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- [Alexandra] Before
I entered the program,

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I was the Division
Medical Logistics Officer

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for the 3rd Infantry Division

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at Ft. Stewart, Georgia.

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- [Frank] I was the S4

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at the 627th Hospital
Center at Ft. Carson.

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- [Edilberto] I was the Battalion XO

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for 168 MMB Korea for two years.

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- [Christopher] I was over in Kenya.

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I was the Chief of Staff

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for the United States Army

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Medical Research Directorate, Africa.

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PMAIP is a acquisition program,

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through the LTHET process,

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that allows for those individuals
interested in acquisitions

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to come in to do a one year internship

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to be assigned to a PMO,
Project Management Office,

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and allows them to understand

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the Defense Acquisitions System

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through seeing it on site,

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as well as going to training,

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and getting your Level 1 Cert.

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And then, once you come out of that,

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and you're in your program afterwards,

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you get your Level 2.

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- The biggest benefit of this program

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is that you get resident training.

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You get online training,

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and then you get some
experiential learning

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by being assigned to the PMO office.

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- Oh this program provided
me a good insight,

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all the aspect about medical acquisition

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and also big picture,

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how the different organizations,

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ASA(ALT), AFC, MRDC, work together

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to develop that medical
device or medical supply

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that support a war fighter,

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so the interaction between
all the organizations

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was very interesting.

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- The time in this program allowed me to

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develop relationships with
our civilian workforce,

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something that I haven't been able to do

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in the last few years.

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As an officer, I've been
mainly in the tactical side,

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serving in medical brigades
and divisional units,

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and being able to see

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how we can work together with civilians

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was very impressive to me.

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- The PMO that I supported was

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the War Fighter Health
Performance and Evacuation Office.

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The projects I got to assist with

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were the TEMPER, Air Supported Shelters,

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as well as

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the Water Distribution and
Wastewater Management sets.

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- So I support DOLA ENT,

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War Fighter Expeditionary
Medical and Treatment.

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Basically they are in charge of

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developing new vaccines,

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and also new medical devices,

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so when they get the early prototyping,

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R and D, T and E funds,

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develop those then that
transition to fielding.

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- Initially I was assigned to

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WPAC, War Fighter Protection Acute Care,

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on Dr. Leitner's team,

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and then, in response to COVID,

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moved down to Force Health Protection,

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where we're workin' on
some treatment protocols.

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I was a product manager for
the Covid Convalescent Plasma,

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and then I also assisted
with the Remdesivir,

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IND and the EAU

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for response to Covid worldwide.

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- After graduation, I
will be moving forward

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to the DHA Headquarters, the DHHQ,

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where I will be working

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as a program manager for JOMIS.

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- I'm projected to be the Plans Officer

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for the G357

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at AMLC.

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- Yeah, so after graduation,

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I'll be doing utilization
on the same team.

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- PCS at the Washington D.C. pentagon,

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so I'll be working at ASA(ALT)

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as a part of the DASC

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- Obviously, when you get to experience

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a year program like this,

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you'll become tighter with the interns

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that you're working with,

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as well as all the civilians

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and Army personnel

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that are supporting the
assignment organization.

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It was all a very great experience.

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- So fellow interns,
it's been a great year

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bein' with you guys,

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and I wish you all the best.

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I know we're gonna be
stayin' close to each other,

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and good luck in the future.

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I can't wait to work with you
within the Acquisition Arm.

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- I look forward to our
relationship in the future,

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working together to make

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the Medical Logistics community

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a better community.

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- Our year is over.

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To my fellow interns,

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Major Liles, Captain
Fajardo, Major Morgan,

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I really enjoyed having fun with you

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in all the courses we've been through.

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- Good luck. See ya down the road.

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