THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT STEPS


INQUIRING MINDS


(Top) Students attend a breakout session at a Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Insight Day. The event was a joint effort between DAU and Rock Island Arsenal, IL. (U.S. Army photo by Bernadette Crumb.)


(Center) A Functional Academic Skills Training student asks a question. (U.S. Army photo by SGT Matthew C. Cooley, 15th Sustainment Bri- gade Public Affairs.)


(Bottom) Graydon Field (left), Army Sustainment Command Logistics Management Specialist, and Shawn Newton, TACOM Life Cycle Management Command Automotive Logistics Assistance Repre- sentative, deliver a briefing on “New Equipment Challenges (from the Field)” to a DAU Logistics 350 class. (U.S. Army photo by Hal Ernst, DAU.)


by your position, you must apply for certification through the automated Cer- tification Management System accessible through CAPPMIS.


These six career planning steps, along with other information for planning a successful acquisition career including Continuous Learning Points requirements, the Core Plus development guide, U.S. Army Acquisition Corps membership eli- gibility, the Acquisition Tuition Assistance Program, and the Acquisition Education, Training, and Experience catalog, are located on the U.S. Army Acquisition Sup- port Center’s website at http://live.usaasc. info/career-development/civilian/ career-planning-steps.


ROBERT E. COULTAS is the Army AL&T Magazine Departments Editor and an Access AL&T Online News Service Editor. He is a retired Army broadcaster with nearly 40 years of combined experience in public affairs, journalism, broadcasting, and advertising. Coultas has won numerous Army Keith L. Ware Public Affairs Awards and is a DOD Thomas Jefferson Award recipient.


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