Project Manager 

Soldier Survivability

Every Ounce Matters, Every Bullet Counts

Project Manager Soldier Survivability 

(PM SSV)

Joint Advanced Planning Brief to Industry

17 November 2021

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 Organization

PM Survivability Mission: Equip, clothe, and protect 

Soldiers to maximize performance today and provide 

enhanced capability tomorrow

PM Soldier

Survivability

PEO 

Soldie

r

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, Business 

Management

Director, 

Logistics Management

Ms. Sophia McKenzie

Director, Quality 

Assurance

Mr. Duane Cook

Director, Operations 

& Plans

Mr. Gary Pesano

Enlisted Advisor

MSG Carma Powell

Project Manager

Soldier Survivability

COL Derek Bird

Deputy Project Manager 

DASC Mr. Jeff Myhre

Mr. Carlton White

Ms. Megan Allums

APMs

MAJ Howard VanMatre

CPT Kim Pierre-Zamora

CPT John Davis

CPT Brad McPherson

APMs

MAJ Jason Galletta

CPT Jonathon Waters

Product Manager Soldier 

Clothing and Individ Equip

LTC Naim Lee

Deputy (Acting)

Mr. Gregg Stimatze

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

CPT Jeff Timmick

Redstone, AL

Redstone, AL

(Air Warrior)
Soldier Survivability’s Focus Areas

• Soldier Readiness

 Enduring Requirements

 Directed Requirements

 Operational Needs Statements / Joint Urgent Operational Needs 

Statements

• Increased Lethality

 Soldier Load – decreased weight

 Soldier Integration

 Increased Ballistic Protection

• Divestiture / Life Cycle Management

• Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment (OCIE) 

Commonality across Services and continued support of the 

Warfighter
Current Environment

• No longer deploying Soldiers to Afghanistan and 

Iraq 

• Industrial Base Analysis

• Enduring Requirements

Procurement budgets drastically reduced 
Anticipated Future Efforts

• Ballistic and Blast Protection

 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

 Signature Management/Spectral Mitigation

 Conductive Materials in 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@mail.mil

(703) 704-3322

LTC Naim Lee

Product Manager, Soldier Clothing 

and Individual Equipment

naim.r.lee.mil@mail.mil

(703) 805-8514

LTC Stephen Miller 

Product Manager, Soldier

Protective Equipment 

stephen.e.miller.civ@mail.mil 

(703) 704-9321

Dr. Carlos Correia

Product Manager,Air Warrior

carlos.a.correia2.civ@mail.mil 

(256) 842-9945

Mr. Jeff Myhre

Deputy Project Manager, Soldier Survivability 

jeffrey.j.myhre.civ@mail.mil

(703) 704-3325

Mr. Gregg Stimatze

Acting Deputy Product Manager, Soldier Clothing

and Individual Equipment 

gregg.l.stimatze.civ@mail.mil

(703) 805-8506

Ms. Sarah Coleman

Deputy Product Manager, Soldier Protective

Equipment

sarah.w.coleman.civ@mail.mil 

(703) 704-0711

Mr. James Isaacs

Deputy Product Manager, Air Warrior 

james.r.isaacs.civ@mail.mil

(256) 876-4676