About Your Speakers
Over 50 Senior-level Soldier Modernization Experts Confirmed Including:
Mr. Pat Berger was commissioned as a lieutenant of Infantry through Northern Michigan University’s ROTC program in 1974. His previous command and staff assignments include service with the 7th Infantry Division, Fort Ord, CA as an Infantry Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, Battalion S3 Air and Battalion S4 in the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry; Battalion Maintenance Officer, Company Commander, and S3 Air in the 4th Infantry Division’s 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Mr. Berger’s awards and decorations while on active duty included the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (4th Award), Army Commendation Medal (2nd Award), National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Ranger Tab, and Parachutist Badge. Mr. Berger is married to the former Deborah Register. They have one son, Shaun who is attending college at Berry College in Rome, GA
Born in Vancouver British Columbia, LCol Bodner joined the Canadian Forces in 1977. He has served in all three infantry battalions of the Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR) in various locations as well as at the RCR Battle School in Petawawa Ontario. He has commanded on operations in Croatia, has served two tours with NATO forces in Germany and was the Infantry Equipment Trials Officer at the Canadian Army Combat Training Centre for 3 years. A graduate of the Royal Military College Kingston, Command and Staff College Toronto and the one-year Long Armour-Infantry Course in the United Kingdom, has recently completed his second posting with the Army Headquarters staff in Ottawa. As Director Land Requirements 5 - Soldier Systems for the last 8 years, his 27-person section was responsible for the operational requirements, funding documents and R&D initiation in the areas of Small Arms, Weapons and Ammunition, Soldier Night Vision, Field Clothing, Load Carriage and Individual Equipment as well as equipment that supports Unique Operations. From 2001 to 2008, he was the Project Director for the Integrated Soldier System Project, a $310 million capital acquisition which was approved by Government on 28 Jul 2008. He also sponsored a considerable number of major and minor R&D projects on a wide variety of topics, receiving a Defence Research Canada Performance Excellence Award in 2004 for his contributions to then team executing the Soldier Information Requirements (SIREQ) Technology Demonstration. LCol Bodner has been involved in NATO Solder System activities since 1995. He served as Canada's representative on Working Group 3 (Soldier Systems) to Land Group 3 and hosted the May 1998 meeting in Ottawa. As the NATO Soldier System group evolved, he attended Topical Group 1 on Soldier Systems, Land Group 1 on Soldier Interoperability and in 2006 was the CAN Head of Delegation to Land Capability Group (LCG) 1 on Dismounted Soldiers and Chairman of the LCG 1 Soldier Capability Analysis Group. In Dec 2007, the NATO Army Armaments Group accepted him as the second Chairman for LCG 1 on Dismounted Soldiers. This current group has a broad mandate for the standardization of NATO Small Arms Ammunition, Soldier Weapon and Sensors, Head-borne Systems, Clothing, Load Carriage and Individual Equipment and well as Dismounted C4I, Power and Battlefield Combat ID. LCol Bodner remains in Ottawa, recently posted to the Science and Technology HQ in the Directorate of Science and Technology Land and remains focused on Soldier System R&D.
Colonel Buckles is the Program Manager for the Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicles (LAV), Marine Corps Systems Command in Warren, Michigan. He is responsible for the Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC), LAV-A2 Survivability Upgrade, the Improved Thermal Sight, the LAV-C2 Upgrade, Rapid Acquisitions and Modifications, and the procurement of LAVs for FMS.
Patrick Cantwell entered military service during his university education at the United States Naval Academy. Upon graduating with a degree in naval engineering, Patrick accepted a commission in the United States Marine Corps and served eight years as an infantry officer. Following his military service, Patrick spent a year as a survivability and lethality engineer for the Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Agency. In early 2007 Patrick entered his current position as Optics, Small Arms, Crew Served and Anti-Armor Weapons Capabilities Integration Officer with Headquarters Marine Corps. Patrick also has a master’s degree from the George Washington University in Engineering Management.
Tom Conway is the Senior Engineer at the US Army Project Manager for Night Vision/Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (PM NV/RSTA) and is responsible for technology transition from industry and laboratories into PM NV/RSTA acquisition programs, as well as the Project Lead on large ‘short fuse’ efforts in support of urgent theater requirements. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering, MS in Biomedical Engineering and patents in infrared technology.
As director of the EDGE Innovation Network, Pete is responsible for leading the EDGE presence including subject matter experts, facilities and laboratories in the fielding new or improved technology to warfighters and first responders worldwide in timeframes much faster than the typical acquisition cycle. Pete is a key contributor to new project development within the EDGE. He is also develops long-range strategy objectives to ensure continued growth of the EDGE network which is over 100 member organization strong.
Prior to joining General Dynamics C4 Systems as director of the EDGE, Pete performed over 32 years of active service as a commissioned officer in the United States Army, retiring in 2008 as a Brigadier General. His experience in the Army includes a wide range of assignments in the Infantry, both stateside and abroad.
His most recent assignments include commanding the Battle Command Training Program (BCTP) at the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. BCTP is a simulation based virtual training environment focusing on training Brigade, Division and Army Commanders and Staff on battle command, C4ISR systems and processes. Upon promotion to Brigadier General, Pete served as deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and assessment for operations for the Multi-national Force in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was then selected for Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Infantry Division in Europe where he was responsible for the division’s logistics operations and its re-stationing from Germany to Fort Riley, Kan.
In 2005, Pete was assigned to serve as the Director of Accelerated Capabilities Development for the Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) at Fort Monroe, Va. He managed a broad capabilities development portfolio with responsibility for the development and integration of Department of the Army future and current fight capabilities documents as well as Science and Technology capability documents for the Army and Joint and Multi-National forces.
Pete was also instrumental in championing the Army’s recent push into understanding and improving the relationship between the Soldier and technology. This is one aspect of the Human Dimension (HD) capabilities development initiative that encompasses the moral, physical, and cognitive components of Soldier development and performance.
Pete’s experience as a thought leader in Human Dimension has kept him at the forefront of technology discovery and allowed him to interact with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), industry and academia. He is applying this experience to move the EDGE Innovation Network to the next level, keeping it at the forefront of understanding the technology gaps warfighters face and developing new ways for the warfighter to assess and manage information.
Pete received his bachelors of science in electrical engineering and computer science from the United States Military Academy and a masters of arts in National Securities studies from the University of California San Bernardino. He also has two masters of military arts and science in operation and operational art from the US Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Pete is based in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Steve Fisher was born in Washington, D.C. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1969 and was commissioned an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps. His tours of duty included assignments in Vietnam as an infantry platoon commander, Japan, Korea, London, the Mediterranean during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, and various operational and headquarters assignments throughout the world. He has served with all three Marine Corps infantry divisions and Marine Expeditionary Forces.
Colonel Fisher retired from the Marine Corps in 1996 after 28 years. His last assignment was as the Chief of Staff at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. He is currently the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Liaison Officer with the First Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. The office manages research, development, and funding of innovative military equipment, technologies, and concepts. He has deployed eight times, for nearly 24 months, to the Iraq theater of operations, to identify capability gaps, and tactics, techniques, technologies or procedures for deployed Marine forces. He returned from his 5th deployment to Camp Fallujah, Iraq, November 1st 2007. Colonel Fisher is also an Associate Professor, Adjunct Faculty of the Baltic Defense College, Tartu, Estonia.
He also volunteers his time as the President of the Marine Executive Association West Coast, an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that assists Marines transitioning to the civilian workplace.
Dr. Marilyn Miller Freeman was selected to the Senior Executive Service in September 2007 and appointed to her position as the Director of the US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center. She is responsible for the planning, programming, coordination, and execution of the total research, development, and engineering program dedicated to the sustainment and protection of the nation’s combat forces from the stresses of war through functionally suitable food, clothing, airborne and airdrop equipment, tactical shelters, and organizational and personal equipment.
Enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1980. Awarded an NROTC scholarship to attend the University of Southern California from 1981 through 1985; graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Business Management. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in May of 1985. Served in various positions in the operating forces of the Marine Corps, and at Marine Corps Systems Command. Received a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) in 1991. Medically retired from the Marine Corps in 1997 and returned to the Marine Corps as a Civilian employee later that same year. Served as Deputy Program Manager for Infantry Weapons, Deputy Program Manager for Non-Lethal Weapons, and the Program Manager for Infantry Weapons. And the Program Manager for the Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad. Lead the Source Selection for the M-ATV and is currently serving as the Principle Civilian Deputy Program Manager for the MRAP program since 2007. Has obtained Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. Graduated ICAF in June 2007 with a Masters Degree in Strategic Defense Resource Management. Level III DAWIA certified in PM and Log, Graduate of the Senior Acquisition Course and the ACAT I Program Managers Course. Has won various awards including the David Packard Award.
Val Horvatich is the Director of Integrated Warfighter Systems & Advanced Programs for BAE Systems’ Phoenix based Personnel Protection Systems. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from California State University, San Jose and has developed and integrated innovative vehicle and personnel survivability systems and technologies for more than twenty-four years. In 2006, Mr Horvatich received an award from TARDEC recognizing his achievements and contributions to the improvement of survivability for platforms and warfighters.
In the summer of 2006, Brigadier General Miller was assigned as the Assistant Chief of Staff of US European Command and held that billet until re-assignment to Headquarters, Marine Corps Combat Development Command in the summer of 2008. He served as Director of the Joint Capabilities Assessment and Integration Directorate, the Marine Corps representative to the Joint Capabilities Board. In June of 2009, he was assigned to his current billet as the Director of Capabilities Development Directorate Brigadier General Miller's awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with Gold Star, Bronze Star with "V", Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star, Navy Commendation Medal with Gold Star and the Navy Achievement Medal. Brigadier General Miller has a Masters Degree in Curriculum Design. He is married to the former Marcela Davila and has three daughters and four Grand-children.
Colonel David W. (Wil) Riggins was born in Lawton, Oklahoma and raised in Salem, Virginia. He graduated from the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point in 1987 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Over the next decade, he served in a variety of operational command and staff positions in the 82nd Airborne Division, 75th Ranger Regiment, and Joint Special Operations Command.
He attended graduate school at the University of Virginia and received a Master of Science degree in Systems Engineering in May 1997. In 1998, he began his career in Research, Development and Acquisition (RDA) at Fort Belvoir, Virginia as a liaison officer for Special Operations with the Program Executive Officer for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors. Other RDA assignments include Headquarters, United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Program Executive Officer for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation in Orlando, FL, and service in the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management. In September 2008, he assumed duties as the Project Manager for Soldier Warrior with the Program Executive Officer, Soldier.
COL Riggins is a combat veteran of Operations Just Cause, Desert Shield/Storm, and Enduring Freedom. He is a graduate of the Command and General Staff Officers’ Course as well as the Senior Service College Fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin. His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Meritorious Service Medal (4), the Master Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge and the U.S. Army Ranger Tab. He also holds an Airline Transport Pilot’s license and fixed-wing Flight Instructor license, with over 3,500 flight hours.
Colonel Paul Roege is developing the program to build a highly sustainable ground force. Drawing upon personal experience and shared insights from current operations, he is using a collaborative approach to assemble the concept, architecture and development plan for a force that can sustain operations in a future asymmetric, decentralized environment.
Retired General (Dr.) Robert Scales is one of America’s best known and most respected authorities on land warfare. He is currently President of Colgen, Inc, a consulting firm specializing in issues relating to landpower, wargaming and strategic leadership. Prior to joining the private sector Dr. Scales served over thirty years in the Army, retiring as a Major General. He commanded two units in Vietnam, winning the Silver Star for action during the battles around Dong Ap Bia (Hamburger Hill) during the summer of 1969. Subsequently, he served in command and staff positions in the United States, Germany, and Korea and ended his military career as Commandant of the United States Army War College. In 1995 he created the Army After Next program which was the Army’s first attempt to build a strategic game and operational concept for future land warfare. He has written and lectured on warfare to academic, government, military, and business groups in the United States, Australia, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and South America. He is the author of two books on military history: Certain Victory, the official account of the Army in the Gulf War and Firepower in Limited War, a history of the evolution of firepower doctrine since the end of the Korean War. In addition he is an authority on contemporary and future warfare. Concepts and ideas contained in his writings and studies have significant influenced the course of contemporary modernization and reform within the military. He has written two books on the theory of warfare: Future Warfare, a strategic anthology on America’s wars to come and Yellow Smoke: the Future of Land Warfare for America’s Military. He was the only serving officer to have written books subsequently selected for inclusion in the official reading lists of three services; Certain Victory for the Army, Firepower for the Marine Corps and Yellow Smoke for the Navy. Congressman Ike Skelton has included Yellow Smoke in his National Security Book List sponsored by National Defense University. His latest work, The Iraq War: a Military History, written with Williamson Murray has been reviewed very favorably by the New York Times, Atlantic and Foreign Affairs. He is a frequent consultant with the senior leadership of every service in the Department of Defense as well as Congress and many allied militaries. He is senior military analyst for The BBC, National Public Radio and Fox News Network. He has appeared as a commentator on The History Channel., The Discovery Channel, PBS, TLC and Star Television. His commentary is carried frequently on all major television outlets in the Peoples Republic of China. He has written for and been frequently quoted in The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, Roll Call and virtually every service defense periodical and media network on issues relating to military history, future warfare and defense policy. He is a graduate of West Point and earned his PhD in history from Duke University.
Mr. Douglas Bryce is responsible for the research, development, acquisition, and life cycle management for all programs that protect our Joint warfighters against chemical biological weapons.
Mr. Bryce is a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College and a Level III certified, board selected, Program Manager. He is also a member of the Acquisition Professional Community. He has over 18 years experience in the acquisition of military and commercial products.
Mr. Bryce’s background is in Nuclear Biological and Chemical Defense. He served in the Marine Corps for 20 years, with 15 of those serving as an NBC Defense Specialist and/or officer. In 1988 Mr. Bryce reported to the Marine Corps Research Development and Acquisition Command to become a project officer in the NBC Defense Program Office. Four years after arriving he retired from the Marine Corps and became the Deputy Program Manager for NBC Defense and served in that capacity for six years. For the next four years, he served as both the Program Manager for NBC Defense Systems and the Program Manager for the Marine Individual Combat Clothing and Equipment. He was responsible for more than 300 systems in the acquisition cycle and the Life Cycle Manager for more than 1,000 systems. From 1995 to 2003, he served as the Marine Corps’ Joint Service Materiel Group representative for Chemical Biological Defense. In April 2003, Mr. Bryce was assigned as the Joint Project Manager for Individual Protection under the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense. In February 2005, Mr. Bryce became the Deputy Joint Program Executive Officer for Chemical and Biological Defense.
He has been associated with the Marine Corps for more than 34 years.
He is married to Ms. Stephanie Seay and between them have six children; Cathy, Shelley, Douglas Jr, Melissa, Frank, and Bobbi Jean.
Since June 2008, Colonel Douglas Tamilio has served as Project Manager (PM) for Soldier Weapons reporting to Program Executive Officer (PEO) Soldier. In this role, COL Tamilio has full line authority for PM Soldier Weapons, which supports Soldiers through the development, production, fielding and sustainment of current and future weapons systems, ammunition, and associated target acquisition/fire control products.
COL Tamilio began his Army career in 1981 and has served in a wide variety of command and staff positions. Prior to this assignment he was the commander of the West Desert Test Center, Dugway Proving Ground, Utah; Deputy Director of Acquisition, Rapid Equipping Force, Fort Belvoir, VA; Department of Army System Coordinator for Hellfire Missiles, Line-of-Sight Anti-Tank Weapon System, and the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Acquisition Logistics and Technology, Pentagon; Assistant Program Manager, Javelin Program Office, PEO Tactical Missiles, Redstone Arsenal, AL; Test Officer, TEXCOM, Fort Hood, TX; Operations Officer and Chief Instructor, Army ROTC, Princeton University, NJ; Company Executive Officer, Battalion S4, and Mechanized Rifle Company Commander, 5th Battalion 8th Infantry Division, Mainz Germany; Mechanized Rifle Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer, 1st Battalion 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, CO.
COL Tamilio’s academic achievements are extensive. After graduating from Salem State College in 1985, he received a regular Army commission as an Infantry Officer. He received a MS in Systems Management from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, in 1996 and a MA in National Security and Strategic Studies and JPME Phase II credit from the Naval War College, in Newport, RI. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the Executive Program Management Course, the U.S. Army Infantry Officer Advance and Basic Courses, and the U.S. Army Airborne and Air Assault schools and the U.S.M.C. Rappel Master School.
His awards and decorations include: Meritorious Service Medal, with five oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, with five oak leaf clusters, Reserve Component Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, with one oak leaf cluster, Korea Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Army Superior Unit Award, Army Staff Badge, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Parachutists Badge, and the Air Assault Badge. He is married to Amy Tamilio and they have a daughter, Ella, and a son, Douglas.
Brigadier-General Alain Tremblay enrolled in the Canadian Forces in 1977 and graduated from the Royal Military College, St-Jean, five years later. Between 1982 and 1996, he cumulated command and staff positions with the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment; 1st Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment in Lahr, Germany; with the Headquarters 5e Groupe Brigade du Canada in Valcartier; with the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment; and finally at [the] National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa and [in] the National Defence Operations Centre.
In April 1996, he was posted to the United Nations Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina as military advisor to the Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary-General. Between October 1997 and July 1999, he assumed command of the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment. Afterwards, he was posted again to [the] National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, in the Deputy Chief of Defence Staff Group. Promoted to colonel in June 2001, he assumed the direction of the Canadian Forces Recruitment Group in July 2001. He was deployed to Afghanistan in 2004 as the Commander of the Canadian Task Force. In 2005, BGen Tremblay attended the National Security Studies Course at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto. He was then selected to be part of the Canadian Forces Transformation Team. In January 2006, he was appointed as a Senior Policy Advisor
Mr. Wilson is a professional Engineer with 27 years of experience with Marine Corps Command and Control (C2), Communications and Networking Systems engineering design, procurement, installation and tactical operations. He is a retired Marine Corps officer with over 22 years as an active duty C2 Systems officer and has extensive knowledge of the Marine Corps and Joint systems.
His practical experience is based on his performance as the Operations Officer / Systems Planning and Engineering Officer in combat operations during both Desert Storm and Somalia. During these tours he led the design and installation of large scale tactical networks and telecommunications infrastructures for data, voice and video capabilities at units ranging from Battalions to the Marine Division. Mr. Wilson has extensive experience in Naval Amphibious operations as he was assigned as the Amphibious Communications Planning Officer for the Commander of Amphibious Group 2 in Okinawa. In 1995 he was transferred to Headquarters Marine Corps where he began his acquisition work as the Marine Corps’ Amphibious Systems Integration Officer. He worked directly with the Navy in the development, design, and maintenance of new ships such as the LPD-17 and LHD (5, 6, 7). Additionally, during this period, Mr. Wilson completed his firstMasters of Science Degree from the University of Maryland with a degree in Telecommunications Systems.
In June 1998, Mr. Wilson transferred to the Naval Postgraduate School where he completed his second Post-graduate degree, a Masters of Science in Computer Science. Mr. Wilson's focus at NPS was in the area of computer security and networking. He assumed the role as network and protocol engineer for the school's Multi-level Secure Local Area Network Project and completed his thesis entitled "A Communication Protocol Framework for Multi-level Secure Local Area Networks."
Following his graduation from NPS s 2000, Mr. Wilson gained his Defense Acquisition Certification for Program Management and was assigned to the Marine Corps Systems Command. He worked for five years with hands on acquisition experience as the Assistant Program Manager for tactical radios followed by a three year tour as Program Manager for Communications and Network Systems. During this period he developed the Marine Corps tactical radio transition strategy to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. This plan provided the Marine Corps an approach to upgrade its aging contingent of tactical radios to support the war effort while maintaining its acquisition strategy to procure the JTRS radio once available. In lieu of a system engineer within the PM, he also performed the Systems Engineering functions for the successful design and development of Programs such as the Support Wide Area Network (SWAN), C2 on the Move Digital Over Horizon Relay (CONDOR), and the Lightweight Multiband Satellite Terminal (LMST).
Following his retirement in 2005, Mr. Wilson has been working as a Government Civilian engineer within Marine Corps Systems Command Engineering Directorate providing architectural integration and engineering analysis for the MAGTF’s capabilities. His primary areas of focus have been to lead the Systems Command in alignment of the Systems Architecture development and Interoperability and Supportability Certification processes. This includes using his computer science background to design and development of a single authoritative data source for Systems Engineering data know as the MAGTF Collaborative Architecture Environment (MCAE). Mr. Wilson additionally leads the engineering convergence between the US Army and Marine Corps in support of the Army Marine Corps Board; acts as the Mission Area Chief Engineer (MACE) representative with ASN RDA CHSENG for Mission Level Architectures development for the Land Force domain; and leads the NATO Dismounted Soldier C4I and Systems Architecture Working Group to define the standards for data systems coalition interoperability at the Soldier system level.
Mr. Wilson has completed Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training and is a Certified Enterprise Architect. During the past year he completed the Senior Executive Leadership development program from George Washington University.
Mr. Wilson lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia where he is married to the former Theresa Ann Chainer and has five children, Benjamin (15), Stephanie (13) Julia (9), Katherine (6) and Jacob (5).
Colonel Shannon Womack was commissioned in 1986 through ROTC at Arkansas Tech University. Upon completion of the Armor Officer Basic Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky, he was assigned as an M60A3 Tank Platoon Leader in the 2-72nd Armor at Camp Casey, Korea. After 12 months in Korea, he served as an M1A1 Tank Platoon Leader, Tank Company Executive Officer and Battalion S3 Air in the 2-37th Armor, Vilseck, Germany followed by M1A1 Tank Company Command in the1-34th Armor at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Colonel Womack received a Masters of Science in Acquisition Management from the Florida Institute of Technology and subsequently served as an Installation Support Contracting Officer at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois and a Contingency Contracting Officer with the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Following Command and General Staff College, Colonel Womack served as an Apache Helicopter Contracting Officer at Redstone Arsenal and deployed to Baghdad to serve as the Chief of the Public Works/Water Contracting Sector in the Coalition Provisional Authority.
Colonel Womack served as an Assistant Project Manager in the Lower Tier Project Office, the Deputy Product Manager in the Joint Tactical Ground Station Product Office and was the Air Warrior Product Manager. Colonel Womack is currently the RDECOM Science and Technology advisor to III Corps and is selected to be the next Defense Contract Management Agency – Phoenix Commander.
Colonel Womack’s awards include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster and the Army Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters.