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Mission and Installation Contracting Command welcomes new leader
August 4, 2017 — Military officials, civic leaders, families and friends joined members of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command in welcoming their new commander July 26 during a change-of-command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Col. William Boruff receives the Mission and Installation Contracting Command colors from Maj. Gen. James Simpson during a change-of-command ceremony July 26 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Acquisition roundtable focuses on small business interests
July 26, 2017 — Army small business specialists from throughout the country participated in roundtable discussions July 18-20 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston as federal agencies finalize their spending strategies in the government’s final quarter of the fiscal year... MORE

Victor Gallegos discusses the Department of Defense Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration, or AcqDemo, Project appraisal system with small business specialists from throughout the Mission and Installation Contracting Command July 18 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. MICC small business specialists were at the installation July 18-20 for roundtable discussions and training as the command enters the final quarter of the federal fiscal year of contract awards.

Mission and Installation Contracting Command leadership changes hands
July 12, 2017 — Command of the U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command changes hands during a July 26 ceremony at the Army North Quadrangle on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Col. William Boruff (left) will assume command of the U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command from Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Gabbert (right) in a July 26 ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Mission and Installation Contracting Command Soldiers receive Purple Heart
June 16, 2017 — Maj. Evan Chung and Sgt. 1st Class Mark Lewis from the Mission and Installation Contracting Command were presented with the Purple Heart recently for their actions in Afghanistan... MORE

Maj. Gen. James Simpson presents the Purple Heart to Maj. Evan Chung June 9 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Simpson is the Army Contracting Command commanding general, and Chung is a contracting officer assigned to Field Directorate Office-Fort Sam Houston. Also pictured is Chung’s wife, Nickola.

MICC small business contract awards top $600 million for fiscal year
April 13, 2017 — More than $614 million in contracts were awarded to small businesses throughout the nation during the first two quarters of this fiscal year by contracting officials with the U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

David King speaks to representatives from small and large industry during a Mission and Installation Contracting Command acquisition forecast open house March 29 at the Fayetteville Technical Community College in Fayetteville, N.C. King is the deputy to the commander of the 419th Contracting Support Brigade at nearby Fort Bragg, N.C.

MICC Soldiers, civilians mentor high school students during Job Shadow Day
February 3, 2017 — Many San Antonio high school students missed classes Feb. 2, but they were still gaining real-world knowledge from mentors at the Mission and Installation Contracting Command, or MICC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston as well as more than 100 employers across the city. Soldiers and Army civilians at the MICC hosted 21 students from Sam Houston High School from the San Antonio Independent School District as part of the San Antonio Job Shadow Day. ... MORE

Clay Cole speaks to Sam Houston High School students as part of the San Antonio Job Shadow Day Feb. 2 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Cole is the deputy to the commanding general of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command.

Mission and Installation Contracting Command leaders gather to discuss contracting priorities
January 9, 2017 — Leaders from across the U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command, or MICC, took part in an acquisition leadership training event in December at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Lt. Gen. Larry Wyche speaks with leaders from throughout the Mission and Installation Contracting Command as part of an acquisition leadership training event Dec. 7, 2016, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Wyche spent the day in San Antonio meeting with installation leaders from JBSA-Fort Sam Houston and industry partners. Wyche is the deputy commanding general for the U.S. Army Materiel Command at Redstone Arsenal, Ala.

410th Contracting Support Brigade cases its colors in preparation for deployment
November 21, 2016 — Leaders from the 410th Contracting Support Brigade, or CSB, cased their organizational colors during a ceremony Nov. 16 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in preparation for the brigade’s deployment to Qatar and Afghanistan... MORE

Col. Josh Burris (left) and Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Williams case the 410th Contracting Support Brigade organizational colors during a ceremony Nov. 16 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Soldiers from the brigade will depart for a deployment to assume command of the U.S. Army Expeditionary Contracting Command-Afghanistan. Burris is the 410th CSB commander and Williams is the brigade command sergeant major.

Mission and Installation Contracting Command employees selected for leadership training
October 25, 2016 — Two members of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command, or MICC, headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, were selected by the Alamo Federal Executive Board to participate in its nine-month leadership program... MORE

Jennifer Hastedt was selected by the Alamo Federal Executive Board to participate in its nine-month leadership program which began this month. Hastedt is contract specialist with the Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

MICC resource management team achieves 100 percent financial management compliance
September 14, 2016 — The U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command resource management team at Fort Sam Houston has achieved 100 percent compliance with the Department of Defense Financial Management Certification program. ... MORE

(From left) Carmen Matos and Mary Miller discuss budget targets Aug. 24 at the Mission and Installation Contracting Command resource management office at Fort Sam Houston. Matos is the program and budget division chief and Miller is a financial management analyst at the MICC. Along with Matos and Miller, the rest of the resource management staff have completed their Department of Defense Financial Management Certification requirement.

Deputy to MICC commanding general departs
December 17, 2015 — U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command deputy to the commanding general has been selected for a follow-on assignment as a member of the Senior Executive Service. George Cabaniss departs in late December to serve as the deputy chief procurement officer with the Veterans Health Administration Procurement and Logistics Office in Washington, D.C... MORE

Mission and Installation Contracting Command directorates merge to provide better field support
September 17, 2015 — he merging of two directorates at the Mission and Installation Contracting Command headquarters at Fort Sam Houston in August marks another step in the command’s posturing to sustain operations in a resource-constrained environment... MORE

Sybille Quigtar-Hamilton completes Defense Acquisition University studies to become a contracting officer’s representative at Fort Sam Houston Sept. 8. She is a Mission and Installation Contracting Command management and program analyst assigned to the business management operations division in the contracting operations directorate.