RDECOM leaders urge deploying team to engage with Warfighters

Command Sgt. Major Hector Marin speaks March 21 to RDECOM civilians and Soldiers who are preparing to deploy.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — Scientists and engineers deploying to Afghanistan need to make Warfighters aware of the Army’s technical solutions, Command Sgt. Major Hector Marin said March 21.

U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s senior officer, Maj. Gen. Nick Justice, and senior noncommissioned officer spoke to RDECOM civilians and Soldiers attending orientation and reach-back training in preparation for deployment.

“You have to get out there and get hands-on with the Warfighter,” Marin said. “You have to understand the capabilities of the command.”

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