ORLANDO — Civilian Careers were discussed at a workshop session held during the Army Day portion of the American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC) Professional Development Institute (PDI) annual conference held in Orlando, Florida, June 1.
“I thought the briefs were very informative. A lot of people do not believe that CP26 and CP11 are connected and in truth, they are very connected,” said Darryl Brock, Resource Services, Office of the Administrative Assistant, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. “I loved the civilian toolkit. It has given me a whole new arsenal for my career as a 0343 analyst. I’ll be able to use the toolkit and pass it on to my co-workers.”
The session was a joint briefing by Ms. Beryl Hancock, Chief of the Career Program 26 (Manpower and Force Management) (CP26) Proponency Office and Col. Gregory Sanders, Chief, Career Program 11 (Comptroller) (CP11) Proponency Office. More than 120 people attended the two session event which focused on career program updates and civilian development. The civilian development portion was provided to highlight the tools that are available to the Army’s civilian careerists and to educate the uniformed side about civilians. Portions of the sessions were streamed live on the CP26’s Facebook page and at the time of publishing, the videos have reached more than 1,000 people.
“The opportunity to speak to such a diverse group of professionals was outstanding,” said Hancock. “It is important for everyone to understand that manpower and force managers stand with comptrollers in terms of resource management. Together our communities represent two critical pillars of the Army, money and people.”
According to the ASMC website, the PDI is the premier training event for resource and financial managers from across the Department of Defense. The three day training event features a full day of Service and Defense Agencies workshops, general sessions, keynote speakers and several mini-courses aligned to the DoD Financial Management Certification Program competencies and associated proficiency levels.
I think it was a very informative session,” said Sanders. “It was very refreshing that we had the chance to see how the financial management and the force management personnel mix and blend our two career programs because we are both in essence resource managers.”
In addition to the CP26 and CP11 briefing, Army Day consisted of presentations from the Hon. Robert Speer, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller (ASA (FM&C)), Lt. Gen. Karen Dyson, Military Deputy, ASA (FM&C) and Maj. Gen. Thomas Horlander, Director of the Army Budget.
“When it comes to a civilian toolkit, we want our careerists to know what is needed at a base level to ensure they are successful and can participate in the Senior Enterprise Talent Management and Enterprise Talent Management programs,” said Sanders. “I look forward to much more participation and interest in making sure that our careerists, both CP11 and CP26, are investing the time and effort needed into their own careers. We also want to ensure that they know that the best person to build and sell their career is themselves.”
“It was important to speak here today so that we can educate, inform and connect with financial managers from across the Army,” said Hancock. “I am very grateful to speak at the ASMC PDI. I hope that the attendees were able to take away the importance and roles of CP26’s as resource managers, as well as some helpful tools for their professional development."
Next year’s ASMC PDI is scheduled to be held in San Diego, California. For more information about ASMC and the PDI please visit: http://www.asmconline.org/pdi/
For more information about CP11 please visit: http://www.asafm.army.mil/offices/office.aspx?officecode=1800
For more information about CP26 and to view segments of the session connect via Facebook at: facebook.com/ArmyCP26