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Two U.S. Helicopters Collide at Baghdad Base

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2008 - Two U.S. helicopters collided Oct. 4 as they were landing at a coalition force base near Adhamiyah in northwest Baghdad.

One Iraqi soldier died. Three U.S. soldiers and two Iraqi soldiers were injured.

Hostile fire is not suspected to have caused the crash, officials said. The cause of the accident is under investigation. Officials did not release the make of helicopters involved.

This accident comes on the heels of a crash just two weeks ago that killed seven soldiers when CH-47 Chinook helicopter they were traveling in Sept. 18 went down near Tallil in southern Iraq.

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Pfc. Christopher A. Bartkiewicz, 25, of Dunfermline, Ill., died Sept. 30 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his dismounted patrol using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.

DoD Contracts for Free YMCA Membership for Deployed Guard and Reserve Families

The Department of Defense announced October 1 that families of deployed members of the National Guard and Reserve, active duty service members on independent duty and their families, and active duty service members and their families assigned to selected bases would be eligible for free family memberships at participating YMCAs in their local community.

The new program, which is effective immediately, was unveiled in a signing ceremony presided by Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness David S.C. Chu. Also signing the document was Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Thomas F. Hall and the Executive Director of the Armed Services YMCA, retired Navy Rear Adm. Frank Gallo.

"We know these programs are key to personal health and well-being, help build strong families, and reduce stress and feelings of isolation," Chu said. "I am extremely pleased to announce our new partnership."

The free YMCA memberships for Guard and Reserve families will be available while the service member is deployed for a minimum of six months. The deploying service member will also be eligible for three months pre- and post-deployment membership to help promote family participation.

Active duty families assigned to independent duty stations, such as recruiting and ROTC assignments and not currently receiving support from the service component will also be eligible for free memberships at participating YMCAs. Single service members are eligible for fitness center memberships up to $50 a month.

Active duty families at selected bases will also be eligible for free YMCA memberships as part of a pilot program. Memberships will be issued on a first come, first served basis with 300 to 450 family memberships available per joint base location.

The selected bases are: Lackland Air Force Base/Randolph AFB/Ft. Sam Houston, Texas; Langley AFB, Va.; McCord Air Force Base/Ft. Lewis, Wash.; Ft. Carson, Colo.; Pearl Harbor/Hickam AFB, Hawaii; Naval Weapons Station, Charleston S.C.; McGuire AFB/Ft. Dix/ Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station, N.J.; Anacostia Naval Air Station /Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C.; Ft. Myer/Henderson Hall, Va.; Elmendorf AFB/Ft. Richardson, Alaska; and Andrews AFB/Naval Air Facility D.C., Md.

Additionally, 32 hours a month of free respite child care will be available for families of deployed National Guard and Reserve and geographically dispersed active duty service members in 10 states with YMCA child care programs preapproved by DoD.

Respite Child Care is currently available at participating YMCAs in the following ten states: Indiana, Maryland, Montana, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington. DoD is working with the Armed Services YMCA on ways to expand the number of YMCA child care programs eligible to offer respite care in order to meet this critical need.

Participating YMCAs have agreed to cap their monthly fees and waive all joining fees so there is no cost for service members and their families for membership. Some classes may have fees associated with them and if so, the service member will be responsible for those costs.

"Since the Civil War, the Armed Services YMCA has been committed to supporting our troops and improving their quality of life," said Gallo. "This new initiative will go a long way to help America's military families live healthy lives."

Signing up for the program requires a YMCA/DoD eligibility form, a copy of deployment orders and military ID. The YMCA/DoD eligibility form is available at http://www.miltaryonesource.com/ . A completed eligibility form, a copy of deployment orders (where applicable) and the military ID are all that are needed for the local YMCA to process memberships.

Army Guard Adds to NASCAR Racing Stable

By Army Staff Sgt. Jon Soucy
Special to American Forces Press Service

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 2, 2008 - Many NASCAR fans are accustomed to seeing the National Guard name on Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 88 car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.

The Army National Guard will sponsor driver Landon Cassill in the Mountain Dew 250 Fueled by Winn-Dixie NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The sponsorship of Cassill, who drives the No. 81 truck, at Talladega ties in with Guard recruiting and retention events to be held during the race. Photo by Nigel Kinrade

Recently, however, the Guard added another driver and racing series to its roster.

This weekend, driver Landon Cassill will be sponsored by the National Guard in the Mountain Dew 250 Fueled by Winn-Dixie NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala.

The sponsorship of Cassill, who drives the No. 81 truck, at Talladega ties in with Guard recruiting and retention events to be held during the race, said Army Lt. Col. Joseph Day, chief of Army National Guard marketing programs.

Those events are scheduled to include an appearance by Cassill as well as a performance after the race by the band Three Doors Down, whose song "Citizen/Soldier" honors Army National Guard soldiers. Guard recruiting booths will be set up along the track during the race.

For Cassill, this weekend's race will be his seventh start as part of the 2008 season of the truck series. While this is Cassill's rookie season, he placed in the top 10 at the Lowe's Motor Speedway in May and finished third at the Milwaukee Mile in June.

Those wins, Cassill said, largely have been from the efforts of the team behind the No. 81 truck. He said he hopes that, as well as the Guard sponsorship, will bring him success at Talladega.

"We've got the National Guard on board, and I think it's a perfect combination for my first race at Talladega," he said in a news release.

This isn't Cassill's first time racing for the Guard. He also drives the National Guard-sponsored No. 5 car in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He took first place in the 2007 Busch Series 250 race.

Saturday may mark Cassill's first race at Talladega in the truck series, but he is scheduled to make the rounds of Talladega's 2.66-mile course the day before behind the wheel of the No. 88 car in the Automobile Racing Club of America's Re/Max series race. That race, he said, will give him experience with drafting that he can build on for the truck race the following day.

"I learned a lot in Daytona this winter about drafting, but I also learned even more about drafting at some of the truck races that I've ran this year at fast tracks," he said. "It's going to take a lot of focus to catch on to the drafting techniques on race weekend, but I think the seat time and experience that I'll get from the ARCA race will be able to transfer right over to the truck."

And perhaps that is something that will translate into a win.

"Obviously, we want to put the National Guard truck in victory lane for [the Guard members], and I feel confident Landon and all the guys on the team can do just that," said Randy Moss, co-owner of Randy Moss Motorsports, which owns the No. 81 truck.

(Army Staff Sgt. Jon Soucy serves at the National Guard Bureau.)

Soldier Missing In Action From WWII Is Identified

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

He is 2^nd Lt. Ernest E. Martin, U.S. Army, of Hanover, Mont. He will be buried on Oct. 11 in Ellensburg, Wash.

Representatives from the Army met with Martin's next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of Secretary of the Army.

In November 1944, the 109^th and 112^th Infantry Regiments, 28^th Infantry Division, were attacking east through the Hürtgen Forest in an attempt to capture the German towns of Vossenack and Schmidt. On Nov. 4, the Germans counterattacked in what would become one of the longest running battles in U.S. history. Martin, a member of C Company, 109^th Infantry Regiment, was reported missing in action near Vossenack on Nov. 10.

In 2000, a German construction company found human remains in an unmarked grave while clearing wartime unexploded ordnance from the Hürtgen Forest. The remains, along with military rank and branch insignia were turned over to U.S. officials.

Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in the identification of Martin's remains.

Navy Christens Littoral Combat Ship Independence

The Navy will christen littoral combat ship (LCS) Independence at 10:00 a.m. CDT on Saturday, Oct. 4, during a ceremony at Austal USA Shipyard, Mobile, Ala.

The name Independence recognizes the cornerstone of our nation's foundation that so many Americans have sacrificed to ensure. Five previous ships have also had that name. The first Independence was a 10-gun sloop that served during the War of Independence. The second Independence, the first ship of the line in the Navy, was launched in 1814 as a 74-gun ship, but later refitted to a 54-gun frigate. The third Independence served with the Naval Overseas Transportation Service following the end of World War I. The fourth Independence (CVL 22), a small aircraft carrier commissioned in 1943, earned eight battle stars during World War II. The fifth Independence (CV 62) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1959 and decommissioned in 1998.

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., will deliver the principal address at the ceremony. Doreen Scott, wife of the former Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Terry Scott, will serve as ship's sponsor. The ceremony will be highlighted by Scott breaking a bottle of champagne across the bow to formally christen the ship, which is a time-honored Navy tradition.

Independence is one of two LCS seaframes being produced. LCS 1, Freedom, completed its acceptance trials and was delivered to the Navy on Sept. 18, 2008. Freedom is scheduled for commissioning on Nov. 8, 2008.

The LCS is an innovative combatant designed to operate quickly in shallow water environments to counter challenging threats in coastal regions, specifically mines, submarines and fast surface craft. It is capable of speeds in excess of 40 knots and can operate in water less than 20 feet deep. Independence will address a critical capabilities gap in the littorals. It will serve to enhance maritime security and it is capable of performing the core capabilities that define the Navy. It will deter hostility in troubled waters, maintain a forward presence, and it is capable of projecting power and maintaining sea control.

Under the current shipbuilding plan, the Navy is programmed to purchase 55 Littoral Combat Ships. These 55 ships will improve the Navy's capacity to respond to more globally distributed threats and will help the Navy reach its ultimate fleet goal of at least 313 ships.

The advanced design of Independence will allow it to launch and recover manned and unmanned vehicles. It will support interchangeable mission packages, allowing the ship to be reconfigured for antisubmarine warfare, mine warfare, or surface warfare missions on an as-needed basis. The LCS will be able to swap out mission packages pierside in a matter of a day, adapting as the tactical situation demands. These ships will also feature advanced networking capability to share tactical information with other Navy aircraft, ships, submarines and joint units.

Independence will be manned by one of two rotational crews, blue and gold, similar to the rotational crews assigned to Trident submarines. The crews will be augmented by one of three mission package crews during focused mission assignments. The prospective commanding officer of the blue crew is Cmdr. Curt A. Renshaw, who was born in Louisville, Ky., and raised in nearby New Albany, Ind. The prospective commanding officer of the gold crew is Cmdr. Michael B. Riley, a native of Phoenix, Ariz.

In May 2004, the Department of Defense awarded both Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics separate contract options for final-system design with options for detail design and construction of up to two LCS ships. The future USS Independence (LCS 2) is the General Dynamics' lead hull in that ship design.

In October 2005, the Department of Navy awarded General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works, a contract for detail design and construction of their first LCS. General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works teammates include Austal USA of Mobile, Ala. and General Dynamics – AIS of Pittsfield, Mass. A keel laying ceremony was held Jan. 19, 2006, at Austal USA Shipyard in Mobile, Ala., where the ships is being built.

Defense Contributions Help NASA's 50-Year Legacy

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2008 - As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration celebrates its 50th anniversary this week, the Defense Department also can take a bow for the key role it has played in lending technology and expertise to NASA's space exploration and research mission.

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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, an Air Force fighter pilot who was lunar module pilot for NASA's Apollo 11, makes an historic moon walk, July 20, 1969, with fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong. NASA photo

NASA began operations on Oct. 1, 1958, just a few days short of the one-year anniversary of the Soviet Union's successful Sputnik I launch. Concerned about the race for technological superiority in space, U.S. officials debated long and hard over whether the space program should be placed under military or civilian control, historical documents show.

Ultimately, NASA was established as a new civilian agency that borrowed heavily from the Defense Department and other government organizations as it built its own capabilities.

One doesn't have to look hard to see the deep connection between NASA and DoD, beginning with the astronaut program. In fact, President Dwight D. Eisenhower almost assured that connection when he decreed that all astronaut candidates be test pilots with college degrees.

All seven original astronauts – known as "The Mercury 7" because they were chosen for Project Mercury, the nation's first manned space flight program -- came from the military. Alan Shepard, Walter Schirra and Scott Carpenter were Navy aviators; Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Gordon Cooper and Donald "Deke" Slayton were Air Force pilots; and John Glenn flew in the Marine Corps.

The long list of military members who became "firsts" at NASA didn't stop there. Glenn, who flew 59 combat missions during World War II and another 63 during the Korean War before joining the Naval Air Test Center, made history at NASA as the first American to orbit Earth on Feb. 20, 1962.

Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, got his initial flight training at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., in 1949 and 1950, then went on to fly 78 missions over Korea during the Korean War. His words as he stepped from the Apollo 11 lunar module on July 20, 1969-- "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" -- are an indelible mark in NASA's history.

Armstrong's fellow Apollo 11 crewmembers had deep military roots, too. Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, the second person to walk on the moon, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in 1951, before serving as an Air Force fighter pilot during the Korean War.

Michael Collins, who orbited the moon as Armstrong and Aldrin walked on its surface, also got his commission at West Point before joining the Air Force and receiving flight training at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss.

Thirty years later, Eileen Collins – no relation to the Apollo 11 astronaut -- made NASA history in 1999 as the first woman to command a space shuttle aboard the Columbia. Collins, an Air Force colonel, graduated from Air Force undergraduate pilot training in 1979. She was attending Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., when NASA selected her for its astronaut program.

Military members have participated in NASA's great triumphs as well as its deep tragedies, including the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters.

Four servicemembers were among the seven Challenger crewmembers killed when a fuel tank exploded 73 seconds after launch on Jan. 28, 1986. Michael J. Smith, the pilot, was a Navy captain; Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee and Ellison Onizuka were Air Force lieutenant colonels; and Gregory Jarvis was an Air Force captain.

Again, five U.S. military officers, as well as an Israeli officer, died when Columbia disintegrated over Texas as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Feb. 1, 2003. That incident killed Navy Cmdr. William C. McCool, the pilot; Air Force Col. Rick D. Husband; Air Force Lt. Col. Michael P. Anderson; Navy Capt. David M. Brown and Navy Capt. Laurel Clark. Israeli Air Force Col. Ilan Ramon and Kalpana Chawla, the only civilian on the mission, also died.

But the connection between the military and NASA goes far beyond the astronaut program.

From its inception, NASA looked to the Defense Department and other interagency, academic, industry and international partners to build its capability, Roger D. Launius, curator for the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, noted in an article written for NASA's 50th anniversary magazine.

The military had been looking to space and the development of rocket technology and expertise since the closing days of World War II, Air Force Space Command officials noted. NASA was anxious to tap into this expertise, and quickly absorbed several ongoing military efforts into its organization. These included the space science group of the Naval Research Laboratory in Maryland that would form the core of the new Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. NASA also incorporated the Jet Propulsion Laboratory managed for the Army by the California Institute of Technology, and the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Ala., where Wernher von Baun's engineering team was developing large rockets.

Shortly after its formal organization, NASA took over management of space exploration projects from other federal agencies, including the Air Force.

"These activities relied fully on the expertise and resources of the U.S. Air Force in seeing them to fruition," Launius wrote.

One of NASA's earliest borrowings from the military came in the form of launch vehicles originally developed to deliver nuclear weapons.

"Most of the launchers used by NASA during its formative years originated as military ballistic missiles," Launius wrote. "It was, and remains, the fundamental technology necessary for civil space exploration, and it came largely from the military."

Meanwhile, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – another organization Eisenhower created in response to the Sputnik launch – has provided critical expertise that has benefitted NASA throughout its 50-year history.

The Defense Department stood up DARPA to find and quickly develop advanced technology for the military so the United States would never again suffer a technological surprise by another nation.
Initially, DARPA scientists and engineers concentrated on the first surveillance satellites that ensured U.S. presidents had accurate intelligence information on Russian missile program activities, historical records show. But DARPA advanced other space projects as well, developing the Saturn V rocket that ultimately enabled the United States to launch the Apollo missions to the moon.

As it observes its 50th anniversary, NASA can look back on its many accomplishments that have brought mankind a better understanding of the solar system and universe. As it advanced this research, NASA, like the military services and DARPA, has pushed the technological envelope in everything from weather forecasting to navigation to global communications.

Speaking last week at NASA's 50th anniversary gala, Neil Armstong looked back on the agency's history and its future.

"The goal is far more than just going faster, higher and further," he said. "Our goal, indeed our responsibility, is to develop new options for future generations -- options for expanding human knowledge, exploration, human settlement and resource development in the universe around us."

Click photo for screen-resolution image Air Force Col. Eileen Collins made NASA history in 1999 as the first woman to command the space shuttle. Collins was attending Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., when NASA selected her for its astronaut program. NASA photo

Click photo for screen-resolution image Neil A. Armstrong, a Navy fighter pilot who went on to become NASA's Apollo 11 mission commander, makes man's historic first step on the moon, July 20, 1969. NASA photo

The seven original Mercury astronauts, posing next to an Air Force F-106B jet, were military fighter pilots before joining NASA's astronaut program. From left to right: M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom Jr., Walter M. Schirra Jr., Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Donald K. "Deke" Slayton. NASA photo

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sgt. William E. Hasenflu, 38, of Bradenton, Fla., died Sept. 28 in the Jaji District, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when his unit was ambushed by enemy forces using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

The incident is under investigation.

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Pfc. Jamel A. Bryant, 22, of Belleville, Ill., died Sept. 27 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident while on patrol in Wahida, Iraq. He was assigned to the 40th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.

The incident is under investigation.

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Capt. Michael J. Medders, 25, of Ohio, died Sept. 24 in Jisr Naft, Iraq, of wounds suffered when a suicide bomber detonated a vest during operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Staff Sgt. Ronald Phillips Jr., 33, of Conway, S.C., died Sept. 25 in Bahbahani, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

CONTRACTS

NAVY

VT Halter Marine, Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $393,722,502 firm fixed price not-to-exceed modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2212) for the detail, design and construction of three Fast Missile Crafts for the Egyptian Navy. The mission of the Fast Missile Craft is to conduct independent and joint operations primarily against surface shipping and armed surface adversaries in the littoral by fulfilling the role of coastal patrol, surveillance, interdiction, surface strike, and naval battle group support for the Egyptian Navy for the 21st century. Work will be performed at Pascagoula, Miss., (23 percent); Manassas, Va., (12 percent); Detroit, Mich., (11 percent); Baltimore, Md., (8 percent); Pittsburgh, Pa., (1 percent); Philadelphia, Pa., (2 percent); Camden, N.J., (1 percent); New Orleans, La., (3 percent); Thibodaux, La., (3 percent); Boca Raton, Fla., (2 percent); and other sites (34 percent), and work is expected to be completed Apr. 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Nova Group, Incorporated - Underground Construction Co., Incorporated, a joint venture, Napa, Calif., is being awarded a $139,142,212 firm fixed price contract for the construction to replace the Defense Fuel Storage Facility tanks at Defense Fuel Support Point, Naval Base Point Loma. The work to be performed for provides for six new 125,000 barrel above ground fuel storage tanks for 750,000 barrels of fuel storage capacity. The project supporting facilities include pump house, distribution piping, dispensing system, and fuel oil reclamation for a complete and usable facility. The project also demolishes or closes existing aboveground and underground storage tanks and provides extensive remediation of contaminated soil. The contract is incrementally funded with the first increment of $52,443,176 being allocated at the time of award. Future increments will be funded in FY 09 at $3,973,949, in FY 10 at $78,845,337, in FY 11 at $2,304,750 and in FY 12 at $1,575,000. The contract also contains eight options, which if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to $167,531,234. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Jul. 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $1,846,513) will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with two proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-08-C-7501).

Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $117,080,058 cost plus award fee fixed fee contract for Aegis Combat Systems Engineering to support the Government of Spain under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Government of Spain selected the U.S. Navy/Lockheed Martin Aegis Combat System (ACS) for its F-100 Class Flight II Shipbuilding Program. These requirements include the necessary combat systems engineering, computer program development, ship integration and test, logistics technical services and staging support to deliver a variant of the U.S. Navy Aegis Weapon System Cruiser Modernization Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Refresh 2 (CGM CR2) Computer Program and equipment to support the construction of the Spanish F-105 Frigate. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $125,039,679. Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J., (92 percent), and the Government of Spain, (8 percent), and is expected to be completed by Jul. 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-08-C-5100).

Armag Corp., Bardstown, Ky., is being awarded a $49,900,000 indefinite delivery indefinite quantity, firm fixed price contract for procurement of wood-lined steel armories, freight, and accessories for portable weapon storage capability. This acquisition is for the procurement of wood-lined steel armories that provides the means to transport weapons and ancillary equipment for deployment, or as a means for secure weapon storage outside as a stand-alone facility. Work will be performed in Bardstown, Ky., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2013. Contract funds in the amount of $8,294,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via Federal Business Opportunities, Navy Electronic Commerce Online and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane website, with four offers received. NSWC, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity (N00164-08-D-GQ10).

Glover Contacting Company, Inc.*, Pleasant Hill, N.C., is being awarded a $48,556,500 firm fixed price contract for construction of the Municipal Solid Waste Landfill at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. The work to be performed provides for the construction of three new composite, line, sanitary landfill cells comprising 12 acres of additional waste disposal area and extension of existing leachate collection and electrical systems for the existing landfill cells. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, N.C., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with one proposal received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity (N40085-08-C-1413).

URS-IAP, LLC, Austin, Texas, is being awarded a $46,984,493 cost reimbursement task order #0008 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62470-06-D-6009) for design and construction of facility improvements at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti. The work to be performed provides for design and construction of new taxiways, water production facility, fuel farm, dining facility, and network infrastructure expansion. Work will be performed in Djibouti, Africa, and is expected to be completed by Oct. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $32,716,160 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-05-C-4403 for fuel oil compensation, ship alterations, and related work items for the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) FY09 Docking Phased Maintenance Availability (DPMA). The following work items will be accomplished: fuel oil compensation stability improvement modifications, production trade supervision and support, crane, rigging, and forklift service. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, Va., and is expected to be completed by Oct. 2009. Contract funds in the amount of $32,716,160 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.

McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $26,295,379 cost plus fixed fee order against a previously awarded indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract (N00019-08-D-0004) for engineering technical services required to identify the solution to an in-production emergent obsolescence issue in the Type 3 Advanced Mission Computer for the F/A-18E/F/G Super Hornet. Work will be performed in Minneapolis, Minn., (50 percent) St. Louis, Mo., (25 percent) and Albuquerque, N.M., (25 percent), and is expected to be completed in Oct. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Night Vision Systems LLC (NVS), Allentown, Pa., is being awarded a $26,141,540 firm fixed price, indefinite-delivery indefinite quantity contract for Multipurpose Thermal Sights (MTS). The MTS is a thermal image device that can be used as either a hand-held detector or a weapon mounted detector. Work will be performed in Allentown, Pa., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2013. Contract funds in the amount of $1,039,492 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This action was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with three offers received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity.

Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded a $22,924,909 fixed price delivery order #0062 under a previously awarded indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract (M67854-04-D-5016) for the purchase of an additional 199 reducible height armor protection kits and 211 fuel fire protection kits for Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement vehicles. Work will be performed in Israel, (63 percent) and Oshkosh, Wis.,(37 percent), and work is expected to be completed by Mar. 31, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

Soltek Pacific Construction Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $21,385,000 for firm fixed price task order #0007 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-08-D-8609) for design and construction of a Marine Logistics Group operations center and armory at the Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton. The contract also contains two options, which if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to $24,885,000. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Five proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

Chugach Industries, * Anchorage, Ala., is being awarded $16,734,180 to exercise the third option period under a combination firm fixed price, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract (N44255-05-D-7100) with award options for base operations support services in the Navy Region Northwest, North Sound area. The work to be performed provides for, but is not limited to, all management and administration, public safety, supply, housing, facilities support (excluding grounds and janitorial services), utilities, base support vehicles and equipment, and environmental services to provide base operations and support services. The cumulative total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $112,408,376. Work will be performed at various installations in the Navy Region Northwest area of responsibility, and work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northwest, Silverdale, Wash., is the contracting activity.

McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $13,554,527 modification to a previously awarded firm fixed price contract (N00019-04-C-0014) for incorporation of Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) 6318 "Incorporation of upgraded Solid State Recorder (USSR)" to provide high fidelity recording of the 14 F/A-18E, 9 F/A-18F, and 22 EA-18G 8 x 10 display that retains and expands on the current Solid state Recorder capabilities. This modification/order combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($7,554,527; 56 percent) and the Governments of Switzerland $3,000,000 (22 percent) and Finland ($3,000,000; 22 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., and is expected to be completed in Nov. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Advanced Ceramics Research*, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $13,366,035 cost plus fixed fee contract for services in support of the development and integration of Electro-Optical, Radio-Frequency, and acoustic sensors on various unmanned aerial vehicles. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., (85 percent); Kuwait, (10 percent), and Patuxent River, Md., (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in Sept. 2013. Contract funds in the amount of $100,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via a Broad Agency Announcement. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-08-C-0474).

Alloy Surfaces, Co., Aston, Pa., is being awarded a firm fixed price contract in the amount of $13,158,485 for infrared countermeasures in support of the 84th Combat Sustainment Wing, Ogden, Utah. This contract includes a base period and one potential option period, which if exercised, would bring the total estimated value of the contract to $34,370,328. Work will be performed at Aston, Pa., and work is expected to be completed by Dec. 2009. The contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Inventory Control Point is the contracting activity.

McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $12,634,999 order against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-05-G-0026) for the upgrade of one AV-8B Day Attack configured aircraft to a modified Night Attack configuration for use as a single seat trainer in the Fleet Readiness Squadron (FRS). Work will be performed at the Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, N.C., and is expected to be completed in Mar. 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Old Dominion University Research Foundation, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded an $11,107,627 indefinite delivery indefinite quantity with cost reimbursement and fixed price ordering provisions contract for student, faculty and fellows engineering and technical support services in support of the U.S. Joint forces Command. This contract includes two two year option periods which, if exercised, bring the total estimated value of the contract to $35,630,918. Work will be performed in Suffolk, Va., (70 percent) and Norfolk, Va., (30 percent), and work is expected to be completed by Sept. 2010. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was awarded through full and open competition. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk Contracting Department, Philadelphia Division is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $10,736,496 modification to a previously awarded cost plus incentive fee contract (N00019-03-C-0057) for procurement of Aircraft Change Directives in support of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) Pilot Production Aircraft, under the E-2D AHE System Development and Demonstration Program. Work will be performed in Bethpage, N.Y., (71.2 percent); and St. Augustine, Fla., (28.8 percent) and is expected to be completed in Jun. 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Soltek Pacific Construction Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $10,298,600 for firm fixed price task order #0010 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-08-D-8609) for design and construction of a new administrative facility for the 1st Marine Regiment and the 5th Marine Regiment to serve as battalion headquarters at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The task order also contains three options, which if exercised, would increase the cumulative task order value to $11,460,600. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Mar. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Four proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $10,187,507 firm fixed price order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-05-G-0026) for the procurement of 703 F/A-18 Cockpit Pressure Warning System kits for the U.S. Navy, (590) and the Governments of Finland, (66), Kuwait, (39) and Malaysia, (8). This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy, ($7,929,654; 77.8 percent) and the Governments of Finland, ($994,999; 9.8 percent); Kuwait, ($863,000; 8.5 percent); and Malaysia ($399,854; 3.9 percent); under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., (85 percent) and Mesa, Ariz., (15 percent), and is expected to be completed in Oct. 2012. Contract funds in the amount of $3,851,100 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

ACG Systems, Inc., Annapolis, Md., is being awarded a $10,000,000 indefinite delivery indefinite quantity, firm fixed price contract for procurement of Motorola branded repeaters, radios and accessories in support of the Shipwide Integrated Wireless Communication System (SIWCS). This acquisition is for the procurement of Motorola Portable Radios and fixed radio equipment in support of the Shipboard Physical Security Program, SIWCS, AN/SRC-59. Work will be performed in Annapolis, Md., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2013. Contract funds in the amount of $54,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with four offers being received via the FEDBIZOPS, NECO and the NSWC Crane website. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contracting activity.

HITT Contracting, Inc., North Charleston, S.C., is being awarded a $9,780,000 firm fixed price contract for design and construction of a Child Development Center at Charleston Air Force Base, Charleston. Project also includes playground and food service equipment, comprehensive interior design, and demolition of pavement. The contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, engineering, materials, equipment, tools, parts, supplies and transportation to perform all work described in the request for proposal. Work will be performed in Charleston, S.C., and is expected to be completed by Mar. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with six proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-08-C-1775).

UBC, Inc.*, Tampa, Fla., is being awarded a $9,752,561 firm fixed price, time and material, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract for 112 Steerable Antenna Systems (SAS) units and four AST-9 Couplers. This contract will also include engineering and technical support and repair services for the SAS units. Work will be performed in Tampa, Fla., and is expected to be completed in Sept. 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $482,670 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured by an electronic request for proposals with one offer received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-08-D-0024).

Hamilton Sundstrand Corp., Windsor Locks, Conn., is being awarded a $9,159,980 cost plus fixed fee, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract for the furnishing of services in support of the Oxygen Generating Plant Gas Management System, Electrolytic Chlorine Generator Central Atmospheric Monitoring System Integrated Low Pressure Electrolyzer installed on the SSN-21, SSN-774, SSN-688 and SSN-726 Class Submarines. Work will be performed in Bremerton, Wash., (10 percent); New London, Conn., (10 percent); Philadelphia, Pa.,(10 percent); San Diego, Calif., (10 percent); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, (10 percent); Groton, Conn., (10 percent); Pomona, Calif., (10 percent); Windsor Locks, Conn., (10 percent); Norfolk, Va., (10 percent); and Bangor, Maine, (10 percent), and is expected to be completed by Jan. 2011. Contract funds in the amount of $30,723 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Ship Systems Engineering Station, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N65540-08-D-0022).

Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $9,124,902 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-04-C-2100) for the procurement of vendor services to provide three complete main propulsion shafts to be used as rotatable pool spares. The main propulsion shafts will be used to support the SSN775, SSN777, and SSN778 Extended Dry-docking Selected Restricted Availability. Work will be performed in Erie, Pa., and is expected to be completed by Apr. 2013. Contract funds in the amount of $9,124,902 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair, Groton, Conn., is the contracting activity.

Solpac Construction, Inc., dba Soltek Pacific Construction Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $8,770,000 for firm fixed price task order #0008 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-08-D-8609) to renovate galley, Building 300 at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. The work to be performed provides for design and renovation of the Enlisted Dining Facility. This project will repair deteriorating floors, walls, ceiling, interior and exterior doors and windows. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Apr. 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Two proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

Walton Construction Co., LLC, Dallas, Texas, is being awarded $7,685,000 for firm fixed price task order #0010 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62467-05-D-0184) for construction to Hangar 1048. The work to be performed provides for hangar addition, seat shop addition and supporting facilities. The project will modify an existing/functioning fighter squadron hangar into a hangar capable of housing a cargo/passenger plane. The main bay will have to be extended onto the existing apron with a new hangar door. Work involves cutting a new storm water trench drain and modifying the existing apron for hangar maintenance work. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed by Jan. 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.

Marshall Communications Corp.*, Ashburn, Va., is being awarded a $7,676,268 indefinite delivery indefinite quantity, firm fixed price contract for digital video broadcast-return channel via satellite user subscriber suites, production subscriber suites, and associated spare parts. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $23,593,937. The work for the contract will be performed in Ashburn, Va., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2009 (Sept. 2011 with options exercised). Contract funds in the amount of $121,500 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity (N65236-08-D-5159).

Solpac Construction, Inc., dba Soltek Pacific Construction Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded $7,163,100 for firm fixed price task order #0009 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-08-D-8609) to construct a new Navy Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS) security building at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. The task order also contains three options, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $9,472,170. Work will be performed in Oceanside, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Apr. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

Bell Helicopter Textron, Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a firm fixed price delivery order contract in the amount of $6,383,699 for spares for the H-1 aircraft. Work will be performed at Fort Worth, Texas, and work is expected to be completed by Dec. 2011. Contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Inventory Control Point is the contracting activity.

Pro Construction, Inc.*, Jacksonville, N.C., is being awarded $6,361,000 for firm fixed price task order #0035 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contact (N40085-07-D-1911) for major interior exterior repairs to Bachelor Enlisted Quarters HP275 and HP285 at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, N.C., and is expected to be completed by Feb. 2010. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via Navy Electronic Online website with four proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.

Engineering/Remediation Resources Group, Inc.*, Concord, Calif., is being awarded a $6,197,136 firm fixed price contract for vertical and lateral expansion of landfill at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. The work to be performed provides for design and construction of an eight acre lateral expansion to the existing municipal solid waste landfill. The project consists of landfill design, environmental permitting, excavation, and construction of geosynthetic liner, leachate and methane collection systems, and a support building. Work will be performed in Twentynine Palms, Calif., and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with two proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N62473-08-C-2203).

Knik Construction Co., Inc., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded $6,179,817 for firm fixed price task order #0002 under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery indefinite quantity paving and resurfacing construction contract (N69450-08-D-1272) at U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay. The work to be performed provides for base wide road repairs. Work will be performed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is expected to be completed by Apr. 2009. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Facilities Engineering and Acquisition Division, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., is being awarded a $5,906,479 firm fixed price contract modification under previously awarded contract (N00604-06-C-0018) for ammunition handling and management services for Navy Munitions Command, East Asia Division Detachment Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Work will be performed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and work is expected to be completed by Sept. 2009. The contract funds will not expire before the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured through Navy Electronic Commerce Online, with two offers received. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Pearl Harbor, Hawaii is the contracting activity.

Armor Group North America, Inc., McLean, Va., is being awarded a $5,874,156 firm fixed price, indefinite quantity modification under a previously awarded contract (N33191-07-D-1357) to exercise an option for provision of security guard services at Naval Support Activity Bahrain. The work to be performed provides for all managerial, supervision, labor, tools, materials, equipment and transportation necessary to provide security guards and administrative support. The total contract amount after exercise of this option will be $11,355,049. Work will be performed in Manama, Bahrain, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2009. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Facilities Engineering Acquisition Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Europe and Southwest Asia, Manama, Bahrain, is the contracting activity.

Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded a $5,188,708 fixed price delivery order #0061 under previously awarded indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract (M67854-04-D-5016) for the purchase of 161 engines, 161 engine containers, and preservation & packaging for each engine for Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) vehicles. Work will be performed in Mossville, Ill., and work is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

ARMY

AM General LLC, South Ben, Ind., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2008, a $734,983,443 firm fixed price contract for 4,853 High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles to contract. Work will be performed in Mishawaka, Mich., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2009. One bid was solicited and one bid was received. TACOM, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (DAAE07-01-C-S001).

Raytheon- Integrated Defense Systems, Andover, Mass., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2008, a $77, 529, 675 firm fixed fee price contract for Patriot "Pure Fleet" Tactical Assets. Work will be performed in Andover, Mass., with an estimated completion date of Apr. 30, 2011. One bid was solicited and one bid was received. US Army Aviation & Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-07-C-0151).

J. Kokolakis Contracting Inc, Rocky Point, N.Y., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2008, a $62,803,500 firm fixed fee price contract to construct an Armed Forces Reserve Center, 25 Baiting Place Road, Farmingdale, N.Y., 200,000 square feet vehicle maintenance facility, 2 -level Concrete Parking Deck. Work will be performed in Farmingdale, N. Y., with an estimated completion date of Oct. 1, 2010. Twenty bids were solicited and four bids were received. National Guard Bureau, Latham, N.Y., is the contracting activity (W912PQ-08-C-0021).

Bristol Construction Services LLC, Anchorage, Ala., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2008, a

$29,989,024 firm fixed fee price construction contract to provide labor, materials and equipment to repair/upgrade the access rail line and on-post rail system (increasing turning radiuses and track gauges)at the Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny point (MOTSU), Southport, N.C. Work will be performed in Military Ocean Terminal at Southport, N.C., with an estimated completion date of Jul. 31, 2010. One was solicited and one bid was received. TACOM-LCMC is the contracting activity (W912HN-08-C-0072).

BAE Systems, York, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2008, a $18,774,179 firm fixed price contract. This effort is for an Undefinitized Contract Action for 476 Bradley Heat Abatement Vehicles. Work will be performed in York, Pa., with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2010. One bid was solicited and one bid was received. TACOM, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity (W56HZV-05-G-0005).

J.F. Brennan, Lacrosse, Wis., was awarded on Sept. 24, 2008, a $8,538,506 firm fixed price contract for repair and replacement of roller and trainer gate chains, installation of new pocket wheels, remove and replace 1 tainter gate trunnion pins and bushing removal of timber bridge planking and installation of steel grating, storage yard fencing, operating houses architectural repairs, miscellaneous mechanical and electrical work. Work will be performed in Dubuque, Iowa, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 24, 2009. Bids solicited were via the www.fbo.gov and three bids were received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity (W912EK-08-C-0208).

The Wormick Company, Cincinnati, Ohio is being awarded a maximum $123,767,718 firm fixed price, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for subsistence. Other location of performance is in Hamilton, Ohio. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. There were originally nine proposals solicited with nine responses. This contract is exercising the second option period. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2010. The contracting activity is Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM300-04-D-Z217).

Ameriqual Group, LLC, Evansville, Ind.*, is being awarded a maximum $84,810,460 firm fixed price, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for subsistence. Other location of performance is in same. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. There were originally nine proposals solicited with nine responses. This contract is exercising the second option period. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2010. The contracting activity is Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM300-04-D-Z214).

Labatt Food Co., San Antonio, Texas* is being awarded a maximum $43,622,907 firm fixed price, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for subsistence. Other location of performance is in Dallas, Texas. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. There were originally nine proposals solicited with nine responses. This contract is exercising the second option period. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2010. The contracting activity is Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa. (SPM300-04-D-Z216).

Cytyc Corp., Marlborough, Mass., is being awarded a maximum $7,000,000 firm fixed price, sole source, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for medical supplies. There are no other locations of performance. Using services are Army, Navy, and Air Force. This proposal was originally Web solicited with one response. The original contract has a one-year base and four one-year option periods and is currently exercising the fourth option period. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2009. The contracting activity is Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), Philadelphia, Pa., (SPM200-05-D-7201).

UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION COMMAND

Federal Express Corp., of El Segundo Ca., 90245-4318, is being awarded an estimated $58,710,291 indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity, fixed price contract with a minimum guarantee of $2,500.00. The contract is for time definite, door-to-door transportation service for full pallet, less than full pallet, and outsized/oversized cargo shipments weighing 1-300 lbs (non WWX eligible) and other general, refrigerated, and HAZMAT cargo 300 lbs and above. Work will be performed internationally and the performance period is from 1 October 2008 to 30 September 2012. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Electronic proposals were solicited and eight proposals received. The contracting activity is United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill 62225, (HTC711-08-D-5025).

Miami Air International, Inc., of Miami FL, 33142-3225 is being awarded an estimated $54,638,798 indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity, fixed price contract with a minimum guarantee of $2,500. The contract is for time definite, door-to-door transportation service for full pallet, less than full pallet, and outsized/oversized cargo shipments weighing 1-300 lbs (non WWX eligible) and other general, refrigerated, and HAZMAT cargo 300 lbs and above. Work will be performed internationally and the performance period is from 1 Oct. 2008 to 30 Sept. 2012. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Electronic proposals were solicited and eight proposals received. The contracting activity is United States Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill 62225, (HTC711-08-D-5026).

National Air Cargo, Inc. dba Murray Air, of Ypsilanti, MI 48198-899 is being awarded an estimated $54,300,723 indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity, fixed price contract with a minimum guarantee of $2,500. The contract is for time definite, door-to-door transportation service for full pallet, less than full pallet, and outsized/oversized cargo shipments weighing 1-300 lbs (non WWX eligible) and other general, refrigerated, and HAZMAT cargo 300 lbs and above. Work will be performed internationally and the performance period is from 1 Oct. 2008 to 30 Sept. 2012. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Electronic proposals were solicited and eight proposals received. The contracting activity is United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill 62225, (HTC711-08-D-5027).

US Airways, of Phoenix AZ, 85281-2880 is being awarded an estimated $45,764,631 indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity, fixed price contract with a minimum guarantee of $2,500. The contract is for time definite, door-to-door transportation service for full pallet, less than full pallet, and outsized/oversized cargo shipments weighing 1-300 lbs (non WWX eligible) and other general, refrigerated, and HAZMAT cargo 300 lbs and above. Work will be performed internationally and the performance period is from 1 Oct. 2008 to 30 Sept. 2012. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Electronic proposals were solicited and eight proposals received. The contracting activity is United States Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill 62225, (HTC711-08-D-5028).

Air Transport International, of Little Rock Ar., 72202-2046 is being awarded an estimated $50,091,251 indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity, fixed price contract with a minimum guarantee of $2,500. The contract is for time definite, door-to-door transportation service for full pallet, less than full pallet, and outsized/oversized cargo shipments weighing 1-300 lbs (non WWX eligible) and other general, refrigerated, and HAZMAT cargo 300 lbs and above. Work will be performed internationally and the performance period is from 1 Oct. 2008 to 30 Sept. 2012. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Electronic proposals were solicited and eight proposals received. The contracting activity is United States Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., 62225, (HTC711-08-D-5021).

Atlas Air, Inc. of Purchase NY, 10577-2543 is being awarded an estimated $9,860,202 indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity, fixed price contract with a minimum guarantee of $2,500. The contract is for time definite, door-to-door transportation service for full pallet, less than full pallet, and outsized/oversized cargo shipments weighing 1-300 lbs (non WWX eligible) and other general, refrigerated, and HAZMAT cargo 300 lbs and above. Work will be performed internationally and the performance period is from 1 Oct. 2008 to 30 Sept. 2012. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Electronic proposals were solicited and eight proposals received. The contracting activity is United States Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill 62225, (HTC711-08-D-5022).

Continental Airlines Inc., of Houston, Texas, 77002-7362 is being awarded an estimated $57,565,780 indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity, fixed price contract with a minimum guarantee of $2,500. The contract is for time definite, door-to-door transportation service for full pallet, less than full pallet, and outsized/oversized cargo shipments weighing 1-300 lbs (non WWX eligible) and other general, refrigerated, and HAZMAT cargo 300 lbs and above. Work will be performed internationally and the performance period is from 1 Oct. 2008 to 30 Sept. 2012. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Electronic proposals were solicited and eight proposals received. The contracting activity is United States Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., 62225, (HTC711-08-D-5023).

Evergreen International Airlines, of McMinnville of OR, 97128-8940 is being awarded an estimated $57,328,577 indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity, fixed price contract with a minimum guarantee of $2,500. The contract is for time definite, door-to-door transportation service for full pallet, less than full pallet, and outsized/oversized cargo shipments weighing 1-300 lbs (non WWX eligible) and other general, refrigerated, and HAZMAT cargo 300 lbs and above. Work will be performed internationally and the performance period is from 1 Oct. 2008 to 30 Sept. 2012. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Electronic proposals were solicited and eight proposals received. The contracting activity is United States Transportation Command, Directorate of Acquisition, Scott Air Force Base, Ill 62225, (HTC711-08-D-5024).

AIR FORCE

The Air Force is modifying a firm fixed price contract by exercising an option with Lear Siegler Services Inc. of Gaithersburg, Md., for $46,459,000. This action is to exercise option year two of the contract for contractor logistics support for the C-26B aircraft for the Army National Guard and the RC-26B aircraft for the Air National Guard, consisting of maintenance, repair, and support functions for the period of 1 Oct. 2008 through 30 Sept. 2009. At this time no funds have been obligated. Oklahoma City Air Logistic Center, 727 ACSG/PKC, Tinker AFB, Okla., is the contracting activity (FA8106-07-C-0004-P00037).

Moog Aircraft Group of East Aurora, N.Y., is being awarded a firm fixed price supply contract for $34,144,616. This action provides for C-5 Leading Edge Slat Actuator Shop Replacement Units. A modification will be issued to incorporate negotiated prices for option I. At this time $24,509,071 has been obligated. AFGLSC, 448 SCMG/PKHEA, Robins AFB, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8524-07-D-0009-0002).

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. of Norwalk, Conn., is being awarded a firm fixed price contract for $33,412,727. This action provides for 40 sets of Group B applicable to the AN/APN 241 Radar on the C-130 aircraft, and various C-130J Replenishment Spares. At this time all funds have been obligated. 330 ACSG/GFKA, Robins AFB, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8504-08-C-0003).

The Air Force is modifying a cost plus fixed fee contract with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics of Fort Worth, Texas, for $28,518,789. This action will provide additional sustainment activities including the replenishment of Readiness Spares packages (RSPs) one, two, and three, and additional Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP) projects. At this time all funds have been obligated. 478 AESW/PK, WPAFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8611-08-C-2897 P0005).

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., is being awarded a cost plus fixed fee contract for $24,966,612. This action will provide Survivability/Vulnerability Strategic Planning, Research and Analysis for the Intelligence, Operations, and Synchronization for United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Center for Special Operations (CSO). At this time $4,830,918 has been obligated. 55^th Contracting Squadron, 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380, DO: 0288).

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., is being awarded a cost plus fixed fee contract for $18,356,261. This action will provide Non-Kinetic Operations Intelligences Analysis to US Network Warfare and Critical Infrastructure Protection. At this time $289,866 has been obligated. 55^th Contracting Squadron, 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380, DO: 0286).

Northrop Grumman System Corporation Electronics Systems Section of Linthicum Heights, Md., is being awarded a time and materials, requirement type contract for an estimated $16,121,521. This action will provide for catastrophic level repair services for Programmable Signal processors (PSP) in support of the F-16 APG-68 Radar System. At this time no funds have been obligated. Department of the Air Force, 448 SCMS PKAB, Hill AFB, Utah is the contracting activity (FA8212-08-D-0005).

MW Clearing and Grading, Inc., of Blacksburg, S.C., is being awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for a maximum of $10 million. This action will provide the road paving projects to support Charleston AFB Civil Engineering. At this time no funds have been obligated. 437^th Contracting Squadron. LGCB, Charleston AFB, S.C., is the contracting activity (FA4418-08-D-0001).

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., is being awarded a cost plus fixed fee contract for $7,702,092. The action will provide Homeland Security mission blueprint implementation, technical operations and incident management analysis, and contingency planning to the Department of Homeland Security Office of Operations Coordination and Planning. At this time $1 million has been obligated. 55^th Contracting Squadron, 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380, DO: 0293).

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., of Herndon, Va., is being awarded a cost plus fixed fee contract for $7,249,134. This action will provide Information Operations (IO) support to Joint Information Operations Warfare Command (JIOWC). At this time $386,473 has been obligated. 55^th Contracting Squadron, 55 CONS/LGCD, Offutt AFB, Neb., is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380, DO: 0290).

The Air Force is modifying a firm fixed price contract with Ahntech, Inc., of San Diego, Calif., for $6,115,872. This action provides for Air Combat Training Systems (ACTS). At this time all funds have been obligated. AETC CONS/LGCU, Randolph AFB, Texas, is the contracting activity (F41689-02-D-0044, P00043).

MAPCO, Inc., of San Antonio, Texas, is being awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for $5,928,777. This action will provide a construction project at Laughlin AFB, Texas, to repair the airfields rows Y and CC. At this time all funds have been obligated. AFRL/PKSR, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-08-D-1465 (IDIQ)).

Missile Defense Agency Contract Award

BAE Systems Technical Solutions & Services, Inc. of Rockville, Md., is being awarded a $73,109,229 (maximum) indefinite- elivery, indefinite quantity fixed price contract for specialized technical and programmatic, advisory and assistance services. Work will be performed at BAE Systems Technical Solutions & Services, Inc., Huntsville, Al., and is expected to be complete by September 30, 2009. This is a sole source contract award. The contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Al., is the contracting activity (HQ0147-08-D-0002). Fiscal Year 2008 research and development funds will be used. The contract will be incrementally funded, and will obligate $4,444,898 FY-08 research and development funds on the first Task Order.

DMD, L.L.C. of Huntsville, AL, is being awarded a $40,306,960 (maximum) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, fixed price contract for specialized technical and programmatic, advisory and assistance services. Work will be performed at Huntsville, AL and is expected to be complete by September 30, 2009. This is a sole source contract award. The contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, AL is the contracting activity (HQ0147-08-D-0004). Fiscal Year 2008 research and development funds will be used. The contract will be incrementally funded, and will obligate $244,000 FY-08 research and development funds on the first Task Order.

Teledyne Solutions Inc. of Huntsville, Al., is being awarded a $155,628,079 (maximum) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity fixed price contract for specialized technical and programmatic, advisory and assistance services. Work will be performed at Huntsville, Al., and is expected to be complete by Sept. 30, 2009. This is a sole source contract award. The contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Al., is the contracting activity (HQ0147-08-D-0006). Fiscal Year 2008 research and development funds will be used. The contract will be incrementally funded, and will obligate $1,583,747 FY-08 research and development funds on the first Task Order. L-3 Communication Corp., L-3 System Co., of Camden, N.J., is being awarded a $19,377,606 (maximum) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, sole source contract for specialized technical and programmatic, advisory and assistance services. Work will be performed at L-3 Communications, Huntsville, Al., and is expected to be complete by September 30, 2009. This is a sole source contract award. The contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Al., is the contracting activity (HQ0147-08-D-0005). Fiscal Year 2008 research and development funds will be used. The contract will be incrementally funded, and will obligate $350,000 FY-08 research and development funds on the first Task Order.

TRICARE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY

United Concordia Co., Inc., Harrisburg, Pa., has been awarded a fixed price contract for the TRICARE Active Duty Dental Program (ADDP) effective Sept. 26, 2008, with dental healthcare services beginning Aug. 1, 2009. The contract provides dental coverage for Active Duty Service Members referred from military Dental Treatment Facilities for civilian care, and dental coverage for ADSMs under the Remote Active Duty Dental Program. The performance period includes a base year and five one-year option periods. The phase-in base period is Sept. 26, 2008 through Jul. 31, 2009. The options provide five full years of service. The contract includes associated administrative services such as customer service, provider reimbursement, and education. The value of the awarded phase-in base period is $7,062,033. The total estimated contract value for the base period and all unexercised options is $667,698,420. This contract was competitively procured via the TRICARE Management Activity e-solicitation Web site with three offers received. The Department of Defense, TRICARE Management Activity, is the contracting activity. The contract number is H94002-08-C-0004.

Special Ops Command Europe Showcases Professionalism, Capability

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service

STUTTGART, Germany, Sept. 26, 2008 - Civilian professionals traveling with the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference looked on today as special operators negotiated a military urban operations training site with realistic gunfire and smoke that duplicated the kind of real-world missions they've performed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The 47 conference participants spent several hours today with Green Berets of the Army's 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, and Naval Special Warfare Unit 2 SEALS. These units, along with the 352nd Special Operations Group at RAF Mildenhall in England, represent the maritime, ground and air components of Special Operations Command Europe.

Air Force Maj. Gen Frank J. Kisner, who took command of Special Operations Command Europe in May, described the host of missions that range from direct action, as demonstrated today, to non-combatant evacuation operations, to advising foreign militaries to help them build capacity.

U.S. European Command's special operators have deployed routinely since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, first pulling forward into Afghanistan, then into Iraq as well, Kisner said.

"A lot of folks have just come off of combat deployments, and they will tell you it is tremendous capability that they have," said Kisner. "But more importantly, it is tremendous capability that they are willing to share, not only as they bring new team members on, but also as we are working with other nations' forces both in Europe and in Afghanistan and Iraq."

1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group's Company C demonstrated some of that capability today during a mock deliberate assault operation on two buildings suspected of housing targets of interest.

"We have three principles for direct action: speed, surprise and violence of actions," said Army Maj. Pat Lange, company commander.

Special Forces A teams, with embedded Navy explosive ordnance elements, moved with silent precision toward the buildings before launching an all-out attack. "We try to go as quietly as we can for as long as we can," said Company C Sgt. Maj. Bob Irby. "I can't tell you how many people we get out of bed who never knew we were there."

As they sought out their targets, the special operators made split-second decisions, negotiating through buildings reconfigured regularly to keep them off-guard. "They're problem-solving at a high rate of speed, and normally in the middle of the night. They have to adjust to the unknown at a rapid pace," Lange said. "If it sounds confusing, it is."

"We manhunt for high-value targets," explained an armorer on the Special Forces A team who asked that his name not be used. "You can think of us as a scalpel. Sometimes you need a sledgehammer, and that's not us. We provide precision application of discriminatory fire."

The civilian leaders got some hands-on experience, live-firing some of the weapons special operators use: the MP5 9 mm machine gun, enhanced battle rifle, M14 7.62 mm rifle, P226 and P239 pistols, Mark 46 and 48 machine guns and an AK-47 assault rifle.

They also walked through a static display, where SEALS explained the diving, medical and communications equipment they use in their operations.

Kisner encouraged the civilians to chat with the troops about the operations they conduct and what motivates them to serve.

"They have phenomenal stories, some they will tell you and some they won't," he said. "They are from America, from the towns where you live, the states that you live in. And I consider them a phenomenal national treasure for having the courage and determination to go out and do what they do."

A Special Forces armorer who asked that his name not be used explained that every member of his unit is a four-time volunteer. All volunteered to join the Army, to go to Airborne School, to become Special Forces qualified, then to become part of EuCom's elite, quick strike force that serves as the EuCom commander's action arms in the most extreme circumstances.

Despite repeated separations from his family and the dangerous missions he's regularly called on to carry out, the armorer feels a deep-down sense of duty. "I think you see less and less people standing up for what they think is right," he said. "I do this because it's something I believe in.

"Someone has to do it. It has to be done. I am able, so it's my turn. One day it will be my son's turn, then after that, it will be his son's turn."

"My eyes are wide open, and I am in awe," Sally Prouty, president and CEO of The Corps Network, which oversees the nation's 113 Service and Conservation Corps, said after today's visit. "Seeing what I have seen today gives me a profound sense of pride and gratification."

JCOC is designed to familiarize civilian business, education and civic leaders with the military. The participants are wrapping up a week-long visit through EuCom visiting military installations and spending time with soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen.

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Air Force Disciplines 15 Senior Officers in Nuclear Nose Cone Fiasco

By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2008 - The Air Force has disciplined 15 senior officers, including six generals, in connection with the errant shipping of nuclear missile nose cones to Taiwan in 2006, officials announced today.

Acting Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley, right, and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz hold a press conference at the Pentagon, Sept. 25, 2008, to announce they have taken administrative actions against 15 officers found to have been negligent in the erroneous shipment, of four intercontinental ballistic missile nose-cone fuse assemblies to Taiwan in August, 2006. DoD photo by R. D. Ward
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The service took administrative actions against two lieutenant generals, two major generals, two brigadier generals and nine colonels, Acting Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley said. He and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz made the announcements at a Pentagon news conference.

In March 2008, the Air Force revealed that the U.S. military had regained control of four nuclear nose cone assemblies, which did not contain nuclear material, for a Minuteman missile mistakenly sent to Taiwan in 2006. After a review of the error, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates asked for the resignations of then-Air Force Secretary Michael W. Wynne and then-Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley.

"It has been an Air Force priority that airmen at all levels hold themselves to the highest standards of performance and that all airmen, therefore, remain accountable for their areas of responsibilities and the successful execution of their assigned missions," Donley said.

The acting secretary said no mission in the Air Force is more important than the service's central role in maintaining America's nuclear deterrent. The punishments he and Schwartz made grew out of recommendations from a report submitted by Navy Adm. Kirkwood Donald, the chief of the Navy's office of nuclear propulsion.

"These actions are administrative in nature but can carry with them substantial consequences for the careers of these officers, including their potential to command, to be promoted or to retire in their current grade," Donley said. "We recognize the years of dedicated service that these officers have given, but we cannot ignore the breaches of trust that have occurred on their watch."

Schwartz echoed the acting secretary in his comments about accountability. "The standards to which we must adhere are high, and that is for very good reason," the chief of staff said. "We are entrusted with the defense of the nation. In no area is that imperative greater than in the stewardship of our nation's nuclear enterprise. The very nature of the mission demands adherence to the highest standards of precision and reliability.

"Today we are taking action in response to a breakdown in adherence to those standards," he continued. "These officers are good people with otherwise distinguished careers spent in faithful service to the nation. They are not accused of intentional wrongdoing, but they did not do enough to carry out their leadership responsibilities for nuclear oversight. For that, they must be held accountable."

The officers involved received letters of reprimand, admonishment or counseling. The most serious is a letter of reprimand.

Lt. Gen. Kevin J. Sullivan received a letter of reprimand for not adequately addressing logistics policy deficiencies and for failing to correct previously identified systemic issues in Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, or ICBM, logistics. He also was cited for not exercising effective command oversight to recognize and correct deficiencies in ICBM depot maintenance and materiel control at the Ogden Air Logistics Center, Utah. Sullivan has requested retirement.

Lt. Gen. Michael A. Hamel received a letter of admonishment for not effectively exercising responsibility for ICBM system sustainment matters and for not effectively correcting deficiencies in engineering support of ICBM components while serving as commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center and Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space. Hamel had previously requested retirement.

Maj. Gen. Roger W. Burg received a letter of admonishment for not exercising effective command oversight of ICBM sustainment-related activities. He also did not identify and correct deficiencies in shipping and receiving sensitive components at ICBM bases in his current position as commander of 20th Air Force. Donley and Schwartz have determined that Burg is needed to restore effective stewardship of the ICBM force, and he will remain in command to continue corrective actions he has initiated.

Maj. Gen. Kathleen D. Close received a letter of admonishment for not exercising effective command oversight of depot maintenance, engineering activities and materiel control of sensitive components. She was cited for not recognizing weaknesses in the sensitive component supply chain, and for not correcting materiel control and maintenance deficiencies at Ogden Air Logistics Center. Donley and Schwartz determined that Close is needed to restore Air Force stewardship of the ICBM force, and she will remain in command to continue corrective actions she has initiated.

Brig. Gen. Francis M. Bruno was admonished for not exercising proper oversight to identify and correct weaknesses in logistics management and maintenance support for ICBM components, and for not taking adequate action to correct previously identified deficiencies at air logistics centers in his position as logistics director for Air Force Materiel Command. Bruno previously requested retirement.

Brig. Gen. Arthur B. Cameron III was admonished for not identifying and correcting deficiencies in depot maintenance operations involving sensitive components, for not ensuring proper materiel control of sensitive components when in the custody of maintenance personnel and for not taking adequate action to correct previously identified discrepancies in materiel control and maintenance while he served as a maintenance wing commander.

Five of the colonels received letters of reprimand, three letters of admonishment and one a letter of counseling.

"All who serve in uniform understand our obligation to the mission, to personal accountability and to order and discipline in our organizations," Schwartz said. "We will sustain our high standards, because the nature of our work depends on it. And our client, the American people, expect it."

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	Air Force Col. Eileen Collins made NASA history in 1999 as the first woman to command the space shuttle. Collins was attending Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., when NASA selected her for its astronaut program. NASA photo
	Neil A. Armstrong, a Navy fighter pilot who went on to become NASA's Apollo 11 mission commander, makes man's historic first step on the moon, July 20, 1969. NASA photo
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