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Smiling female wears a wear top and black blazer

Sept. 9, 2022

FB director leads by example, shows failure not an option

FORT LEE, Va. — Cherry Wilcoxon grew up in Pike County, Alabama, where she attended a segregated elementary school. Her parents and teachers taught her to excel at an early age.

Graphic of Osprey aircraft with text saying vision

March 3, 2022

Agency announces new vision

FORT LEE, Va. — DCMA director calls 2022 a “year of action,” encourages innovation and disciplined decision making at all levels.

Feb. 23, 2021

Challenge accepted

FORT LEE, Va. — Agency initiative inserts flexibility into the rigid contract process.

Man in tan Navy uniform talks in front of flags.

Sept. 24, 2019

Aircraft Ops training takes off

LEESBURG, Va. — Navy Vice Adm. David Lewis provided opening remarks Sept. 24 for DCMA's Aircraft Operations Training Seminar in Leesburg, Virginia.

Woman in Navy uniform sits in front of camera.

March 22, 2019

Navy yeoman finds joy in helping others

FORT LEE, Va. — Gisela Balmaceda, a Navy yeoman, serves as the flag writer to Navy Vice Adm. David Lewis, DCMA director. Watch her story.

Navy Vice Adm. David H. Lewis, with the assistance of his granddaughters, pins on a third star during his promotion ceremony at Fort Lee, Virginia, May 24. Later that morning Lewis assumed command of the Defense Contract Management Agency. (DCMA photo by Stephen Hickok)

May 24, 2017

Navy Vice Adm. David Lewis takes helm of DCMA

James MacStravic, performing the duties of the under secretary of defense for AT&L, praised the new director on his background overseeing numerous shipbuilding contracts.

Air Force Lt. Gen. Wendy Masiello, Defense Contract Management Agency director, recognizes Jim Russell, her deputy, at a Dec. 19 retirement ceremony at Fort Lee, Virginia. Russell retired after 36 years of federal service, mostly with DCMA or its predecessor organizations. (DCMA photo by Stephen Hickok)

Dec. 21, 2016

Russell leaves agency with great history

FORT LEE, Va. — Jim Russell, Defense Contract Management Agency deputy director, recently retired after 36 years of federal service, mostly with DCMA or its predecessor organizations.