CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS TO ELECTRONIC RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION, AND TRAINING AT FORT MONMOUTH 1940-1982 BY THOMAS E. DANIELS ELECTRONIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND COMBAT SURVEILLANCE AND TARGET ACQUISITION LABORATORY FEBRUARY    1983

The intent or purpose of this booklet is as follows: 1. To promote an awareness of technological contributions      by blacks collectively at Fort Monmouth. 2. To promote an awareness of blacks in many nontraditional      areas of technology, science, and engineering. 3. To promote an awareness of many high level black men and      women, including military who served at Fort Monmouth. 4. To inspire youths, particularly blacks and minorities,     to consider science and engineering careers by providing role models. 5. To dispel the myths that blacks can only achieve in      sports and entertainment.

MS. PINKETT PROMOTED TO BRANCH CHIEF AT CSA*

    "I supervise 16 military and civilian employees," the newly promoted GS-13 Supervisory Inventory Management Specialist states. "My branch, the Materiel Readiness Branch, must plan and develop logistics management programs for complex Defense Department and Army communications systems and equipments."
    Ms. Pinkett's branch is part of the Materiel Management Division which is responsible for stock control and life cycle management for major equipment and systems. It also manages type classification and cataloging.
    An avid theater-goer and racquetball enthusiast, Ms. Pinkett also spends much of her spare time continuing her education. She is presently enrolled in the Business Administration Program at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. She has attended the Army Logistics Management Center, Fort Lee, Virginia, and
the Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for many logistics and project management courses.
    Ms. Pinkett was subsequently to become the first black woman to attain the grade of GS-14 as a Division Chief in Communications Systems Agency here at Fort Monmouth.

* Mrs. Pinkett is now a GS-15 at DARCOM.

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