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General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General
Dynamics, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Tankautomotive
and Armaments Command to reset 330 Stryker infantry
combat vehicles. The contract has a maximum potential value
of $55.2 million. Through the contract, the company will service,
repair and modify Strykers that are returning from Operation Iraqi
Freedom, restoring them to a pre-combat, like-new condition in
people
Lieutenant Colonel Cary
V. Ferguson is the new PEO
EIS product manager for the
Joint–Automatic Identification
Technology (PM J-AIT). In
this assignment, Ferguson is
responsible for the acquisition
and integration of the
Army’s Automatic Identification
Technology and Radio Frequency
Identification equipment and
services.
Rear Admiral (lower half)
Paul A. Grosklags will be
assigned as vice commander,
Naval Air Systems Command,
Patuxent River, Md. Grosklags is
currently serving as commander,
Fleet Readiness Centers,
Patuxent River, Md.
Captain
Kurt L. Kunkel
Captain Kurt L. Kunkel, who
has been selected for promotion to
rear admiral (lower half), will be
assigned as chief of staff, Defense
Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va.
Kunkel is currently serving as
deputy director for joint logistics,
J4, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.
Captain Kevin R. Slates, who
has been selected for promotion
to rear admiral (lower half), will
be assigned as commander, Naval
USS New York
The future USS New York (LPD 21) was put to
sea for the first time June 27, transiting down the
Mississippi River to conduct builder’s trials.
Named for the state of New York, the ship and
its motto “Never Forget” honor the victims and first
responders of the September 11, 2001, World Trade
Center attacks. Constructed in Avondale, La., the ship
contains 24 tons of steel salvaged from the World
Trade Center within the 311-ton bow unit.
During the four-day trial, Northrop Grumman
Shipbuilding conducted comprehensive tests intended
to demonstrate the performance of the combat
and communication systems, propulsion plant,
Stryker Reset
Facilities Engineering Command
Atlantic, Norfolk, Va. Slates is
currently serving as chief of staff,
Naval Facilities Engineering
Command, Washington, D.C.
Captain
Jonathan A. Yuen
Captain Jonathan A. Yuen, who
has been selected for promotion
to rear admiral (lower half),
will be assigned as deputy chief
of staff for logistics, fl eet supply
and ordnance, N4, U.S. Pacifi c
Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Yuen
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ship-handling, damage control capabilities and
auxiliary systems. Major events included full-power
demonstrations during ahead and astern maneuvers,
main ballasting, steering drills and combat system
evolutions—all of which were successful.
The ship is scheduled for commissioning in
November 2009, and her homeport will be Norfolk,
Va.
“The LPD 17 class represents a revolution
in amphibious ship design,” said class program
manager Captain Bill Galinis. “These ships provide
a much-needed capability for our country and our
Navy/Marine Corps team.”
advance of reissuing the vehicles prior to their next deployment.
To date, General Dynamics has delivered 2,852 new vehicles
for seven separate Stryker brigades to the Army. With more than
6 million miles accumulated through two completed Operation
Iraqi Freedom rotations since October 2003, the Stryker vehicle has
demonstrated a combined fleet operational-readiness rate of 96
percent.
is currently serving as deputy
commander/chief of staff, Joint
Contracting Command Iraq/
Afghanistan.
Brigadier General Thomas A.
Harvey, deputy assistant chief
of staff, C/J-4, U.N. Command/
Combined Forces Command/U.S.
Forces Korea, has been assigned
as commanding general, 19th
Sustainment Command (expeditionary),
Korea.
Brigadier General Xavier P.
Lobeto, commanding general,
19th Sustainment Command
(expeditionary), Korea, has been
assigned as deputy commanding
general, 1st Theater Sustainment
Command, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
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