Going Out door feel Blessed

REDSTONE ARSENAL,.--is another busy morning aviation and missile Command command software. AMCOM Commander Maj. Gen. Jim Myles meets behind closed doors, and his Deputy Chief of staff.

If anyone believes that the General retirement is slacking before this command Sept 10 amendment, to be counterfeit. Myles continue to do everything he can to exile in the war.

"We're going to push the finish line, go to only 100 miles per hour and in the absence of us children deserve nothing less than," he said.

Myles AMCOM and Redstone Arsenal, July 2007, Commander major general guaranteed by the General James e. Rogers command ceremony at 10.00, Sept 10, Bob Jones Auditorium.At this point he "give colors Jim Rogers, which is the right person at the right time," he said.

He and his wife, Alice, remains in Huntsville, Alabama. When 20 moves to his army by more than 36 years, they you have bought the Hampton Cove building. "Alice was the majority shareholder in this decision, "he said.

He intends to take three weeks of the date of flight, to play golf and then decide what to do, and the rest of his life.

"Alice and walk out feeling very blessed, we've had the opportunity to receive the Tennessee Valley and optimise the door," Myles, 57, said.

He thanks the community and of the military in support of labour.

"What I walk away with is quite amazing to ensure respect for this job and what they do force Soldiers," he said."I am pleased to have command of Soldiers and how do they keep them alive and can therefore, by reason of."

Myles mentioned improvements that have been made to the quality of life, the work of the base on the quotation day and close ("everything is on schedule to"), with industry partnership enhanced Use Leasing and Martin Road extension.

"I am also the future of the information from the community the potential for more than now, Optimistic," he said.

Myles said Rogers, incoming Commander has "great team leader, an excellent partner and good enterpriser."

"They understand the operational environment so much, they shall command in this position," Myles said.

Myles I miss the people, in particular those that he can see every day on the fifth floor 5300 Sparkman Center building.

"It is a special group of people up here on the fifth floor," he said. "Has just to be part of a family They always will be. "

He is 36 years and four months from the date on which his real retirement-1.1.1 2011 or 1/1/11. "It is a kind of new year, new career, "he said.

"I miss having to make major differences in the Soldiers ' lives-hopefully positively. This is what I will miss," he said. "You've got to find a way to make some capacity. "

Massive construction, renovation Project to keep history, tradition-the roof lines floor tiles from

Fort Bragg, N.C., Main Post historical classic appearance in order to maintain and preserve the original appearance and renovation of historic buildings; new building and remodeling in order to facilitate the 2005 Base Realignment and the United States Army Forces Command and U.s. Army Reserve Command-Fort Bragg close move is aimed at the headquarters of the original materials on N.C. State Historical Preservation Office coordinates closely. Historic Windows and floor new roof lines support agreement, undertakings and United States Army Corps of engineers are taking appropriate measures to maintain the historical symbolism, aesthetics and atmosphere always had an important part of the living and working in Fort Bragg cantonment.

Looking at the federal stimulus dollar-through window

WATERVLIET ARSENAL, N.Y.--Much debate has been "shovel ready" projects throughout the country you want to create or preserve jobs shall endeavour to help the country pull federal stimulus dollars going into liquidation, transfer of the value of what many say is the most economic downturn since the Great Depression. Many of our community have yet to see the impact of the stimulus efforts.

But a building that has become the icon Watervliet Arsenal Big Gun "Shop" federal stimulus dollar have given a lot of facelift and is shown in the example of the extent to which the local stimulus dollar have acted in conformity with the required arsenal old lady.

Arsenal 1.44 million-dollar federal stimulus of the project which took place Tuesday for something other than job creation.

Derek Sanderson, arsenal Manager many 136 panels 1,200-foot-long-buildings were of disrepair, the said. "As of the broken Windows, falling glass safety concerns costs increased heat during the winter, the building of the labour force and rain and taken in the broken windows of a running through the work flow in the snow "Sanderson said.

Last summer Latham, N.Y. company with the name Classic Environmental Inc. was granted the federal stimulus agreement, replace 136 window panels of these doors arsenal historic building, if a 16-inch cannons were once made us a nation battleships arsenal.

Steve Bradt, arsenal to the project manager and as Director of the Classic Environmental project jobs definitely saved said, of the one part, and create jobs for the local economy.

"A significant part of Our projects are directly linked to the Government when the State budget cuts or withholds, schools and communities, which it was last made, because it has a direct negative impact on our workforce," said Bradt.

"The federal stimulus agreement arsenal allowed not to withdraw from the Classic Environmental staff and allowed himself a few Classic Environmental to hire more people," Bradt is added.

To assist with this project the classic environment was a subcontractor Thermo expert.Thermo-expert employees were comments that actually had a window installation. In house had other tasks, such as masonry work Windows that Classic retained.

Lee Scaccia, owner of the Thermo-expert, said, this is not an easy job, such as the one found in the replacement of the apartment Windows.

"Most of the work involved in the manufacture of lifts and who were 30-40 metres up, and temperatures that often kulkutasot hit 120 degrees," said Scaccia.

In addition, the difficult work conditions were difficult to planning and coordination of the requirements of the uniqueness of the historic importance of the building.

Big Gun purchases are National historic landmarks of the registry.

"It took us around for six months from the date of the contract was awarded to before we can start the job because we had custom Make window panels, each weighing hundreds of pounds, and after the New York State Historical Preservation Office shall approve it before we can start the job," said Scaccia.

Scaccia said, as well as traditional Environmental stimulus project is created jobs Thermo expert. He said, he has been able to add two new employee of 6 persons.

In addition, jobs, there was the project for the local community of arsenal stimulus a positive effect on economic.

"Purchases more than $ 30 000 window fasteners, local Menand my purchase their morning coffee local business guys, there was a lot of money in stimulus that flowed through the local community," said Scaccia.

136 Panels up to 2400 received individual Windows replacement during the period between April and August this year.

Sanderson added because the classic environment and Thermo expert had made a difficult work adequately and on time, arsenal has continued to replace the more panels with these subcontractors. These are not part of the federal funding.

However, the federal stimulus dollars, direct as a result, Sanderson arsenal for a five-year capital improvement plan to address the Big Gun Shop Windows was completed one year, said.

Nichols Industrial Complex may be the one-stop MWR, EAP

ANNISTON ARMY, open Area.-grand, which house the arrangement for the management of the institution of the counseling and leisure services are expected to save the Anniston Army Depot annually about $ 244,000 to avoid wasted productivity repair and combat vehicles and small arms weapons, said Jim Webb, the Director and the operation of the family.

The development of officials cut the Ribbon, in the Issue 10 Nichols Center, a small, versatile office building Industrial complex that Webb Nichols said, is ready to leaders, by the end of September to the Center and complicated. are both the name of the former U.s. Rep. Bill Nichols from that notified Alabama Capitol Hill from 1988 until his death in 1967.

Edge width Bldg. 130, Nichols Center Bldg. 508-acts on the one-stop shop employee assistance programme coordinator and Morale, welfare and recreation staff of other service providers to conducting business with employees.Before building the latest makeover Bldg. 508 it connected with the use of contractors, the defense was used.

"The building is a small, but dreams are large," said Webb. "If you have seen this building 90 days ago, would have thought was more valuable a match. "

The Center is 1,800 square feet of space with two handicap accessible bathrooms, break area and three offices of MWR services and fresh interior design has thousands of industrial complex complaint Nichols Center is its location, which has received all the talking.

The warehouse's army on the 5000 's Department, acting as agent, of more than 3 000 of them follow Nichols Industrial complex. Looking at the geographical concentration of workers alone, by opening the Nichols Center seemed as there is no-brainer.

However, the leaders were even more convinced of the facility is to replace the ' worth, after looking at the network card to the people who with their work-related issues, see the instructions in the EAP Coordinator.

EAP is administrative program that provides screening, transfer, sleep disturbance and short-term monitoring services to employees and their families, said the Coordinator of the Boyd Scoggins EAP.Preventive education is also included in the action programme on the environment.

Scoggins said his Office screens alcohol and drug abuse and by reference in particular to marital, intellectual, Behavioral and economic problems.

"Our workers themselves refer to the program or may be placed by our program control or Union authorities. we have the transfer of medical, research and the transfer of references to kiinniottamisesta, family and the references to the outside of the service for those" Scoggins said.

Nichols Center opening, before more than 80% of the employee assistance programme coordinator from seeing the workers were traveling about five nautical miles from the Office of the industrial Complex EAP Nichols Bldg. 94. these tasks, most people use the provided pool taxi transport motor vehicles inventory.

Webb and Carol Mitrisin ANAD, a former employee who now works for the Centers for disease control in Atlanta, Fort McPherson, the process is observed in 2007 and it was found that each one-hour away from work for the appointment of the time was approximately three hours. Green Belt Mitrisin worked to get certified Lean Six Sigma, and use the employee counseling as his project focus.

The investigation showed that the appointments made during the EAP 1.780, 1,422 from industrial complex. DCFA's research, hours, or $ 2,884 244,101 transport and wait time was wasted year productivity of workers on the road and from the EXTENSIBLE AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL (EAP).

These savings are fuel and vehicle. It also does not take into account the time spent on the road from workers from the risks related to the NIC Bldg. 94 random drug testing.

Mike province, drug testing Coordinator inventory expects to extend its drug testing, if the proposed policy said. subject to the entry into force of more than 1 000 employees, increasing the number of currently is a random drug testing, a list of the names of the 1300.

' Drug test area Nichols Center, where it is useful to save time and provide efficiencies, "said appropriate.

Webb said in the midst of was built funds Setup Manager Command and is very limited influence on the army's Working Capital Funds.

"This is a win-win for inventory and IMCOM," he said. Harry Campbell, painter, Director said, it is a positive thing that has brought closer to the Woods DCFA services warehouse employees of electronic data to a new facility, said he also help inform more people to the meeting facilities and outdoor activities such data are offered with the installation.

"It is an asset," said Campbell. "There are so many programmes and instruments in this field work that people do not know they have access to. "

"This is a great thing," said forklift operator Sonora Coleman.

One office Nichols Center work with a person who helps you use the card as follows: MWR, hunting/fishing permits, (rental remains warehouse w area) equipment rental, reservation of premises, such as Berman-Varner House and fill out the spaces in an area of the child's DeSoto Development Center registration, Java Café and DeSoto Pastime Center gift certificates, inventory of apparel (for example, Polo shirts) and a small sale of consumer goods such as snacks and travel-size medication.

Picatinny Arsenal celebrates American firepower for 130 years

PICATINNY ARSENAL, n.-Picatinny managers and employees with Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, New Jersey 11th District, collected-post Café, Sept 7 cake key ceremony for US Army Picatinny Arsenal 130th birthday.

"Today is a great day for the Team, because today we get Picatinny celebrate the huge historical relevance, the place where many generations dedicated to the people was American firepower home place" said Gerardo Mélendez, Cannon Research Development Director and Engineering Center (ARDEC), the largest tenant organization here.

The location was already in the 18th century Central, privately owned forge, Continental Army armaments in the United States. Arsenal was established officially Sept 6, 1880, when the War Department of special order designation "Dover Powder Depot" it was purchased by various landowners 1,866 Ares.

Four days later the site was designated Picatinny powder Depot. The site was in 1907, Picatinny Arsenal, which now is almost 6,500 acres and employs nearly 5 000 military, civil and contractor employees in the group.

"Our predecessor was our warfighters during the war of the people in the same way as at present, we are" said it was the General Jonathan Maddux, advance sale General Picatinny. "Many exceptional achievements, which Japonesque Precision Lash Curler helped the men and women in uniform to defend our way of life it came here Picatinny. Today is the big workforce in the past and this Picatinny abnormally labour party. "

Although it is the US Army installation, Picatinny has grown to become the common support service, the United States branches of the military institution.

Also spoke at the ceremony Frelinghuysen."American firepower home is, and I am proud to represent him, and represents all," he told the audience.".. .If the US young people go to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, whether, they have a piece of the Picatinny Arsenal their hands, and we want to make sure that protects them and to protect us on. "

Picatinny's birthday cake was finished and decorated ARDEC engineer Michelle Malham, who recently tried out reality TV series, "Cake Boss."

Also helps cut the cake was the longest in the service of Malham Picatinny team member, Carlo Defranco a mechanical engineer by training, which is close to 60 years. Picatinny's newest employee Maxim Savranksy, a mechanical engineer by training, also with the cake cutting.

Picatinny Arsenal is the Ministry of defence has a role to play in research, development, design and developed in the field and the u.s. military branches of the weapon systems fielding. known as the "Home of American firepower", New Jersey installation employs a group of nearly 5 000 strong, which provides a range of innovative technologies to support and protect today's warfighters. for more information, visit the following Web address: www.pica.army.mil

USASAC Night at the Huntsville Stars

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala.--about 50 of the United States Army Security Assistance Command of workers and their families to enjoy after-hours baseball game Sept 3.

It was the General Christopher USASAC Commander Tucker returned in ceremonial first pitch of the game out.

Huntsville Stars beat Mobile Bay Bears 3-1.

TASM-E is getting the Netherlands FMS Reset operation

CAR BOMB COLEMAN, Germany-Theater Aviation Welcome Manager in Europe is coming up with the implementation of the foreign Military sales reset Mission for the Dutch army.

TASM-(e) has already been carried out to restore the two Apache helicopters, the Dutch army AH64D owned and is coming up to the end of the third aircraft were purchased by the Dutch army human resources through the programme.

"We have run the military sales personnel of foreign aircraft maintenance to be paid on the basis of the Mission, as a general rule, on a regular basis in order to supplement the" explains Lt. Col. the Tildon "Kye" Allen, TASM-E.Commander "FMS we maintenance is carried out on the aircraft, which was sold to the United States military other Governments as part of the human resources program."

TASM-(e) workers is to be carried out in the territory of other countries as the US military aircraft maintenance, serious disturbance likely to jeopardise the maintenance of the aircraft.

"We have an extensive maintenance on the aircraft," said Fabriel Ortiz, Deputy Commander TASM-(e). "The Dutch army had no staff Apache maintenance. They contact us our maintenance to be paid on the basis of them the task, and we agree. "

Reimbursement of the cost of the program is actually win-win situation and TASM-(e) the foreign Governments.TASM-e is all work on the basis of supplementary appropriations and foreign Governments have access to world-class service for their specific device.

The operation is not without its challenges, though.

"We receive repair parts of the Netherlands Government and Caralluma Fimbriata sometimes that may take some time," said Sgt. 1st Class Chad Eades. "Either they components from another aircraft is in the Netherlands or order directly from the Boeing parts that supply is expected to Us They can subscribe to. Army from other areas, but their priority is less than in the United States, so as to take into account the number of time, whatever they choose. option, we have to wait for it to arrive at the theater before we can stop the Restore operation. "

Despite the challenges of the last restore positions of aircraft is designed to be complete in the next 60 days, when the aircraft returned to the Netherlands within the armed forces.

This restoration is TASM-E has carried out this year, in the second task of the Netherlands. TASM-E also restore AH64D Apaches in March.

Sullivan is ANAD's 32 Commander

Body above the tender farewell column p. b. Keller, inventory at the end of the first women's Commander, and their new Commander Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Sullivan Welcome close to shed the ANNISTON ARMY collected within the framework of the storage warehouse Area.-20 development has hundreds of Anniston Army Depot employees and guests.

Say goodbye to

"Time is actually left the relatively quickly," said Keller as he transmission during a speech he gave at the story's 2007 change command ceremony.

Keller said was anxious about three years ago, talking to the crowd gathered, but he was advised of the PASSER-BY, who noticed his pacing trouble.

"He told me," do not bother with speaking or give any speeches. all you have to do is to go there and ready to work and care, "in stock" he said. " The gentleman is quite correct.Not only had to take care of me, even more than that, took care of business at hand. "

Shows you exactly how well the ANAD workers shall ensure business and just what this means to the end customer of the institution, warfighter Keller told Jack that he is credited with helping to save his life abroad Stryker did with the installation.

The Stryker dubbed General Lee, was currently being overhauled at Anniston a second time, and the military said he felt certain it was stored in the other life of this maintenance work carried out with its inherent. which must be carried out and what is Anniston, "said Keller."We take pride in making the [maintenance operation] over in seven countries and more than 31 bases, tents and drives. all work which pose a threat to North Alabama from this possibility, and I think that is something we can all be proud of."

Many public and private sector activities and the inventory is made of the labour force will take care of the surrounding community way to contribute is touched Keller.

"We do not support only the warfighter, we support our community and we support in America," said Keller.

Community support includes volumes, more than 1.5 million and the annual pro-gram Christmas Cheer blood donated to the combined federal campaign Keller's Commander hallintaoikeusmuodot than the inventory.

The warehouse in time for the installation of Keller was marked in a different building projects, such as child Development Center, the propulsion system, Flexible maintenance Facility, and white Oak Conference Center. In addition, she helped break ground for use in Industrial wastewater treatment plant, Facility repairs and small arms of the propulsion system and the Transmission Facility, built in.

Inventory unit earned army Superior Award for his clock and was awarded in accordance with the degrees and diplomas and OSHAS ISO 14001: 2004.

During his speech to the 20th of the development of his hope that the inventory history of excellence continues to Sullivan.

"I would like to Welcome Tim and his family.I know that they intend to wonderful it and I know that you are going to ensure that, "said Keller."I know you must temper, so production Keller I know that you can continue to keep its own summary task bar, rolled-up sleeves and you will be well.I know I will see you again, if they are only the equipment that you prepare our warfighters. "

A warm welcome

Timothy Sullivan will store the column after the various overseas assignments and his graduation with Master of Strategic Studies of the Army War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, bottom.

Jacksonville University graduate, Sullivan was requested in 1988.He went to receive Master of Science in computer science from the University of Florida Tech.

"I am personally very excited about the opportunity to lead a large organization," said Sullivan. "Having returned from Iraq, just over a year ago after the dish with the 3rd Light Infantry Division, I had the opportunity to see first hand what the Anniston Army Depot makes our warfighters on abroad. "

Sullivan said he is looking forward to labour that results in emissions exceeding any of the installation to continue to improve the reputation of excellence.

Sullivan said "As your Commander, we will continue to carry out all the operation group groups, covering the military and our community as well as the local community for this warehouse, which surrounds us, proud member".

Following the ceremony during the interview he spake he considers Alabama and in this part of the connection.

"Is saying the army, which is a Home Where the army is sending you. in this case, the army sent me home," he said.

Chaired by major-General General Kurt Stein, advance sale TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, General works ceremony, passing through the Organization's colors from Keller Sullivan. He also thanked the workforce and their service warfighters thanked the character and the commanders of the outgoing and incoming resources.

"Lieutenant-Colonel Keller, he does all the right reasons, directly to the right of his heart, and he has poured his heart and soul into command for a period of three years. Stein said he forward sincerely 7 000 or so strong employees, who are here Anniston Army Depot, at".

Calling Sullivan "seasoned combat veteran" Stein said, he would be a great leader-inventory.

"He knows how to take charge of and more importantly, he knows how to build groups, that is so important that we do business," said Stein. "Tim, you are a very important task in advance of you ... I am sure that if you can connect this inventory already maintains a reputation, you can get a large group. [1] [2]. Further, lead to the front and take care of this great labour. "