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employees of the month

July 2018: Donald Hutcherson

Don Hutcherson currently serves as a Sr. Systems Analyst for MIL's C5ISR Team in support our prime contract
with NAWCAD's 4.11.3 Ship & Air Integrated Warfare (SAIW) Division. Through an Interagency Agreement
that NAWCAD has executed with the Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection (CBP),
Mr. Hutcherson has been assigned as a Sr. Logistician to provide on-site to CBP's Office of Acquisition (OA)
located in Arlington, VA.

Recently, NAWCAD received a Letter of Appreciation from Mr. Ruynard Singleton, Executive Director of the
Program Management Office Directorate for the U.S. Border Patrol regarding Mr. Hutcherson's support. Mr.
Singleton provided his "whole-hearted appreciation" for the outstanding support that Don has provided to
numerous projects in support of the homeland security mission, including: the Block-1 System which monitors
the southern border sectors; , the Tactical Aerostat System (TAS) which provides an eye-in-the-sky view of the
border areas;, the Remote Vehicle Surveillance System Upgrade (RVSS-U) that affords the border patrol with a
mobile capability;, and the small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) that deploys to specific targets. Mr. Singleton goes on to state: "As
with most highly qualified - astute personnel, Mr. Hutcherson was asked to support three other programs. Even with the additional
workload, the Block-1 Logistics support continued uninterrupted. Don even revised his work schedule to accommodate all workloads,
proving to become known as the Logistician Extraordinaire!!" Mr. Singleton continued with "I wish to thank Don for his diligent
support, unwavering work ethic and contributions to the success of our goals and mission". As a MIL employee Don exemplifies the
type of professionalism and customer relationship management that is an integral part of the MIL culture and the basis of much of our
success. Please take the opportunity to congratulate Don on a job well done

August 2018: Zachary Coho September 2018: Tom Cook

Zach was awarded employee of the Tommy Cook is valued and respected for
month for his excellent performance and his leadership, commitment, collaboration,
representation of MIL at the Department and knowledge. He radiates enthusiasm
of State client site. Zach has proven to for his work, for supporting his clients and
be a leader with both peers, employees for mentoring his employees. He is client
and senior and junior clients. With the focused, always displays a can-do attitude
departure of our EVP, Zach has stepped and the client considers him their “Go-
up to take on day-to-day management To” guy. He serves as the manager for the
of the Global Financial Systems Support Overseas Help Desk at the Department
office at DOS. Zach has earned the respect of State (DoS). Tommy brings passion to
of senior clients and has been personally recruiting the best candidates for MIL
asked by the DOS Comptroller to take over a very high profile and has received many accolades from the DoS managers about
monthly task with the upcoming retirement of one of his key the timely delivery of quality candidates. He willingly shares his
employees. Zach can always be relied upon to solve the difficult expertise on the myriad of overseas financial systems that DoS
issues and have a can-do attitude. utilizes. Tommy is focused on developing his staff by serving as an
excellent teacher and providing opportunities for the staff to learn
and grow. In addition, he is skilled at managing the workload,
identifying critical help desk cases, and setting priorities to ensure
Did you know? timely resolution. Under his management, he has built a cohesive,
productive team environment and the client acknowledges the
positive impact his management has had on help desk service
We interview every employee of the month! and delivery. If that isn't enough to keep him busy on a full-time
You can read their Employee Profile on the MIL basis, he recently completed his studies to achieve a Doctor of
website (www.milcorp.com) under the Careers Public Administration (DPA). His advanced knowledge is a true
asset for the client and they are benefiting from his commitment
tab on the Employee Profiles page. to continued learning and self-development. The next time you
see Tommy, be sure to call him Dr. Cook! Congratulations Dr.
Thomas Cook on being selected the MIL Employee of the Month.

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