Army Lt. Gen. David Bassett, Defense Contract Management Agency director, speaks to John Lyle's service with the agency as deputy director and his many accomplishments during 42 years of service. “I’ve been blessed over the course of the last 18 or so months to have the best deputy of my career,” said Bassett. “I was told when I agreed to take the job, they said ‘there’s this deputy there, and he does most of the work. You’ll barely have to do anything.’ And I said, ‘Sign me up.’”