ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo will speak April 11 at a Coffee Series event hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army.

The in-person event will take place at AUSA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. The event opens at 6:30 a.m. with registration, coffee and networking. The program is scheduled to begin at 7:15 a.m.

It is free for military members, government employees and the media. All attendees are encouraged to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Masks are optional.

The Army has “a pretty good chance and a pretty good track record at success,” Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo said in a keynote speech on the opening day of the Association of the U.S. Army’s 2023 Global Force Symposium and Exposition in Huntsville, Alabama.

In an upbeat message about the Army’s modernization efforts, Camarillo said that in fundamental ways, “we reorganized to tackle our system requirements and our ability to experiment with technology in a concerted way.”

The Army met its mission requirements and kept its people safe during the COVID-19 pandemic because of the service’s swift and efficient response to the crisis, a senior Army official said.

“The Army showed yet again that in times of crisis, we will answer the nation’s call,” Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo testified Feb. 28 before the House Armed Services subcommittee on military personnel during a hearing to explore the impact of COVID-19 on DoD and its service members.

Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo and leaders from Army Materiel Command, Army Futures Command and Army Training and Doctrine Command will speak at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Global Force Symposium and Exposition in Huntsville, Alabama.

Back in-person for the first time since 2019, the three-day event will take place March 28–30 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, just outside Redstone Arsenal, home to Materiel Command.

In a new Association of the U.S. Army policy paper, former acting Army Secretary John Whitley highlights the dangers to the Army and the nation from ignoring ground warfare capabilities. 

He’s concerned that current planning and budgeting overlook the vital role ground forces, particularly the U.S. Army, have played in past conflicts and will likely play in the future. 

While the Army has implemented 63 of 70 recommendations to combat sexual assault and harassment in the force, leaders remain “concerned” about the uptick in incidents in the past year. 

A DoD report using fiscal 2021 data showed a “significant increase” in the prevalence of sexual assault and a “decline in trust in the military system to deal with those problems,” Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo said during a recent hearing before the House Armed Services military personnel subcommittee. 

The Army is hitting its stride when it comes to reaching its modernization goals, Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo said.

“I think we've got a tremendous amount of momentum headed into our modernization portfolio,” Camarillo said Sept. 7 during a conference hosted by Defense News. “Many of our programs … are working their way through the process to achieve these critical milestones and getting to the next phase … where we can field capabilities that are relevant to our soldiers.”

Serious Army recruiting challenges that could require bigger incentive bonuses won’t rob attention or money from the service’s transformation programs, Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo told an Association of the U.S. Army audience.

Speaking July 20 as part of AUSA’s Coffee Series, Camarillo focused his remarks on the two biggest challenges he’s facing as the Army’s chief management officer and senior adviser to Army Secretary Christine Wormuth. 

Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo will speak July 20 as part of the Association of the U.S. Army’s Coffee Series.

The in-person event will take place at AUSA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. The event opens at 6:30 a.m. with coffee and networking. Camarillo is expected to speak at 7:20 a.m.

It is free for military members, government employees and the media. All attendees must be vaccinated against COVID-19. Masks are optional.

Gabe Camarillo, an attorney who has served in various positions in DoD, was sworn in Feb. 8 as the new undersecretary of the Army.

Camarillo, who is the 35th Army undersecretary, was confirmed Feb. 2 by the Senate. As the undersecretary, he is the Army secretary’s senior civilian assistant and principal adviser on matters related to the management and operation of the Army. He is also the chief management officer of the Army.