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Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Joseph Martin recently spoke with executives and experts from several industry commands and partners to learn more about readiness and preparedness initiatives. modernization underway at Redstone Arsenal.

Martin said being able to meet people first-hand, see and touch things first-hand, is incredibly valuable in deepening his understanding and ability to convey the importance of the work being done on the facility.

“It’s so much easier to explain something when I’ve seen it with my own eyes,” Martin said. “Spending just a day here is worth 20 times the time I could spend being briefed at the Pentagon.” “

He described Redstone Arsenal as an important national asset and noted that its value extends far beyond its 44,000 employees and its local economic impact of $ 18 billion.