Commands and Activities

ACWA Program: First-of-a-kind Equipment for a One-of-a-kind Mission The U.S. Army Element, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program

Tasked with a one-of-a-kind mission to destroy chemical weapons using means other than the baseline incineration method, the U.S. Army Element, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) program is developing, testing, …

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Establishing the C4ISR Center of Excellence

The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC) was big. It encompassed hundreds of facilities across the military, but it did so in what was much more a transformational approach …

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CECOM Reset and Training Achievements

The Army developed its Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) model to provide for a “structured progression of increased unit readiness over time,” and, under this model, has divided unit status into …

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ACWA Construction Teams Moving Full Steam Ahead

In the past year, construction efforts at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) in Colorado and the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) in Kentucky have progressed significantly, …

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JTF Port Opening for Operation Unified Response

It is perhaps ironic that what was once considered to be a dream by some would come to fruition as the result of a real-life nightmare.

While the irony may …

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OIF Drawdown/OEF Surge SDDC steps up to unique challenges

The challenges are unique in military history. At the same time that U.S. forces are tasked with responsibly “drawing down” more than seven years of combat and theater sustainment (contractors) …

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A New Chapter for a Growing New Command

When the ground first shook beneath Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 12, 2010, it was to be one of the most devastating catastrophes in history. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake leveled parts of …

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Intensive Operations, Intensive Management USASAC’s CENTCOM Regional Operations Directorate

The U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC) has been a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command since 1975, leading AMC’s Security Assistance Enterprise, developing and managing security …

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Steel on Target: JM&L LCMC Delivers Precision Munitions for the Warfighter

The first Gulf War saw the introduction of a new generation of airborne precision munitions. In the second Gulf War, precision has moved to land forces, with a primary emphasis …

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RDECOM Supports BCT Modernization

• Written by: J.R. Wilson on January 4, 2011
• Categories: Army Materiel Command, Commands and Activities, Land Forces
• Tags: Research and Development, US Army

As the Army Materiel Command’s (AMC) technology arm and synchronizer for Brigade Combat Team (BCT) modernization, the Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) is providing system of systems engineering support …

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