SOLDIERS, STUDENTS, FUTURE LEADERS


Keenan Sease teaches students in the Army Intermediate Contracting Course at the AACoE campus in Huntsville, AL. Among other educational opportunities, AACoE offers service members joining the acquisition workforce accelerated DAWIA certification and training for the transition from operational duty to a largely administrative and civilian-oriented office environment. (Photo by Michele E. Custer, AACoE)


Newly assigned military personnel serve a minimum of five to seven years in opera- tional Army assignments before being selected as members of the AAW. Te leadership acumen and operational expe- rience gained by our officers and NCOs during these early years of their careers are the main reasons they are able to integrate quickly into their new roles and rapidly become contributing members in their new career field. While gaining operational and leadership experience is invaluable to the success of our military workforce members, bringing military personnel into acquisition after as many as 10 years of service in other specialties underscores the limited time available for them to gain acquisition experience, edu- cation and training.


Te AACoE mitigates this to a large degree by offering Soldiers compressed DAWIA certification course curricula at the beginning of their acquisition careers, allowing more time for military members to gain more hands-on experience in their


acquisition assignments and spend less time attending various schools and courses.


A NEW ERA BEGINS Since day one, the AACoE has operated in conjunction with TRADOC and the Army Logistics University at Fort Lee, with leadership from USAASC. Tat arrangement worked, but it was not flex- ible enough to keep up with the demands DOD placed on the center. TRADOC is the gatekeeper for all Army training programs, and executes a very deliber- ate management decision process that often takes more time than what DOD gives AACoE to implement new curric- ulum and schedule changes. All parties agreed that this issue must be resolved, so USAASC and TRADOC rolled out a new plan.


Tis October, AACoE became one of only a handful of schools where the Army, from above, does not set the course standards. Like the Staff Judge Advocate and U.S. Army Chaplain professional


schools, because of its specialized mis- sion, AACoE is afforded more autonomy in making changes to its program of instruction than other traditional mili- tary schools.


Under the new setup, AACoE can bet- ter manage its mission of providing instruction covering Title X legislative requirements, DOD acquisition require- ments and emerging trends from the field. Tis gives the AACoE the flex- ibility of a unified command chain, so that curriculum changes based on DOD requirements won’t require approval from different organizations that don’t neces- sarily specialize in acquisition.


Te greatest benefit gained from this is that AACoE can more rapidly incor- porate modifications made in DAWIA certification for contracting and program management Levels I and II. Under the former arrangement, changes to curricula could take 18 to 24 months for approval. Tis new independence promises to


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