ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command changed leaders Feb. 10, welcoming a civilian executive at the helm for the first time. Dale A. Ormond assumed responsibility in a ceremony at the APG Post Theater. About 500 Soldiers, Army civilians and local elected officials attended Ormond’s introduction [...]
Maj. Gen. Nick Justice reflects on his tour at RDECOM, APG
By Mr. Dan Lafontaine (RDECOM) ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Maj. Gen. Nick Justice will retire Feb. 13 after 42 years of U.S. Army service. He assumed command of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Dec. 4, 2009, from Maj. Gen. Paul Izzo. Dale Ormond will become RDECOM’s acting director Feb. 10. The [...]
APG leadership briefs Congressional staffers
APG senior commander Maj. Gen. Nick Justice talks with staff from Maryland’s Congressional delegation March 30 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — The installation is quickly becoming the U.S. Army’s hub for science and technology, APG senior commander Maj. Gen. Nick Justice told staff from Maryland’s Congressional delegation March 30. [...]
RDECOM selects top NCO, Soldier
Spc. Bernard Quackenbush, an avionics and survivability repair technician from the Army Research Laboratory, navigates over, around and through an obstacle course March 30 as part of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s week-long Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year competition. ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — The “best of the best” [...]
APG honors Maryland National Guard unit as it deploys
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — Hundreds gathered inside the Maj. Gen. Warren D. Hodges Armory Feb. 26 to exchange handshakes, hugs, kisses and goodbyes. Seventy-seven Soldiers, flanked by family and friends, prepared for deployment on a sunny, brisk morning. Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment and detachments of the Maryland Army National Guard [...]
RDECOM organizes to maximize integration
The commander of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, gathered his military and civilian staff at the Edgewood Area Conference Center Oct. 4 to inaugurate the organization’s future. The emphasis, Maj. Gen. Nick Justice said, is on integration. “We don’t want an all-star team,” Justice said. “What we want is the best team [...]
APG Commander briefs acquisition officers
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — Aberdeen Proving Ground’s senior leader talked with Army acquisition officers Aug. 30 at the at the Top of the Bay Club. Major Gen. Nick Justice, Research Development and Engineering Command and Aberdeen Proving Ground commanding general is also the Senior Regional Acquisition Official. The commander discussed the regionalization process and [...]
RDECOM commander named ‘Military Leader of the Year’
SAN FRANCISCO — The Association of Defense Communities named Maj. Gen. Nick Justice its Military Leader of the Year in a ceremony here Aug. 10. The commanding general of the Research, Development and Engineering Command and Aberdeen Proving Ground was singled out for the prestigious award for his work inside and outside the APG gates [...]
U.S. Army technologies to star at inaugural Maker Faire Detroit
“What better place to showcase the technologies our scientists and engineers are developing to give the American Warfighter superiority on the battlefield?” — Maj. Gen. Nick Justice




