Modernizing the Organic Industrial Base
Aviation Maintenance/Sustainment / By Mr. Kevin Besser: The Army Vision, a transformational path to Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) 2028/2035, is distilled by the Secretary of the Army into three key priorities: People, Readiness, and Modernization. It heralds unprecedented introduction of technologically-advanced weapon systems and Warfighter capabilities, undergirded by a materiel enterprise that is critical to sustainment and repair of these systems during peacetime, surge, and large-scale contingencies. The U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM), headquartered at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is operationalizing MDO 2028/2035 priorities across our diverse workforce and portfolio of Aviation and Missile weapon systems, as...
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128th Aviation Brigade/ By CPT Timothy Dore: The 128th Aviation Brigade’s motto “Born Under Fire” permeates everything we do as a unit in cultivating the future of Army Aviation Maintainers under the fire of rigorous training. 128th Aviation Brigade Commander, COL Bryan A. Morgan (center), with the brigade leadership at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA., September 2, 2020./ U.S. ARMY 128TH AVN. BDE. PHOTO Although our lineage is short (the Brigade was activated in 1990 in Panama as a provisional unit in Operation Just Cause and served until 1995), the team at Fort Eustis is rich with history, experiencing birth and...
Learn MoreMinimizing the Cost of Sustainment
AMCOM Commander Update / By MG K. Todd Royar: Army Aviation has been, and will continue to be, critical to how we as an Army fight. The branch provides a fundamental advantage in the combined arms fight that adversaries cannot match. SPC Coleton Clavijo, a 15T Black Hawk repairer assigned to 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, is working daily to make sure maintenance gets done on the UH-60 Black Hawks. Every member of the team enables 25th Combat Aviation Brigade to remain ready at all times./ U.S. ARMY PHOTO SGT SARAH D. SANGSTER In order to...
Learn MoreAviation Sustainment Across the Strategic Support Area
This is Your Army! / By GEN Edward M. Daly: The U.S. Army Materiel Command must remain engaged in our Service’s role in both competition and conflict, all while navigating through unpredictable crises and embracing change across our institution. Armament Platoon conducting re-arms with Shops and Maintenance platoon D Co/1-3rd Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, on an AH-64D Apache at Range 301, Grafenwöhr Training Area on July 20./ U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY SGT JUSTIN ASHAW As a stakeholder in the Army Modernization Enterprise (AME), AMC’s sustainment capabilities and global reach allow us to play a critical role in...
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Ask the Flight Surgeon / By LTC Roger Williams, M.D. & CPT Karl Swinson, M.D.: Q: Last year I started an over-the-counter testosterone booster. Now I hear a testosterone guideline has been published. Should I stop, change, or continue my current medication? army.mil photo FS: No aeromedical policy letter (APL) existed when this crew member started supplementation of testosterone (an androgen). However, all flight personnel should contact their aeromedical provider before starting any medications, including over the counter (OTC) medicines or supplements. Current Army Regulations? The new Hypogonadism APL requires aeromedical providers to screen for: diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, obesity, exposure...
Learn MoreMaking 2021 Resolutions Meaningful
AAAA Family Forum / By Judy Konitzer: We celebrated holidays and brought in 2021 with a serving of “black-eyed peas” for good luck and a desire to make resolutions more meaningful. I found the following suggestions from two Veterans to be worthy of consideration. GRAPHIC BY MEGHAN HUTTO Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw on Veterans Day shared his philosophy that living with certain principles and beliefs can make you happy and successful, and we should not be forgetful why Veterans fought for us in the first place. It’s important to be helpful, honest, caring, and a loving patriot while loving yourself, as...
Learn MoreSustaining Army Aviation During LSCO
Branch Chief’s Corner / By MG David J. Francis: As a nation, we rely on our ability to project power from the Continental United States and globally integrate the Joint Force’s actions. U.S. Army SPC Jedidiah Gaddie, CH-47 helicopter repairer with Bravo Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade performs routine maintenance on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at an airfield in the 28th ECAB’s area of operations in the Middle East./ U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY SPC JOYCE AVILA-COLLAZO The Army requires that we establish and train as an expeditionary force capable of executing a series of rapidly...
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President’s Cockpit / By MG Jeff Schloesser, U.S. Army Retired: It is finally 2021! Like most of you, I have been looking forward to a new year for many months. Always an optimist, I hope that this new year brings all of us health, prosperity, and the ability to continue to support Army Aviation in the best possible manner. Army CH-47 Chinook crew members assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Joint Task Force-Bravo, sanitize after transporting a pregnant COVID-positive patient in Guatemala City, Guatemala Nov. 27, 2020./JOINT TASK FORCE BRAVO PHOTO BY AIR FORCE SSGT. ELIJAIH TIGGS That...
Learn MoreRecap from the AUSA 2020 Annual Meeting
AAAA Family Forum / By Judy Konitzer: I normally get to attend Family Forum events at this meeting in Washington, DC, but this year I attended them from my home because it was “virtual.”It was held on October 13-16 and you can view presentations “On Demand” at AUSA.org, then link to Meetings and Events. The GEN Creighton W. Abrams Medal for exceptional service to the U.S. Army was awarded to GEN (Ret.) Richard and Vicki Cody at the 2020 AUSA Annual Meeting held “virtually” on October13-16 in Washington DC. / PHOTO BY KIMBERLY CODY AUSA presented National Awards honoring individuals...
Learn MoreQ Fever
Ask the Flight Surgeon / By MAJ (Dr.) Sara B. Snyder: Q: I am about to deploy to the Middle East, and I heard that there was a risk of getting something called Q fever. What exactly is Q fever, and should I be concerned? Dr. (Col.) Michael Zapor, a staph infectious diseases physician at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, treats Afghans during his tour there as a battalion surgeon with the 82nd Airborne Division. / army.mil FS: Coxiella burnetii, the bacteria that causes Q fever, is found worldwide and often finds a host in farm animals, especially goats,...
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