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Staff for Logistics, G4, overseeing all logistics policies, programs, and plans for the Army. He manages a $6 billion annual portfolio used to fund the Army’s arsenals and depots, maintain equipment and procure a myriad of supplies. He has focused on building readiness for today, emphasizing the need to improve Soldiers’ basic skills to ensure the Army can deploy quickly on any mission around the world. He also is working to modernize how Logisticians will sup- ply equipment to warfighters in the future. “We should not be using manned vehicles, if we can deliver supplies with autonomous convoys,” he explains. “We need to make sure that we are not making parts here, when we can use Additive Manufacturing or 3-D Printing to make parts on the battlefield. We need to make sure that we are not transporting water and fuel, vintage 2018 style, when warfighters can produce their own on the battlefield.” Throughout his career, LTG Piggee always has made time to mentor, because mentors always played an instrumental role in his life. He was fortunate to learn from some of the best, includ- ing Generals Dennis Via, (72 nd Laurel Wreath Re- cipient), Lloyd Austin, and Johnnie Wilson. They challenged him with incredible opportunities. He says the three most important traits to be- ing a good leader in the Army are competence, commitment and character. “First, you need to be competent in your chosen field,” LTG Piggee says, “always striving to better yourself through education and self-study. You should be considered the expert in your profes- sion.” What he doesn’t like are care takers. “If you are all about doing the same thing, if you are comfortable with where you are, that is not the type of person I want leading the Army,” he adds. Second, leaders need to remain committed. “Give 100 percent in all you do. If it is worth do- ing, it’s worth giving your full effort,” LTG Piggee says. “Some days I think the Army will drain every ounce of energy out of me, but the Army has given me opportunities that I could never have dreamed of. Never be afraid of hard work, it pays in the end.” Third, leaders need to possess sterling char- acter. “I have seen too many highly competent, fully committed people, who have had a lapse in character,” he says, “and that ruins their entire careers.”
ecutive Officer to General Pete Chiarelli, then Vice Chief of the Staff of the Army. This was during both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and LTG Piggee calls it as the busiest job he ever had! Currently, he works at the Pentagon as the Army’s Deputy Chief of
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