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P i c a t i n n y C h a p t e r

In s ide th i s i s sue :

Vic Lindner Turns 90! 1

Chapter Events Cancel l ed 1

Support ing our Troops 2

Dean Gal lo Gol f Outing 3

Fred Berger Ret ires 3

Reception Honor ing Congressman Frel inghuysen

3

Dominic Moreo Ret ires 4

New Off i cers for 2006 4

F irepower Award Exhibit 4

Congratulat ions Col Mark Rider 5

Scholarships 6

DCAP Golf Outing 7

WID 7

Type Classi f i cat ion Awards 2005 8

Dover Days 8

General Izzo Promoted 9

ARDEC Awards 10

Membership Appl ication 11

Message from the President 12

B e n e f i t s o f

N D I A

M e m b e r s h i p • Job Security— Membership to CRISP

and its mission raises the visibility of

Picatinny Arsenal to members of Con-

gress and helps ensure ARDEC’s per-

petuation and unique contribution to the

soldier

• Service to the Picatinny Commu-

nity— College scholarships to local HS

recipients; endowments to local universi-

ties and colleges; annual Type Classifica-

tion Awards to program teams; Firepower

Awards; community support activities;

Employee Recognition Day; ARDEC

sponsorship; and other Arsenal events

• Education— Supports the development

and administration of special educational

programs for ARDEC and the industrial

community

• Professional Development– Spon-

sors conferences embracing all aspects of

Picatinny Arsenal’s contribution to the

warfighter

• Social Activities– Sponsor 1-2 social

outings, holiday parties, and several

mini-golf outings, including the Dean

Gallo Memorial Golf Outing each year

On September 14, 2006, the Chapter honored Vic Lindner at a reception on his 90th Birthday. Vic Lindner has been an outstanding leader in providing superior armaments in sup-port of our National Defense. Vic has

earned the greatest respect and admira-tion of all in the Picatinny Community and Worldwide! He has been a valuable mentor that guided the ones that fol-lowed him. We are all richer and proud to have shared his friendship for many wonderful years. He is an inspiration for all of us.

Vic began his career at Picatinny in 1941 as a Chemist; where he held increas-ingly responsible positions in engineer-ing. By 1958, he was made Associate

V i c L i n d n e r “ M r . A mm u n i t i o n ” T u r n s 9 0 !

This year two major Picatinny Chapter events were cancelled due to the O&MA budgeting issues that took place in May & June.

Firepower Benefit

In June, the Picatinny Chapter joined National NDIA in the postponement of the Annual Armaments symposium and decided to wait until next year to host the Firepower Benefit. With the O&MA budget issues and the travel restrictions for the Army in effect until the end of the year, we felt this was the best solution. We have made arrangements to host the 2007 Firepower Benefit at the Birchwood Manor on June 14, 2007.

Mortars Conference

In July, PM Mortars Systems and the Picatinny Chapter jointly decided to postpone the Annual Mortars Conference that was to be held 22-25 October 2006. This decision was based on the Army’s limited resources during this time of war. Your interest and participa-tion in this event in the past has been greatly appreciated. The Mortars Conference is scheduled to be held in October of 2007 and biennially thereafter.

C h a p t e r E v e n t s C a n c e l l e d

Vic Lindner

Director, and in 1962, the Deputy Director of Ammunition Engineering and Develop-ment. He had been a member of the De-part of the Army’s Senior Executive Service since 1979. He served as the Acting Tech-nical Director, US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Armament Re-search, Development & Engineering Center and on numerous occasions during inter-vals when a Technical Director had not been appointed.

Mr. Lindner has received numerous awards. He was an Associate member of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board and an Adjunct Professor to Engineering in the Graduate School of Stevens Institute of Technology. Mr. Lindner is the author of many articles on armament materiel in-cluding those on explosives and propellants in the Encyclopedia of Chemical Technol-ogy. Mr. Lindner retired from Picatinny in 1989.

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S u p p o r t i n g o u r T r o o p s

In June, 2006, the Picatinny Chapter NDIA sent over another

shipment of goodies to our troops overseas. With the help of Col.

(Ret) John Dwyer, NDIA sent 15 boxes of essential and non-

essential goods to several groups stationed in Iraq and Afghani-

stan. From the responses that we have received, our goods were

welcomed and thoroughly enjoyed. We plan to continue sending

packages over the course of the next year; this is just a small way

of sending a bit of Home to our troops.

Below are just a few examples of the responses we have received

from our warfighters and their families!

T h a n k Y o u ! Sir,

I recently received your generous package here in Iraq. Thank you very much. I shared the items with the Soldiers who I work with. I am not sure if we ever met but I had the great pleasure of serving at Picatinny Arse-nal as the ARDEC commander’s aide a couple of years ago. I miss the people and area tremendously, probably more than any other duty assignment I have ever had.

Thank you again for the great generosity of the Picat-inny Chapter of NDIA. Please pass on my gratefulness to all of your members. I was especially glad to see Mr. Se-basto, Ms. Machak and several other great folks still serv-ing there. The past several years have been extremely challenging to all of us Soldiers with the constant Op-tempo and non stop deployments away from friends and family, your thoughtfulness really makes us feel appreci-ated.

If there is anything that I can ever do for you, please do not very hesitate.

Respectfully,

Jake Grabia, CPT, OD

Dear Steve—[Chapter President Steve George]

Weston emailed us lst week to say he received your packages—all four of them filled with everything he needed! He kept half of the contents and shared the rest with his buddies (as his mother I was particularly pleased about that). He should be home the first week of July—just in time to miss the worst of the heat.

We just wanted to thank you and everyone at Picatinny for their efforts and kindness. It was very thoughtful of you all and very truly appreciated.

Sincerely,

The VanderVliets

Weston VanderVliet is stationed Iraq.

Dear Picatinny Chapter—

I would like to personally extend our sincere appreciation for your generosity and support. The packages of goodies and assorted items which your organization have provided are very much appreciated by all of our soldiers.

Although the military provides for most of our basic needs it is always a joy to receive special treats from home. It is reassuring to know we have organizations, which continue to support our mission and help us take care of our most pre-cious assets, “our soldiers.”

Again, I would like to extend to you our sincere thanks and appreciation for your generosity. Your organization went far beyond the call of support, which exemplifies what this country is all about.

Sincerely,

Alex D. Tran Michael V. Rigby CPT, OD SG Company Commander First Sergeant

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F r e d B e r g e r R e t i r e s

Fred Berger, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Business Plus Corporation, has been with BPC for over seven years and was responsible for the overall operations and ex-pansion of business base. Before joining BPC, Fred served 27 years in the Army, retiring as a Special Forces Colonel. He then worked as a Division Manager with Information Technology Solutions, Inc. and Computer Science Corporation. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Southern Mississippi, a Master’s Degree in Law Enforcement Administration from Western Illinois University, and a Post-Graduate Diploma from the U.S. Army War College.

In July, 2006, Fred retired from BPC and will be pursuing other interests. Fred lives in Gloucester Point, VA with Marilyn, his wife of over 30 years. Now that their three children, Amanda (31), Nick (27), and Katie (24), are grown, he “finally has time for a hobby.” He now spends his free time boating – or repairing his broken boat, whichever the case may be.

R e c e p t i o n H o n o r i n g C o n g r e s s m a n R o d n e y F r e l i n g h u y s e n

On March 27, 2006, the Picatinny Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) and the Picatinny Chapter of Concerned Responsible Indi-viduals to Save Picatinny (CRISP) sponsored a reception in honor of Congress-man Rodney Frelinghuysen for his steadfast support of our Nation’s national defense, and to Picatinny Arsenal in particular. Congressman Frelinghuysen has provided unwavering support for Picatinny and was responsible for the success-ful fight to save Picatinny in previous Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) recommendations, and most recently during BRAC 2005. Thanks to Congressman Frelinghuysen’s leadership, funding was appropriated for critical military projects to be researched and developed at Picatinny. These projects will support Picatinny’s new missions as well as their continued success in putting the latest and best weaponry in the hands of our Warfighters. His unrelenting leadership in support of our Nation’s military and the technical communities that provide our winning edge has once again secured Picatinny for future genera-tions.

For further information, you can visit his webpage at frelinghuysen.house.gov.

Congressman Frelinghuysen (R-11th)currently serves as the Vice-Chair on the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee.

Dr. Lannon honoring Congressman Rodney

Frelinghuysen at La Strada Restaurant,

Randolph, NJ, March 27, 2006

The County College of Morris Foundation's Annual Dean Gallo Memorial Golf Outing at Picatinny Arsenal, in conjunction with the NDIA, was a re-sounding success. Over 120 golfers joined in the fun on a beautiful fall day to raise $24,000 for student scholarships. Local students will benefit from the scholarships as a result of the Dean Gallo outing. Thanks to all who par-ticipated to make this fundraiser so successful.

Left to Right: Mr. Tom Hayes, President of

the CCM Foundation Board of Directors;

Dr. Edward Yaw, President of CCM; and Dr.

Joe Nazzaro, Vice President of the CCM

Foundation.

D e a n G a l l o G o l f O u t i n g

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A r m am e n t R e s e a r c h , D e v e l o p m e n t & E n g i n e e r i n g C e n t e r b i d s f a r e w e l l t o 4 0 Y e a r e m p l o y e e

On 17 October more than 225 friends, peers and guests gathered to wish Dominick Moreo a fond farewell from ARDEC after 40 years of service. The gathering marked a career highly acclaimed and always sprinkled with humor and pragmatic sense that Dominick shared with all present.

Dominick was born and raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, NY, and at-tended evening classes at

the City College of New York for eight years, receiving a BS Degree in Mathematics/Mechanical Engineering in 1965. He served at Picatinny Arsenal as an enlisted man in the military Scientist/Engineer Program from March 1966 to March 1968 with temporary duty in Vietnam for July and August 1967.

Mr. Moreo had recently served as the Associate Technical Executive of the Armament Systems Integration Center (ASIC); and in that capacity, he provided programmatic and technical assistance and oversight to all ASIC projects and endeavors.

From 1992 – 2003, Mr. Moreo was Chief of the Mines and Demolitions Branch.

From 1989 – 1992, Mr. Moreo was Chief of Mortar Systems Office where he had total responsibility for all US Army Mor-tar Systems—weapons, fire control, ammunition and other ancillary components.

In 1985, Mr. Moreo was competitively selected to be System Project Officer for the soon-to-be-developed 120mm Battal-ion Mortar System (BMS).

Prior to 1985, Mr. Moreo was a team leader in the Im-proved Sensing Munitions Section where he directed a team of engineers that focused on the systems project management and development engineering of an infantry fired guided pro-jectile utilizing two color infra-red (2CIR) terminal homing sensing and guidance. The Guided Anti-Armor Mortar Pro-jectile (GAMP) was considered the first totally autonomous fire and forget projectile considered for the US Army.

Mr. Moreo has been recognized with numerous letters of commendation and awards from both government and indus-try partners. His recognition and awards include: Meritori-ous Civilian Service Award, National Defense Industrial Asso-ciation (NDIA) Fire Power Award, several Commander’s Awards for Civilian Service, AMC Weapon System Manager Award runner up for Secretary of Defense Superior Manage-ment Award, Secretary of the Army Award for Outstanding Achievement in Materiel Acquisition, and many other special acts and performance awards.

Mr. Moreo is currently the Liaison (Executive VP) to the Picatinny Chapter NDIA, Firepower raffle chairman, he is also a member of: AUSA, American Legion Post 91, VFW Post 2088, past President of Picatinny Mixed Bowling League, player/manager of Picatinny VETS Softball Team as well as an active member and usher of St Jude’s Church in Blairs-town, NJ.

Mr. Moreo is a cherished and a highly sought proponent for the US Army. He has served a highly distinguished career and has a long record of accomplishments in support of the US Army and the surrounding community.

Dominick Moreo Associate Technical Executive Armament Systems Integration Center

N e w O f f i c e r s f o r 2 0 0 6

On July 13th, the Board of Directors and New Officers held their

annual off-site meeting at La Strada Restaurant. The meeting

conducted a review of business that had taken place over the

past year.

The newly appointed Chairman of the Board, Mike Devine pre-

sided over the meeting with John Amerspek, Chairman Emeritus

and re-appointed President Steve George. The 2006 new offi-

cers include—Jane Smith, VP Firepower; Patty Alnor and Randy

Rand, VP Membership; Loryn Miller, VP Communications;

Ralph Campoli, VP Recognition Program; Ed Colantoni, VP Spe-

cial Programs and Nancy Campoli, Administrator/Treasurer.

Congratulations to all and good luck in the coming

year!

M o d e l C h a p t e r A w a r d A w a r d e d t o P i c a t i n n y C h a p t e r

The National Defense Industrial Associa-tion (NDIA) has instituted a Model Chap-ter Program designed to address the chal-lenges the 21st century has brought to NDIA and other membership associations throughout the United States. NDIA has selected the criteria for a Model Chapter to measure its performance to reinforce the association’s goals and the expecta-tions of the membership. The Picatinny Chapter is proud to have been selected for the first Model Chapter Award in 2001, and again in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

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Firepower Award Exhibit

The Chapter has obtained a permanent Firepower Awards Exhibit

recognizing all Firepower Recipients for the past and future; the dis-

play highlights the mission and support that ARDEC has and is pro-

viding for our Armed Services.

The exhibit will be placed in its permanent location in the lobby of

Building One, Picatinny Arsenal in November 2006.

This presentation has been a major undertaking of the chapter,

with joint coordination support of ARDEC and Industry.

The Firepower Awards program was started in 1981. Presently

there have been 252 Awards presented. Listed is the breakdown of

categories the Awards are in:

Representing 48 Picatinny 49 Industry 36 Other Government 13 Special 2 Active Military Lt. General 1 Major General 1 Brigadier General 2 Colonel 3 Captain (Navy) 1 Retired Military General 3 Lt. General 2 Major General 7 Brigadier General 2 Colonel 8 Senior Government 11 International 1 Academia 3

Congratulations

Col. Mark Rider

Article from the Voice Vol. 19, No 18 , October 2, 2006 edition

The Army recently selected a Picatinny Soldier as its 2006 project manager of the year. Col. Mark D. Rider, project manager for maneuver ammu-nition systems-direct fire, was honored Oct. 8 during the Army Acquisition Corps Ball held in Arlington, Va. Rider was recognized for his

accomplishments in the areas of resource manage-ment, innovative acquisition streamlining, program complexity and achievement of program objectives. He was selected in part for quadrupling ammu-nition production at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in the midst of a $243 million capacity expan-sion and plant modernization. Rider also oversaw the award of a second-source small arms ammunition contract in order to meet wartime demands. During the same period, his organization won two prestigious small-business awards for creating a joint venture that resulted in more efficient pro-duction of 40mm grenades. Additionally, he oversaw the urgent fielding to Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan of several new mu-nitions including the M1028 Canister Round. A true team leader, Rider credited his selection to the hard work of the members of his team. “As you know, it was the efforts of the entire PMO (program management office) that really made this possible to include our Joint Munitions Command and corporate partners,” Rider said in response to the award. “Thanks to you and all our folks for making this the ‘PM Office’ of the Year (what it should really be called).” Rider is responsible for development, produc-tion, fielding and industrial-base management of direct fire maneuver ammunition for the Depart-ment of Defense. In addition, he manages an annual budget of more than $1.6 billion for developing, producing and fielding over 180 small-caliber, medium-caliber and large-caliber ammunition products. He also manages the acquisition of ammunition

products for DOD handguns, rifles, shotguns, ma-

chine guns, Stryker and Bradley Fighting vehicles,

M1 tanks, Apache helicopters and Air Force and

Navy aircraft.

Col Mark Rider

T h e Y e a r o f t h e D o g

On 27 January 2006, the Chapter held

the 22nd Annual Chinese New Year, the

“Year of the Dog”. Dinner was held at

Noodle Chu Restaurant, Parsippany, NJ.

As always the evening was well attended with Hors d’oeu-

vres, soup and delectable dishes of eleven entrees. A spe-

cial ice breaker and refreshments throughout the night.

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2 0 0 6 N D I A S c h o l a r s h i p P r e s e n t a t i o n

The Picatinny Arsenal Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Asso-ciation presented their 2006 scholarship awards at a reception held on June 21st at The Club. The reception was at-tended by the recipients and their families, mem-bers of the NDIA and various Picatinny digni-taries and employees.

On hand to present the awards were BG(P) Paul S. Izzo, PEO Ammo and Commander Picatinny Arsenal, Mr. Mike De-vine, NDIA Chairman of the Board, Mr. John Am-erspek, NDIA Chairman Emeritus of the Board, and Mr. Steve George, President of the Picatinny Arsenal Chapter.

Five scholarships, honoring former distinguished mem-bers of the local NDIA Chapter, each in the amount of $5,000, were presented to the following recipients:

Ryan Newton Lavorgna, Pope John High School –

Joseph Severini Award;

Thomas John Aslanian, Morris Catholic High School –Herbert Occhifinto Award;

Brian Matthew Kaplan, West Morris Central High School – Fred Menke Award;

Akhila Iyer, Montville Township High School – Robert Reisman Award;

Eric Glyck, Hanover Park High School – Hans Guttwein Award

This year’s evaluation team con-sisted of Mr. Glen Berg, Chair-man; Mr. Phil Magnotti; Mr. Mike Della Terza; Mr. Henry

Opat, Mr. Mike Chiefa. County College of Morris (CCM) provides evaluation support in terms of economical needs.

The Chapter continues to provide scholarship support to students who excel in both high school academic and extra-curricular activities, and who support the concept of pro-viding our nation with a strong defense. We are proud of the 2006 recipients and wish them the best of luck in their pursuit of a college degree.

Pictured above are BG Izzo flanked by (from left to right)

scholarship recipients, Ryan Lavorgna, Akhila Iyer,

Brian Kaplan and Thomas Aslanian

(Not shown – recipient Eric Glyck)

Sgt . 1s t Class Scott R. Smith Scholarship Award

On July 17, 2006 Sgt 1st Class Scott R. Smith, a former Pi-

catinny Soldier, died of injuries sustained during a con-

trolled ordnance clearing mission in Al Iskandariyah, Iraq.

We at the NDIA Picatinny Chapter recognize his devotion to

his country and have set up a scholarship in his name for

$5,000 that will be awarded annually to a local high school

senior.

This scholarship will be presented along with our other an-

nual scholarships in June of 2007.

In June of 2004, Sgt. Ryan Doltz of Mine Hill, NJ made the ultimate sacrifice for his country. He lost his life fighting in Iraq. From this tragic event a Me-morial Foundation in his name has been established by his family for scholarships for deserving students and returning soldiers. This year NDIA donated $1,000 to the foundation in memory of Lew Cole. These funds will be used by the Doltz Foundation for their scholarship presentation. Picatinny Arsenal has also memorialized Sgt. Ryan Doltz by dedicating Building 31 as “Sgt. Ryan E. Doltz Software Engineering Center.”

S g t . R y a n D o l t z M e m o r i a l F o u n d a t i o n

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W I D—W om e n i n D e f e n s e

Led by President Barbra Thomas and Vice President Cynthia Perazzo, Picatinny’s Chapter of Women In Defense had quite a productive year. WID started 2006 with a bang sponsoring the fourth annual Breast Cancer Awareness Luncheon. This wonderful event allowed them to make a significant contribution to the Susan G. Komen Founda-tion. WID was proud to be able to support such a worthy cause. At the end of October WID sponsored a room in the Picatinny Haunted House for the first time. The participat-ing members had a blast and will be back again next year in the ‘Witches Den’ stirring up community spirit and helping to raise money for the Picatinny Youth Groups.

Providing its members with opportunities for profes-sional development and networking, WID continued the Ex-ecutive Lunch Series with an interesting presentation by the Picatinny Chapter of Toast Masters in January and an excit-ing Speaker Swap with Verizon in September. In March WID held its annual Professional Training Symposium which focused on Empowerment.

In an effort to raise health awareness this past year, WID held it’s annual Heart Day Event in February. The en-tire Picatinny Health community joined forces to make this educational day a very valuable experience. Blood pressure screens were offered by the health clinic, relaxing massages were given to decrease stress and exercise advice was pro-vided by the Picatinny Fitness Center.

In April WID, with financial support from numerous sponsors, ran the third annual Bring Your Child To Work Day, with over 150 children attending. School buses toured select sites throughout Picatinny Arsenal where the children

learned how each component of work welds together in sup-porting the war fighter. Bring Your Child To Work Day has become one of the most notable events for WID; each year seems to bring more interest and success.

In June WID held its third annual scholarship lunch-eon. Three deserving young women from the Picatinny community were awarded scholarships in varying amounts. One of these scholarships is awarded in honor of Ginny Moss with donations from the Moss family and the Ginny Moss Memorial Golf Outing. The Golf Outing is one of WID’s most successful events and is enjoyed by all who attend.

Community outreach continued with the annual plant-ing of flowers at the front gate thanks to Lombardi’s Land-scaping. In order to raise money for the organization, WID held a Yankee Candle and T-Shirt sale towards the end of the year and the members of WID got to enjoy a day of en-tertainment and relaxation when they had their Annual Pic-nic in July.

September brought about WID’s first Volunteer Lunch-eon which was held in conjunction with the Officer Installa-tion Ceremony. The event was attended by the WID Na-tional Treasurer who did the formal swearing in of the new officers. WID would like to thank all the committee mem-bers who so selflessly gave of their time to make the organi-zation great this year. All in all the Picatinny Chapter of Women In Defense has been busy and profitable this past year. They are all looking forward to accomplishing this and more in 2007.

Wh a t a S u c c e s s f u l Y e a r !

The Picatinny Chapter of NDIA sponsored a charity golf outing held August 10, 2006 at Pi-catinny to raise money for families of deployed soldiers. The outing benefited the Deployed Childcare Assistance Program (DCAP), a nonprofit program that was set up in March by Secretary of the Army, Dr. Francis Harvey, to provide child-care services that augment other programs provided by the Army. Dr. Harvey selected Mr. Tim Teen, the president and CEO of InSitech, to chair DCAP. InSitech, a not-for-profit company, is a Partnership Intermedi-ary representing the business interests of Picatinny. One hundred and twenty three golfers supported this worthy cause. Hole sponsors were provided by both Industry and private individuals to support our soldiers. Golfer's included Bart Oates, former center for the New York Giants who later spoke at the awards dinner. The Picatinny Chapter of NDIA raised approximately $15,000.00 in this event for the Secretary of the Army's DCAP.

Tim Teen, was honored for his work as the Chairman of the Deployed Childcare Assistance Program by being presented with the Secretary of the Army Public Service Award.

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Ever wonder where some of the retirees are? If they moved to Florida we can help. Art Somerville has been gathering the Dover Days Picatinny Arsenal Retirement Association group for sometime. Every year they have a dinner in the St. Petersburg area for all the “old timers” to gather and swap stories. Some of the attendees are:

George Bock, John Dixon, Bob & Gloria Feinberg; Jim & Betty Hathaway; Hugh Lazar; Ellissa Boleen; Kochang & Marie Pan; Marty Bachthaler; Carmine & Rosanne Spinelli; Donald & Honey Costa; John & Betty Pov-

D o v e r D a y s — P i c a t i n n y A r s e n a l R e t i r e m e n t A s s o c i a t i o n

lovich; Richard & Phyllis Botticelli; Ernie & Diane Zimpo; Larry & Jean Campoli; Bruce & Dorothy Holley; Anthony & Ann Negri; Al Pascazio; Bill & Frances Doyle; Tom & Elesnor Cashen; Jerry & Pauline Cook; Frank & Betty Dian-driole; George Hromank; Joseph Moore; William & Clara Ritzer; Arthur & Betty Somerville; Bill & Sue Painter.

If you know of anyone who would like to join in on the memories while in Florida, please feel free to contact Art Somerville at ddpara05@yahoo.com

On November 16, 2005, the Picatinny Chapter of the Na-tional Defense Industrial Asso-ciation (NDIA) and the US Army Research, Development and En-gineering Command, Armament Research, Development and En-gineering Center (ARDEC) held their annual Type Classification and Materiel Release Ceremony in ARDEC's Lindner Conference Center. The event was hosted by Mr. Steve George, President of the Picatinny Chapter of NDIA, with Mr. Glen Berg, ARDEC, presiding over the Type Classification and Materiel Re-lease Ceremony. The TM/CR ceremony underscores the im-portance of Picatinny to the Army, our Nation, and most im-portantly, the Warfighter.

Type Classification and Materiel Release represents the final steps in the fielding process. Type Classification dem-onstrates the Picatinny Community’s (PM’s, ARDEC and con-tractors) continued success in transitioning their research and development efforts into production. Materiel Release represents the items “final exam”, ensuring that items are safe, operationally suitable, and logistically supportable be-fore being issued to the troops.

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In 2005, there were 15 Type Clas-sification Items; 8 Full Materiel Re-lease Items; 10 Urgent Materiel Re-lease Items; and 3 Conditional Ma-teriel Release Items.

The US Army ARDEC, in con-junction with the Picatinny Chapter of the NDIA, established the Type Classification and Materiel Release Awards Ceremony to acknowledge significant achievements made by individuals and organizations in the delivery of new items to the soldier in the field. During last year's award ceremony, Mr. James Sutton, Deputy PEO Ammo, Mr. Richard Audette, Deputy PM Soldier Weap-ons and Dr. Joseph Lannon, Direc-tor of ARDEC all stressed the im-portance to the warfighters of the accomplishments being recognized

that day.

The 2006 Type Classification and Materiel Release Cere-mony will take place on November 15th in ARDEC’s Lind-ner Conference Center at 1400.

Congratulations to all whose efforts supported

these accomplishments.

TC of M777A1 Joint Lightweight 155mm Howitzer From l to r: Rich Audett, DPM Soldier Weapons, Jim Sutton, DPEO AMMO, Harvey Golman from PM JLW, Dr. Lannon, ARDEC Director, Howie Karten ARDEC APO, Carol Gagnon, BAE Systems, Steve George, President NDIA

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The ARDEC Quality Engineering and System Assurance (QE&SA) Director, Mr. Paul Chiodo, presented a check for $1,300 to the Picatinny Chapter of the NDIA for the NDIA scholarship fund. The check was donated in the memory of Hans Guttwein, QE&SA direc-tor 1995-1999.

The donation was a result of proceeds from the 11th Annual Quality Federation Invita-tional, a golf outing hosted by the QE&SA Directorate at ARDEC. Under the leadership of Hans, the annual quality engineering golf tournament commenced in 1996. It quickly be-came a highly anticipated yearly tradition. Hans Guttwein retired in 1999, after 33 years of service at ARDEC. After passing away in 2002, the golf tournament was officially dedi-cated to his memory. His long time interests in ARDEC, golf, friends, and NDIA were combined to help a worthy cause, and to honor his memory. For the past four years, money has been donated to the NDIA scholarship fund in his name. This year’s donation

was the largest to date, due to the efforts of the planning team and the tremendous generosity of this year’s par-ticipants and sponsors.

Over 100 golfers participate in the tournament each year. The golfers represent a wide range of organizations and groups, including ARDEC employees, retirees, contractors, and industry partners. The tournament was held on September 6, 2006, at Glen Brook Country Club in Stroudsburg, PA on a beautiful sunny day, and a great time was had by all. The Directorate expects even greater participation for next year’s golf outing as the planning team strives for continual improvements to this event.

Hans Guttwein

Q E & S A D o n a t e s t o N D I A S c h o l a r s h i p i n M e m o r y o f H a n s G u t t w e i n

General Izzo Promoted to Major General

Article from the Voice Vol 19, No 13, July 21, 2006

MAJ GEN Paul S. Izzo became the Army’s newest two-star gen-eral July 14 when he was pro-moted to the rank of Major Gen-eral by LTG Joseph L. Yakovac Jr.

Yakovac, the Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, traveled from the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., to preside at the ceremony

here.

In his speech, Yakovac called Izzo “the best of the best” and noted that it is under the leadership of Izzo that the world of ammunition has moved into the 21st century.

He said that Izzo was given the mission to serve as the first Program Executive Officer for Ammunition and he com-mended Izzo for his ability to integrate the ammunition com-munity and build teams. “He has done a wonderful job of pulling it together,” Yakovac said.

Izzo said that he does not just lead, but that he also works with and serves the Picatinny community.

He explained to the audience full of extended family, friends

and community members a leadership philosophy that he learned long ago.

He said that rank is given to allow a person to serve. And “with increased rank comes increased obligation, responsibility and more opportunity to serve.”

Izzo said, “Since I put on my uniform more than three decades ago, I have always felt blessed for the high honor I have been afforded to serve all of you as citizens, to serve our Soldiers and to serve America.”

Izzo is the first two-star general to command Picatinny since the 1980s.

A native of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., he holds two positions at Picatinny — Commanding General and the Army's Program Executive Officer for Ammunition.

As the Commanding General of Picatinny, he is responsible for the overall safety and security of the installation and its work-force.

He also manages the complete acquisition life cycle of approxi-mately 200 ammunition products used by the Army and other military services as PEO Ammunition. In 2006, he oversaw a $3 billion operating budget.

Izzo was first assigned to Picatinny in 2002. Previously, he served as Deputy for Systems Acquisition at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command at Fort Monmouth.

increased rank comes increased obligation, responsibility and more opportunity to serve.”

Maj. Gen. Paul S. Izzo

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Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2006 on Picatinny Webpage

ARDEC Wins Top Army Knowledge Award

eNova Information Transformation Initiative Selected as

Best in Army

ARDEC, US Army Armament Research, Development En-gineering Center, has been selected as the Army's leader in Knowledge Transformation at the 2006 LandWarNet Sympo-sium. Conducted by the Army’s Chief Information Officer/G6, 22 - 25 August in Fort Lauderdale, Fl, the award program rec-ognizes break-through initiatives that provide critical knowl-edge sharing and collaboration solutions to improve situational awareness and organizational decision-making. The award was presented by LTG Boutelle (CIO, US Army) and LTG Wood (DCG, USJFCOM). Accepting on behalf of the ARDEC Knowledge Management Team was COL HRDY, ARDEC Deputy Commander. In his opening remarks to Conference attendees, LTG Boutelle remarked that "this annual awards program recognizes Army initiatives that exploit knowledge management concepts and advanced information technology. A net-centric, knowledge-based force is a core concept in the Army of the future. Knowl-edge dominance allows for rapid, high quality decisions that enable soldiers to win our nation's wars. When historians look back on this period they will note that this knowledge revolu-tion was as important as or even more so than the inven-tion of gunpowder." Award winners are vetted against high level selection crite-ria including return on value, collaboration, impact, scal-ability, transformation, customer-focus, streamlining, and E2E Integration which incorporates cross-functional proc-esses. The Army Transformation Initiative is one of four award categories. George Albinson, ARDEC's Director of Knowledge Man-agement and Center Information Officer commented that "this Transformation Award validates the intensive work and effort of our eNova Program. The Team has re-engineered business practices and put in place innovative SAP and Oracle COTS collaborative tools, integrated data-bases, and a compliant infrastructure. ARDEC employees, along with our PEO/PM customers and industry partners, now have the means to rapidly access sharable informa-tion, conduct ad-hoc searches, and support project man-agement among geographically dispersed government, industry, and academia teams. ARDEC has established the first enterprise solution within DoD that uses best industry practices for designs incorporating all business functions, from finances to product data, for end-to-end information management. On top of this we've enabled our clients to lower their cost of doing business." This Army Knowledge Award recognizes ARDEC eNova effort as a key piece of an overall effectiveness strategy that includes Lean Six Sigma and Baldrige Quality initiatives. These and other processes form a fully integrated manage-ment approach to ensure that ARDEC continues to make significant contributions to advanced armaments technology in support of the Army's global mission.

Cognos Recognition Award for Building a Performance Culture in the Public Sector

On May 16, 2006, ARDEC was recognized with a trophy and award for the motivation of its organization to a result-based sys-tem by utilizing their employees to track and manage perform-ance in the execution of their daily jobs.

Several years ago, as with many government agencies, ARDEC standardized on SAP for their core back-office financial system. This, of course, sat alongside historical and financial accounting systems that were not moved over. And as many who have tried may know, obtaining complete visibility through SAP Business Warehouse across such disparate data is challenging, to say the least. Not to be deterred, ARDEC initiated its Financial Inte-grated Reporting Environment (FIRE) project, with the intention of reconciling these systems, clearly a mission critical objective. By using Cognos, ARDEC is able to obtain a complete and accu-rate view of the organization’s financial performance by bringing together disparate financial data from its accounting and SAP ERP transaction software in one complete picture, and using this information to drive performance improvements across ARDEC.

Ventana Research Performance Management Leader-ship Award

In June of 2006 ARDEC’s Financial Management group re-ceived a plaque in recognition of their alignment of business, IT and operations to help identify an estimated cost savings of $423 million. US Army ARDEC received this honor at the Ventana Re-search Analyst Summit that was held in San Francisco.

“The Ventana Research Performance Management Leadership Awards recognize organizations that have demonstrated leader-ship in orchestrating people, process, information and technology for optimum business impact. The Technology Leadership award recognizes the technology innovators who have creatively and holistically deployed technology that successfully links people and process across systems to impact the bottom line.” (www.cognos.com/news/releases/2006/0614.html)

Best Practices in Infrastructure Management Award

In September 2006, ARDEC’s FM group was recognized as a finalist of the “Best Practices in Infrastructure Management Award.” “The award identifies and acknowledges excellence among users of infrastructure management technology...US Army ARDEC received accolades from a panel of judges based on its submission detailing the IT department, infrastructure project management challenges, application deployment details, sum-mary of Cognos implementation, and measurable solution out-comes in the category of ‘Creating a Strategic Vision and Using BI for ROI through IT leadership.’ With its strategic implementation of Cognos BI solutions, US Army ARDEC aligned business, IT and operations and helped identify an estimated cost savings of $423 million.” (www.cognos.com)

Management Awards

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M e s s a g e f r o m t h e P r e s i d e n t

As the saying goes - “What a difference a year makes!” It’s been almost a year since our last newsletter and so much has happened: MG Paul Izzo received his second star; Mr. James Sutton was confirmed as DPM of PEO Ammo; Picatinny has received numerous awards for outstanding quality and technology improvements; several Picatinny “icons” have retired and many new “whiz kids” have been hired to blaze new trails. We have also maintained several Picatinny Chapter NDIA traditions, such as the Firepower Awards Ceremony, Type Classification & Materiel Release Awards, Firepower Scholarship Awards; the Dean Gallo Golf Outing and much more. Unfortunately, due to limited resources and the Global War On Terror, two key Picatinny Chapter events had to be cancelled this past year: the annual Firepower Benefit and Mortars Conference 2006. We look forward to their return in 2007. Look inside for expanded cover-age on these and many other past and upcoming events.

As always, we appreciate your feedback and involvement. If you’re not a member of the NDIA and would like more information, please contact Mr. Mr. Randy Rand rrand@pica.army.mil or Ms. Patty Al-nor at palnor@pica.army.mil. If you have comments or suggestions, please contact our VP Communica-tions, Loryn Miller at lmiller@pica.army.mil.

Steven George

President

Picatinny Chapter, NDIA

U p c o m i n g E v e n t s

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N D I A H o l i d a y C e l e b r a t i o n

The Chapter has set its annual holiday

Party at The Club for 11 Dec 2006. The

Chapter welcomes everyone to attend

and enjoy the holiday festivities. Excel-

lent food and attractive door prizes are

amongst the scheduled events planned

for the evening.

If you have any suggestions for a Chapter event, please contact Edward Colantoni@ edcolant@pica.army.mil

The Chapter will hold the 32nd An-

nual Firepower Benefit on June 14,

2007 at the Birchwood Manor, Whip-

pany, NJ.

For more information please contact

Jane Smith @

jane.l.smith@us.army.mil.

F i r e p o w e r B e n e f i t

National Chapter 2111 Wilson Boulevard Suite 400 Arlington, VA 22201-3061

Picatinny Chapter PO Box 528 Wharton, NJ 07885

C h a p t e r A d d r e s s e s :

C h i n e s e N e w Y e a r

The Chapter’s Annual Chinese

New Year Celebration is in the

planning stages. We will let

you know what the final details

are before January.