OGSystems has announced a series of leadership changes as CEO and Co-founder Omar Balkissoon transitions to the role of board chairman of the Chantilly, Virginia-based defense and intelligence technology contractor. Garrett Pagon, OGSystems president and co-founder, will succeed Balkissoon as CEO of the company, OGSystems said Tuesday. Balkissoon wi...
Sean Stackley, former acting secretary of the U.S. Navy, has been appointed corporate vice president for strategic advanced programs and technology at L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL). L3 said Monday Stackley will report to Heidi Wood, senior VP for corporate strategy and technology, and oversee growth strategies intended to synchronize the com...
Weekly Roundup January 1 – January 5, 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week, let™s take a look at the first executive moves of 2018 and the closing executive moves of 2017. Recent executive moves include: Roger Mason joined Peraton as pres...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4rTsLRdpsQ Any Clime or Place Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, and Republic of Korea Marines with 2nd ROK Reconnaissance Battalion conduct training in cold weather conditions. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Cpl. Brett Norman)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB6QXtoyyC8 Marines with the Logistics Combat Element, Special Purpose MAGTF – Crisis Response – Central Command conducted a live-fire convoy exercise to prepare for future operations. U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Conner Robbins...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 29, 2017 ” Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has partnered with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to offer training to military service members for potential civilian careers in information technology, science, technology, engineering and math, GovCon Executive reported Thursday. The U.S. Marine Corps said Saturday the ER...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElRddx04aQ0 “Every day we wake up, we need to become better men to fill the shoes they left for us.” Marines from 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion‹ honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice from their battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Ally Beiswanger)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLcPWlIwIDY Marines in the Infantry Unit Leaders Course complete their final exercise before graduation aboard Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 02, 2017. The Advanced Infantry Training Battalion conducts military occupational specialty validation and qualification for advanced infantry skill progression training to en...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArO00DwKBgA Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 17.2 execute a two-day cold weather range consisting of firing different machine gun systems and creating and setting off demolition charges. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Brandon Thomas)...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 11, 2017 ” A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit will supply gun turrets for the U.S. Marine Corps‘ AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters under a $9.1 million delivery order that also includes foreign military sales to Pakistan, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Defense Department said Thursday Genera...
