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Contracting personnel use AI, Maven Smart System simulation during warfighter exercise
March 5, 2025 — Contracting personnel assigned to the 419th Contracting Support Brigade, a subordinate command under the Mission and Installation Contracting Command, used a simulation of Maven artificial intelligence to support contracting requirements for the XVIII Airborne Corps and the 143rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command during a warfighter exercise Jan. 21 to Feb. 8 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina... MORE

419th CSB innovates field ordering officer program to support XVIII Airborne Corps
December 4, 2024 — The 419th Contracting Support Brigade, a subordinate unit of the Mission Installation Contracting Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, has launched a groundbreaking Field Ordering Officer program... MORE

Army contracting brigade returns home, uncases colors
January 10, 2019 — Leaders from the 419th Contracting Support Brigade uncased their organization colors during a ceremony Jan. 4 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, signaling the end of their nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. Col. Brad Hodge and Command Sgt. Maj. Cynthia Perryman uncased the brigade colors in a ceremony officiated by Brig. Gen. Bill Boruff, the commanding general for the Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Col. Brad Hodge, left, and Command Sgt. Maj. Cynthia Perryman uncase the 419th Contracting Support Brigade colors as Staff Sgt. Natoya Bojunjoko looks on during a ceremony Jan. 4 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The brigade deployed to Afghanistan for nine months as the lead Army element for Army Contracting Command-Afghanistan. Hodge is the brigade commander and Perryman is the command sergeant major.