ATEC Army Test and Evaluation Command
WHO WE ARE
On Nov. 18, 1998, the vice chief of staff of the Army approved consolidation of developmental and operational testing. That decision led to the redesignation on Oct. 1, 1999 of the Operational Test and Evaluation Command to Army Test and Evaluation Command.
Central to the consolidation was ATEC assuming overall responsibility for all Army developmental and operational testing. The Test and Evaluation command became a major subordinate command of ATEC and was redesignated the U.S. Army Developmental Test Command, with DTC headquarters remaining at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Also, the Test and Experimentation Command was redesignated the U.S. Army Operational Test Command, with OTC headquarters remaining at Fort Hood, Texas. The third ATEC subordinate command that was redesignated encompassed both the Operational Evaluation Command and the Evaluation Analysis Center, which were combined to form the new U.S. Army Evaluation Center, completing the earlier decision to move developmental and operational evaluation into a single, integrated command.
When working at ATEC, employees become involved with people of many disciplines and receive “hands on” experience with the most sophisticated and advanced technology in the world.
Our staff designs and uses highly accurate and precise instrumentation to test sophisticated military systems under controlled conditions at testing facilities located around the country. Newly assigned personnel become involved in important projects, working closely with a wide range of specialists from other Government agencies and industries.
Today, ATEC is organized into developmental testing, operational testing and evaluation.
OUR LEADERSHIP
Major General (MG) Joel K. Tyler
Acting Commanding General for the Army Test and Evaluation Command
Major General
Joel K. Tyler
Commanding General for the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command
Maj. Gen. Joel K. Tyler was commissioned in Armor from the University of Arkansas Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in 1988. He served as the commanding general of the U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command at Fort Bliss, Texas. Joel served as the deputy commanding general of 1st Armored Division from September 2016 to April 2017 and J-3 (joint operations) for Combined/Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve from September 2015 to August 2016. His other assignments include service in the Federal Republic of Germany, Republic of Korea, and around the continental United States in both U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command assignments. He has deployed to Operation Desert Shield/Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Spartan Shield.
Joel is a graduate of the Scout Platoon Leader’s Course, Armor Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course, Combined Arms and Services Staff School, the Command and General Staff College and the United States Naval War College. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Arkansas, Master of Science degree from Central Michigan University in public administration, and Master of Arts degrees from the College of Naval Warfare in National Security and Strategic Studies.
