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FROM THE FIELD

US Army Financial Management Command
(USAFMCOM) Corner
Trailblazing Williams takes USAFMCOM

baton By Mark R. W. Orders-woempner

A trailblazing U.S. Army colonel took the baton of the Department of Defense’s only financial
management command, setting her feet on a solid path laid by her outgoing predecessor.

Col. Michelle M. Williams took command of the U.S. Army Financial Management Command from
Brig. Gen. Paige M. Jennings during a ceremony presided over by Lt. Gen. Christopher O. Mohan,
U.S. Army Materiel Command deputy commanding general and acting commander, at the Maj. Gen.
Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis June 18.
“To the men and women of [USAFMCOM], I’m excited to work closely with you – each and every
one of you,” said Williams in her first address to the command. “You are doing a phenomenal job –
you have done a phenomenal job – and I greatly appreciate you exceeding the highest standards by
being adaptive and innovative in supporting our ever-changing Army.”
“Transitions are tough, but transitions are part of our Army and part of that fabric that makes us
who we are because the transitions are about leaders, but the [unit’s] colors always stay,” said
Mohan during the ceremony. “The great news is we’ve got an incredibly capable leader in Michelle
Williams.

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