CP26 Braggs about Manpower to Army Reserve

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

08.31.2015

Courtesy Story

U.S. Army Career Program 26

WASHINGTON – Members of the U.S. Army Reserve community at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, received a briefing from the Career Program 26 - Manpower and Force Management (CP26) Proponency Office about how to better prepare themselves as manpower and force managers during a time of change in the Army.

“The CP26 road show gives us as the Proponency Office a unique way to connect with those who are operating in the field,” said Beryl Hancock, Chief, Manpower Policy, Plans and Program and Chief of the CP26 Proponency Office. “I welcomed the opportunity to travel to Fort Bragg to speak with members of the Army Reserve and answer their questions about manpower and force management, career development and how to be a leader within the field.”

More than more than 80 people were in attendance for the road show, which gives an overview of the CP26 program, tips on how to be a better manpower and force manager and career development advice. The road show was designed to engage and inform those in the Army that help build its future and maintain its presence.

“All of the Army Reserve CP 26 management analyst, series 0343, both force structure and manpower, were in attendance at the FM workshop,” said Dan Blakeney, Deputy Director, U.S. Army Reserve Command G-3/5/7 Force Management. “This was the best opportunity for CP26 to have one-on-one contact with an audience of this size.”

The Army Reserve provides trained, equipped and ready Soldiers, Leaders and Units to meet America's requirements at home and abroad.

The Army Reserve is the only component of the Army that is also a single command. The Army Reserve is integrated and in direct support of every Army Service Component Command and Combatant Command with a footprint in all 50 states, four territories and in more than 30 countries.

“Our CP26 personnel provide the long term expertise and continuity in an ever changing force. They take the lead in managing both structure and manpower change across the program years and years of execution,” said Blakeney. Without the CP26 professionals serving in our subordinate commands we would have great difficulty in executing the Army's force directive.”

Manpower and force management professionals design, develop and resource the Army’s operating and generating forces in support of the National Military Strategy. CP26 is one of the Army’s 31 civilian career programs and is composed primarily of Management Analysts who work in one or more of nine functional areas.

“The Army is changing and adapting,” said Hancock. “As manpower and force managers we will help lead this change and continue to ensure that this remains the best equipped and best manned force it can be within the parameters that have been set out.”

• Date Taken: 08.31.2015
• Date Posted: 09.09.2015 14:49
• Story ID: 175534
• Location: WASHINGTON, DC, US
• Hometown: FORT LIBERTY, NC, US
• Hometown: SPRING HILL, NC, US