Modernizing Army Training In Software And Tech

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Army Futures Command AFC is partnering with Austin Community College ACC in Texas to create a new Software Factory which will be a software development training program for Army soldiers Planned to start in January it will blend training of both soldiers and civilians in newer tech practices in agile development Maj Vito Errico from AFC will co-lead the Software Factory and he joins the podcast to describe its goals Garrett Groves Vice President of Business and Industry Partnerships also joins the podcast to explain how ACC is uniquely aligned to support such a program They also explain what K-12 educators should know about these plans Related to this episode Army Futures Command AFC https www army mil futures Austin Community College ACC https www austincc edu Maj Vito Errico https www linkedin com in vito-errico-633953a8 Garrett Groves https www austincc edu offices president cabinet vice-president-business-and-industry-partnerships General Assembly example coding bootcamp https generalassemb ly Agile software development https en wikipedia org wiki Agile software development MVP minimum viable product https en wikipedia org wiki Minimum viable product Army Futures Command announces software factory in Austin https www kvue com article news local austin-texas-army-futures-command-software-factory 269-d84df6b7-1c67-4470-8133-3ad892895336 Federal Registered Apprenticeship Programs https www dol gov agencies eta apprenticeship federal-apprenticeships Subscribe and find more podcast information at http www k12engineering net Support Pios Labs with regular donations on Patreon https www patreon com pioslabs You ll also be supporting projects like the Engineer s Guide to Improv and Art Games The Calculator Gator or Chordinates Thanks to our donors and listeners for making the show possible The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs http www pioslabs com Click here to visit this podcast episode