HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Many Army Aviators and support staff may not fully understand the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command and the support it can provide and the AMCOM 101 event aims to change that.
From its inception six years ago, AMCOM 101 has proven to be an eye-opener for attendees. It also shines a light on the civilian workforce and its importance in supporting Soldiers on the front line.
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The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command develops and delivers responsive aviation, missile and calibration materiel readiness to the United States army in order to optimize joint warfighter capabilities at the point of need.
But if you need a simpler explanation, command sergeant Bradford Smith has you covered
"AMCOM, Aviation and Missile Command, right? so, its lifecycle management of every platform that the army flies," Sergeant Bradford stated. " Like your helicopters or drones, even your fixed wing if it fires. We work very closely with space and missile command on the lifecycle management of that and logistics and sustainment of that is mainly what we're focusing on
The purpose of the AMCOM 101 event is to create a safe space for members to bring challenges they're facing to leaders who understand. AMCOM Commander Tom O'Connor says it's all about the people
"The Army is a people business right," O'Connor asked. "When we can bring people back together, you know, you can look each other in the eye. You can understand people's perspectives a little bit better. You can network and then really you can have a great relationship to ensure that we can solve problems collectively."
Attendees of the event, like CW5 Paul McNeill are gaining valuable information they can take back to their troops
"I'll be able to take back a lot of techniques for how to do things, order processes and how to make things better and more efficient," McNeil stated. "And also, the network of just good people here and all the hard work they do and what we can take back to leverage those that network to get things to make things happen at our end at the user level."