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From left to right: Ki Sang Yi, Army Military Pay Office Korea Debt Management and Reserve Pay Section lead; Patty White; Patty White, AMPO Korea director; Daniel M. Hancock, U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys deputy to the commander; Mary Jelev, U.S. Army Financial Management Command Military Pay Operations director; Col. Nicholas Paavola, Eighth Army assistant chief of staff (G8); and Hyuk Mun, AMPO Korea deputy director, cut a ribbon at a special ceremony opening AMPO Korea at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Oct. 31, 2024. USAFMCOM opened the new AMPO on Camp Humphreys as well as two satellite locations at Camps Walker and Casey. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Kianna Scott)

AMPO opens as MilPay in Korea transitions to USAFMCOM

In Korea, the leaves aren’t the only things changing as the U.S. Army’s military pay mission there transitioned from military to civilians for the first time. Officially heralding in this new era of military pay support, the U.S. Army Financial Management Command, headquartered out of Indianapolis, opened a new Army Military Pay Office during a special ribbon cutting ceremony at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Oct. 31.

A graphic shows the latest U.S. Army Finance and Comptroller Podcast is online Sept. 24, 2024. The FC Podcast aims to educate and inform members of the Army FC community across all three components. (U.S. Army graphic by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Army Finance, Comptroller community launches podcast

The U.S. Army Finance and Comptroller community launched a new podcast recently aimed at keeping FC professionals across the Army informed and engaged. The first two episodes of “At Your Service” were made available through the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, or DVIDS, Sept. 24, and they can be found wherever listeners get their podcasts.

Col. Michelle M. Williams, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commander, presents a Maj. Gen. Nathan Towson Regimental Medallion to Waylon Vinson, USAFMCOM human resources specialist, at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis Sept. 4, 2024. The Towson was established by the U.S. Army Finance Corps Association on May 7, 1993, to recognize exceptional achievement or exemplary service by currently serving U.S. Army finance and comptroller commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, enlisted Soldiers and civilians demonstrating exceptional leadership and whose accomplishments clearly distinguish them from their peers. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

USAFMCOM finance leaders awarded Towson Medallions

With nearly a combined six decades serving Soldiers, Army civilians and their families with exemplary finance and comptroller expertise, two USAFMCOM leaders were recently awarded one of the Army Finance Corps’ major awards. Col. Kevin D. Pierce, U.S. Army Financial Management Command chief of staff, and retired 1st Sgt. Waylon Vinson, USAFMCOM human resources specialist, were awarded the 893rd and 896th awards of the Maj. Gen. Nathan Towson Regimental Medallion during a USAFMCOM town hall at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis Sept. 4.

Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth (left) presents the 62nd Annual Pace military award to Maj. Arthur Middlebrooks, Lead Program Analyst for Army Aviation platforms, modernization, enabling effects, and Special Access Programs, Headquarters Department of the Army, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Sept. 5, 2024. The Pace award is based on performance and completion of significant staff assignments that benefit the Army by providing substantial financial savings, or technological or military development. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Resnick)

OASA FM&C’s Mueller, HQDA G-8’s Middlebrooks recognized with Army Pace Awards

Tabetha Mueller, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller Financial Information Management directorate audit data lead, and Maj. Arthur Middlebrooks, U.S. Army G-8 Army Aviation platforms, modernization, enabling effects, and special access programs lead program analyst, were recognized with Department of the Army Pace Awards at a Pentagon ceremony Sept. 5.

Members of the U.S. Army’s 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Command pose for a photo at the 2024 Society of Defense Financial Managers Professional Development Institute in Phoenix May 29, 2024. Pictured from the left are Staff Sgt. Pheng Thao, William Ruffin, Dale Ryan, Kevin Funcheon, Emilie Herold-Webber, Keila Andinocolon, Cheryl Morgan and Janita Sims. (U.S. Army photo)

First impressions last: PDI reflections from Army’s first-time attendees

Emilie Herold-Webber, Deputy G8 with the U.S. Army 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Command, made a memorable entrance at the 2024 Society of Defense Financial Management Professional Development Institute in Phoenix. She was leading her group of first-time PDI participants through the convention center when she caught the attention of Hon. Caral Spangler, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller. Read on to explore the unique perspectives of first-time PDI attendees from Herold-Webber’s team. These individual narratives paint a vivid picture of the PDI’s impact on understanding their role within the Army and DoD and building this unique community.

Caral E. Spangler, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller, delivers opening remarks launching Army Community Day during the Society of Defense Financial Management’s Profession Development Institute in Phoenix May 29, 2024. The PDI was a chance for the Army’s finance and comptroller organizations to come together, share best practices, solve shared problems, and professionally develop Soldiers and Army civilian employees. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Revolutionizing Army Finance at the 2024 SDFM PDI

The 2024 Society of Defense Financial Management Professional Development Institute conference, held in the vibrant city of Phoenix, was a landmark gathering for financial management professionals. The Army Community Day sessions on May 29 provided a comprehensive overview of the current financial landscape and a forecast of what lies ahead. It also served as a platform to acknowledge the remarkable commitment, creativity, and leadership exhibited by individuals and teams with the presentation of the FY 2023 Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management & Comptroller awards.

Col. Robert L. Le'iato, commandant of the Finance and Comptroller School and chief of the Finance Corps, receives the school colors from Col. Jason T. Edwards, Soldier Support Institute commander during a ceremon held in the institute's auditorium, July 30, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Robert Timmons)

Le'iato becomes 43rd FCS commandant

Col. Robert L. Le’iato returned to Fort Jackson to become the 43rd U.S. Army Finance and Comptroller School commandant and Chief of the Finance Corps. Le’iato assumed his new responsibilities when he received the FCS colors from Col. Jason T. Edwards, Soldier Support Institute commander, during a ceremony held in the SSI auditorium at Fort Jackson, July 30.

Brig. Gen. Paige M. Jennings, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commanding general, presents Susan Gillison, USAFMCOM Military Pay Operations director, with a Maj. Gen. Nathan Towson Medallion during an Army Military Pay Office leadership forum at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis June 14, 2024. The medallion is awarded to honor Towson, a two-time Army paymaster general in the early 1800s, and recognizes those who demonstrate exemplary contribution and service to the U.S. Army Finance Corps. (U.S. Army photo by Brad Staggs)

Military Pay Operations director receives Towson Medallion

The Maj. Gen. Nathan Towson Regimental Medallion, named after a two-time Army paymaster general from 1819-1821 and 1822-1854, is an award given to Army finance and comptroller Soldiers and civilians who exhibit exceptional achievement or exemplary service. In the case of its most recent recipient, who served both in and out of uniform, both statements apply equally. Susan M. Gillison, U.S. Army Financial Management Command Military Pay Operations director, was awarded the 886th Towson Medallion during an annual Army Military Pay Operations leadership forum at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Center in Indianapolis June 14.

Lt. Gen. Christopher O. Mohan, U.S. Army Materiel Command deputy commanding general and acting commander, hands the U.S. Army Financial Management Command colors to Col. Michelle M. Williams as she takes command of the two-star organization at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis June 18, 2024. USAFMCOM delivers precision enterprise-wide financial operations to integrate, synchronize and sustain the battlefield through the Joint Strategic Support Area and directly supports the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller in their role as the principal advisor on all matters related to financial management and comptrollership. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Trailblazing Williams takes USAFMCOM baton

A trailblazing U.S. Army colonel took the baton of the Department of Defense’s only financial management command, setting her feet on a solid path laid by her outgoing predecessor. Col. Michelle M. Williams took command of the U.S. Army Financial Management Command from Brig. Gen. Paige M. Jennings during a ceremony presided over by Lt. Gen. Christopher O. Mohan, U.S. Army Materiel Command deputy commanding general and acting commander, at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis June 18.

Col. Kevin D. Pierce, U.S. Army Financial Management Command chief of staff, asks questions during USAFMCOM's Theater Finance Support Update at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis May 1, 2024. The TFSU focused on synchronization, data sharing, best practices, and coordination for finance and comptroller units rotating into the U.S. Central Command and European Command Areas of Responsibility. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Reformatted TFSU helps shape theaters for finance ops

Transforming to meet the needs of the Army, the U.S. Army Financial Management Command changed the way it prepares Army financial and comptroller units set to deploy. In that effort, USAFMCOM hosted more than sixty Soldiers and federal civilian employees from around the Army and Department of Defense for its semi-annual Theater Finance Support Update at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis April 30 to May 1.

Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Paul L. Morrissette and his wife Renee Warren-Morrissette applaud with other guests during a Finance and Comptroller Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Soldier Support Institute on Fort Jackson, South Carolina, April 26, 2024. Morrissette, a former Finance Corps regimental sergeant major, was made the third inductee of the hall of fame for his service and commitment to the U.S. Army Finance Corps for more than forty years. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Morrissette inducted into Army Finance and Comptroller HoF

From Babe Ruth to Michael Jordan; from Neil Armstrong to Sally Ride; and from Chuck Berry to Cher, halls of fame exist across the professions of sports, science, the arts and more to signify those who’ve made enormous impacts on their professions and left enduring legacies for generations to come. This holds true for retired Command Sgt. Maj. Paul L. Morrissette, who was made the third inductee and first noncommissioned officer inductee of the U.S. Army Finance and Comptroller Hall of Fame during a special ceremony at the Soldier Support Institute on Fort Jackson, South Carolina, April 26.

Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Donald Canaday salutes Vietnam War-era veterans as his wife, Sharon, and Brig. Gen. Paige M. Jennings, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commanding general, look on during USAFMCOM’s Vietnam War commemoration at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis March 25, 2024. Canaday enlisted in the U.S. Army infantry in 1954, attended Officer Candidate School, commanded two artillery batteries, served in Vietnam from 1964-1965 as a senior advisor of a South Vietnamese infantry battalion, and served as commander of President Gerald Ford’s amnesty program of Vietnam deserters at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Vietnam War commemoration honors Indiana veterans

A simple message was delivered more than 50 years late, but it was resoundingly well-received by those who deserved to hear it. That message was, “welcome home.” The U.S. Army Financial Management Command welcomed home 15 Indiana Vietnam War-era veterans during a Vietnam War commemoration ceremony at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis March 25.

Maj. Trevor Wiegers, Mission Command Training Program observer coach/trainer and his wife Erin Wiegers, Fort Leavenworth Army Military Pay Office military pay technician, play after school with their children, Tristan (far left) and Trajan, at the Eisenhower Elementary School playground at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas March 22, 2024. A recent U.S. Army Financial Management Command initiative ensures AMPO employees who relocate with their service member spouses during permanent changes of station will maintain their positions within the command. (U.S. Army photo by Prudence Siebert)

Program guarantees military spouse jobs after PCS, builds readiness

Military families face numerous challenges during relocations, and a recent U.S. Army Financial Management Command policy to help them is paying big dividends in the areas of readiness, family support, and employee relations. Promising continuity in career paths, the recent initiative ensures Army Military Pay Office employees who relocate with their service member spouses during permanent changes of station will maintain their positions within the command.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division participate in the distinguished-visitors day as part of Griffin Shock 23 held at Bemowo Piskie, Poland, May 19, 2023. As the framework nation in Poland, Exercise Griffin Shock demonstrates the U.S. Army's ability to assure the NATO alliance by rapidly reinforcing the NATO Battle Group Poland to a brigade-size unit. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Agustín Montañez)

Building for the future: Army unveils $185.9 billion budget proposal

The Army released its fiscal year 2025 presidential budget request of $185.9 billion on Monday, detailing how the service intends to man, train and equip the force into the future. The request includes approximately $3.9 billion for military construction supporting a total of 45 projects across the total Army.

Robert M. Speer, former acting Secretary of the Army and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller, delivers remarks during the inaugural Finance and Sustainment Symposium at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis Nov. 7, 2023. As the Army rapidly transforms to meet shifts in threats around the globe, its senior finance, comptroller and sustainment leaders joined nearly 180 other Soldiers and Army civilian employees from around the globe to chart future transformational efforts during the symposium. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Inaugural Finance, Sustainment Symposium charts future

It’s been said the only thing constant in life is change, and that’s true for the Army’s Finance Corps since its inception just two days after the Army’s founding in 1775. Now, as the Army rapidly transforms to meet shifts in threats around the globe, its senior finance, comptroller and sustainment leaders joined nearly 180 other Soldiers and Army civilian employees from around the globe to chart future transformational efforts during the inaugural Finance and Sustainment Symposium at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis Nov. 7-9.

Caral Spangler, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller, reads a special holiday poem focused on the Army Finance Corps to three children from the U.S. Army Futures Command in Austin, Texas, Nov. 30, 2023. For the last several years, the Office of the ASA (FM&C), the U.S. Army Financial Management Command, and the U.S. Army Finance and Comptroller School partnered together to create a special holiday video for U.S. Army Soldiers, civilian employees and their families. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Army Finance Corps releases 2023 holiday video

Caral Spangler, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller, reads a special holiday poem focused on the Army Finance Corps to three children from the U.S. Army Futures Command in Austin, Texas, Nov. 30, 2023. For the last several years, the Office of the ASA (FM&C), the U.S. Army Financial Management Command, and the U.S. Army Finance and Comptroller School partnered together to create a special holiday video for U.S. Army Soldiers, civilian employees and their families.

Lt. Col. Jason Shick, 45th Finance Center acting director, unfurls a 45th FC guidon as Brig. Gen. Paige M. Jennings, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commanding general; Master Sgt. Daniel Reyes Baerga, 45th FC acting senior enlisted advisor; and Sgt. 1st Class Jerrod Newman, USAFMCOM senior financial management systems instructor, look on during a ceremony reactivating the 45th FC at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis Nov. 6, 2023. As USAFMCOM’s operational arm and early deployer, the 45th FC is required to be ready to deploy at a moment’s notice to conduct theater preparation operations; provide timely procurement and theater disbursing support through the establishment of central funding operations; and enable joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational operations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Syberg)

Army Financial Management Center activates under USAFMCOM

To meet the pacing challenge of China and the acute threat posed by Russia, U.S. Army leaders directed the most significant reorganization and technical innovation since the end of the Cold War, and key to their plans is financial management and sustainment of Soldiers around the globe. To that end, the U.S. Army Financial Management Center was activated as the 45th Finance Center under the U.S. Army Financial Management Command during a ceremony at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center Nov. 6.

Brig. Gen. Paige M. Jennings, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commanding general, presents Ryan A. Busby, USAFMCOM deputy to the commanding general, his Senior Executive Service certificate at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis Nov. 2, 2023. The SES was established to ensure that the executive management of the government of the United States is responsive to the needs, policies and goals of the nation and otherwise is of the highest quality. (U.S Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

USAFMCOM deputy inducted as Army senior executive

A keystone was set in place in the financial archway that delivers Army-wide precision financial operations to the battlefield. That keystone represents, and is now worn by, Ryan A. Busby, U.S. Army Financial Management Command deputy to the commanding general, who was inducted into the Senior Executive Service during a ceremony at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center Nov. 2.

Command Sgt. Maj. Joy L. Allen, U.S. Army Financial Management Command senior enlisted advisor, speaks during a video celebrating the 248th birthdays of both the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Finance Corps June 5, 2023. There are more than 200 different jobs in the Army, in fields such as financial management, engineering, logistics, intelligence, medicine, and aviation. (U.S. Army photo illustration by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Army, Finance Corps celebrate 248 years defending freedom

Older than the nation they defend, the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Finance Corps celebrate their 248th birthday this June. To celebrate their birthdays, the U.S. Army Financial Management Command released a special video featuring Command Sgt. Maj. Joy L. Allen, USAFMCOM senior enlisted advisor.

Master Sgt. Leroy Hunter, Financial Management Technician, U.S. Army Special Operations Command Comptroller Office briefs participants during the Finance and Comptroller Corps Sergeant Major Symposium at the Pentagon, March 15, 2023. The three-day symposium offered an opportunity for the leaders of OASA (FM&C) to meet with the senior noncommissioned officers, and discuss items such as the Army budget process, financial information systems, the Army audit and workforce development. (U.S. Army photo by Laura Buchta)

Finance sergeants major gain insight, discuss initiatives at the Pentagon

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller hosted a three-day symposium for the sergeants major of the Finance and Comptroller Corps at the Pentagon recently. The symposium, held March 15 through 17, offered an opportunity for the leaders of OASA (FM&C) to meet with these senior noncommissioned officers, and discuss items such as the Army budget process, financial information systems, the Army audit and workforce development. It also allowed the sergeants major to share their perspectives with leadership.

From left to right, Gen. Edward M. Daly, U.S. Army Materiel Command commanding general; Larry Jennings, husband; Alan Stohle, father; and Natalie Stohle, mother, pin one-star rank on Brig. Gen. Paige M. Jennings, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commanding general, center, during her promotion ceremony at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis Feb. 17, 2023. Jennings, a native of Missoula, Montana, began her military career in 1995 after commissioning into the Finance Corps as a distinguished military graduate of the University of Montana’s Grizzly Battalion Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

USAFMCOM’s Jennings promoted to brigadier general

From the nation’s founding to liberty’s battlefields and into the heavens, stars are featured prominently on both ‘Old Glory’ and on the uniforms of America’s senior military leaders who are pledged to defend the freedom and democracy of which that flag represents. Earning her first star, Paige M. Jennings, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commanding general, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general by Gen. Edward M. Daly, U.S. Army Materiel Command commanding general, during a ceremony at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis Feb. 17.

A graphic shows a report generated from the legacy Business Explorer in the Army’s General Fund Enterprise Business System next to a similar report generated from Business Objects 4.3, which is now integrated as part of GFEBS. The U.S. Army Financial Management Command now offers an in-residence, 3-day class on SAP BI Business Objects 4.3, and will deploy an online version of the course in 2023. (U.S. Army graphic by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Course speeds financial reporting, analytics drive readiness

Speed and accuracy, along with good old-fashioned money, are critical to building the readiness and lethality the Army needs to match pace with near-peer adversaries, but nothing can be as much of a consuming time-suck as building charts and slide decks – just ask any staff NCO or officer. Helping financial and resource managers leverage a modernized system to provide critical financial data to commanders while dramatically cutting their time to build financial reports, the U.S. Army Financial Management Command now offers an in-residence, 3-day class on SAP BI Business Objects 4.3.

Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth F. Law, U.S. Army Financial Management Command senior enlisted advisor, is shown here in the Finance Corps' holiday video, which was released Dec. 19, 2022. USAFMCOM partnered with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller to put together a video for the entire Finance Corps. (U.S. Army graphic by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Finance Corps releases holiday video message

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller and the U.S. Army Financial Management Command released a special holiday video for the Army’s Finance Corps virtually Dec. 19, 2022.

(L to R) 1st Lt. Ying Jiang and Maj. Jonathan Evans, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, 266th Finance Support Center and Sgt. First Class Willie Cole, 21st Special Troops Battalion Headquarters Company First Sergeant discussed counter threat finance in the historic Clock Tower Building on Kleber Kaserne, Kaiserslautern, Germany in September, 2022. Counter threat finance activities prevent, disrupt, and deny the financial freedom of nefarious actors throughout Europe and Africa.

266th FISC plays strong defense with counter threat finance

The 21st Theater Sustainment Command transports troops, equipment and supplies throughout the European Theater, demonstrating U.S. flexibility, agility and ability. When it comes to in-transit visibility of cold, hard cash, 266th Finance Support Center adds ingenuity to that list. While deployed to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait from June 2021 to February 2022, Maj. Jonathan Evans and Sgt. First Class Willie Cole were part of a Counter Threat Finance Fusion Cell charged with operationalizing the CTF concept.

Col. Paige M. Jennings, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commander, in a pig costume, and Valerie Dillon, USAFMCOM secretary to the general staff, engage with students from a nearby childcare center at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center Oct. 31, 2022. Students from the childcare center were able to return to their annual Halloween parade tradition for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

All treats, no tricks: Halloween parade returns to Bean Center

‘Spooky’ is a word that could be used to describe the eerily quiet and vacant corridors of the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Center in Indianapolis immediately following the COVID-19 pandemic, but a group of little goblins recently brought back a ton of life to the once-barren halls. Returning for the first time since 2018, more than 60 students from a nearby childcare center once again poured through the doors of the Bean Center to revive their annual Halloween parade tradition Oct. 31.

Richard Baughman and Jiho Lee, U.S. Army Financial Management Command Audit Response Center accountants, discuss the U.S. Army’s Annual Financial Report at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis Oct. 19, 2022. Baughman was awarded the 2021 Louis Dellamonica Award for Outstanding U.S. Army Materiel Command Personnel of the Year. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Auditor turned remediator, earns top AMC award

From athletes to coaches, actors to directors and business executives to politicians, history is replete with professionals trying to make the jump from one career to a seemingly similar one, with far fewer finding success. Among those few is Richard Baughman, U.S. Army Financial Management Command Audit Response Center lead accountant, who made the jump from auditor to audit remediator, and whose success earned him the 2021 Louis Dellamonica Award for Outstanding U.S. Army Materiel Command Personnel of the Year.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert Muniz poses for an environmental portrait at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Oct. 13, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Trujillo)

Finance NCO lives out Hispanic, Army heritage

The definition of 'heritage' is two-fold: One aspect refers to something that is passed down as a birthright, and the other refers to upholding a legacy. One is inherited, and the other is a choice. Fittingly, Sgt. 1st Class Robert T. Muniz, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Finance and Comptroller Strategic Operations Integration Cell strategic advisor, said he is able to live out both aspects of his heritage through his Army service.

Col. Paige M. Jennings, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth F. Law, USAFMCOM senior enlisted advisor, right, present Fernando Fernandez, Fort Hood National Bank vice president of military banking, with the Army Distinguished Bank Service Award in Washington, D.C., Aug. 30, 2022. USAFMCOM presented the award on behalf of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller to recognize and strengthen the critical partnership between the Army and civilian financial institutions serving Soldiers and their families. (Photo by Tahnee Blauser)

Army recognizes financial institutions building Soldier readiness

To recognize and strengthen the critical partnership between the Army and civilian financial institutions serving Soldiers and their families, the U.S. Army Financial Management Command presented the Army Distinguished Bank and Credit Union Service Awards during the Association of Military Banks of America and Defense Credit Union Council annual meetings in San Antonio and Washington D.C. last month.

1st Lt. Tanisha Murray, 374th Financial Management Support Unit finance officer, and 1st Lt. Cesar Sandoval, 81st Readiness Division finance officer, discuss upcoming financial operations during exercise Diamond Saber at Joint Base McGuire-Dix, New Jersey, Aug. 13, 2022. Established in 2004, Diamond Saber is a U.S. Army Reserve-led exercise that trains and evaluates Soldiers and joint partners on warfighting functions such as funding the force, payment support, disbursing operations, accounting, fiscal stewardship, auditability and data analytics. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Diamond Saber sharpens Army financial, sustainment readiness

At the top of their game, professional athletes train hard and apply some of the most extreme pressures to ensure they’re hardened into their sport’s best and most capable talents because they realize the importance of winning. Winning matters. And, with lives and freedom around the globe at stake, the U.S. Army is built to win. That is why finance and comptroller Soldiers converged at Joint Base McGuire-Dix, New Jersey, to build the professional grit, fortitude and technical prowess necessary to win against near-peer adversaries during exercise Diamond Saber Aug. 11-19.

Lt. Col. Ralph E. Schneider IV, Battalion Commander of the 15th Finance Battalion (left), and Command Sgt. Maj. Ronald B. Oyardo, Command Sgt. Maj. of the 15th Finance Battalion (right), 15th Finance Battalion, uncase the Battalion Colors, signifying the definitive beginning of a unit history on August 17, 2022, at Fort Hood, Texas. The activation ceremony is significant because the 15th Finance Battalion, originally called the 15th Finance Company, was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division when it was first created on March 15, 1971, before it was redesignated. (Photo by U.S. Army SGT Froylan Grimaldo, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs)

America's "First Team" Reactivates the 15th Finance Battalion

The activation of the 15th Finance Battalion, which recently received orders to re-activate, brings unique capabilities to the Division and Fort Hood through planning, integration and synchronization of finance operations. Lt. Col. Ralph E. Schneider IV assumed command of the 15th Finance Battalion on August 17 during a ceremony on Cooper Field.

Col. Rebecca McElwain, U.S. Army Central assistant chief of staff G-8, presents Col. Ralph M. "Mac" Crum, U.S. Army Financial Management Command chief of staff, with a Maj. Gen. Nathan Towson Medallion at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis June 6, 2022. The Towson Medallion is named after Maj. Gen. Nathan Towson, who served as Paymaster General of the Army from 1819 to 1854 and shaped a Finance Corps that met the Army’s needs until the 20th century. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Crum awarded Towson Medallion

Col. Ralph M. "Mac" Crum, U.S. Army Financial Management Command chief of staff, was awarded the Maj. Gen. Nathan Towson Medallion at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis recently. The Towson Medallion is named after Maj. Gen. Nathan Towson, who served as Paymaster General of the Army from 1819 to 1854 and shaped a Finance Corps that met the Army’s needs until the 20th century.

Master Sgt. Eva Miranda Bernard, U.S. Army Financial Management Command senior financial management systems instructor, checks her leave and earnings statement on myPay at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis July 21, 2022. In an effort to prepare Soldiers to move to its new Integrated Pay and Personnel System – Army, the U.S. Army is mandating all Soldiers on long-term active duty orders be paid on a semimonthly schedule, starting Oct 1, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Army to switch all active duty Soldiers to semimonthly pay Oct. 1

In an effort to prepare Soldiers to move to its new Integrated Pay and Personnel System – Army, the U.S. Army is mandating all Soldiers on long-term active duty orders be paid on a semimonthly schedule, starting Oct 1. The vast majority of the Army’s Soldiers on active duty orders of more than 30 days, either in the active or reserve components, get paid semimonthly on the first and fifteenth of each month.

U.S. Army Capt. Pablo Mendez Adorno, Training with Industry banking officer student, helps out a customer at the Armed Forces Bank in at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., March 23, 2022. The year-long TWI banking course trains one banking officer and one noncommissioned officer each year, but with a need to train more finance and comptroller Soldiers in banking operations, the U.S. Army Financial Management Command created a new banking short course to train up to 18 Soldiers per year. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

New banking short course readies Army for next major conflict

It’s been said that armies prepare to fight their last war instead of their next, but the U.S. Army Financial Management Command is aimed at making that nothing but just an old adage when it comes to funding the fight of the future. In that effort, USAFMCOM launched a new banking short course, which will be conducted via a hybrid model July 5-Nov. 18.

Jim Landry, U.S. Army Financial Management Command Fort Jackson Army Military Pay Office director, speaks to other AMPO directors and supervisors during a leadership forum at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis May 12, 2022. Throughout the three-day forum, subject matter experts from USAFMCOM, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, and other U.S. Army organizations covered a variety of topics including military pay operations, human resources, debt and claims, SmartVoucher for permanent change of station moves, fraud, ethics, and Army-specific functions. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Driving progress, Army military pay forum delivers big wins

The ‘Month of May’ brought experts from around the world to Indianapolis to become faster and more efficient than ever, and not just with Indy cars. With a drive to take care of the Army’s Soldiers and families better than ever, U.S. Army Financial Management Command Army Military Pay Office leaders gathered together for the first AMPO leadership forum in four years at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis May 10-12.

Jayme Boruff, U.S. Army Financial Management Command Audit Response Center senior financial management advisor, poses for a photo at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Center in Indianapolis Sept. 16, 2019. serves as the Army’s General Fund audit priority lead for journal vouchers and sensitive activities, supporting the Army’s audit goals as a liaison amongst independent auditors, Defense Finance and Accounting Service and Army commands.

Boruff finds meaning, work-life balance in public service

In today’s world, many would say the triple crown of employment is a career that pays well, provides purpose and meaning, and allows for a good work-life balance. Jayme Boruff, U.S. Army Financial Management Command Audit Response Center senior financial management advisor, said she believes she found such a career in civil service.

Sgt. Maj. Julie Harris, U.S. Army Financial Management Command operations senior enlisted advisor, uses a table device with her myPay pin and password to access the Defense Finance and Accounting Service’s SmartVoucher at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center March 9, 2022. In August 2022, DFAS will add responsive design to SmartVoucher, which will make it even easier to use on personal devices. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

‘Game-changing’ SmartVoucher pays PCSing Soldiers faster

SmartVoucher is a wave of the future, putting money into the pockets of Soldiers and their families faster than ever before. Across the Army and around the globe, the U.S. Army Financial Management Command’s Army Military Pay Offices are helping deploy the Defense Finance and Accounting Service’s SmartVoucher program to automate the Army’s permanent-change-of-station travel voucher claim process.

Terry Hiett, U.S. Army Financial Management Command Military Pay Operations Field Services Division financial management analyst, poses for a photo at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis April 29, 2022. Hiett plans to retire later this summer after 37 years of combined military and federal civil service. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Hiett reflects on 37-year military, civil service during PSRW

For those who serve the public, it’s not uncommon for careers to come full circle. For Terry Hiett, U.S. Army Financial Management Command Military Pay Operations Field Services Division financial management analyst, his 37-years of military and civil service are a string of concentric circles.

$More than $1 million in training currency sits in the U.S. Army Financial Management Command’s Operational Support Team’s storage room at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis April 8, 2022. The OST recently acquire the new training money at a fraction of its training value to train and evaluate Army finance and comptroller units around the globe. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)$

Realistic movie cash adds training benefits, ‘pucker factor’

Any more realistic, and the U.S. Secret Service might come knocking. The U.S. Army Financial Management Command’s Operational Support Team recently acquired more than $1 million in new training money, which it will use to train and evaluate Army finance and comptroller units around the globe.

A graphic of the Seal of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller. (U.S. Army graphic)

Army releases fiscal year 2023 presidential budget request

he U.S. Army released its portion of the fiscal year 2023 presidential budget. The fiscal 2023 Army budget keeps the force on a strategic path to fielding cutting-edge formations necessary for multi-domain operations while facing increased fiscal pressures.

A graphic states the Department of Defense released its Financial Management Strategy for Fiscal Years 2022-2026 recently. This guiding document includes cross-component mission, vision and goals that aim to energize and transform the way the DoD works. (Graphic by U.S. Department of Defense)

DoD releases FY22-26 Financial Management Strategy

The Department of Defense released its Financial Management Strategy for Fiscal Years 2022-2026 recently. This is the first-of-its-kind, Department-wide strategy to help prioritize the DoD FM community’s efforts throughout FY2022-2026. This guiding document includes cross-component mission, vision and goals that aim to energize and transform the way the DoD works.

Col. Paige M. Jennings, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commander, talks with students at a local childcare center in Indianapolis Dec. 13, 2021. Jennings was joined by Barry W. Hoffman, USAFMCOM deputy to the commander; Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth F. Law, USAFMCOM senior enlisted advisor; and Valerie Dillon, USAFMCOM secretary to the general staff, as they handed out special holiday presents to approximately 85 students. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

‘Tis the season: USAFMCOM gives back to local students

For many, the look of pure joy and anticipation on the faces of children during the holidays makes the season a bit brighter, and that was true for the U.S. Army Financial Management Command’s senior leaders. Col. Paige M. Jennings, USAFMCOM commander; Barry W. Hoffman, USAFMCOM deputy to the commander; Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth F. Law, USAFMCOM senior enlisted advisor; and Valerie Dillon, USAFMCOM secretary to the general staff, took holiday gifts to approximately 85 students at a local childcare facility in Indianapolis Dec. 13.

A graphic of the Seal of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller. (U.S. Army graphic)

Army releases FY 2021 audit results

The Army announced completion of its Fiscal Year 2021 audits Nov.18, which resulted in disclaimers of opinion. Auditors issue a disclaimer of opinion when the data or documentation provided is insufficient. As required by law, the Army conducted its fourth annual audit of the financial statements for its general fund and working capital fund. The Army continues to make tangible audit progress, demonstrating improved accountability of property, and Soldier and Civilian pay and benefits.

Scott Ferge, U.S. Army Financial Management Command systems accountant, marks another task complete on a whiteboard during the U.S. Army’s year-end close at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis Oct. 1, 2021. Year-end close encompasses all Army components and echelons from Army commands in coordination with Headquarters Department of the Army, USAFMCOM and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service and other federal entities. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Preparation, collaboration key to successful year-end close

When most people hear the term ‘New Year,’ they may think about resolutions and winter vacation. For the finance and comptroller community, ‘New Year’ is synonymous with year-end close – a process the Army completes every year to finalize financial obligations by midnight on Sept. 30. YEC encompasses all Army components and echelons from Army commands to Headquarters, Department of the Army offices and the U.S. Army Financial Management Command, in coordination with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service and other federal entities.

Col. Paige M. Jennings, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commander, talks with costumed students at a local daycare facility next to the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center Oct. 29, 2021. Jennings, along with Barry W. Hoffman, USAFMCOM deputy to the commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth F. Law, USAFMCOM senior enlisted advisor, delivered 100 festive treat bags to students at the center. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

USAFMCOM ‘treats’ local students

Amongst a sea of costumed Spider-Men, Elsas and Belles, a couple of camouflaged figures ironically stood out – at least to a group of very excited children. Col. Paige M. Jennings, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth F. Law, USAFMCOM senior enlisted advisor, donned the Army’s Operational Camouflage Pattern and were joined by the less-conspicuously attired Barry W. Hoffman, USAFMCOM deputy to the commander, as the three handed out festive treats to students at a local childcare center with festive treats in a safe manner Oct. 29.

Daniel Rogers,. U.S. Army Finical Management Command Operation Support Team financial management systems trainer, evaluates Pfc. Joseph Perez, Pfc. Shane Constant and Pfc. San Juanita Gomez, financial management technicians assigned to Alpha Detachment, 24th Financial Management Support Unit, Division Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, during pre-deployment certification on Fort Stewart, Georgia, Sept. 29, 2021. The unit has been conducting certification throughout the month of September to prepare the unit to support the U.S. Central Command. The evaluation differs from finance’s ordinary training operations due to its focus on the specific skills and knowledge they will need to support their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Laurissa Hodges)

Financial management technicians certify for deployment support

Finance management technicians assigned to Alpha Detachment, 24th Financial Management Support Unit, Division Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, conduct Operation Support Team certification on Fort Stewart, Georgia, throughout the month of September to prepare the unit to support the U.S. Central Command. “Today marks the final day of our U.S. Army Financial Management Command OST evaluation,” said 1st Lt. Elizabeth Christensen the Alpha Det. commander. “This is in preparation for our upcoming CENTCOM mission for the commercial vendor services retrograde also known as the CVS (commercial vendor services) retrograde.”

Michael E. Sauro reflects on the life of his son, Michael G. Sauro, a former Defense Ammunition Center hazardous material instructor who lost his life while deployed as a civilian in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, during a building dedication ceremony at Camp Atterbury, Ind., June 3, 2021. Sauro was one of four Army civilian employees who lost their lives in service to their country while deployed and had buildings on the installation named after them during the day’s events. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W Orders-Woempner)

Anniversary is a reminder of expeditionary civilian sacrifices

Five years ago today, America lost a son, brother, uncle, friend and patriot, but not one who ever wore a military uniform or fired a round downrange. Michael G. Sauro, a former Defense Ammunition Center civilian employee and hazardous material instructor was killed by enemy fire at a military ammunition supply point near Kabul, Afghanistan, on Oct. 19, 2016, a month after his deployment in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and one day after his 40th birthday.

Chris Savage, U.S. Army Financial Management Command Audit Response Center senior financial management analyst, goes over a report with Jayme Boruff, ARC senior financial management advisor, at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis Feb. 24, 2021. Savage was recently named as a recipient of the 2020 Louis Dellamonica Award for Outstanding U.S. Army Materiel Command Personnel of the Year. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Savage attacks key material weakness, earns top AMC award

Entrenched in the fight of getting the Army a clean audit, Chris Savage, U.S. Army Financial Management Command Audit Response Center senior financial management analyst, took on one of the accounting world’s Goliaths and was recently named as a recipient of the 2020 Louis Dellamonica Award for Outstanding U.S. Army Materiel Command Personnel of the Year for his efforts.

Sgt. Maj. Darnell Cabell, senior enlisted leader and principle advisor to the military deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller, addresses 326th Financial Management Support Center Soldiers during Diamond Saber at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 17, 2021. Diamond Saber is a U.S. Army Reserve-led exercise that incorporates all Army components and joint services, and it prepares finance and comptroller Soldiers on warfighting functions such as funding the force, payment support, disbursing operations, accounting, fiscal stewardship, auditability and data analytics. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Diamond Saber gets buy-in from top enlisted FC leader

Preparing for those battlefields of tomorrow, whether physical or virtual, the Army’s premier finance and comptroller exercise, Diamond Saber, impressed Sgt. Maj. Darnell Cabell, senior enlisted leader and principal advisor to the military deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller, during his visit to the exercise at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, recently.

Veronica Somaratna, U.S. Army Financial Management Command Fort Bragg Army Military Pay Office quality review technician, talks about her experiences on Sept. 11, 2001, during an interview at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 9, 2021. Somaratna answered emergency calls on that day from vehicles near the World Trade Center on 9/11. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Hornby)

USAFMCOM commemorates 9/11 with stories of those affected

This Sept. 11 commemorates 20 years since the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. To commemorate the lives lost on that fateful day, the U.S. Army Financial Management Command put together a special video, which was released a 9:59 a.m. ET, the time the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed.

Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth F. Law, U.S. Army Financial Management Command senior enlisted advisor, presents Sgt. Maj. Damien Russell, USAFMCOM Operations senior enlisted advisor, with the 837th Maj. Gen. Nathan Towson Medallion during a special ceremony at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis Aug. 26. The Towson Medallion was established by the Army Finance Corps Association on May 7, 1993, and is awarded in recognition of demonstrated exemplary contribution and service to the Army Finance Corps. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

USAFMCOM sergeant major awarded Towson Medallion

The 837th Maj. Gen. Nathan Towson Medallion was presented to Sgt. Maj. Damien Russell, U.S. Army Financial Management Command Operations senior enlisted advisor, during a special ceremony at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis Aug. 26.

Cadet Serigne Cisse, 374th Financial Management Support Unit officer candidate, stacks play currency for Diamond Saber at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 14, 2021. Diamond Saber is a U.S. Army Reserve-led exercise that incorporates participation from all components and joint services, and it prepares finance and comptroller Soldiers on the warfighting functions of funding the force, payment support, disbursing operations, accounting, fiscal stewardship, auditability and data analytics. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Army’s only all-component finance exercise kicks off

Diamonds are refined and hardened by pressure, just as those who proudly wear the diamond emblem of the Army’s Finance Corps on their uniforms. Seeking to refine and prepare those finance and comptroller Soldiers through a series of real-world pressures and scenarios, the evaluation phase of the Army’s Diamond Saber exercise kicked off at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 14.

U.S. Army Gen. James C. McConville presents the Distinguished Service Medal to U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Thomas A. Horlander during a retirement ceremony at Lincoln Hall, Ft. McNair in Washington, D.C., June 23, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Joseph B. Lawson)

Horlander leaves behind legacy of transformation, mentorship

Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Horlander, Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller, left behind a legacy as he retired from the Army after more than 39 years.

Scott Ferge, U.S. Army Financial Management Command systems accountant, right, talks with Brian Hardesty, Defense Finance and Accounting Service general ledger branch division chief, during the Army’s mock fiscal yearend closeout at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center July 19. Mock yearend is an exercise designed to prepare the U.S. Army Financial Management Command and its partners, like DFAS, for the fiscal yearend closeout and financial statement preparation at the start of October. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

USAFMCOM leads Army’s mock yearend

Practice the way you play. Train the way you fight. Mock the way you close. More than 125 Department of Defense personnel, led by the U.S. Army Financial Management Command’s Army Financial Services directorate, came together from around the country over the last two weeks to take part in the Army’s mock fiscal yearend closeout July 12-23.

Col. Paige M. Jennings, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commander, delivers remarks during her assumption of command ceremony at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis July 15, 2021. USAFMCOM enables the readiness of America’s Army by serving as the focal point for all finance and comptroller operations while providing capabilities that facilitate accountability, auditability and stewardship. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Jennings assumes command of USAFMCOM

Since the days of ancient Rome, armies have rallied under flags, which serve as symbols of unit cohesion and are used to show the peaceful transfer of command from one leader to the next. Such remained the case as the Soldiers and civilian employees of the U.S. Army Financial Management Command witnessed the command’s flag, also known as colors, transfer to Col. Paige M. Jennings during an assumption of command ceremony at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis July 15.

Barry W. Hoffman, U.S. Army Financial Management Command executive director, pins an Army Distinguished Civilian Service Medal on G. Eric Reid, a recently retired USAFMCOM Military Pay Operations director, during a special ceremony at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis May 26, 2021. The medal is the highest award given by the Secretary of the Army to Army civilian employees. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

“Mr. E-Commerce, Daddy Warbucks” recognized for career, service

“Mr. E-Commerce,” “Daddy Warbucks,” and “Mr. Reid,” are just some of the names given to a fixture in the Army Finance and Comptroller community, and that stalwart fixture recently added a new name to his collection: retired. G. Eric Reid, who served as the U.S. Army Financial Management Command Military Pay Operations director, also received the Army Distinguished Civilian Service Medal, the highest award given by the Secretary of the Army to civilian employees, during a special ceremony at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center recently.

col. Elizabeth Curtis, 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade commander, participates in a re-activation ceremony of the 82nd Finance Battalion held at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, May 20, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gerald Holman)

Finance battalion re-activated at Fort Bragg

After nearly 15 years, finance battalions are back. The 82nd Sustainment Brigade re-activated their finance battalion during a ceremony held at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, May 20.

Brig. Gen. Mark S. Bennett will relinquish command of the U.S. Army Financial Management Command during a special virtual ceremony at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis today at 10 a.m. ET. Gen. Edward M. Daly, U.S. Army Materiel Command commanding general, will preside over the ceremony, which can be watched live and after the ceremony at https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/26079. (U.S. Army graphic by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Bennett to relinquish command of USAFMCOM today

Brig. Gen. Mark S. Bennett will relinquish command of the U.S. Army Financial Management Command during a special virtual ceremony at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis today at 10 a.m. ET.

Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth F. Law, U.S. Army Financial Management Command senior enlisted advisor, left, and Ronald Houston, USAFMCOM Army Military Pay Office site captain, right, build boxes for Soldier care packages at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis March 6, 2021. Law and Houston joined other Army Soldiers, civilian employees, veterans and retirees to make care packages, which will be sent to deployed Soldiers of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

USAFMCOM, others send care packages to deployed Soldiers

More than 30 volunteers, including 15 from the U.S. Army Financial Management Command, came in on their day off to package 100 care packages for deployed Soldiers of the Army Reserve’s 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis March 6.

A Soldier in advanced individual training to become a finance management technician conducts simulated disbursing operations in support of large-scale combat operations. during his course at the Finance and Comptroller School at Fort Jackson, S.C. The Soldiers are trained to conduct disbursing operations, pay agent operations, accounting, and commercial vendor services in degraded operations with little or no digital support. (U.S. Army photo illustration)

Cash is king: Units must incorporate cash operations, training

Commentary: Electronic payments are not a birthright. Nation-state peer competition has re-emerged and made this fact more evident. The Army must consider using physical currencies during combat training center rotations, modifying the classes of supply to account for physical currencies, establishing a warranting and certification program, and establishing an operational currency with the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Indiana National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth E. Fodrie II, 38th Division Headquarters Battalion personnel staff noncommissioned officer with medic training, administers a COVID-19 vaccine to John Rosado, U.S. Army Financial Management Command military pay analyst, at the Johnson County Armory in Franklin, Indiana, Feb. 5, 2021. Rosado was one of several USAFMCOM mission essential personnel who received their first round of vaccines along with more than 100 others that morning. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

USAFMCOM employees get first COVID vaccine

Taking their first shot at the virus, several U.S. Army Financial Management Command Soldiers and civilian employees received round one of COVID-19 vaccines at the Indiana National Guard’s Johnson County Armory in Franklin, Indiana, Feb. 5 and Feb. 10.

IPPS-A to support active-duty, Reserve personnel by December

In anticipation of an Army-wide release of the Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army, program officials requested Friday that all active-duty and Reserve Soldiers verify their military and pay records before the service goes live in December.

Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth F. Law, U.S. Army Financial Management Command senior enlisted advisor, hands out a treat bag to a student at a childcare center located next to the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center Oct. 26, 2020. Law delivered more than 80 treat bags filled with candy and toys donated from USAFMCOM employees to give to the students, who typically parade through the Bean Center around Halloween each year. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

USAFMCOM delivers treats, no tricks to local Indy kids

Camouflage, candy and face coverings are nothing new to the American celebration of Halloween, but in 2020 things look a bit different. Wanting to make the best of the current pandemic environment, Soldiers and civilian employees of the U.S. Army Financial Management Command came together to provide a local childcare center with festive treats in a safe manner Oct. 26.

An infographic details the U.S. Army Financial Management Command’s business process standardization efforts. USAFMCOM’s Business Process Management directorate completed a three-year mission of documenting and standardizing all of the Army’s business processes impacting financial statements Oct. 1, 2020. (U.S. Army graphic by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Army standardizes business processes, strengthens modernization

Whether renovating a 100 year old house or working to modernize a 245 year old organization, sometimes it takes digging down to a solid foundation to build bigger, better and stronger. Such a foundation was laid for the first time as the U.S. Army Financial Management Command just completed a three-year mission of documenting and standardizing all of the Army’s business processes impacting financial statements, and the results have already paid dividends.

Gregory Martin, Defense Finance and Accounting Service Defense Military Pay Office lead military pay technician, trains U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard financial management Soldiers during Diamond Saber 2019 at Fort McCoy, Wis., June 28, 2019. DFAS brought realism to the Army’s largest financial management exercise through live coding of actual Soldier’s pay. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Military pay mission transfers back to Army

The U.S. Army is working to modernize its military pay systems to provide for a more ready and lethal force that is focused on mission accomplishment and not just on paycheck issues. In preparation for that future, the U.S. Army Financial Management Command assumed the Army’s military pay mission from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service on Oct. 1.

In order to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Presidential Memorandum was issued Aug. 8, 2020, followed by Internal Revenue Service guidance issued Aug. 28, 2020, to temporarily defer the withholding of Social Security taxes for certain individuals beginning Sept. 1 through Dec. 31, 2020.

DOD educates military service members, civilian employees on Social Security Payroll Tax Deferral

In order to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Presidential Memorandum was issued Aug. 8, 2020, followed by Internal Revenue Service guidance issued Aug. 28, 2020, to temporarily defer the withholding of Social Security taxes for certain individuals beginning Sept. 1 through Dec. 31, 2020.

A Pentagon crew unfurls an American flag at dawn at the Pentagon, on the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Washington, D.C., Sept. 11, 2019. (DoD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Nicole Mejia)

Army leaders share stories of the 9/11 attack at the Pentagon

It’s been 19 years since Sept. 11, 2001, when four hijacked passenger jets were turned into makeshift missiles above American soil. But the tragic day is still fresh in the minds of some of the Army’s top leaders who survived the attack at the Pentagon. Positioned across the Potomac River from the nation’s capital, the Pentagon is the nerve center for all things national defense. It’s also one of the world’s largest office buildings, made up of roughly 23,000 military and civilian employees, including the secretary of defense and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Richard Davis, Defense Finance and Accounting Service Indianapolis site deputy director, talks to a virtual audience during a virtual Theater Orientation Conference at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis Aug. 17. The purpose of the TOC is to prepare deploying finance and comptroller units by creating a forum for them to discuss issues with units currently deployed alongside USAFMCOM and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Virtual FC deployment conference brings unexpected benefits

Preparing for deployment is tough enough, but during a pandemic the challenges grow exponentially, especially when it comes to the coordination between incoming and outgoing units. To address those challenges and continue a practice that has increased deploying unit success for nearly 16 years, the U.S. Army Financial Management Command held a Theater Orientation Conference in an all virtual environment for the deploying 175th Financial Management Support Center and the redeploying 469th FMSC recently.

Mark Sullivan, USAFMCOM Army Financial Services senior financial manager, poses for a photo at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis Aug. 3, 2020. Sullivan was recently awarded the Joseph P. Cribbins Medal by the Association of the U.S. Army. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

USAFMCOM’s Sullivan receives AUSA national award

Mark Sullivan, USAFMCOM Army Financial Services senior financial manager, was recently awarded the Joseph P. Cribbins Medal from the Association of the U.S. Army.

Recently retired Sgt. Maj. Ronald Houston, U.S. Army Financial Management Command Operations senior enlisted advisor, smiles as he holds his certificate of retirement from the U.S. Army at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis July 17, 2020. Houston was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and he joined the Army as a financial management specialist in May 1992, four days after graduating from high school. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

SGM Houston 'out' after 28 years of Army service

Sgt. Maj. Ronald D. Houston, U.S. Army Financial Management Command Operations and Intelligence senior enlisted advisor, retired after more than 28 years of military service during a ceremony at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis July 17.

The General Fund Enterprise Business System, or GFEBS, is the system of record that manages appropriated funds for the Army. More than $190 billion a year is committed and obligated through GFEBS to train and ready Soldiers to fight foreign and domestic enemies, modernize the Army’s technologies and capabilities, as well as reform the Army culture through cost management and the efficient use of Army funds. The system is used by more than 35,000 users and standardizes business processes and transactions across the active Army, the Army National Guard and Army Reserve at more than 200 locations in 71 countries. (Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems graphic)

Cloud migration modernizes Army’s financial enterprise

The Army’s latest cloud migration launched this month, as the force’s financial enterprise system moved over 30 terabytes of data from outdated storage centers to a modern cloud environment seven months ahead of schedule, said the program’s top officer.

Brig. Gen. Mark S. Bennett, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commanding general, delivers an address wishing the U.S. Army and Army Finance and Comptroller Corps happy birthdays in Indianapolis June 11, 2020. The Army was born on June 14, 1775, and the Finance and Comptroller Corps was born two days later. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

USAFMCOM celebrates Army, Finance Corps birthdays

Brig. Gen. Mark S. Bennett, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commanding general, delivers a video message celebrating the birthdays of the U.S. Army and the Finance and Comptroller Corps.

WIESBADEN, Germany - A mover tapes up a box at an apartment at U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden May 22 while following health protocols. The Department of Defense has directed that moving personnel adhere to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention protocols regarding health protection, such as wearing face coverings and washing hands, while working in a person’s home. (U.S. Army photo by Lisa Bishop)

DOD increases money for do-it-yourself moves

Soldiers now have an added incentive to choose the personally-procured move, or PPM option, when moving to their next duty stations this summer. From May 26 through Dec. 31, Soldiers using the PPM program can receive a payment equal to 100 percent of the estimated cost the government would pay to move their items.

Command Sgt. Maj. Courtney M. Ross, U.S. Army Financial Management Command senior enlisted advisor, grins as he shows off his certificate of retirement during a ceremony at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis May 15, 2020. Ross, a native of North Augusta, South Carolina, joined the Army as an accounting specialist in 1996. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Out on top: Ross retires after 24 years

Command Sgt. Maj. Courtney M. Ross, U.S. Army Financial Management Command senior enlisted advisor, retired from the Army after 24 years of military service at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center here May 15

A graphic shows several process maps of the Army’s “Hire to Retire” civilian pay process. The U.S. Army Financial Management Command recently closed out a world-wide and years-long business process mapping initiative, which standardized how the Army pays its civilian employees from their hire date to the day they retire or separate. (U.S. Army graphic by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Finito: USAFMCOM finalizes ‘hire-to-retire’ civilian pay standardization

The U.S. Army Financial Management Command recently closed out a world-wide and years-long business process mapping initiative, which standardized how the Army pays its civilian employees from their hire date to the day they retire or separate.

Soldiers from the 551st Medical Company (Logistics) and the 627th Hospital Center unload tri-walls of medical supplies as they arrive at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, in support of COVID-19 relief efforts.

Materiel enterprise supports DOD, civil authorities COVID-19 response

The Army Materiel Command enterprise worldwide has mobilized to address head-on the challenges of the COVID-19 global pandemic, while simultaneously maintaining current operations and supporting warfighters engaged in conflicts around the world.

The U.S. Army Financial Management Command, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 310th Expeditionary Sustainment command, are hosting a Vietnam War Veterans Memorial Day commemoration in Lawrence, Indiana, March 27, 2020, at 11 p.m. The event will be held at the 310th ESC headquarters at 9851 East 59th Street, and will feature stories from Vietnam War veterans, a military brass quintet, missing man ceremony and special recognition for all Vietnam War veterans in attendance. (U.S. Army graphic)

Vietnam War Veterans Day Commemoration postponed

The U.S. Army Financial Management Command, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, postponed hosting a Vietnam War Veterans Day commemoration in Lawrence, Indiana.

Brig. Gen. Mark S. Bennett delivers his first address as the U.S. Army Financial Management Command commanding general during a ceremony at the Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis, Oct. 25, 2019. In that speech, he promised the USAFMCOM team to give them his very best, and he asked them for their very best in return. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Bennett takes command of realigned USAFMCOM

Brig. Gen. Mark S. Bennett took command of the U.S. Army Financial Management Command during a special ceremony at the Indiana War Memorial Oct. 25. Under Bennett’s direction, the command will serve as the lead for financial operations for the Army across the globe, provide functional management of Army accounting systems and serve as the primary unit working to standardize Army business management processes, which leads to greater auditability.

Brig. Gen. Mark S. Bennett poses for an official photo. Bennet will take command of the U.S. Army Financial Management Command in Indianapolis Oct. 25, 2019.

Bennett to command USAFMCOM

The U.S. Army Financial Command will host a change of command ceremony at the Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis Oct. 25 at 10:30 a.m During the ceremony, Brig. Gen. Mark S. Bennett will take command from Maj. Gen. David C. Coburn, USAFMCOM commanding general. To watch either ceremony live on the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, go to https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/21902. The ceremonies will also be broadcast live at www.facebook.com/USAFMCOM.

SecArmy highlights top priorities at AUSA opening

SecArmy highlights top priorities at AUSA opening

After a personal look at Soldiers who make up today's Army, the service's new secretary delved deeper Monday into what the force needs to compete against near-peer threats.

Sgt. Curtis D. Holder, 247th Finance Management Support Detachment, helps with filling out a form, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Aug. 19, 2019.

Deployed MN National Guard finance Soldiers take care of troops

While Americans volunteer to serve in the Armed Forces for a variety of reasons, none of them do it for free. Twenty-five Minnesota Army National Guard Soldiers of the 247th Financial Management Support Detachment support troops down range at the Camp Arifjan finance office.

New EagleCash cards, which will combine the Department of Defense’s EZpay, legacy EagleCash and Navy Cash stored value cards into one, are portrayed in a graphic provided by the U.S. Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service. During their most recent meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Aug. 8, 2019, Fiscal Service and DoD stakeholders laid out a plan for the new consolidated EagleCash card, including releasing the cards to initial training sites later this calendar year and issuing them to deployers in first part of 2020. (U.S. Treasury graphic)

New EagleCash consolidates DoD’s stored-value cards

In a quest to bring the Department of Defense’s three separate stored-value cards into one, representatives from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps journeyed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to plan their way forward with the U.S. Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service earlier this month. During their most recent meeting, the stakeholders laid out a plan for deployment, including releasing the cards to initial training sites later this calendar year and issuing them to deployers in first part of 2020. Software and hardware capable of handling both the current cards and the new EagleCash will be deployed around the globe this fall.

From left, Cadet Capt. Christian Falk, U.S. Military Academy; James Skibo, Exchange senior vice president; Maj. Gen. David C. Coburn, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commanding general; Tom Shull, Exchange director and CEO; and Cadet Capt. Thomas Bordeaux, U.S. Military Academy, cut a ceremonial cake in celebration of the Exchange’s 124th anniversary. As the Department of Defense’s largest retailer, the Exchange has a commitment to taking care of warfighters, no matter where their mission takes them.

USAFMCOM leadership celebrates AAFES’ 124th anniversary

The U.S. Army Financial Management Command recently helped the Army and Air Force Exchange Service

The Wright brothers and some Army Signal Corps soldiers work on the Wright Military Flyer as they test it out at Fort Myer, Virginia, 1909.

110 years ago, the U.S. military got its first airplane

The Wright brothers developed their first successful powered airplane in 1903, and it didn’t take long for the U.S. military to know it wanted in on the action. A few years later, that became reality. Here’s the story of the military’s first airplane.

Esper Becomes 27th Defense Secretary

Esper Becomes 27th Defense Secretary

Dr. Mark T. Esper became the 27th defense secretary Tuesday during an early evening White House swearing-in ceremony.

Johnjulyn Newman, Defense Finance and Accounting Service Defense Military Pay Office military pay technician, points out additional information to U.S. Army Pvt. Josue Molina, financial management technician, during Diamond Saber 2019 at Fort McCoy, Wis., June 28, 2019. DFAS brought realism to the Army’s largest financial management exercise through live coding of actual Soldier’s pay. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

DFAS brings live coding, realism to Diamond Saber

DFAS Defense Military Pay Office personnel brought more than 100 years of military pay experience to help train Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers preparing to deploy during the Army Reserve’s Diamond Saber 2019 at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, June 18 to July 1. Also bringing years of deployed and training experience were Soldiers from the U.S. Army Financial Management Command’s Operations Support Team.

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Ronald Houston, U.S. Army Financial Management Command operations, left, and Mark Sullivan, USAFMCOM financial management systems analyst, right, load care packages into a van outside the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center, Indianapolis, June 29, 2019. USAFMCOM, Defense Finance and Accounting Service and Army Human Resources Command Soldiers and civilian employees volunteered their off-duty time to package and help ship more than 200 care packages to financial management service members currently deployed in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Army courtesy photo provided by Mark Sullivan, U.S. Army Financial Management Command)

USAFMCOM, DFAS, HRC partner to send care packages

Nearly 20 volunteers from the U.S. Army Financial Management Command, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, and the U.S. Army Human Resources Command teamed up with the Indiana Chapter of the Association of the United States Army and a local non-profit organization at the Maj. Gen. Emmet J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis to pack and help ship more than 200 care packages to troops currently serving in Southwest Asia June 29.

Danish Home Guard Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Nielsen, leadership instructor, right, listens alongside his U.S. Army counterparts during an Army Reserve Company Leader Development Course at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, June 20, 2019. The Danish Home Guard is partnered with the 83rd Army Reserve Training Center through the Military Reserve Exchange Program. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Diamond Saber sharpens FM Soldiers’, Danish leadership skills

This year, exercise Diamond Saber was used to sharpen Army financial management Soldiers from the regular and reserve components, as well as soldiers from the Danish Home Guard, during an Army Reserve Company Leader Development Course at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, June 17-22.

Army Reserve’s 350th HR Company supports exercise Diamond Saber

Army Reserve’s 350th HR Company supports exercise Diamond Saber

Members of the U.S Army Reserve's 350th Human Resource Company, 300th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, based in Grand Prairie, Texas, are participating in Diamond Saber 19 from June 10 to July 1, 2019.

Soldiers from various units have a discussion during the first day of Diamond Saber at Fort McCoy, Wisc., June 18, 2019. Diamond Saber, the Army’s only major financial management exercise, is designed to provide realistic technical training to regular Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard FM units through interactive scenarios and transactions based upon current policy in a collective environment. (U.S. Army photo by Russell Gamache)

Diamond Saber: Army Reserve kicks off Army’s largest FM exercise

The Army Reserve Command kicked off the training portion of Diamond Saber 2019, the Army’s largest and primary financial management exercise, here today. Diamond Saber is designed to provide realistic technical training to regular Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard FM units through interactive scenarios and transactions based upon current policy in a collective environment, said Maj. David Park, Diamond Saber 2019 exercise planner.

Army senior leaders announced the implementation of the Expert Soldier Badge, June 14. Similar to the Expert Infantryman Badge and the Expert Field Medical Badge, the ESB will allow commanders the opportunity to recognize Soldiers outside the Infantry, Special Forces and medical communities who have met a high standard of performance in physical fitness and warfighting tasks.

Army announces Expert Soldier Badge

In conjunction with the U.S. Army’s 244th Birthday, the Army announced a new proficiency badge today, called the Expert Soldier Badge. The ESB is designed to improve lethality, recognize excellence in Solder combat skills and increase individual, unit and overall Army readiness. The ESB is the equivalent of the Expert Infantry Badge and Expert Field Medical Badge but for all other military occupational specialties in the Army. Commanders will soon be able to use the badge to recognize Soldiers who attain excellence in physical fitness and marksmanship and a high standard of expertise in land navigation and performing warfighting tasks.

Maj. Gen. David C. Coburn, U.S. Army Financial Management Command commanding general, left; Spc. Kayla Adkins, 384th Military Police Company, center; and Command Sgt. Maj. Courtney Ross, USAFMCOM command sergeant major, cut a birthday cake during a ceremony celebrating both the 244th Army birthday and the 244th birthday of the Army Finance Corps at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis June 14, 2019. It is an Army tradition that the youngest Soldier available at an Army birthday celebration help the commander and sergeant major cut a cake, and Adkins was the youngest at 22 years old. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

USAFMCOM celebrates Army, Finance Corps birthdays

For most of the Army, June is a very special month, but it’s twice as special for Army financial management Soldiers, including twice the cake. The U.S. Army Financial Management Command held a ceremony celebrating both the Army’s 244th birthday and the Army Finance Corps’ 244th birthday at the Emmett J. Bean Federal Center here June 14.

U.S. Army Forces Command’s Command Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Grinston speaks to Soldiers of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division at Ft. Campbell, 22 May. Grinston visited various sites on post such as the Pfc. Milton A. Lee Soldier for Life – Transition Assistance Program Center, the Military Family Life Consultant Financial Advisory Center, the 1st Brigade Combat Team dining facility, The Sabalauski Air Assault School and the Staff Sgt. John W. Kreckle NCO Academy.

CSM Michael Grinston selected as 16th Sergeant Major of the Army

Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark T. Esper and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley, announced today Command Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Grinston will assume responsibilities as the 16th sergeant major of the Army.

Claire Hoang, Defense Finance and Accounting Service financial management analyst, left, and Josie Swinarski, a local caterer, serve U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy Holloman, 326th Financial Management Support Center military pay technician currently assigned to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, during an Asian American Pacific Heritage event at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Center here June 4, 2019. The U.S. Army Financial Management Command and DFAS teamed up to host the event meant to showcase Asian and Pacific Islander heritage, whit this year’s event focused specifically on South Korea and the Philippines.

USAFMCOM, DFAS partner, celebrate Asian American Pacific heritage

To celebrate those contributions, the U.S. Army Financial Management Command partnered with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to host an Asian American Pacific Heritage event at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Center here June 4.

Command Sgt. Maj. John Sampa, 12th Command Sergeant Major of the Army National Guard, left, and Command Sgt. Maj. Courtney Ross, U.S. Army Financial Management Command command sergeant major have a discussion at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis June 6, 2019. During his visit, Sampa also met with Maj. Gen. David C. Coburn, USAFMCOM commanding general, and William Staley, USAFMCOM deputy to the commanding general, to discuss building stronger partnerships between Regular Army and National Guard financial management Soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Army National Guard CSM visits USAFMCOM

Command Sgt. Maj. John Sampa, 12th Command Sergeant Major of the Army National Guard, visited U.S. Army Financial Management Command headquarters at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis June 6, 2019. During his visit, Sampa met with Maj. Gen. David C. Coburn, USAFMCOM commanding general, William Staley, USAFMCOM deputy to the commanding general, and Command Sgt. Maj. Courtney Ross, USAFMCOM command sergeant major, to discuss building stronger partnerships between Regular Army and National Guard financial management Soldiers.

Landing on the coast of France under heavy Nazi machine gun fire are these American soldiers, shown just as they left the ramp of a Coast Guard landing boat, June 6, 1944. CPhoM. Robert F. Sargent. (Coast Guard)
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Statement by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the 75th Anniversary of D-Day

On the 75th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, we express our utmost gratitude to our Nation’s World War II veterans. Their unwavering dedication and devotion to our country and our way of life cannot be overstated.

Lt. Col. Ralph “Mac” Crum, U.S. Army Financial Management Command finance accounting oversight and field operations chief, and Lt. Col. Andre Brown, USAFMCOM assistant chief of staff for operations, learned they were selected for promotion to the rank of colonel at the Maj. Gen. Emmet J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis May 21, 2019. In total, the Army considered 2,985 lieutenant colonels for promotion with only 14.2 percent selected.

Two USAFMCOM officers selected for promotion to ‘full-bird’ colonel

Rooted in tradition as old as Rome itself, the rank of colonel is one that has not only commanded men throughout history, but still commands respect today. Lt. Col. Ralph “Mac” Crum, U.S. Army Financial Management Command finance accounting oversight and field operations chief, and Lt. Col. Andre Brown, USAFMCOM assistant chief of staff for operations, learned they were selected for promotion to the rank of colonel at the Maj. Gen. Emmet J. Bean Federal Center here recently.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Sea Na, 27th Financial Management Support Unit, left, and Ma Rivera, U.S. Military Training Mission to Saudi Arabia cashier, train on downloading information from an EagleCash kiosk during a U.S. Army Financial Management Command and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston-hosted training session at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston May 8, 2019.

Saving lives, money: FMCOM trains deploying Soldiers, Marines on e-commerce

Keeping cash out of enemy hands while protecting U.S. service members downrange may seem a world away from historic Boston, but it all starts within the walls of the Federal Reserve Bank here. Soldiers and civilians of the U.S. Army Financial Management Command combined forces with U.S. Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve employees to prepare deploying Army Soldiers and civilians, along with U.S. Marines, on a host of electronic commerce technologies including EagleCash, International Treasury Services, and the Over-the-Counter Channel at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston May 6-10.

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Soldiers, Civilians Benefit from U.S. Army Financial Management Command's E-Commerce Training

One of United States Army Financial Management Command's key missions is to train financial management Soldiers and Civilians to become subject-matter experts in their fields. USAFMCOM's E-Commerce Division recently trained two of these individuals to assume critical roles in the Army's Soldier Support Institute and in the Army and Air Force Exchange Service.

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Army financial management command hosts Assistant Secretary of the Army

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) John Whitley met with key

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Army financial management command unveils new colors, unit patch

The United States Army Financial Management Command held a ceremony at its headquarters here

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Army Finance Command growing, preparing for service-wide audit

WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- About seven months ago, the Army sent a requested budget to