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AMCOM veteran joins Army to see the world, finds career he loves
November 8, 2022 — Derek Reigel (far right) on deployment to Iraq in 2008 with the U.S. Army Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment Activity team from Fort Lewis, Wash. Reigel spent 25 years on active duty in the Army. He now works for the USATA team at Corpus Christi Army Depot in southeast Texas, a subordinate element of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command... MORE

Derek Reigel (far right) on deployment to Iraq in 2008 with the U.S. Army Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment Activity team from Fort Lewis, Wash. Reigel spent 25 years on active duty in the Army. He now works for the USATA team at Corpus Christi Army Depot in southeast Texas, a subordinate element of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command.

Army veteran on-target for a career of service – Ivory Whitaker
November 7, 2022 — Ivory Whitaker, Jr., a senior logistics management specialist from Albany, Georgia, volunteered for the U.S. Army in 1965, the day after graduating from high school along with four high school friends. Since he didn’t have the resources to go to college, and he did not want to be a farmer, the Army seemed like a viable option... MORE

Ivory Whitaker, Jr., a senior logistics management specialist from Albany, Georgia, volunteered for the U.S. Army in 1965, the day after graduating from high school along with four high school friends. Since he didn’t have the resources to go to college, and he did not want to be a farmer, the Army seemed like a viable option.

Finding ways to serve after the military
November 4, 2022 — Matthew Bryant works as an intelligence assistant in the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command’s G2 Intelligence and Security Division. He served in the U.S. Army as an intelligence analyst at Fort Stewart, Ga... MORE

Matthew Bryant works as an intelligence assistant in the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command’s G2 Intelligence and Security Division.

He served in the U.S. Army as an intelligence analyst at Fort Stewart, Ga.

Assistant chief of staff chose different path that led to his Army, AMCOM career
November 3, 2022 — Kenric Smith joined the Army in 1993 because he wanted to serve; but, like Frank Sinatra, he wanted to do it his way. Smith’s father had served in the Air Force and hoped his son would follow in his footsteps. Smith chose a slightly different path... MORE

Kenric Smith joined the Army in 1993 because he wanted to serve; but, like Frank Sinatra, he wanted to do it his way.

Former AMCOM director selected as inaugural inductee in Army Acquisition Hall of Fame
October 13, 2022 — John Shipley, a former director of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command’s Aviation Integration Directorate, was posthumously inducted into the Army Acquisition Hall of Fame during a ceremony held Oct. 12, in Washington, D.C... MORE

Former director of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command’s Aviation Integration Directorate.

ACLC employee receives award for his leadership, mentorship and incredible drive for excellence
October 5, 2022 — Todd Cobb, a supervisory logistics management specialist is this year’s recipient of the Dellamonica Award. The award recognizes outstanding work accomplishments that have significantly contributed to the Army Materiel Command mission. Cobb is assigned to AMCOM’s Aviation Center Logistics Command Fleet Management Expansion program at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. ... MORE

AMCOM fielding ‘system of systems’ tool to ADA Soldiers, bringing accuracy to readiness reporting
September 27, 2022 — The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command is training air defense Soldiers on a software tool to solve a problem that has plagued their career field for decades — accuracy in readiness reporting data... MORE

Soldier teaching class to other Soldiers.

Army Materiel Command names AMCOM attorney the 2022 Attorney of the Year
September 13, 2022 — Army Aviation and Missile Command attorney Katherine MacKenzie was named Army Materiel Command’s 2022 Joyce I. Allen Attorney of the Year... MORE

picture of Katherine MacKenzie sitting at desk.

Letterkenny Army Depot hosts OIB modernization symposium
August 30, 2022 — Subject matter experts in various disciplines gathered in person and virtually for the second iteration of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command Organic Industrial Base Symposium Aug. 2-4 at Letterkenny Army Depot, Pennsylvania... MORE

Group of people demonstrate cold spray technology.

AMCOM commander relinquishes command, retires from active duty, reflects back
August 12, 2022 — A couple of months before he prepared to hang up his uniform one last time, Maj. Gen. Todd Royar, the commander of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, reflected back over his military career, which spanned more than three decades... MORE

Maj. Gen. Todd Royar speaks at retirement ceremony.