If you want to talk about work, the place to do it is the RDECOM milBlog on milSuite. The site requires your AKO credentials, or common-access card for entry. Once there, you can view comments, posts, start a conversation or check out the new media communications tools of milBlog, milWiki and milBook. “It’s all about sharing knowledge,” said Research, Development and Engineering Command Deputy Chief of Staff Dick Belmonte. “I encourage all RDECOM employees to stay in touch with what’s happening, share what they know and learn from others.”

The milSuite knowledge sharing tools are getting a lot of media attention. Last month, the Information Division of MilTech Solutions (at Fort Monmouth) conducted a “media blitz” promoting milBook. According to milSuite Product Lead Todd Miller, “In just minutes a journalist from AdWeek picked-up the news and tweeted a screencap to his 9,888 followers. Shortly thereafter it was viewed 90 times on twitter and retweeted 4 times. By COB Wednesday the story appeared on dozens of sites including MSNBC and Yahoo News. It was also translated into Spanish for a foreign technology blog, and we were contacted by numerous sites and papers for interviews.”

Here’s a sample what people are saying:
Yahoo!
MSNBC
Dominican Blog
FCW
Shiny TV
Twitpic
ZDNet
Live Science
Twitter
Gadgets
FCW.com
Tom’s Guide

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“Soldiers can’t leap tall buildings in a single bound, yet. Seeing through walls — that’s a different story. Later this year, American troops fighting in Afghanistan will begin to get gadgets designed to peer inside buildings and detect the heartbeat of people buried under rubble,” writes David Pierce for Wired’s Danger Room. “It’s not exactly Superman’s x-ray vision. But it’s not that far way from it, either.”

Actually, Army Technology Live’s Matthew Hickman wrote about this wonder being demonstrated to Army Secretary John McHugh at a public display Jan. 9!

You can check out Wired’s story too.

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“What better symbol than a lighthouse?” Maj. Gen. Nick Justice asked an audience about the Aberdeen Proving Ground transformation. Justice is the commanding general for the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command and the installation commander for APG. “Aberdeen Proving Ground is lighting a path to the future,” he said.

Pooles Island Light is the oldest lighthouse still standing in Maryland and the fourth oldest in the Chesapeake Bay area.

As part of the Base Realignment and Closure process, organizations are beginning to move leadership positions to APG. The top civilian CECOM LCMC employee began work Monday in temporary office space at APG, “a critical milestone in a series of events that will center the 8,500-person-strong command at its new location later this year,” writes Timothy Rider, Fort Monmouth Public Affairs. Read more…

TACOM gets new leader

HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (Jan. 29, 2010) — In a formal ceremony held this afternoon at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Major General Kurt J. Stein took over as the commander of the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC), succeeding outgoing commander Major General Scott G. West.

Officiating at the ceremony was U.S. Army Materiel Command Commander General Ann E. Dunwoody.

Stein received a warm welcome by the workforce, and he told the crowd how excited he was to be at TACOM. “I can say without any hesitation that this command has a great reputation of meeting the needs of the Warfighter on time, every time,” Stein commented. “You are members of a world class service and, I thank you for your service.”

Stein previously served in Iraq as the Deputy Chief of Staff, Multi-National Force – Iraq, Combined Joint 1/4/8. He has commanded at every level from company through theater support command and held a wide variety of important staff positions.

West served as TACOM commanding general since April 2008. During the ceremony he retired from the Army after over 33 years of active duty service.

The U.S. Army and University of Delaware entered into a research and development partnership Jan. 26. Army Technology Live’s David McNally has this report. If access to YouTube is blocked, the story is also posted to Vimeo.

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This agreement we’re signing this morning is an example of the hundreds of partnerships RDECOM has with academia and industry globally. The CRADA leverages the best technology from around the world to ensure our Soldiers have the best technology available now and in the future!