Vol. 32, No. 4
January 8, 2016
Composing an End for John Frazier Glenn JEFFREY SOARES
USAMRMC PUBLIC AFFAIRS (SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT)
Although stories are supposed to start at the beginning, this one starts at the end — the end of a brilliant 45-year career of faithful service to our country. But we’ll soon discover that the beginning is pretty darn good as well. As I await my interview with Dr. John Frazier Glenn, Principal Assistant for Research and Technology of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, I revisit all of the questions I have planned regarding his retirement on Dec. 31. Quite honestly, I don’t know what to expect. I think back to the time I spent working at the USAMRMC Headquarters — I recall Glenn walking briskly through the halls, participating in command-wide meetings, taking the occasional cigarette break outside of the building — and I can only remember how preoccupied he always seemed to be. It looked as if he were always on his way to something big, somewhere else, and continually rushing to get there.
In character, Glenn steps quickly into his office where I am waiting, and he greets me with a bright smile and a strong handshake, which puts me more at ease. “Well, welcome back!” he says. After my reply of gratitude, we get down to the business of why I’m here, and I waste no time in asking Glenn to describe the role he played within the USAMRMC and the Army during these past decades. “My job is making others successful,” says Glenn. Although he continues as my recorder rolls on, I pause a moment to absorb this. I guess I was expecting something different; maybe even hoping for something more. But as he talks and I listen, I realize this is all I really need, and things begin to crystalize very quickly for me. However, the backstory is still very interesting indeed. “Well, I spent the first 18 years of my life in Dalton, Georgia, but my parents were from North Carolina,” Glenn explains. “My father moved us to Georgia to take over the family business in the talc industry, so I grew up
there, but we always had a close and personal connection with North Carolina.” Glenn tells me that his father and both grandfathers all attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as did Glenn for his undergraduate degree in physiological psychology. This tradition has much to do with the fact that Glenn’s great-great-greatgrandfather signed the charter for the school when it began in 1789. As impressive, his great-great-grandfather, William Alexander Graham, was a United States senator, secretary of the Navy, and as the governor of North Carolina, he re-opened UNC after the Civil War. To ensure that he lent his own name to some UNC history as well, Glenn served as one of three statisticians during the late 1960’s for the legendary Dean Smith, Hall of Fame coach of the UNC Tar Heels basketball team. As if this weren’t enough, after prodding a bit further about his connection with music, Glenn admits that he was the drum See FRAZIER, continued on page 5
Dr. John Frazier Glenn, Principal Assistant for Research and Technology of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, retires after 45 years of service. Photo by Shannon Bishop, USAG Public Affairs
New Year’s Resolutions — Do You Make and Keep Them? JENNI BENSON
USAG PUBLIC AFFAIRS
2016 is here, and all around the world people are thinking of ways to eitherimprove themselves, to break bad habits, to do something adventurous... orall of the above! Did you make a resolution this year? If so, do you plan to follow through with that resolution? Or has it perhaps already fallen to the wayside? If so, don’t fret; according to Statisticbrain.com, only eight percent of those who make New Year’s Resolutions actually complete or follow through with them. According to Statisticbrain.com,
the top 10 resolutions for 2015 included: 1. Losing Weight 2. Getting Organized 3. Spending Less, Saving More 4. Enjoying Life to the Fullest 5. Staying Fit and Healthy 6. Learning Something Exciting 7. Quitting Smoking 8. Helping Others in Their Dreams 9. Falling in Love 10. Spending More Time with Family Each New Year offers us all an opportunity to try something new and make a fresh start. According to History.com, the ancient Babylonians are said to
have been the first people to make New Year’s resolutions, some 4,000 years ago. Fort Detrick Installation Safety Office Chief Patrick McKinney said, “My 2016 resolution is to ski as fast as I can without getting hurt.” Senitta Conyers, with the Fort Detrick Installation Safety Office, takes the other side by not making resolutions. “I no longer make resolutions for the New Year,” said Conyers. “If there is an area in my life that needs improving, I make a plan of how to work on that area then implement. I’ve found the best time
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to resolve items is after accepting a change is needed.” In 2015, Maj. Patrick Dillinger, Fort Detrick Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization, and Security plans officer, and his 12-yearold daughter made resolutions and fell into that lucky eight percent that actually kept their resolutions. “My daughter wanted to bake more during the year and she managed to keep her resolution. Just ask all of us in the DPTMS, her baked goods were the hot item this year,” said Dillinger. He went on to say, “My 2015 resolution was to reduce debt and stick to a budget,
and I actually did that and exceeded my expectations for the year. In 2016, my resolution is to plan forretirement.” Some of us make them, some of us do not; some of us keep them and some of us will not. Wherever you fall on the New Year’s resolution spectrum- whether you make individual resolutions or ones with your family, whether you’ve made them and already broken them — it’s never too late to start fresh and make the most out of every day. At the close of 2016 we’ll follow up with those that contributed to the article to see how they did... Stay tuned!
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Commentary: Drone Policy Happy New Year! The holidays have passed and a popular gift was remote controlled aircraft, also called drones. Families have been enjoying learning to fly the aircraft, but for those who live on Fort Detrick I want to ensure everyone understands that we must continue to consider our security as we enjoy piloting drones. On Dec. 18, 2015 I signed Fort Detrick interim policy 95-2-1: Aviation Airspace, Airfields/ Heliports, Flight Activities, Air Traffic Control, and Navigational Aids; Interim Policy For Use of Radio Controlled Model Aircraft on Fort Detrick/Forest Glen Annex covering drone aircraft operation on Fort Detrick. The Federal Aviation Administration lists three categories of RC operations: public, which are operated by the government, civil and model aircraft. The civil and model categories pertain to RC hobbyists. The FAA considers unmanned aircraft systems as aircraft, not toys. Our policy is an interim policy because we are anticipating further DOD and DA guidance in the near future. If you have or will soon have a drone, you may wonder “What are the rules, how do they apply to me?” The guidelines in FD Policy 95-2-1 are based on current laws, Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army Guidance, Army Regulations, and FAA rules. Title 49 U.S.C. 40102(a)(6) defines an “aircraft” as “any contrivance invented, used, or designed to navigate or fly in the air.” Because an unmanned aircraft is just such a contrivance or device it is classified as an “aircraft.” Operators, even minors, are pilots. When piloting an RC aircraft there are some general rules to always keep in mind: *You must always give way to manned aircraft; airplanes, gliders, hang gliders, blimps, etc. Remember, if it flies or glides, it has the right of way. *Always remain within visual line of sight of the small unmanned aircraft. If you cannot see your remote controlled aircraft then you can’t see other aircraft either. Also, because the FAA classifies remote aircraft operators as pilots, as of Dec. 15, 2015, any person owning one must register it with the Federal Aviation Administration’s Unmanned Aircraft System registry by February 19 at: https://registermyuas.faa.gov/ . Federal law authorizes civil and criminal penalties for failing to properly register, including civil penalties up to $27,500 and criminal penalties up to $250,000 and three
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COL Robert A OBrien U.S. Army Garrison Commander years in prison. For more information about this requirement, and to register, go to: http://www.faa.gov/uas/registration/ . Registrants will need to provide name, home address and e-mail address, and after completion of the registration process, the web application will generate a Certificate of Aircraft Registration/Proof of Ownership that includes a unique identification number for the aircraft owner, which must be marked on the aircraft. Because living on an Army installation is unlike living off-post, there are also other issues of which to be aware. Because RC aircraft fitted with cameras create an additional security threat, photography or video which includes sensitive sites and posted on social media or on an open source for public consumption is prohibited. Posting such material could result in a federal law enforcement investigation being initiated and the confiscation of the drone. If for some reason the Fort Detrick police confiscate your aircraft, such as if it’s launched/recovered in areas outside the housing area, or crosses into restricted areas, the sponsor can retrieve confiscated aircraft by contacting the Directorate of Emergency Services at (301) 619-7114. On Fort Detrick the operation of a drone is allowed only in the housing area and between Veteran’s Drive and Army Ave., all other areas, to include all of the Nallin Pond area and Forest Glen Annex are prohibited, and a pilot should never operate and RC model aircraft in the vicinity of high tension wires. Glen Haven residents are subject to Maryland state and Montgomery County laws, and in September 2015 the FAA extended a 15-mile no-fly zone surrounding Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to 30 miles.
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Chaplain’s Corner A Year of Growth
Happy new year, Fort Detrick! I pray that you have a blessed and prosperous 2016, and I look forward to this new year and continuing to serve here at Fort Detrick. I look forward with excitement to the great things to come in 2016 as the Fort Detrick Community and chapel community have already provided me with great memories from all the events this past fall. The Fort Detrick community has already proven to be a great community, able to accomplish much when given direction and encouragement. Thank you so much for making this a great place to be. This year, the chapel has a guiding theme, “Growing Deeper.” The big idea behind “Growing Deeper” is focusing all that we do here at the chapel on helping us to grow deeper in our faith and spiritual resiliency. The psalmist writes in Psalm 1:3, “He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does he prospers.” The imagery of a strong and healthy tree producing fruit is the image we are using at the chapel to remind us of the importance of having our roots firmly planted in life sustaining waters. If you have used the exercise trail that winds around post, you may have seen the warning signs of falling dead trees and limbs in the section by Old Farm Gate... that is an example of what we don’t want to be like. Taking the warning of the dead trees by Old Farm Gate, we will strive
to live a spiritually healthy and thriving life in 2016. All that we do this year will be guided by the theme of “Growing Deeper,” and I invite you all to come along with us and grow deeper in your own faith life this year. This January we will celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr., day on Monday, Jan. 18. King’s life stands as a supreme example of a life that made a difference. His courage to stand strong in the winds of adversity, as well as the depth of his faith, were able to sustain him and produce fruit in his life that benefited others. We continue to benefit from the labor of his life. His legacy of working to bring people together and break down barriers has made our country a better place to live. His life serves as an inspiration to us to continue to break down barriers that would strive to keep us separated from each other. His vision of a community that strives to find the things that unite us together as a people and as Nation still remains today as a guiding light for us to follow. The depth of his faith and the strength of his resolve inspires each of us to exam ourselves andseek how we too can work to build community and equality for all. This year, I encourage you to remember the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., and ask yourself what you can do to continue to make his dream a reality. God bless, and I look forward to serving with you in 2016. Chaplain Michael Jeffries
Forest Glen: Always a Haven for Education and Rejuvenation Nick Minecci
USAG Public Affairs
The Forest Glen Annex in Silver Spring, Maryland, is recognized as a world class medical research and education installation, with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Medical Simulation and the National Museum of Health and Medicine based there. Before the military occupied the Annex in 1942 as a location for as a medical facility for disabled Soldiers, it was a summer vacation haven for residents of Washington, D.C., and then a finishing school for girls. In 1887, the Ye Forest Inne opened on the land, but by 1894 the business was failing as people found it too difficult to get to from D.C. The owners of the Inne sold the land and the new owners transformed the hotel; turning the bars, gambling halls and pool rooms in the hotel building into par-
Students at the National Park Seminary girl’s finishing school at Forest Glen in Silver Spring, Maryland, celebrate May Day festivities in 1907. File Photo
lors and classrooms for a girl’s finishing school. The first class in 1894 had 48 female students and 10 faculty, with the grounds boasting featured classical sculptures, many gardens and covered walkways for the girls to enjoy. With the entry of the U.S. into World War II in December
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In and Around Fort Detrick Mandatory 1st Term Soldier’s Personal Finance Class Jan. 12 8:30 a.m. — 4 p.m. Army Community ServiceFreedman Drive, Building 1520, Classroom 3 This workshop focuses on basic financial skills to help develop self-reliance and personal responsibility. The goal is to encourage these Soldiers and Families to understand their personal finances and learn tools for financial success. This is a mandatory program of instruction for First Term Soldiers. For more information, or to register, call (301)6192197. Fort Detrick Playgroup Jan. 15 10:15 — 11:15 a.m. Army Community Service- Balfour Beatty Community Center — Building 6000
It is time to get out of your house and get to know your neighbors. Join us on Fridays for some fun for the kids. We will do song time, have snacks, do a craft, read a story, and get to have some free play as well. For more information, call (301)619-0323. Armed Service Blood Program Blood Drive Jan. 21 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. Bldg. 1520, Auditorium One hour. That’s all the time it takes to donate blood that will save the life of a Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine or Coast Guardsman at an Armed Service Blood Program Blood Drive. Can you spare an hour to save a life? Walk-ins are welcome but appointments are appreciated and can be made online at www. militarydonor.com using spon-
1941, planning started for dealing with returning wounded Soldiers. The Army purchased the land from the school, which had been renamed National Park College in 1936, for $890,000, and was renamed the Walter Reed Forest Glen Annex, part of the Walter Reed Army Hospital.
sor code: FtDetrick. For more information about the ASBP, go to our website-www.militaryblood. dod.mil or visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/militaryblood USAJobs Federal Resume Workshop Jan. 21 9 a.m. — 3 p.m. Army Community ServiceFreedman Drive, Building 1520, Classroom 1 Create a USAJOBs account, become comfortable with maneuvering through the Federal Resume application process, learn to search for and read vacancy announcements, upload the necessary documents and build your resume. Free admission. For more information, or to register, call (301)619-2208 or (301)6192197.
Army Service members and Army civilians earn training credit by playing a game of Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Jeopardy! during the Fort Detrick SHARP Expo. The Expo held on Jan. 7 at the Fort Detrick Auditorium allowed Army personnel to learn more about the Army’s SHARP program which aims to prevent incidents of sexual harassment and sexual assault before they occur. Photo by Crystal Maynard, USAMRMC Public Affairs
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Army Medical Prepositioned Stockpiles: Ready for Action Crystal Maynard
USAMRMC Public Affairs
The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command’s U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency mission is to ensure initial medical operating capability and certain follow-on requirements are available globally, as needed, by combatant commands. The USAMMA is the responsible agent charged with budgeting, accounting, storing, maintaining and issuing Army Prepositioned Stocks for medical materiel in support of deploying medical units. The APS program supports the National Military Strategy by strategically prepositioning warfighting stocks afloat and ashore at critical worldwide locations. These stocks remain ready for deployment, training, humanitarian assistance or disaster response missions. “APS equipping is critical to provide readiness and quickly projecting medical capabilities anywhere in the world,” said Lt. Col. Bradley
Ladd, director of the USAMMA’s Force Projection Directorate. “It’s our job to provide units with medical equipment they need to accomplish their critical lifesaving or life sustaining missions in support of global contingency missions.” The USAMMA manages the medical components of APS on behalf of the Department of the Army. These strategic stocks provide deploying units with critical materiel support until logistical lines of communication are opened. The Army has dedicated significant priorities and resources to ensure the readiness and availability of APS. These stocks are located in the continental U.S., Europe, Northeast Asia, Southwest Asia and afloat. The USAMMA’s goal is to ensure Soldiers have the right amount and type of modernized equipment to meet their mission requirements; whether in combat, training at their home station or supporting national security interests around the globe.
The Combat Support Hospital, the Army Medical Department’s most complex medical capability, is stocked with more than 1,000 biomedical maintenance significant items. Courtesy photo
“If something happens, Soldiers can’t wait days or weeks to be ready,” said Kim Dankulich, USAMMA chief of APS and Unit Deployment Packages. “Our prepositioned stocks include everything from Medical Equipment Sets for combat medics to Combat
Support Hospitals.” With 248 beds and more than 1,000 biomedical maintenance significant items, the Combat Support Hospital is the Army Medical Departments most complex medical capability. The hospitals are climate-controlled environments
that run on their own generator systems. Every CSH has a pharmacy, laboratory and x-ray equipment. The majority of APS locations have a CSH that is constantly being managed and maintained to ensure that units receive a fully functional medical system that is ready to accomplish its assigned mission. With eyes on the future, the coming years are likely to be filled with conflict. During this time, the APS medical stocks will be needed. Early planning is essential to successful APS operations. The USAMMA is currently planning for Fiscal Years 2018-2022 and incorporating the APS program into their plans. Ladd and his team stand ready to deploy APS anywhere in the world. “We have to be very fluid in our planning and respond to the changing requirements globally,” said Ladd. “The USAMMA is striving to ensure that not only today’s Warfighter, but also tomorrow’s, is ready.”
USAMRMC’s Reifman Recognized with Second Presidential Rank Award Crystal Maynard
USAMRMC Public Affairs
The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command’s Dr. Jaques Reifman has been selected to receive the Presidential Rank Award’s Meritorious Executive Award for the second time in his government career. Reifman serves at the USAMRMC’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, where he is the director of the Department of Defense’s Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute for Force Health Protection. Reifman first earned the Presidential Rank Award’s Meritorious
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The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Joint Trauma Analysis and Prevention of Injury in Combat program held its annual meeting in Point Loma, California, Dec. 8-10. The meeting provided the JTAPIC program and its partners an opportunity to review the past year and plan for the future. “The JTAPIC program is a virtual partnership of 11 different organizations that gather subject matter experts from the disciplines of intelligence, medical, materiel and operational aspects of service, and
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Executive Award in 2009, which recognizes Senior Executive Service Members who have demonstrated extraordinary career accomplishments. The selection process is rigorous and only 5 percent of SES members are eligible to receive the rank of Meritorious Executive. There will be a ceremony in the spring to honor Reifman and the other executives awarded a Presidential Rank Award. “It is, of course, very exciting and an honor,” Reifman said of the award. “However, I would not be where I am without my team. I may bring an idea to the table, but they dig in and find ways to bring that idea to fruition.”
After Reifman started at the USAMRMC in 2001, he saw the need for an organization such as the BHSAI. Reifman built the institute to have a diverse staff compromised of about 40 employees, 75 percent of whom have doctoral degrees. The BHSAI’s mission is to develop computational solutions to accelerate the research and development of militarily relevant medical products for the USAMRMC’s Force Health Protection Directorate. The institute also collaborates with life scientists within and outside of the DOD to develop and integrate computational biology and medical informatics applications into research programs;
focused on improving the medical protection and care of military personnel. “In my 30-odd year career as a research scientist in academia and government, I have not met a more driven and capable leader,” said Dr. S. Anders Wallqvist, deputy of the Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute for Force Health Protection. “Working with Dr. Reifman is exciting. He is a person that pushes the boundaries of the science and he is not afraid to work outside his comfort zone. Dr. Reifman is somebody who drives himself and us to excel in the work that we are doing.”
To complete its mission, the BHSAI collaborates with many other parts of the USAMRMC, as well as Navy, Air Force and academia. The institute averages 20 to 25 projects each year. “One of the hallmarks of working with Dr. Reifman is his ability to instill a sense of urgency and commitment to the work that we are doing,” said Wallqvist. “His work ethics are legendary; he comes in first in the morning, and he is the last one to leave. He sets an example for excellence, and I think this comes across in how the institute works and ultimately in the work that we provide to support the Warfighter.”
JTAPIC Plans for 2016 we use that combined synergistic expertise to review injury causing events in the combat theater to prevent injury in the future,” said JTAPIC Program Manager Col. Colin M. Greene. The meeting included a working partner meeting, along with tours of both the Naval Health Research Center’s Warfighter Performance Laboratory and of Strategic Operations, a contractor that creates “hyper-realistic” training scenarios that combines the creative and artistic skills of the motion picture industries with theater and tactical experience.
On the last day of the meeting, USAMRMC and Fort Detrick Commanding Maj. Gen. Brian C. Lein provided the keynote address. “We were very fortunate that Maj. Gen. Lein was able share with us his perspective in Army Medicine as both a surgeon and a leader,” said Greene. Also on the final day of the meeting, the team reviewed the JTAPIC program’s accomplishments for 2015 and goals for 2016 and beyond. NHRC Commanding Officer Capt. Rita Simmons provided a presentation.
Attendees of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Joint Trauma Analysis and Prevention of Injury in Combat program’s annual meeting discuss 2015 accomplishments and goals for the future of the program.
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major for his Dalton High School band as well. Coincidentally, the DHS band was selected to play at President Lyndon B. Johnson’s inaugural parade; so, if you look closely enough at archival photos, you may be able to catch a glimpse of a young Frazier Glenn leading the band along a decorated Pennsylvania Avenue during a chilly day in January 1965. Maybe it’s just my love of nostalgia, but I am captivated by these stories. I long for more, but I feel we should get back to his career, and so we do. I ask him how he ended up in the Army. “After I finished my bachelor’s degree at Chapel Hill, my father wanted me to work in the family business, which I did, but only long enough to find out what ‘hard work’ really meant. I decided I needed to earn a higher degree quickly so I could be a research scientist,” jokes Glenn. “But while I was in my first year of graduate school, the Dalton draft board informed me that I would only have one year of student deferment, because I was in the last group to be drafted per the lottery system. Someone told me about a delayed-entry program, through which I could sign with the Army, finish my graduate degrees and then begin active duty — and this is what I did.” Glenn continues, “This was a direct commission in the reserve force beginning in 1970, and then active duty starting in ‘74 when I entered as a captain. It was a wonderful opportunity for me. I was paid well doing research that I loved, while serving my country at the same time. And by the second year of active duty, I grew to love the military lifestyle, and I stayed in for 30 years and retired as a colonel.” However, Glenn makes it crystal clear that he served only three decades because of the mandatory retirement rule that was in effect at that time; he would have stayed longer. What makes his length of service even more impressive is realizing how it all started, back in the early seventies. “It was an ugly past, and when I first started, it was tough to wear your uniform in public because we were spit at, literally. During the Vietnam era, Soldiers were treated with contempt, and there were some horrible stories. But the Army as a whole wasn’t bad — it just needed to be fixed — and I made a commitment to help do this,” says Glenn. “I loved the Army and my fellow Soldiers, and I had faith we could help turn things around. This really began to happen after the draft ended, and it became an all-volunteer Army. The difference was tremendous.” Glenn’s first assignment in 1975 was at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, for the U.S. Army Materi-
el Command’s Human Engineering Laboratory. Despite strong leadership within the lab, this was a difficult time at APG, and Glenn saw firsthand the challenges of transitioning from a draft to an all-volunteer Army. This was followed by an assignment to the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, which had its own issues as the USAMRICD was being transitioned from the AMC to the Army Surgeon General’s office within the Army Medical Department for reasons of inadequate leadership. Fortunately, however, this was the beginning of a new, more hopeful era for the research component of the Army. As Glenn explains, “The AMEDD did some miraculous things. They brought in a bunch of young captains and some excellent senior leaders and revitalized the USAMRICD. In a few years, we were seen as one of the leading laboratories in the entire Army system. I was very proud to be part of that change.” Working with an “all-star team” that included Jim Romano, Dan Rickett, Dave Franz, Bob Foster and Dave Penetar, among others, Glenn says that they “rebuilt the laboratory, almost from the ground up. We were given an impossible task, but with the backing and resources, we figured out a way to make it work.” After being stationed at Aberdeen until 1986, Glenn spent the next decade completing assignments at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, the Pentagon and the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Natick, Massachusetts. At the Pentagon, Glenn was part of a group that drafted the very first Department of Defense 5000-series guidelines for defense acquisition, which remains the “bible” to this day. He was also part of the very first Program Executive Office for Combat Medical Systems, which consisted of three people: the USAMRMC deputy commander, Glenn (as Pentagon liaison) and Col. Harry Dangerfield. Glenn considers his time at the Pentagon as being “very instrumental” in his career, as it helped launch him toward his next mission at the USARIEM. Glenn initially served as deputy commander, but took over as acting commander for an extended period. Glenn was then assigned back to Fort Detrick in 1992, where he has been involved with the USAMRMC ever since. “Since I came back to USAMRMC Headquarters in 1992,” says Glenn, “I have served 10 commanding generals. I haven’t been fired, so I guess that means I have done a good job in helping to grow the command.” Maj. Gen. Brian Lein, current USAMRMC commander, confirms this sentiment as he states, “Frazier Glenn has been an institution at the USAMRMC and Army Medicine for over four decades, and his knowledge
Dr. Glenn retired from the military as a colonel after 30 years when the mandatory retirement rule was in effect. Courtesy photo
and expertise in how we run things and what we do is incomparable. He mentors junior Soldiers, officers and civilians in how to do things right.” “His work has saved countless military lives on and off the battlefield,” continues Lein. “We all owe him a debt of gratitude and thanks for a job extremely well done. We wish him nothing but success and happiness in his retirement from the USAMRMC and Fort Detrick. He will be missed.” Glenn is not concerned with accolades, and he says that his role as a member of the Senior Executive Service “is not about awards.” However, I ask him to convey a few of his greatest accomplishments as a member of USAMRMC leadership. “Looking back now,” he says, “I believe the things I’ve accomplished that will make the most difference will be the creation of both the Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine Research Program [which was separated from the Combat Casualty Care Research Program] and the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine model.” Glenn explains further, “In our mindset left over from the Cold War, we didn’t plan to rehab Soldiers and send them back to active duty. However, we later found out that 75 percent of those severely-injured Soldiers who were evacuated back to Walter Reed [Army Medical Center] wanted to return to duty. They were volunteers, and this was their career. They wanted to go back to their fellow Soldiers and be part of the team again.” This is the fundamental idea that
seems to drive Glenn: We must take care of those who have taken care of us. It is no secret that he values and respects all of the services, and he has worked diligently to ensure the USAMRMC team, and its mission, works for them. This remains a part of his legacy. “I retired at 30 years [from the Army] because they made you retire,” says Glenn. “So, I went off to try new things [such as research at Georgetown University]. But when I found out there was an opportunity to serve back here at the USAMRMC, I applied and got the job. I guess now it’s time to move on to another chapter of my life.” As Glenn moves on, Dr. George Ludwig will step in to take over the important role being vacated. As the current deputy to Glenn, Ludwig knows very well what lies ahead. “I’ve worked now for Dr. Glenn longer than I’ve worked for any one individual in my entire military career,” says Ludwig. “He’s been a boss, colleague, mentor and friend now for nearly 10 years. His knowledge of the Army, MEDCOM, the AMEDD and the USAMRMC is legendary, and his knack for applying historical perspective to new and emerging issues is second to none. Although I have learned much from Dr. Glenn, I can never hope to attain his level of managerial leadership. I am honored and privileged to be serving as his acting replacement, and I know that I have tremendously large shoes to fill.” It is clear that Glenn is very influential within the USAMRMC, but I want to know who influenced him throughout his life.
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“Well, first and foremost, my father was my greatest influence,” he says with a smile. “His sense of integrity was unmatched, and he always lived up to his word, no matter what. I’ve always tried to be like him in that regard.” “And my love for science came from my Dalton High School science teachers. They were just wonderful, and I wanted to be a university professor because of them. Although my career path took a different turn early on, I am still very happy with the way it all turned out.” Yes, that darned curve in the road that turned into an interesting 30year Army career for Glenn. I try once again to pry out of him an award or acknowledgement during his military service, and he finally yields. “I can say that I am most proud of the Legion of Merit award I received from Brig. Gen. Russ Zajtchuk before he left the USAMRMC,” says Glenn. “Typically, you receive this after you retire, but he gave it to me while I was still a ‘junior’ colonel, and I was floored. It was validation for me that he felt ‘I got it’ — that I understood we had to take new paths and go beyond vaccines and drugs, and look at telemedicine and advanced technologies in order to help our wounded Servicemen and -women.” With the pride still shining in his eyes, I ask Glenn what he would like to do in his retirement, and he says he plans on spending more time with his wife, Cheryl, and their children and grandchildren. He is quick to tell me that their three daughters are his “finest achievements,” and that the job made it tough to spend as much time with them as he would have liked. But he plans to catch up on this quickly, and he also looks forward to traveling once his wife retires. All in all, Glenn’s future seems as bright as his past. We wrap up our time, and as we shake hands once more, I again think of the “preoccupied” man I once saw scurrying through the halls of USAMRMC Headquarters. I realize now that I could never truly gauge him because I was using my gauge, and not his. His gauge is unassuming; his gauge is all-consuming. His is a gauge, perhaps, by which many should live. He dedicated his life to helping others, to serving others, and to protecting the welfare of our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines, whether active, reservist or veteran. It seems that living by this principle has made Glenn a trusted and respected leader throughout the USAMRMC, and I recall Glenn’s own words: “Did I do all the work? No. But I found a way to create the conditions for others to complete the work successfully.” And as they say, success breeds success. Farewell, Dr. Glenn. You certainly will be missed. Fort Detrick Standard January 8, 2016
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New Class of Medical Logistics Management Holiday Open House Interns Graduate from USAMMA Ellen Crown
USAMRMC Public Affairs
The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency hosted a graduation ceremony for the Medical Logistics Management Internship Program at Fort Detrick, Maryland, Dec. 17. The MLMIP is a six-month program designed to reinforce each participant’s logistics foundation; adding to their professional knowledge base as well as expanding their network affiliations in the DOD and civilian health care environments. When graduates leave the MLMIP, they are equipped with the advanced training needed to support current and future operations. As a former graduate of the MLMIP, Defense Health Agency Deputy Program Manager of Health Information Technology Col. John Bailey served as keynote for the graduation. “You will go to your organizations or tactical environments, and I guarantee that, with the information you got in this course, you will be able to immediately apply,” said Bailey addressing the new MLMIP graduates. The new MLMIP graduates included: * Maj. Keva R. Brown * Maj. Curtis Strong * Capt. Dana Bal * Capt. Jose Espinoza * Capt. Tamara Tran * Chief Warrant Officer Kenneth McCutcheon * Sgt. 1st Class Jose Garcia, Jr. “You have been exposed to a significant body of knowledge, one that will serve as a scaffolding or framework for you to ‘hang’ additional lessons upon,” said USAMMA Commander Col. David
The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency hosts a graduation ceremony for the Medical Logistics Management Internship Program Dec. 17. Graduates pictured with program director include (left to right): Capt. Tamara Tran; Maj. Keva R. Brown; Capt. Dana Bal; Capt. Jose Espinoza; Program Director Lt. Col. Niel Smith; Sgt. 1st Class Jose Garcia, Jr.; Chief Warrant Officer Kenneth McCutcheon; and Maj. Curtis Strong. Photo by Ellen Crown, USAMRMC Public Affairs
Gibson to the graduates at the ceremony. “I challenge you to continue building on what you’ve been exposed to here; leverage the relationships and connections you have made in this course and always seek to add value in every job you have. I’m confident that this course will assist you in that endeavor.” Since its establishment, the program has graduated 96 classes; including 469 Army officers, four Navy officers, nine warrant officers, 134 noncommissioned officers and four civilians. The most recent class included MLMIP’s first pharmacist graduate, Capt. Dana Bal. Bal explained that each class focuses on a unique area of logistics. This class focused on supply chain management,
which she found very relevant to her work in pharmacy. During the program, the MLMIP participants visited a variety of locations, such as private health care centers and large supply distribution centers, as well as a consulting firm that has worked with hundreds of industry and DOD facilities to help them improve storage and distribution within the supply chain through simulation and other processes. “I hope that what I can take away from this program is the knowledge that I need to better integrate the patient care side and the logistics side,” said Bal. “Ultimately, it comes down to taking care of the patient.” To learn about the MLMIP program, visit http://www.usamma.army.mil/mlmip. cfm.
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The Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation hosts a holiday open house Dec. 18 in the Fort Detrick auditorium atrium. The event included light refreshments, Santa, holiday music, fun and camaraderie. Photo by Juanita Doll, Family and MWR JTAPIC, continued from page 6
The JTAPIC program’s mission is to inform solutions by providing analytic data to help decision makers determine the best course of action that will save lives, prevent or mitigate injuries, save money or direct the spending of resources in a wiser and more useful outcome. “One of our long-term accomplishments includes substantial improvements in some of the armored vehicles that have fought in the U.S. Central Command theater, resulting in the avoidance of death or injury,” said Greene. “We’ve also contributed to improvements in personal protective equipment and tactics, techniques and procedures, all based on our analysis.” The Army has used the actionable information provided by the JTAPIC program to change the way the military protects Warfighters from combat injuries. Modifications
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and upgrades have been made to vehicle equipment and protection systems, such as seat design, blast mitigating armor and fire suppression systems. Combatant commanders have altered their tactics, techniques and procedures in the field as a result to the incident analyses and near real-time feedback on threats provided by the JTAPIC program. The 11 JTAPIC partners are the NHRC the Armed Forces Medical Examiner; the Department of Defense Joint Trauma System; the Program Executive Office Soldier; the Marine Corps Systems Command Infantry Combat Equipment Program Manager; the U.S. Army Research Laboratory; the National Ground Intelligence Center; the Dismounted Incident Analysis Team; the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory; the Marine Corps Systems Command Current Operations Analysis Support Team; and the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity.
Toys For Tots, Providing Joy to Thousands Jenni Benson
USAG Public Affairs
Led by the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion from the United States Marine Corps reserve at Fort Detrick, the Frederick County Toys for Tots drive received donations that provided for thousands of kids. This year, according to 1st Sgt. Philip Collins, the donations kept coming and they were able to help numerous families. “It looks like a lot of toys and it is. This holiday season we were able to put smiles on over 4,300 kids’ faces,” said Collins. Toys for Tots is the largest Marine annual community campaign, and this past holi-
day was no different. Over 120 volunteers worked tirelessly from October through mid-December 2015 promoting the campaign, collecting donated toys and distributing them to children of Frederick County. According to Toysfortots.org, the primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver — through a new toy at Christmas — a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters in hopes of assisting them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens. For more information or to get involved with the Toys for Tots campaign, visit: http:// www.toysfortots.org.
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U.S Army Garrison Commander Col. Robert O’Brien thanks his daughter Taylor for her performance at Winter Wonderland, a holiday celebration hosted by the Child, Youth and School Services on Dec. 9. Taylor is an accomplished dancer with aspirations to dance professionally. Photo by Lanessa Hill, USAG Public Affairs
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