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FROM THE FIELD
The next major step will be in April when the FCS hosts the second Finance and Sustainment

Symposium during Regimental Week to further hammer out the way forward.

And, while the focus of these symposiums is on the future, they are also leveraging lessons
learned from the past by bringing in several former finance and comptroller senior leaders as
mentors.

These include Robert M. Speer, former acting Secretary of the Army and ASA (FM&C); retired LTG
Karen E. Dyson and Thomas A. Horlander, former Military Deputies to the ASA (FM&C); retired BG
Mark A. McAllister, former U.S. Army Soldier Support Institute commanding general; and retired
Command CSM. Maj. Billy Pantoja and Paul Morrissette former regimental sergeant major.
“We’re pushing some 20 years ago when our branch was going through the last major evolutionary
event, and now, 20 years forward, we have the benefit of hindsight,” said CSM Maj. Dennis N.
Dodge, FCS senior enlisted advisor and Finance Corps regimental sergeant major, to those at the
symposium, including the senior mentors. “That's why you're all gathered here today because
there are gaps, there are holes in our swing.”
For their part, the senior mentors said they were excited to get to work in helping shape the Army’s
future.
“For a lot of us senior mentors, we're thrilled you're looking at your role within the Army, you're
looking for the gaps, looking for the capabilities, and you're opening the dialogue to folks out here
who have a perspective, too,” said Speer. “You always need to take perspective of what's right for
this nation, what's right for the Army, and then what's right for the Finance Corps.
“And, the amazing thing is what's been right for the Army has been the Finance Corps,” he
continued. “Your role changes, how you do it, the tools that you get, the material solutions. They
always have been trained properly or integrated, and that's why this is so important.”
Also serving on the symposium’s senior-leader panel were BG Rebecca B. McElwain, OASA
(FM&C) operations and support director; and Command Sargant. Major Joy, L. Allen, USAFMCOM
senior enlisted advisor.

The OASA (FM&C) is responsible for resourcing America's Army through sound financial
management and comptrollership, from budget formulation to auditable financial statements.
USAFMCOM delivers precision enterprise-wide financial operations to integrate, synchronize and
sustain the battlefield through the Joint Strategic Support Area and directly supports the OASA
(FM&C) in their role as the principal advisor on all matters related to financial management and
comptrollership.
CASCOM educates, trains and develops adaptive sustainment professionals for the total force
while generating, synchronizing and integrating innovative Army and joint sustainment
capabilities, concepts and doctrine to sustain LSCO and multi-domain operations with joint and
multi-national partners for the Army of 2040.
The FCS trains, educates and develops FC warriors and provides DOTMLFP-P solutions to enable
the Army to win in multi-domain operations.

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