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employees of the month

June 2022: Matthew Myers July 2022: Alex Peksa

Matt joined MIL in October of 2021 to Alex Peksa provided exceptional
support Electronic Warfare Test and service during an OCONUS site visit
Evaluation (EW T&E). At the time, he that was recognized by the end-
was the first MIL employee to support customer. During the trip in May
EW T&E. Since then, he has received 2022, Alex was part of a team tasked
glowing reviews from the Branch, with servicing and repairing 10
program office, and prime contractor. audio/visual suites that had not been
For example, in June of 2022, the maintained since their deployment in
MSTED Senior T&E Engineer for 2019 due to COVID travel restrictions.
Maritime Systems, Kevin Ransford, sent the following Huge challenges were faced with inoperable equipment due
message to the prime: to lack of maintenance and firmware updates that caused
some equipment to fail. With limited time scheduled for the
"Just came out of a Triton Chamber Test Status Briefing for
overseas trip, Alex worked 10 to 12 and sometimes 20 hours
the PM over at PMA-262. A major topic of discussion was
a day, with no days off, to accomplish the service call. The
the SIGINT test results as presented by Matt Myers. Without
result was successful completion of all necessary repairs,
exception, he demonstrated a thorough knowledge of test
programming updates, and servicing that resulted in a fully
methods and results and was able to effectively answer the
operation site that supports, and is used daily by, top decision-
questions as presented to him by the PM and the PMA staff.
makers in the region including the Commander and Deputy
For someone who has been in the job and a completely new
Commander. His efforts also provided a foundation and
environment as he has for only about 6 months, it was a truly
baseline for all systems ensuring they will function in a more
excellent performance. He really made the ITT look good
reliable and consistent fashion and ensuring that all future site
when it counted most. Wish we had a bunch more like him."
O&M visits will be smooth and more predictable.
MIL is proud to have Maj as a valuable asset to its
organization!
announcements

Madison James Hall

Congratulations to Heather Littleford and her fiancé James Hall Jr., both MIL employees, who
welcomed daughter Madison James Hall into the world on May 9, 2022. Madison weighed 7lbs 11.8oz
upon arrival.
Heather works as a Buyer in MIL procurement and James is an Engineering Tech III for MIL’s REPS
Sector.All the best to the new Hall family!

Mikaeel Seddiq

Please join us in celebrating the birth of Mikaeel Seddiq who was born on Thursday August 4th
weighing 7lbs 6oz and measuring 21 inches. Baby Mikaeel is the first child of Tharana and her husband
Abdul Wajid. Tharana is a Marketing and Communications Associate at MIL and member our Proposals
& Marketing team. Tharana supports a wide range of corporate initiatives such as events management,
social media networking, conference planning and logistics, and many more.
Mabrouk and our warmest wishes to Tharana and Abdul and family!

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