Veteran Employee Profile: Spotlighting Robert Bartlett’s Journey from Survivor to Advocate

November 25, 2025

Robert Bartlett’s is a story of incredible perseverance, proving that even when you think all hope is lost, strength and purpose can rise from the darkest moments.

Bartlett’s family has served this country since its birth at Valley Forge. Deeply committed to the same spirit of service, he chose to join the Army through its Delayed Entry Program after the start of the War on Terror.

“At 30 years old, I enlisted in the Army to become a noncommissioned officer,” he said. “Supporting my fellow soldiers was deeply fulfilling, but the greatest privilege was contributing to a mission larger than myself in defense of our nation.”

Bartlett served in the Army as a cavalry scout sniper and deployed to Iraq soon after joining. There, he faced hardship and tragedy that would profoundly influence the path ahead.

“In 2005, an explosively formed penetrator bomb left me in critical condition,” he said. “In the years that followed, I faced death three times — and was given just as many chances to keep living.”

After four and a half years of surgery and treatment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bartlett medically retired as a staff sergeant in 2009. Through dedicated care and unwavering determination, he achieved a recovery few thought possible.

Though the road to recovery was long and painful, it placed him among people and experiences that would shape his future in ways he couldn’t yet see. Those same connections at Walter Reed would eventually guide him to a career with CACI.

“While at Walter Reed, I made friends with a few leaders from CACI through a fly-fishing program,” he said. “In 2014, they offered me a job with the company where I was given the opportunity to support my fellow servicemembers.”

Today, Bartlett continues his mission with CACI as a talent acquisition veteran engagement specialist, educating and advocating for active military members, veterans, and their spouses to align their skills today with their ambitions for tomorrow.

“At CACI, I work with military-affiliated individuals to help them better understand the federal contracting landscape and ensure their resumes get the attention they deserve,” he said. “With resources like these, it’s no surprise that more than a third of our workforce represents the military community.”

“By delivering this level of enterprise-scale innovation and reliability, we embody CACI’s commitment to being ‘Ever Vigilant,’” she said.

Another defining moment in Dos’s career was serving as a system architect and lead during the Army 365 implementation — the largest organizational Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud migration in history. Together, Dos and her team led working groups of more than 200 experts across the Department of War (DoW) and private industry to establish performance standards and centralized reporting.

The outcome was historic: for this massive effort, the team was honored with the CACI Champions Exceptional Performance Award and became the first contracting team ever to be recognized by name for the DoW Chief Information Officer (CIO) Award for Cyber & IT Excellence.

“My greatest pride lies in the historic achievements of our team,” said Dos. “As a lasting testament to this unprecedented achievement, our team’s photos, names, and accomplishments are prominently displayed on the DoW CIO's corridor wall within the Pentagon.”