Asset Visibility and Beyond

Stephen M. Moody recently retired after 24 years of active duty as a U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Warrant Officer following a 13 month deployment to the Persian Gulf as the U.S. Army Central Command Food Safety Officer. His degrees include a Master of Science in Food Science and Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from Kansas State University. Stephen is a senior member of the American Society for Quality, with a dual certification as a Certified Quality Auditor and a Certified Quality Engineer. As a U.S. Army civilian, he is currently the Team Leader of the Individual Combat Rations Team and serves as the RFID Program Coordinator at the Natick Soldier Research Development & Engineering Center, Combat Feeding Directorate in Natick, Massachusetts.

The DoD Combat Feeding Directorate (CFD) executes the DoD Combat Feeding Research and Engineering Program, a joint service program responsible for meeting the unique combat feeding requirements of each military service. This includes all efforts — research, development, integration, testing and engineering for combat rations, field food service equipment and complete combat feeding systems. This is accomplished by multidisciplinary, highly integrated teams develop revolutionary combat feeding technology for our warfighters to include:

• Combat Feeding Innovative Science

• Advanced Processes & Packaging

• Performance Enhancement & Food Safety

• Energy & Equipment Technology

• Individual Combat Rations

• Group Rations

• Systems Equipment & Engineering

• Food Engineering Services

The CFD includes a partnership between the Natick Soldier Center's Combat Feeding Directorate (CFD) and Product Manager Force Sustainment Systems (PM FSS). The PM effectively manages advanced development (6.4) and full-scale development (6.5) for Army managed food service equipment. The CFD is responsible for management and execution of all science and technology programs, and 6.4/6.5 for Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force field food service equipment as well as combat rations for all four Services.