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NETWORK l RECOGNITION l VOICE l SUPPORT January 31, 2020 ARMY AVIATION Magazine 2 January 31, 2020 16 Contents January 31, 2020 Vol. 69, No. 1 TO THE FIELD 10 Army Aviation Branch Chief’s Corner 8 By MG David J. Francis 12 This is Your Army! By GEN Gustave F. Perna 14 AMCOM Commander Update By MG K. Todd Royar 16 Aviation Branch Maintenance Office Update By CW5 Michael D. Cavaco 18 AMCOM Command Sergeant Major Update By CSM G. Mike Dove 10 20 Combat Readiness Center Update By SPC Laura Bauer 22 Reserve Component Avation Update By COL Andrew Cecil and Robert Singler 24 128th Aviation Brigade Update By CPT James C. King III, CW5 Patrick A. Black and SGM Nicholas D. Burney 26 Tech Talk By Mr. David B. Cripps 28 Ask the Flight Surgeon 22 By CPT Frank C. Stafford, D.O. SPECIAL FOCUS — Aviation Maintenance/Sustainment 30 Building Aviation Readiness through Repair Cycle Floats By COL John Parchem 32 Changing the Maintenance Paradigm-A Time for Innovation and Opportunities By COL David K. Almquist and Mr. Thomas J. Barthel 36 Getting Left of Readiness Drivers – Pushing Predictive Analysis 37 in the Supply Chain By Ms. Debbie Daniel and Mr. Fred W. Pieper, Jr. ARMY AVIATION Magazine 3 January 31, 2020 40 Contents January 31, 2020 Vol. 69, No. 1 38 Next Generation Power: The Aviation Turbine Engines Project Office Update 42 By COL Roger D. Kuykendall FROM THE FIELD 40 The Significance of Multi-Component Solutions for Combatant Command (CCMD) Aviation Requirements By MAJ Marvin L. “Lee” Chase and MAJ Thomas F. Pratt 42 1st Armored Division Combat Aviation Brigade Utilizes New Refueling Operations to Ensure Readiness By CPT Matthew Giersdorf 47 2018 National Functional Award Winners 58 DEPARTMENTS AAAA NEWS AAAA President’s Cockpit .......................................................................................................8 AAAA VP Chapter Affairs ......................................................................................................52 Chapter News ........................................................................................................................53 AAAA VP Membership ..........................................................................................................56 New Members ......................................................................................................................57 AAAA Family Forum ................................................................................................................58 AAAA Legislative Report .......................................................................................................65 AAAA Scholarship Foundation ...........................................................................................60 AAAA Scholarship Foundation Donors ..........................................................................62 54 ARMY AVIATION COMMUNITY NEWS Advertisers Index .....................................................................................................................64 Art’s Attic ......................................................................................................................................70 Briefings ..........................................................................................................................................6 Calendar ......................................................................................................................................64 Enlisted Aviation Soldier Spotlight ......................................................................................19 Fallen Heroes ..............................................................................................................................61 Hall of Fame .................................................................................................................................71 Historical Perspective ............................................................................................................50 Industry News ............................................................................................................................64 In Memoriam ..............................................................................................................................55 News Spotlight ..........................................................................................................................25 55 People on the Move ...............................................................................................................66 ARMY AVIATION is the official journal of the Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA). 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Send address changes to AAPI, 593 Main Street, Monroe, CT 06468-2806. ARMY AVIATION Magazine 4 January 31, 2020 DELIVERING READINESS Providing innovative and cost-effective solutions for the Army’s number one priority. ARMY AVIATION READINESS TOOLS ■ Aviation Field Maintenance –East (AFM II – East) ■ Aviation Field Maintenance –West (AFM II – West) ■ Army C-12 Transport Contractor Logistics Support ■ Worldwide Logistics Support Services Contractor Logistics Support (WLSS-C) ■ Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services (RS3) @DynCorpIntl ARMY AVIATION Magazine 5 dyn-intl.com January 31, 2020 Briefings u Late Breaking News - Announcements Publisher / William R. Harris Jr. NDAA Signed 45 Percent of Officers Get First Job Choice Editor / CW4 (Ret.) Joseph L. Pisano Sr. Under ATAP [email protected] Associate Editor / CW5 Adam Jarvis [email protected] Director of Design & Production Anne H. Ewing [email protected] U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY 2LT JAMIE DOUGLAS ARMY PHOTO BY 2LT U.S. Web Edition / Trudy Hodenfield The first Army Talent Alignment Process [email protected] (ATAP) marketplace closed Dec. 6, matching Contributing Editor / Mark Albertson more than 6,500 of the nearly 14,500 officers [email protected] ARMY SSG BRANDY NICOLE MEJIA DOD PHOTO BY to their first job choice in a preliminary match Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper and process as announced by Army Vice Chief of Family Forum Editor / Judy Konitzer Army GEN Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Staff GEN Joseph Martin; that’s almost half [email protected] Joint Chiefs of Staff, attend the National De- of officers matched to units that also prefer- Advertising Director / Robert C. Lachowski fense Authorization Act signing by President enced them for the summer movement cycle. [email protected] Donald J. Trump at Joint Base Andrews, The ATAP is a decentralized, regulated, mar- MD, Dec. 20, 2019. The signing avoided a ket-style hiring system which aligns officers Advertising Manager / Erika Burgess government shutdown and established the with jobs based on preferences. “It is a funda- [email protected] sixth branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, Space mentally different way of assigning people,” Marketing Director / Jennifer Chittem Force. See the Legislative Report on page 65. said MG J.P. McGee, director of the Army [email protected] Talent Management Task Force. “The brigade New SEAC Sworn In commander or above picks his or her entire Social Media Manager / Chelsea Jarvis slate of officers,” he added. “It is all based on [email protected] preferences of the individual moving officer Circulation Department first – which is weighed more heavily – and Deb Cavallaro then the unit second to that.” Debbie Coley Elisabeth Mansson TRICARE Expands Sue Stokes Coverage Web Master / Mary Seymour TRICARE recently ex- [email protected] panded coverage for beneficiaries who meet IMAGE FROM TRICARE Editorial Address PINEIRO A. PETTY OFFICER 1ST CLASS DOMINIQUE DOD PHOTO BY NAVY certain criteria. Cover- 593 Main Street, Monroe, CT 06468-2806 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army age now includes concurrent pediatric hospice Tel: (203) 268-2450 / Fax: (203) 268-5870 GEN Mark A. 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