1942-2017 PG.46 NETWORK l RECOGNITION l VOICE l SUPPORT January 31, 2017 GROUND BASED SENSE AND AVOID (GBSAA) Training the Warfighter to ensure safe UAS operations in the National Airspace System. 248 Dunlop Blvd. Huntsville, AL 35824 (256) 258-0500 ARMY AVIATIONwww.sesius.com Magazine 2 January 31, 2017 30 Contents January 31, 2017, Vol. 66, No. 1 10 TO THE FIELD 10 AMCOM Commander Update By MG Douglas M. Gabram 12 Aviation Branch Maintenance Officer Update By CW5 Leonte I. Cardona 14 AMCOM Command Sergeant Major By CSM Glen Vela 16 Reserve Component Avation Update 18 By BG Scott R. Morcomb 18 128th Aviation Brigade Update By SSG Jerome Penwright Jr. 20 AMRDEC Tech Talk By Mr. Clarence Hitchings and Mr. Miguel Sanchez 22 Ask the Flight Surgeon By MAJ Sonya Horwell, M.D 24 SPECIAL FOCUS — Aviation Maintnenance 24 Sustaining Army Aviation in the Future: Readiness a Complex World By COL Shawn T. Prickett and Mr. Tod L. Glidewell 28 Unified Action – Enabling Readiness at the Point of Need By Mr. William P. Marriott and Mr. David L. Ward 30 Army Aviation Enterprise Sustainment Strategy By COL K. Todd Royar and Mr. Thomas J. Barthel 34 Army Aviation Sustainment: Initiatives to Reduce Costs 28 By COL David K. Almquist and Mr. Fred W. Pieper Jr. ARMY AVIATION Magazine 3 January 31, 2017 Contents January 31, 2017, Vol. 66, No. 1 36 SPECIAL FOCUS - Arming the Force 36 PM JAMS Update Production Challenges in Today’s Environment By COL David Warnick, LTC Phillip Rottenborn, Mr. Forrest Collier, and Mr. Timothy Kay FROM THE FIELD 38 “Expeditionary Fight” – 601st Aviation Support Battalion BSA By LTC Aaron M. McPeake, MAJ Jason Knapp, and 38 46 CPT Mark A. Yore 40 Gray Eagle Fires System Integration at 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade By MAJ Nathan Applebaum, CPT William Neltner, and CW2 Barry D. Galinger II 44 AAAA Symposia in Huntsville By Paul Stevenson 46 75 Years of Army Aviation - The Class Before One 40 By Mark Albertson 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 ................................................................................................................60 AAAA Legislative Report .......................................................................................................63 60 AAAA Scholarship Foundation ...........................................................................................62 ARMY AVIATION COMMUNITY NEWS Advertisers Index .....................................................................................................................64 Art’s Attic ......................................................................................................................................70 Briefings ..........................................................................................................................................6 Calendar ......................................................................................................................................55 Enlisted Aviation Soldier Spotlight ......................................................................................15 Fallen Heroes ..............................................................................................................................51 Hall of Fame .................................................................................................................................71 Historical Perspective ............................................................................................................ 47 Industry News ............................................................................................................................64 In Memoriam ...............................................................................................................................51 66 People on the Move ...............................................................................................................66 Spotlight .......................................................................................................................................57 ARMY AVIATION is the official journal of the Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA). 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