REDSTONE ARSENAL GARRISON COMMANDER, COL. THOMAS (DOC) HOLLIDAY

REDSTONE ARSENAL GARRISON COMMANDER COL. THOMAS "DOC" HOLLIDAY, LEFT, DISCUSSES THE PROCESSES AND HARDWARE USED IN NASA IN-SPACE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES WITH KEN COOPER, A STRUCTURAL MATERIALS ENGINEER AT NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. COOPER, PART OF THE MARSHALL ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE'S ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND DIGITAL SOLUTIONS TEAM, WAS AMONG NUMEROUS SUBJECT-MATTER EXPERTS WHO SHARED KEY MARSHALL CAPABILITIES DURING HOLLIDAY'S MARCH 3 MARSHALL TOUR. HOLLIDAY, A DECORATED OFFICER WHOSE MILITARY CAREER BEGAN IN 1992, GAINED FIRSTHAND INSIGHT INTO MARSHALL'S ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND 3-D PRINTING TECHNIQUES; ROUND-THE-CLOCK INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SCIENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT BY THE PAYLOAD OPERATIONS INTEGRATION CENTER TEAM; AND THE LATEST UPGRADES TO MARSHALL TEST STANDS IN SUPPORT OF NEXT-GENERATION LAUNCH VEHICLE AND FLIGHT HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT. MARSHALL, A REDSTONE ARSENAL TENANT, ROUTINELY SHARES CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURING ADVANCES WITH ITS MILITARY AND FEDERAL AGENCY COUNTERPARTS, WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TO ADVANCE NASA'S MISSION AND MAINTAIN THE NATION'S TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP.