BG Brian P. Cummings has assumed duties as Program Executive Officer Soldier, replacing BG(P) Paul A. Ostrowski who served in that position since May of 2012. We congratulate the departing General Ostrowski on his selection for promotion to Major General and wish him well in his new position as Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology).
BG Cummings is an Infantry officer who has been in the Acquisition Corps since 1994. Really, this a welcome home for General Cummings who is no stranger to the Soldier Systems community having served with TRADOC System Manager Soldier before there was even a PEO Soldier, followed by several positions in PEO Soldier including service as Product Manager Ground Soldier System. He is a great choice for the position of PEO Soldier with an excellent mixture of relevant acquisitions and operations experience.
Due to the nature of the Acquisition system, this is known as a change of charter rather than a change of command. This time, there was very short notice of BG Cummings’ move to PEO Soldier with about a month between the announcement and Change of Charter. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been a formal announcement from PEO Soldier regarding the change. We only happened upon the actual event based on a Facebook posting regarding BG Cummings award of the Legion of Merit prior to his move from Deputy PEO Combat Support & Combat Service Support to PEO Soldier.
We wish General Cummings good luck as he assumes his new roll and hope to hear more about his direction for PEO Soldier. There’s a lot going on. It’s an exciting time in the soldier systems world.
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