...the post and the Army in general shrinks, the workload is getting heavier. When Maj. Gen. Ackerman was director of combat developments in 1990, a staff of about 360 people worked for him. Today, the same department has shrunk to only 60 employees...

...equipment they're taking really is developed out of the Signal Center," said Col. W. Scott Rodakowski, director of combat developments at Fort Gordon. "Fort Gordon is an Army weapon," Lt. Gen. Douglas Buchholz, the nation's top military...

...some of those, even if it's one classroom at a time." A former platoon leader during the Vietnam War and director of combat developments at Fort Gordon, Gen. Ackerman said he understands how the new computer and communications technology should...

...There's not a weapon out there that's significantly better than the M4," says Col. Robert Radcliffe, the director of combat developments at the Army Infantry Center in Fort Benning, Ga. "To replace it with something that has essentially the...

...was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and the Legion of Merit. He was a graduate of War College and a director of combat development at the Military Police School. Mr. Rees was former general manager for Wackenhut at the Savannah River Site...