CAREER CORNER
USAASC P ERSPECTIVE FROM THE DIRECTOR,
U. S . ARMY ACQUISITION SUPPORT CENTER Preparing
Acquisition Professionals to Win in a Complex World
T
his issue of Army AL&T explores innovation, what sparks it, the many forms it takes and the products and
processes it delivers. On Oct. 1, a giant step in business process innovation came to fruition as the Army Acquisition Cen- ter of Excellence (AACoE), a subordinate organization of the U.S. Army Acquisi- tion Support Center
(USAASC), left
the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and became an independent Army proponent school- house under USAASC.
But the story of delivering cutting edge training to Army Acquisition profession- als began well before Oct. 1. Innovation takes time, so this story starts in the 1980’s, considerably before the establish- ment of the AACoE in 2011.
From 1985 to 2010, Army Acquisition Workforce (AAW) training course loca- tions were literally all over the map. From the Acquisition Management course at Fort Lee, VA, to the Army Acquisition Basic Course at the Defense Acquisition University campus
in Huntsville, AL,
to the Functional Area (FA) 51 officer course at the University of Texas at Aus- tin, these and other courses dispatched
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taught and managed. Tus, in January 2011, the AACoE was born—an innova- tive, creative academic nucleus for Army acquisition, logistics and contracting training.
Craig A. Spisak Director, U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center
thousands of graduates to an ever- expanding acquisition workforce. Given that situation, coupled with the release of the Gansler Report in 2007, it was clear that it was essential for the Army to have a consolidated acquisition training hub to meet its increasing requirements and simultaneously provide better education and training for the AAW. Tat neces- sity became the basis for establishing the AACoE.
In 2010, the principal military deputy
to the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technol- ogy created a combined center where all Army acquisition training could be
ONE-STOP LEARNING In the nearly five years since opening the schoolhouse doors, AACoE has provided one-stop training, education and career development for Army officers, noncom- missioned officers (NCOs) and civilians (on a space-available basis) in the AAW. Operating on the campus of
the Uni-
versity of Alabama in Huntsville, the AACoE offers six education courses that provide Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification, professional
development and
sional military education for more than 500 military students per year.
AACoE is the first stop for officers and NCOs newly assigned to the AAW. Te AACoE staff and faculty of acquisition experts, whose work experiences
profes-
trans-
form theories into fact in their classrooms, provide students their first look at their new career field and set the foundation for the positive impacts they will have on Army acquisition.
Army AL&T Magazine October-December 2015
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