LOOKING BACK PLAY BALL! PAGE 8 ALL ABOARD COMMUNITY DAY PAGE 10 ISSUE THEME: SUPPORTING COMBATANT COMMANDS The Picatinny Voice Vol. 30 No. 11 https://www.pica.army.mil/evoice Published in the interest of the Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., community July 21, 2017 3-D expeditionary kits allow Soldiers to solve mission needs quicker Army PACBOT lightened by 6 pounds by using 3-D printed parts (parts in color). Photo by Erin Usawicz BY LAUREN POINDEXTER Picatinny Arsenal Public Affairs Engineers at Picatinny are developing 3-D expeditionary kits that would be used when needed to make specialty tools, spare parts, and other components to fill the time gaps between when parts break and when the replacement arrives from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM). Rapid Fabrication (R-FAB) with additive manufacturing on the battlefield is a BY ERIC KOWAL Picatinny Arsenal Public Affairs Two employees from the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC) recently participated in a greening excursion in which they interacted in situation training exercises with Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard, 1st Battalion 69th Infantry unit. The engineers attended the training exercise as a result of an ARDEC Strategic Management System task to increase our workforce s visibility of its impact to the warfighter, said Brian Gruchacz, Strategic Foresight Planner, Warfighter Central, Enterprise Systems Integration Center, ARDEC. Executed as an ARDEC Warfighter Central Office fieldable system for rapid fabrication of readiness repair parts, specialty tools, critical parts, spares, and custom packaging for brigade support battalions, sustainment supply activities, and other special mission activities. Use of the kit also allows the Soldiers to innovate solutions that can be validated by engineers to solve operational and mission-specific needs. The number one priority of our Army is Readiness, said Capt. Jeremy Pinson 3-D printed wheels (in green) and tracks on PACBOT robot system at Army Warfighting Assessment 17.1. Courtesy photo who is the Additive Manufacturing Lead for US Army Combined Arms Support Command. R-FAB allows Soldiers and leaders to increase their readiness by making either authorized replacement parts or user designed readiness replacement parts. What does that mean? Pinson continued. It means Soldiers can design a solution to a problem that leaders may not even know about. While waiting for the part to be qualified, a leader of the appropriate level can accept the risk of utilizing the solution. For example a robot tread could be printed, that tread may not be as good as an OEM part but the part will get the Soldier through their next mission. Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and ruggedized equipment and tools can be used to make custom parts and packaging for shipment, supply support items, and replacement/repair parts and components. See 3-D KITS Page 3 With Soldier input, engineers gain valuable insights with immersive greening opportunity greening event, the National Guard unit s weekend training provided a unique opportunity to better understand the environment in which Army materiel is utilized, a majority of which is supported by and developed at Picatinny, Gruchacz added. Nicholas Schan and Russ Adams traveled to Camp Smith in Cortlandt Manor, New York, to take part in the exercise from April 28-30. Kevin Singer, a statistician at Picatinny Arsenal and a member of the 69th Infantry unit, provided coordination with his command element and ensured that the Picatinny visitors were able to interact with a wide variety of the Soldiers both in terms of ranks and occupational specialties. formed by the U.S. Army Armament, Research and Engineering Center at Picatinny Arsenal. The two men Russ Adams and Nicholas Schan brief, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, Charlie Company, on the work per- This would allow them to participated in a greening exercise with members of the New York National Guard just before a Situational Training Exercise. Photo by Kevin See SOLDIER Page 2 Singer.
2 The Picatinny Voice July 21, 2017 Members of the Picatinny Arsenal Garrison staff display the IMCOM Leadership Pledge to Customers that they signed. Photo by Todd Mozes. Service Culture Initiative implemented with customer focus in mind BY ERIC KOWAL Picatinny Arsenal Public Affairs U.S. Army Leadership recently tasked all major commands to examine requirements, establish clear priorities and reduce funding and manpower. Resources re-purposed by this effort will be used to buy back critical areas associated with maintaining Army readiness. Lt. Gen. Kenneth R. Dahl, Commanding General, Installation Management Command (IMCOM), understands that his command, which oversees the Picatinny Arsenal garrison, can no longer provide the same level of service that our customers have come to expect. We must prioritize and deliver the right services, where the need is the greatest, to maximize the value of every dollar we spend, Dahl said. IMCOM integrates and delivers base support to enable readiness for a globally-responsive Army. The command provides programs and services such as Directorate of Plans,Training, Mobilization and Security (DPTMS), Emergency Services, Family Morale,Welfare (FMWR), and Recreation, Human Resources, and Public Works, while keeping with the spirit of Army and IMCOM values. Dahl wants the focus to remain on the customer, therefore the Service Culture Initiative was designed to enhance the level of customer service, and instill a shared value of service excellence within all facets of the command. The SCI was designed to ensure that IMCOM employees are prepared for and empowered to deliver services in the best possible manner in line with available resources. The SCI represents our long-term commitment to improving ourselves as an organization, Dahl said. The key components to SCI are: (1) Enhancing that team members have a sense of belonging to IMCOM. (2) Ensuring that our leaders are engaged with our team members, our customers and the communities they serve. (3) Ensuring that new team members are appropriately welcomed, oriented, trained, and prepared to become an impactful member of the IMCOM Team. (4) Ensuring our team members feel valued, respected and appreciated Mandatory Training for the Picatinny garrison workforce is available by appointment. Call Andy Ciccolella, FMWR Director, at 973-724-4157, or Joseph Casale, DPTMS, at 973-724-4679. SOLDIER INPUT BENEFITS ARDEC ENGINEERS continued from Page 1 interact with Soldiers on a more intimate level and hopefully garner some personal relationships, Singer said. The idea was to achieve greater training value by inverting the traditional instructor to class model to an immersive experience where participants can learn from many Soldiers and their collective units. These exercises were platoon level movement to contact drills in both day and night conditions, Russ Adams, an ARDEC Small Arms Fire Control Engineer with Project Manager Solder Weapons said. The attendance of this event allowed us to develop a greater understanding of the Soldiers operational environment and a unique measure of impact of the armaments we engineer and support, said Adams. It also provided an open forum for the Soldiers to provide feedback and suggestions pertaining to their armaments. It was truly an incredible experience to be out in the field with the soldiers in full uniform observing how they planned, organized, and executed missions, said Schan, a Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station Integration Engineer with Project Manager Soldier Weapons. We had the opportunity to witness platoons react to contact in both day and night conditions during their situational training exercises. We also had the opportunity to engage with a lot of the Soldiers both one on-one and in large groups, Schan said. In their interaction with Soldiers, the Picatinny engineers discussed a broad range of armaments that included the weapons, ammunition, and fire control developed and managed by ARDEC. In addition, there was information shared that went beyond just armament research and development efforts, programs, and products during the interactions with nine different audiences over the course of the training. We were extremely well received and they were eager to hear about ARDEC s many exciting projects going on at Picatinny, Schan said. Additionally, they were enthusiastic about the forum we provided them to have their voices heard when it came to their praises and critiques of the weapon systems they entrust their lives to. I believe that the interactions Russ and I had with the Soldiers will be the basis for an ongoing relationship that will hopefully allow for other ARDEC employees to participate in similar opportunities in the future, Schan added. Overall, this experience was by far the most valuable opportunity I ve had as a young engineer. I learned a lot about Army structure and leadership and gained a better understanding of Soldiers needs in an operational environment. I believe that the experience has equipped me with a better understanding that will allow me to provide a better service to our warfighters through my work here at Picatinny. The Picatinny Voice Senior Commander Picatinny Arsenal and Deputy Program Executive Officer Ammunition Brig. Gen. Alfred F. Abramson Chief, Picatinny Public Affairs Office...Timothy L. 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3-D KITS continued from Page 1 Yet R-FAB Kits will have the required equipment, software, and tooling as well as database of approved design files accessible by Soldiers for manufacturing in the field. R-FAB allows rapid repair or Soldier innovation at the point of need, said Pinson. Who uses it? The warfighter is the end goal user, said James Zunino, a materials engineer at the Armaments Engineering Analysis & Manufacturing Directorate at the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center. The main driver is by the warfighter for the warfighter. During the recent exercises we focused on Brigade Support Battalions, specifically allied trades and warrant officers, said Zunino. We currently focus on the 914 and 91E Military Occupational Specialties due to their experience with subtractive manufacturing and familiarity with computer aided design, said Pinson. Additive Manufacturing or AM (including 3D Printing) is a process of making device or objects with an additive process where successive layers of material are added or laid down in different shapes, rather than conventional subtractive processes that include removal of material such as machining, cutting, drilling, etching, carving, etc, said Zunino. R-FAB s participation in Army Warfighting Assessment 17.1 showed us that Soldiers from alternate Military Occupational Specialty (MoS s) can easily learn to print and design.the lessons we learn from R-FAB will help us utilize the many benefits of additive Manufacturing at the same time our workforce is ready to maximize those efforts, said Pinson. The R-FAB s improves readiness by: - enabling ability to fabricate tools, non safety critical parts and packaging closer to the point of need. - prototyping and low volume production of critical repair items. - allowing Soldier solutions to problems to be designed and tested by users closer to the point of need. - manufacturing supply support items and Battle Damage Assessment Repair or temporary repair parts for evacuation or mission critical use by use of approved program data file or by image replication BY FRANK MISURELLI Picatinny Arsenal Public Affairs On May 22, Picatinny Arsenal s STEM program (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) hosted its 4th Dimension U Tournament. Sixteen 6th and 7th graders from All Saints Academy represented the U.S. Army, while students from two other schools represented the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force, said Shah Dabiri, director of the STEM outreach program at Picatinny Arsenal. This is our fourth competition with the students from All Saints Academy competing against the other branches, said Dabiri. The competition was held at Picatinny s Emergency Operations Center. What is Dimension U? It s a game, a teaching tool, explained Dabiri. The student must successfully solve a series of math problems in order to progress within the game. It can be played individually, as a team, and against other teams. Skilled players can set traps in the game to block other players and teams. BOTH STRATEGY AND MATH SKILLS Lots of practice, students play at home and at school, said Joanne Ebel, a 5th and 6th grade teacher at All Saints Academy. There is a strategy involved in it, so it s not the math skills of the particular students, there is a strategy of freezing other students, setting traps for other students that takes them out of the game. Ebel commented that the teachers had to learn the game themselves before instructing the students. Teachers had a terrible time; we could answer the math questions, but not the game-play, she said. Judith Berg, Principal of All Saints Academy, thanked Picatinny Arsenal for providing the school with instructors. Picatinny helped us provide students with examples of careers in science and technology; it s a wonderful role model for them to understand why they are studying algebra. D.J. Bautista, an 8th grader from All Saints Academy, has played Dimension U for the last three years. (I get) lots of practice, and I continue to practice at home, club (at school), and during lunch, he said. D.J. plans to be an engineer. He is a top math and science student in advanced placement for high school. D.J., who wants to attend Morris County School of Technology next year, was one of 25 students accepted in this county-level highly competitive program. of broken item. - creating and allowing Soldier access to a database of approved design files of repair parts. Sometimes for mission success we only need to get our equipment two miles down the road or innovate faster than our adversary. We don t always need perfect, good enough sometimes is good enough, said Pinson. Soldiers on the mission will find a solution faster than any CONUS based force because they need to win and survive. The more we provide them with tools, and digital coordination for reachback to our great Army scientists, the more they will find solutions to problems we don t even know exist, increasing our readiness and mission success. R-FAB would be deployed with Soldiers as close to point of need as possible and to any maintenance group or unit that is deployed with limited supply support. Currently, there is no solution for this gap. There are other potential solutions for expeditionary AM but the R-FAB System is focusing on meeting several Army warfighter challenges and selected capability need area, said Zunino. The Picatinny Voice July 21, 2017 3 The Army is fielding subtractive manufacturing this year with the Metal Working Machine Shop Set (MWMSS). The MWMSS uses subtractive manufacturing to manufacture at the point of need, said Pinson. This is a great solution and will be a great asset for our Soldiers. However the Army doesn t find one solution and stop looking for better. Additive Manufacturing provides several distinct benefits to subtractive manufacturing but at the same time the technology has not arrived at the point where we can conduct a one for one swap.the Army must stay on the cutting edge of technology to maintain our overmatch on the battlefield. This is especially true of technologies such as R-FAB which have the potential of not only increasing our readiness but saving us money which can be reinvested into other systems, said Pinson. This systems will save time and money, said Zunino. The main objective is to meet Army readiness goals a directive of the Secretary of the Army. Filling the gap until spare parts are delivered will greatly increase the operational tempo of the warfighter. In Dimension U challenge, All Saints Academy students flex math skills Students from All Saints Academy, repesenting the U.S. Army, compete in the Dimension U challenge against other students who represented the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force. The Picatinny Arsenal Emergency Operations Center served as the competition site for the Academy students.
4 The Picatinny Voice July 21, 2017 Army to invest in cyber abilities Army News Service WASHINGTON -- Each day, the Army faces hundreds of thousands of attempts to infiltrate its network, said Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone, chief of U.S. Army Cyber Command, also known as ARCYBER. We have to be right every single time. The attacker only has to be right once; to find one vulnerability, Nakasone said at the recent 2017 Defense One Summit in Washington We re looking at vulnerabilities across our network. In the wake of alleged Russian hacks into the 2016 American election, Nakasone said the key to preventing similar threats should come from analysis and research. U.S. Cyber Command, the Department of Defense-wide subunified command known as USCYBERCOM, is in the midst of creating 133 cyber teams, including 41 for the Army. To fill these teams with quality analysts, the Army is recruiting leaders with the skills necessary to rise to new cyber security challenges. Additionally, ARCYBER has participated in exercises at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, to gain a better understanding of what a brigade combat team needs to achieve success at the tactical level of cybersecurity. Lt. Col. John Masternak relinquished management of the Product Manager Small Caliber office to Lt. Col. Andrew S. Lunoff during a change of management ceremony June 29. Masternak has held this position for three years and his next assignment will be with the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology. From left: Incoming Product Manager Lt. Col. Lunoff, Project Manager Maneuver Ammunition Systems, Col. Moises Gutierrez, and outgoing Product Manager Lt. Col. John Masternak. By Todd Mozes. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT BENET Acting Project Manager for Combat Ammunition Systems, Peter Burke (right), discusses a 155mm artillery projectile with Brazilian Army Science and Technology Director, Gen. Juarez Cunha (left), at Picatinny Arsenal on June 20. Gen. Cunha is standing with Brazilian Maj. Gen. Joao Chalella, Jr. Minuteman II Limousine and Car Service Transportation to all Major Airports JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, Teterboro, White Plains, Morristown & more! 3946976 NJMG On June 22, 2017, ARDEC Benet hosted its first Annual Science and Technology Poster Session for the Director of Technology, Joe Pelino, and members of the Strategic Technology Investment Office: Cindy Perazzo, Kaitlyn Tani, Meredith Nolan, Deepal Shah, Kathy Bubniak. Mike Zecca and Dr. Myron Hohil, representing the Strategic Technology Investment Council. Also attending was Lt. Col. Tim Franklin, Military Deputy at the Munitions Engineering Technology Center. Pictured above, Dave Gilson delivers his presentation. (Photo is partically blurred for security reasons.) This was the first time in more than 30 years that ARDEC Benet was able to highlight new ideas in an environment that was conducive to engaging internal stakeholders. The posters ranged from basic research to advanced technology and manufacturing development. The session ran for two and a half hours. Visitors from ARDEC Picatinny Arsenal said the event was extremely informative, and clearly demonstrated the dedication to efforts that directly or indirectly affect the warfighter. Below, a photo from a Science and Technology Day at Benet in 1987. Courtesy photos. Vehicles in our Fleet: 6, 8, 10 Passenger Stretches 14 Passenger Ford Excursion SUV 15 Passenger Van Party Bus All current vehicles will be upgraded to newer models Our Drivers & Our Vehicles are Registered to Service Picatinny Arsenal COMPUTERIZED DISPATCHING Account information kept on file, emailed confirmations and/or receipts, previous reservations looked up and Online reservations Weddings Proms Nights on the Town Trips to NYC Theaters Sporting Events Long Distance Trips AND MORE www.mm2limo.com 973-252-7662 Toll Free 888-767-7662 Fully Insured All Major Credit Cards Accepted
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6 The Picatinny Voice July 21, 2017 Fun and fellowship at Picatinny Community Day Photos by Erin Usawicz
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8 The Picatinny Voice July 21, 2017 Looking Back... At Picatinny Lt. Col. Anthony Gibbs (right), outgoing Product Manager Precision Fires and Mortars (PFM) passes the Project Manager Combat Ammunition Systems flag to Col. Willie Coleman, Project Manager Combat Ammunition Systems, as a symbolic passing of management at the PFM change of charter July 7. Gibbs relinquished management of PFM organization to Lt. Col. Patrick Farrell. Gibbs will attend the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy. Photos by Todd Mozes. Hoyle new commander at Joint Munitions Command ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL -- Army Col. Heidi Hoyle became the new commander of the Joint Munitions Command during a change of command ceremony on July 18 at Memorial Park on the Rock Island Arsenal. Col. Hoyle replaced Brig. Gen. Richard Dix, who assumed command on June 20, 2016. He is retiring from the Army after more than 30 years of service. It s never bittersweet, he said. As a young kid you dream, and you get to live out that dream as a young adult. I got to serve this great country, and there is nothing bitter about that. I had what you call a stacked deck. I had some of the greatest professionals that have ever served the JMC, Brig. Gen. Dix said. This has been a family affair. Headquartered on the Arsenal, the JMC produces, stores, distributes and demilitarizes conventional ammunition for the entire Department of Defense, including but not limited to bombs and bullets of various kinds. The JMC has an annual budget of $3.9 billion and employs more than 5,000 civilian personnel and more than 5,000 contractors. The Army really is a small world. I ve worked with a lot of these commanders before, Col. Hoyle said. My last assignment was for nine months at the Army Materiel Command at the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, so I know the mission of the enterprise and feel comfortable here. I am excited to be close to home and back in the Midwest, Col. Hoyle said. This is a diverse area where it is very different the two sides of the river. Nothing is traditional anymore, but I hope to be here for a full two years. Gen. Gustave Perna, commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, officiated the ceremony and commended Brig. Gen. Dix s service for managing more than $61 billion worth of ammunition and directing production for more than 1.6 billion rounds. Each of his units has achieved great success and this has continued here at JMC where he has managed the ammunition for around the globe for the Marines, the Air Force, the Navy, the Army, and the Coast Guard, Gen. Perna said. Rich and his team have ensured that 100 percent of ammunition is 100 percent ready, Gen. Perna said. Soldiers have always had the ammunition they need thanks to his leadership. Historical presentation set for July 26 The Historical Society of Rockaway Township and the Picatinny Arsenal Historical Society present Lake Denmark Naval Ammunition Depot: Before the 1926 Explosion and Current Research. Please join Picatinny s Cultural Resource Manager Jason Huggan and ARDEC Historian Jeff Ranu s presentation about the explosion s history and findings. When: Wednesday, July 26, 7 p.m. Where: Rockaway Township Municipal Building 65 Mount Hope Road, Rockaway, NJ 07866 RSVP to Picatinnyhistory@gmail.com BY JEFF RANU, ARDEC HISTORIAN Spring and summer spark a multitude of athletic activity at Picatinny Arsenal every year. The tradition of Picatinny baseball dates back to the World War I era. The Dover Advance (published July 23, 1914), contains details of a Picatinny League game between the first place Filling House and second place Store House teams. The Filling House team shut out its rival 4-0, with a one-hitter for pitcher Jack Kehoe.The photo above was taken a few years later in 1918. There were multiple teams at Picatinny during these years, each sponsored and managed by an officer stationed on post. Many of the players were military personnel training at Picatinny before shipping out to war in Europe. LONG HISTORY OF COMPETITION The Picatinny Magazine, published in August 1919, offered a glimpse of post-world War I athletic activities at Picatinny, including baseball and trap-shooting. The Picatinny All-Stars baseball team played against the Mt. Hope team on July 26, 1919. Mt. Hope scored two runs in the first inning, taking the lead early. Picatinny responded by scoring two runs in the fourth to tie it up. The game was decided in the ninth inning with Picatinny picking up three runs for the win. The 1919 team was managed by Lt. Col. Pinger, the Picatinny Commander in 1919, and a Mr. Travena. Team members identified were: Capt. Davis, Lt. Brennan, Skeeler, Simonson, Post, Bricky Hosking (Building 151 namesake), Collins, Elg, Rogers, Reed, and Collins. The mascot was a boy named Fisher. The 1937 Picatinny Yearbook includes a brief history of Picatinny baseball in the 1930s. PLAY SHIFTS TO WHARTON Up until the 1932 season, Picatinny played on the Mt. Pleasant Baseball Field. Afterward, the Picatinny Arsenal Twilight League moved to the excellent facilities, of Replogle Field in Wharton. There were consistently four to six Picatinny teams throughout the 1930s, including the Picatinny Guards, Administration, Inspection, Metal Parts, and Loading. The intramural softball league, as we know it today, recorded its first championship in 1957, with the Navy Civilians taking the title. Picatinny Administration took it back in 1958.The Atomic Division annihilated the competition in 1968. The Vets team dominated the league in the 1970s, and made a resurgence in the 1990-91. The Stealers and Destroyers took the championships for the remaining eight years of the 1990s, with the Stealers taking an additional four during the 2000s. The current league consists of 12 teams, which play Tuesday and Thursday evenings.who will win in 2017? Time will tell. Join MWR to take part in Picatinny Athletics and continue the tradition. We want to record your stories call us to set up an interview: Jeff Ranu: ARDEC Historian jeff.ranu.civ@mail.mil Technical/ Engineering Jason Huggan: Cultural Resource Manager - jason.j.huggan.civ@ mail.mil Picatinny Garrison
Army engineers win the Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene Award for Innovation for the Advanced Kinetic Energy Science and Technology Program Picatinny Arsenal Public Affairs Office RDECOM Engineers at the US Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center and the Army Research Laboratory, have won the group category of the FY16 Major General Harold J. Greene Award for Innovation for development of novel lethal mechanism technology for the 120mm Advanced Kinetic Energy program. The development of this technology, that incorporates several advanced features, was necessary to counter a leap ahead in heavy armor protection of threat battle tanks. Design, development and testing of the Advanced Kinetic Energy technology during its science and technology phase proved challenging, and its successful implementation represents a paradigm shift in the world of large caliber, kinetic energy cartridges. The transition of this technology into the next generation 120mm kinetic energy tank cartridge, the M829A4, has kept the warfighter s overmatch against our adversaries. Designed to be employed by armored brigade combat teams, the technology improves lethality of the Abrams main battle tank in close combat operations, and will not require Abrams main battle tank crews to learn new tactics, training or procedures. BY FRANK MISURELLI Picatinny Arsenal Public Affairs Picatinny Arsenal s Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Office hosted its fourth Junior Solar Sprint ( JSS) competition on May 18 at the Arsenal s recreational center, Forge Fitness. The competition is held annually with the U.S. Army Research Development Engineering Command and Army Education Outreach Program, which offers real-world STEM experiences, competitions, and internships. Eighty-eight middle school students participated in the competition. Students design, build and race solar-powered cars using hands-on engineering skills and locally sourced materials. School participating in this year s competition were Byram Intermediate School, Eisenhower Middle School, Mount Arlington School and Saint Anthony s School. Junior Solar Sprint is a free educational program to gain hands-on STEM skills to create the fastest, most interesting and best-crafted vehicle. It s designed to support the instruction of STEM in categories such as alternative fuels, engineering design and aerodynamics, said Shah Dabiri, director of the STEM outreach program at Picatinny Arsenal. The cars run on two AA batteries, while still holding on their solar panels, as they raced along a 20-meter guide wire. Students also maintain an engineering lab notebook for judging by volunteer scientists and engineers. The notebook demonstrates the students ability to document their thoughts in designing, developing, building and The Picatinny Voice July 21, 2017 9 4th Annual Junior Solar Sprint Race gets checkered flag for fun and competition testing their proposed solar-powered race car. This year s winning race team, which will represent Picatinny at the National JSS Challenge, was (Team PA-48) Charles Nino and MarAnthony Scalera, representing Eisenhower Middle School. This team also won the 2016 JSS competition. Second place went to (Team PA-32) Feffrey Li and Zachary Solano also from Eisenhower Middle School. In third place was (Team 47) Rohan Prablu and Jeremy Hajel from Eisenhower Middle School. Winners of the best lab notebook were (Team 10) Amanda Poskitt and Paige Metje, representing Mount Arlington Public School, The first-place winners and their teacher/coach will attend the all-expense paid trip to the national JSS competition. NR-0004179791-01
10 The Picatinny Voice July 21, 2017 Science and Technology Day allows networking, collaboration across enterprise BY AUDRA CALLOWAY Picatinny Public Affairs More than 600 attendees participated the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center s 10th annual Science and Technology Day networking event on May 11 at Picatinny Arsenal. The event featured 85 ARDEC scientific teams, displaying their science and technology (S&T) programs with the intent to foster discussion and collaboration across the organization, as well as with other U.S. military organizations. Every day our engineers, scientists and support personnel are working to ensure that our warfighter has the latest and most innovative technologies available to accomplish their mission, said Sheila Speroni, S&T Networking Day Coordinator. Our annual networking event affords all those at Team Picatinny, as well as our invited outside stakeholders, to highlight and exchange information about our important work. Under these fiscally constrained times, this exchange is essential and a major enabler for fostering collaboration across ARDEC and with our partners, Speroni explained. Projects on display were from the ARDEC S&T portfolio including major initiatives such as, Systems Concepts & Technology, Manufacturing Technology, and In-house Laboratory Independent Research. Funding for these innovative technologies is enabled by funding provided by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology. ARDEC employees also showcased some enterprise business related functions, such as STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering and Math) outreach. In addition to networking across ARDEC and other Picatinny organizations, representatives from more than a dozen other military organizations attended the event. S&T day is a celebration to me of Maj. Mike Brabner of the Requirements Development Division at the Fires Center of Excellence discusses the merits of a M320 grenade launcher that was manufactured using additive manufacturing. what we do. It s a display of being ahead of the threat, and there s things here that will get us ahead of the threat, ARDEC Director John Hedderich told attendees. That s what we ve always got to remember in our business. Good enough ain t good enough for us, Hedderich added. We have to project ten years ahead what the threat is going to be and what we can do to innovate to get ahead of it so that way we re always ahead. And you re demonstrating here your ability to think outside the box and get ahead of the threat. Maj. Gen. Anthony Potts, Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), and Senior Commander, Natick Soldier Systems, also attended the S&T Day. ARDEC is a subordinate command to RDECOM. For an entire world, we stand as the guardians of freedom, Potts said of America s military. But we cannot do that unless we have the technology and the weapons systems that enable our great Soldiers to be the guardians of freedom, Potts said. Think of the people around the world that would potentially live in oppression around the world if we didn t have a United States Soldier saying, Not on my watch. You enable that around the world. A panel of judges also selected three winning teams. The teams were selected based on benefit to the warfighter, technology quality and presenter interaction. First Place: Composites for Mortars Joshua Root, Andrew Littlefield, Deborah Bleau The Composites for Mortars team is researching ways to lighten the weight and improve the performance of the 120 mm mortar. This is the second time that their mortar efforts were recognized during the ARDEC S&T Day. It feels great to win two years in a row and to see that our efforts are so highly regarded and appreciated, said Littlefield. What is more important though is that we have a chance to truly help the Soldier. This program is striving to reduce the weight of mortar tubes and baseplates Robb Wilcox, right, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command s Forward Element - Atlantic Chief Scientist, and an S&T Networking Day judge, discusses the use of additive manufacturing as an enabler for expeditionary operations. In this case to rapidly repair Explosive Ordnance Disposal robots without the associated logistics burden of carrying and maintaining spare and repair parts. by 40 percent while not decreasing capabilities.this will provide the Soldier with more flexibility in what they can carry while keeping the same load. Our experience at ARDEC s S&T Networking Day and our program s win validates the importance of our work and its value to the Soldier, said Root. We feel that the technology we are working on for mortar systems will be a tremendous benefit for Soldiers, lightening their load and giving them the freedom and flexibility to adapt to constantly changing mission needs. Second Place: Rapid Fabrication via Additive Manufacturing on the Battlefield (R-FAB) Timothy Phillis, Jim Zunino, Vern Vondera, Ryan Petillo, David Sabanosh The R-FAB program has the potential to allow Soldiers to manufacture spare parts in the battlefield, which could increase Army readiness and effectiveness. The process is commonly known at Col. Travis Thompson, Soldier Requirements Division & TRADOC Capability Manager Soldier at the Maneuver Center of Excellence, experiences the value of virtual reality as an approach to reduce the costs of training Soldiers while ensuring the look and feel of operations is preserved. 3-D printing or additive manufacturing. According to the judges feedback, This technology addresses one of the major gaps affecting U.S. ground forces as we transition to being a more expeditionary force. Being expeditionary results in a huge operational and cost strain on our forces. The R-FAB reduces ammo logistics burden by pushing the manufacture of critical spare and repair parts as far forward as possible, ensuring operational readiness while reducing O&S (Operations and Sustainment) costs, the judges said. The added ability to draw the needed raw materials from locally procured materials is very innovative and green. Third Place: Net Zero Technologies for the Army s Industrial Munitions Base Ben Smolinski, Matthew Conway, Steven Sheets, Tim Dawag This program explores and develops technology for the Industrial Base to achieve the Army s Net Zero energy, water and waste policy. The Net Zero directive strives to reduce overall energy and water use, and to reduce, reuse or recycle compost and waste streams at depot and ammunition centers. According to the judges, This technology won as it deals with the long-term problem of remediating waste products from the manufacture of energetic materials. If we fail to mitigate this it will ultimately impact military operations and this is unacceptable. There is a secondary benefit of developing energy as a by-product. The team did a very good job of explaining how the technology works and for explaining the business case for implementation.
All Saints Ball honors war veterans BY FRANK MISURELLI Picatinny Arsenal Public Affairs The 2017 All Saints Ball held on June 10, 2017 was, as in previous celebrations, sold out, with a crowd of over 200 in attendance. This annual celebration combines the Army Birthday with the branch recognition ceremonies, which acknowledge the technical achievements of both military members and civilian employees and the community service of military and civilian spouses. The Army celebrated its 242nd birthday with a program that included the singing of the National Anthem performed by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Gaynor of the United States Military Academy, West Point Band. As the lead singer of the West Point Band, Gaynor competed in 2015 on NBC s The Voice but lost in the competition. Brig. Gen. Alfred Abramson, Senior Commander, Picatinny Arsenal, hosted and honored the service and sacrifices of former Army war veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam conflicts. The Picatinny Voice July 21, 2017 11 COMBAT DECORATIONS Harold Ritzer, a native of Wharton, New Jersey, enlisted in the Army in Jan. 1943. He was assigned as a combat engineer to the 294th Engineering Combat Battalion and shipped to England in preparation for the invasion of France. On D-Day Plus One, Ritzer landed in Normandy on Utah Beach, then advanced across France and Belgium. On Thanksgiving Day, 1944, he was wounded. His awards and decorations include two Purple Hearts. Frank Marino enlisted in the Army at 16 by forging his mother s signature. He was deployed to the front lines of Korea as part of the 7th Infantry Division. During a patrol, while dragging wounded men to safety, he himself was wounded. After recovering from his wounds and returning to the field, he was wounded again, receiving numerous shrapnel wounds, and was blinded in one eye. His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts. Dennis Miller, a native of Wharton, New Jersey, was drafted in the Army in 1968. He was deployed to Vietnam, assigned to 101st Airborne Division, Air Assault, where he, too, was wounded. His awards and decorations include the Combat Infantry Badge and Purple Heart. Guest speaker for the evening was Maj. Gen. Leslie Smith, U.S. Army Deputy Inspector General. Photos by Anthony Hawthorne Photo by Jared Florack 2017 Picatinny Arsenal All Saints Ball Awardees THE ORDER OF SAM SHARPE Lt. Col. LARRY DRING Lt. Col. TIM FRANKLIN FRANK ALTAMURA RICHARD EASTMAN, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army ROBERT CHRISTIANSON, Chief Warrant Officer 4 (RET) THE KEEPER OF THE FLAME ANNETTE FRANKLIN RHONDA DRING THE BRONZE DE FLEURY FOR OUT- STANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARMY ENGINEERING AZAMAT VILLAR THE ANCIENT ORDER OF SAINT BARBARA JAMES SHIELDS, Program Executive Officer, Ammunition THE HONORABLE ORDER OF SAINT BARBARA GREG BISCHER SUNG CHUNG RALPH CAMPOLI THE ORDER OF SAINT MAURICE, CENTURION Col. JONATHAN SLATER THE ORDER OF SAINT MAURICE, CIVIS Col. (R) JOHN DWYER FRED FITZSIMMONS BOB GALEAZZI TED HOM STEVEN LISS JASON TRAVAILLE EDWARD MICHONSKI JR. BILL WEBBER THE NOBLE PATRON OF ARMOR CRAIG AAKHUS RALPH CAMPOLI Lt. Col. CHRISTOPHER GATES EDUARDO LAROSA JESSICA VANAMAN
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