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Modernization and Looking to the Future
PEO Aviation / By BG Thomas H. Todd III: Aviation Family, as I enter my second year as the program executive officer for Army Aviation, we are faced with a demanding set of missions as well as a host of other challenges that impact the Aviation Enterprise in numerous ways. U.S. Army Apache AH-64E helicopter pilots assigned to 1st Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division participate in Raptor Fury, a month-long exercise to validate 16th CAB’s mission readiness with the support of close to 1,500 7th ID Soldiers. / U.S. ARMY PHOTO I, alongside a...
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President’s Cockpit / By BG Steve Mundt, Ret.: Wow, how time flies! I can’t believe that the 2018 AAAA Annual Summit, in Nashville, TN is almost upon us. We are looking forward to seeing all of you there! Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis testifies alongside U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Oct. 13, 2017. / DOD PHOTO BY U.S. ARMY SGT JAMES K. MCCANN April 25-27, 2018 are the official dates but we have all kinds of set up, board meetings,...
Learn MorePlanning for Expeditionary Operations and Sustainment
Maintenance / By CW5 Michael D. Cavaco: In today’s ever-changing operational environment, we must be ready to deploy, fight, and win on a moment’s notice anywhere in the world. But the time to plan is not upon receipt of the warning order, but instead must be woven into all we do, at home station and deployed. Soldiers from C Troop, 2nd Squadron, 17th U.S. Cavalry Regiment perform inspections and maintenance on an AH-64E Apache helicopter at Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, September 2, 2017. The 2-17th Cav. will provide attack, reconnaissance and surveillance capability for Combined Joint Task Force – Operation...
Learn MoreMilspousepreneur will be Trending in 2018
Family Forum / By Elizabeth Scruggs and Judy Konitzer: Flexible work arrangements, technology, and the cultural shift to remote business arrangements are just a few of the reasons military spouses are finding entrepreneurship and business ownership a solution to unemployment and underemployment. According to the 2017 Blue Star Families Military Family Lifestyle Survey, the unemployment rate for military spouses is 28%, and 55% are underemployed earning $20,000 less than civilian counterparts. Spouse employment is an issue that continues to top quality of life challenges for military families, and the following spouses from across multiple branches (Coast Guard, Army, and Marine)...
Learn MoreAMCOM – Supporting Army Aviation Today and Into the Future
AMCOM Commander / By MG Douglas M. Gabram: The U.S. Army’s aviation legacy can be summed up in a single word: overmatch. We are stronger, better armed, and more skillful in battle than our adversaries. This global reputation has been hard won, and exhibited daily on the battlefield for the last 16 years. Today we risk becoming outmanned, outgunned, and outdated. To combat this, we must resuscitate a healthy focus on sustainment life-cycle planning, build depth in our supply chain, and reverse leveraging our future capabilities for immediate readiness. As the Aviation Enterprise continues to execute the Army’s readiness priority,...
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