Speaker Discusses Future Space and Missile Defense

The chapter hosted an April luncheon featuring guest speaker Michael Winchester, deputy G-6 of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Strategic Command (SMDC/ARSTRAT), at the Peterson Air Force Base Officers Club. Col. Joyce Jenkins-Harden, USAF (Ret.), chapter vice president, presided over the event, which featured a plaque presentation to the chapter's newest AFCEA corporate sponsor provided to Kevin Mackey, vice president of federal sales of Epoch Concepts. This presentation was followed by several chapter business event updates and then lunch. Afterward, Winchester outlined his organization's recent accomplishments and future goals. He highlighted SMDC/ARSTRAT's three major tasks, which encompasses training missile defense forces, building future space and missile defense services, and researching/testing space and missile defense systems. Finally, he stressed the challenges ahead including integrate training requirements with the Army's future missions, the necessity of modernizing spaceports and the criticality of ensuring information technology systems information assurance compliancy throughout the Army. The event ended with Winchester answering questions from the audience.

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