Project Manager 

Soldier Survivability

Every Ounce Matters, Every Bullet Counts

Project Manager Soldier Survivability 

(PM SSV)

Joint Advanced Planning Brief to Industry

16 November 2022

COL Derek A. Bird

Project Manager, Soldier Survivability 

derek.a.bird.mil@mail.mil

Mr. Jeffrey J. Myhre

Deputy Project Manager, Soldier Survivability 

jeffrey.j.myhre.civ@mail.mil
Agenda

• PM SSV Organization

• Soldier Survivability’s Focus Areas

• Current Environment

• Anticipated Future Efforts

• Funding Outlook

• Points of Contact
PM SSV

PM Survivability Mission: Equip, clothe, and protect 

Soldiers to maximize performance today and provide 

enhanced capability tomorrow

PM Soldier

Survivability

Ft Bliss, TX

(FIP)

Ft Hood, TX

(FIP)

Natick, MA

(CCDC-SC)

Philadelphia, PA

(LSO)

Ft Lee, VA

(Airdrop NET)

Sierra Army

Depot, CA (TACOM)

Lansing, MI

(Staging)

Yuma, AZ

(Freefall NET)

Fort Belvoir, VA

Director, Resource 

Management

Director, 

Logistics Management

Ms. Sophia McKenzie

Director, Quality 

Assurance

Mr. Duane Cook

Director, Operations

& Acquisition

Ms. Debbie Ward

Senior Enlisted Advisor

MSG Carma Powell

Project Manager

Soldier Survivability

COL Derek Bird

Deputy Project Manager 

Mr. Jeff Myhre DASC

MAJ John Dibble

Ms. Megan Allums

APMs

CPT Kim Pierre-Zamora

CPT John Davis

CPT Brad McPherson

APMs

CPT Jonathon Waters

CPT Ryan Ogden

Lester Smith

Blaise Liess

Product Manager Soldier 

Clothing and Individ Equip

LTC Naim Lee

Deputy 

Mr. Warren Clare

Senior NCO Advisor

Vacant

Product Manager Soldier 

Protective Equipment

LTC Stephen Miller

Deputy

Ms. Sarah Coleman

Senior NCO Advisor

Vacant

Product Manager 

Air Warrior

Dr. Carlos Correia 

Deputy 

Mr. Jim Isaacs

Senior NCO Advisor

Vacant

APMs

MAJ Derek Kegerreis

MAJ Jeff Timmick

Redstone, AL

Redstone, AL

(Air Warrior)

PEO

Soldier

NCO Advisor

SFC Tyler Sickles
Soldier Survivability’s Focus Areas

• Survivability

 Signature / Thermal Mitigation

 Increased Ballistic Protection

• Soldier Readiness

 Enduring Requirements

 Directed Requirements

 Operational Needs Statements / Joint Urgent Operational Needs 

Statements / European Preparedness Response (EPR) / 

Presidential Drawdown

• Increased Lethality

 Soldier Load – decreased weight

 Soldier Integration

• Divestiture / Life Cycle Management

• Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment (OCIE) 

Commonality across Services and continued support of the 

Warfighter
Current Environment

• EUCOM Deployments

• Enduring Requirements

• Continuing Resolution

Uncertainty with Procurement Budgets

Maintaining the Clothing & Textile Industrial Base is a High 

Priority for Army Senior Leaders
Anticipated Future Efforts

• Soldier Survivability 

 Ballistic and Blast Protection

 Signature Management / Spectral Mitigation

 Increased Protection 

 Reduced Weight

• Organizational Clothing & Individual Equipment

 Arctic Strategy

 Over-the-Snow Mobility

 Cold Weather Survival Blanket

 Water Filtration

 Toxic Industrial Chemical/Toxic Industrial Material

(TIC/TIM) Removal

 Individual Desalinization

 Conductive Materials and Textiles
Funding Outlook

PB23

Central Funding and Fielding

0

100

200

300

2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

$M

RDTE

0

20

40

2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

$M
Points of Contact

COL Derek Bird

Project Manager, Soldier Survivability 

derek.a.bird.mil@army.mil

(703) 704-3322

LTC Naim Lee

Product Manager, Soldier Clothing 

and Individual Equipment

naim.r.lee.mil@army.mil

(703) 805-8514

LTC Stephen Miller 

Product Manager, Soldier

Protective Equipment 

stephen.e.miller.civ@army.mil

(703) 704-9321

Dr. Carlos Correia

Product Manager,Air Warrior

carlos.a.correia2.civ@army.mil

(256) 842-9945

Mr. Jeff Myhre

Deputy Project Manager, Soldier Survivability 

jeffrey.j.myhre.civ@army.mil

(703) 704-3325

Mr. Warren Clare

Deputy Product Manager, Soldier Clothing

and Individual Equipment 

warren.c.clare.civ@army.mil

(703) 805-8506

Ms. Sarah Coleman

Deputy Product Manager, Soldier Protective

Equipment

sarah.w.coleman.civ@army.mil

(703) 704-0711

Mr. James Isaacs

Deputy Product Manager, Air Warrior 

james.r.isaacs.civ@army.mil

(256) 876-4676