierswill obtain a sense of how valuableexpeditionary command is in a dispersedoperational environment.

“Expeditionary mission command isn’tjust about the physical aspects of a com-mand post; you have to make the softwareexpeditionary as well,” Harned said. “If we

can give the commander the capability tocollaborate with leaders and subordinatesat theedge,wewillprovide tacticalagility inthe face of current and future threats.”

SOFTWAREFrom page B1

Capt. Zonie Daniels, Cobra 13 OC/T at the NTC, Fort Irwin, Calif., uses CERDEC’s TacticalComputing Environment, or TCE, during dismounted operations to enhance their exercisecontrol system in August, 2017. TCE allows commanders and staff to share operationalinformation across multiple platforms.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY MAJ. BRIAN RIESER, CERDEC

Sgt. 1st Class Sheena Ferrell, Cobra 30A OC/T at the NTC, Fort Irwin, Calif., briefs from left Chris Manning (A) CERDEC CP&ID director,Andy Harned, CP&ID Tactical Computing Environment, or TCE, project lead, and Mark Dasher, assistant product manager for CombatTraining Center-Instrumentation System under PEO Simulation, Training and Instrumentation.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY CYNDI CARPENTER, CERDEC


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