ARMY’S JIMMY BROYLES HELPS KEEP SOLDIERS SAFE FROM
HARM’S WAY IN THE DESERT
When Army Pfc. Jessica
Lynch’s supply convoy from the 507th Ordnance Maintenance Company
was ambushed in Iraq in March 2003, there was one vital piece of
technology that the haulers weren’t carrying: the Movement Tracking
System.
NEW LIFE FOR ‘BIG IRON’
While other
military branches are taking a forklift approach to IT modernization,
the Marine Corps has a different strategy: It’s going back to the
future.
WHEN YOU CAN'T CALL AAA
For the military,
keeping vehicles operational 24/7 anywhere in the world is a chronic,
costly and time-consuming concern.
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WEB EXTRA Q&A WITH DCMA’S JACOB HAYNES
Following are additional questions and answers from an interview with
retired Army Col. Jacob Haynes, director of software acquisition for the
Defense Contract Management Agency, which appeared in the May/June issue
of DEFENSE SYSTEMS.
READY, AIM … FIAR
Talk of stringent
deadlines may have permeated the Defense Department’s past, but
today’s DOD leaders recognize that consolidating finance systems to
achieve a clean audit opinion is a multistep, long-term endeavor.
It’s a brand new attitude that’s reflected in the
department’s Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness Plan.
WILL DOJ SHARE DATA WITH DOD?
Since the Sept.
11 terrorist attacks, the Defense Department and its intelligence
organizations have taken on new roles in national domestic security.
DOD WIRELESS POLICY STARTS WITH LANS
The
Defense Department has gone back and forth over what to include in the
scope of a modified wireless policy and how to coordinate implementation
across the services and agencies. After months of work, Defense CIO John
Grimes tweaked the focus on June 2 and approved a memo aimed at boosting
security on wireless LANs connected to the Global Information Grid.
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