ARMY UPDATE – JOINT ADVANCED 

PLANNING BRIEF TO INDUSTRY

Every Ounce Matters, 

Every Bullet Counts

Colonel Tony Lindh

Project Manager Soldier Survivability

james.a.lindh.mil@army.mil
Agenda

• Project Manager Soldier Survivability (PM SSV)

Organization

• Soldier Survivability’s Focus Areas

• Current Environment

• Anticipated Future Efforts

• Funding Outlook

• Points of Contact
Project Manager Soldier Survivability (PM SSV)

Deliver cutting edge capabilities to 

increase safety, survivability, and 

lethality of Air and Ground 

Warfighters

Mission Vision Priorities

1. Facilitate a resilient and capable workforce

2. Deliver Combat Overmatch

3. Develop and reinforce best practices in 

delivering capability

Fort Belvoir, VA Senior Enlisted Advisor

SFC Andrew Wood

Project Manager

Soldier Survivability

COL Tony Lindh

Deputy Project Manager 

Mr. Jeff Myhre

DASC

MAJ Jamil Gangcuangco 

APMs

MAJ Kim Pierre-Zamora

MAJ Matthew Nulk

APMs 

MAJ Ryan Ogden

MAJ Ryan Cemerly

Lester Smith

Blaise Liess

Product Manager Soldier 

Clothing and Individ Equip

LTC Austin Banford

Deputy 

Mr. Warren Clare

Senior NCO Advisor

Vacant

Product Manager 

Soldier Protective Equipment

LTC Kenneth Elgort

Deputy

Ms. Sarah Coleman

Senior NCO Advisor

Vacant

Product Manager 

Air Warrior

Dr. Carlos Correia 

Deputy 

Mr. Robert Seybold

Senior NCO Advisor

Vacant

APMs

MAJ Lonnie Jordan

MAJ Caleb Hughes

Chuck Myers

Redstone, AL

Director, Acquisition & 

Operations

Ms. Debbie Ward

Director, Quality 

Assurance

Mr. Duane Cook

Director, Logistics 

Management

Ms. Sophia McKenzie

Director, Resource 

Management

Ms. Megan Allums

PM Soldier

Survivability

PEO 

Soldier

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)

Redstone, AL

(Air Warrior)

Be the trusted global 

provider of air and ground 

Soldier equipment and 

technology
Soldier Survivability’s Focus Areas

• Survivability

 Signature / Thermal Mitigation

 Optimal Ballistic Protection

 Communication

• 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

 Soldier Comfort

 Soldier Safety

• Divestiture / Life Cycle Management

• Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment (OCIE) Commonality 

across Services and continued support of the Warfighter
Current Environment

• EUCOM Deployments

• Global Conflicts

• 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

 Optimized Protection 

 Reduced Weight

• Organizational Clothing & Individual Equipment

 Arctic Strategy

 Over-the-Snow Mobility

 Cold Weather Fuel Handler’s Glove 

 Water Filtration

 Toxic Industrial Chemical/Toxic Industrial Material

(TIC/TIM) Removal

 Individual Desalinization

 Conductive Materials and Textiles
Funding Outlook – Ballistic Protection

PB24

RDTE

Central Funding and Fielding

$M

$M
Funding Outlook – Clothing and Equipment

PB24

RDTE

Central Funding and Fielding

$M

$M
Points of Contact

COL James (Tony) Lindh

Project Manager, Soldier Survivability 

james.a.lindh.mil@army.mil

(703) 704-3322

LTC Austin Banford

Product Manager, Soldier Clothing and

Individual Equipment

austin.j.banford.mil@army.mil

(703) 704-2891

LTC Ken Elgort

Product Manager, Soldier

Protective Equipment 

kenneth.p.elgort.mil@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) 432-8777

Ms. Sarah Coleman

Deputy Product Manager, Soldier Protective 

 Equipment

sarah.w.coleman.civ@army.mil 

(703) 704-0711

Mr. Rob Seybold

Deputy Product Manager, Air Warrior 

robert.l.seybold.civ@army.mil

(256) 876-4676
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