New Jersey Lt. Gov. Visits Where ‘Engineering Meets Ops’
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Thursday, May4, 2017 • APG News B5 New Jersey Lt. Gov. visits where ‘engineering meets ops’ By Kelly White Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. –The lieutenant governor of New Jersey visited the U.S. Army Material Command’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, or CERDEC, Ground Activity, or CGA, last month, to learn about the mission growth path. The CGA, which is part of CERDEC’s Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate, or S&TCD, is on the cutting edge of supporting this generation and next generation’s operational gaps for training and cyber activities, something Lt. Gov. Kimberly Guadagno wants to support from outside the wire. “To support the Army’s active duty component, the state has the ability and purview to help quality of life issues that benefit the military who live on or around the base, from economic development to school-related issues,” Guadagno said. “The state also can aid in roads, land management around the base [encroach- ment issues] and air space.” Tri-service joint base CGA, along with CERDEC’s Flight Activity, are part of the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst which is the only tri-service base in the country, servicing Army, Air Force and Navy, and the second U.S. ARMY PHOTO largest employer in the state of New Jersey. Lt. Gov. Kimberly Guadagno visited the CERDEC Ground Activity to learn about the mission growth path, March 30, 2017. Representing a very active community, Guadagno wants to help push and shape Lab coat and field base the tri-service joint base, which is known for maintaining controlled terrain; air community corridors and spectrum management. “The Joint Base plays a critical role in The CGA provides an Army-wide venue supporting our local, state, and national that tests capabilities from both ground communities,” Guadagno added. “The and air and can utilize varied terrain, the over 44,000 service members and their use of restricted ranges and airspace, and families living and working around the the freedom to interact between ground base contribute $6.9 billion to the local and aerial layers with the Flight Activity economy.” without having to relocate assets from As chair of the Military Installation elsewhere in the country. Growth and Development Task Force, “We are a world class lab coat communi- Guadagno said she is proud of the steps ty, but we are also a world class field base recommended and implemented to en- community that understands how to courage defense-related development translate engineering into operations,” around the Joint Base, such as “attracting said Dr. Richard Wittstruck, associate private capital to and around the base, director of Field Based Experimentation ensuring that private sector businesses and Integration for CERDEC S&TCD. choose to partner with our military During the visit on March 30, installations, and improving New Jersey’s Wittstruck spoke of three focus areas for pipeline of science, technology, engineer- CGA that included global mobility, train- ing and innovation. ing and mathematics-educated young peo- U.S. ARMY PHOTO “We’re looking forward to how the ple who can fill the needs of our future Lt. Gov. 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