Acquisition Career Field Overview and Opportunities for

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Acquisition Career Field Overview and
Opportunitiesfor
UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Rodger K. Martin, Ph.D. COL, MS Deputy
Commander, USAMRIID Consultant for Acquisition
Officers 301-619-2772 www.usamriid.army.mil
71-Series Army Laboratory Officers
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Outline

• AMEDD Acquisitions
• ASI 8X
• Career Fields
• Credentialing and Certification
• Opportunities
• Resources Points of Contact

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What is AMEDD Acquisition??
AMEDD Acquisitions
Purchasing
Test and Evaluation
Science and Technology
Facility Engineer
Information Technology
Product/Program Manager
Auditing
Life Cycle Logistics
Business, Cost Estimates and Financial Management
Contracting
Production, Quality and Manufacturing
Property Management
System Engineering
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AMEDD ACQUISITION WORKFORCE

• 1993 MOU between AMEDD, DCSPER, and the
  Director, Acquisition Career Management
  applicable to military and civilian personnel
  within the AMEDD serving in positions subject to
  the provisions of the 1990 Defense Acquisition
  Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA).
• AMEDD Acquisition Workforce coded positions that
  have 50 or more of duties in acquisition life
  cycle management.
• 13 Acquisition Career Fields Auditing
  Contracting Purchasing
• Business, Cost Estimating and Financial
  Management Facilities Engineering
  Industrial/Contract Property Management
  Information Technology Life Cycle Logistics
  Production, Quality, and Manufacturing Program
  Management Systems Planning, Research,
  Development and Engineering Science and
  Technology Manager Test and Evaluation.

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Opportunities

• Type of AMEDD Career Fields
• Logistics 70K
• Comptrollers 70C
• Information Managers 70D
• Operations 70H
• Multiple Scientific/Research fields

• Acquisition Functional Areas
• Program Management
• Life Cycle Logistics
• Test and Evaluation
• Contracting
• Business, Cost Est and Financial Mngt
• Industrial/Contract Property Mngt
• Systems Planning, Research, Development and
  Engineering
• Science and Technology Manager

• Senior Positions
• Army Board Select PMs
• AMEDD Appointed PMs
• MRMC Deputy and Lab Commanders
• Army Board Select Contracting Commands
• Senior DA/OSD Staff Positions

A Marketable Post Service Skill
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MSC Officers in CSL PM Positions

• Contracting Command Kuwait
• COL Mike Rogers (70K/8X)
• JPM, Chemical Biological Medical Systems,
  JPEO-CBD
• COL Charles Millard (71B/8X), Summer 2010
• JPM, Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program, CBMS,
  JPEO-CBD
• LTC Phil Smith (71B/8X)
• JPM, Medical Identification and Treatment
  Systems, CBMS, JPEO-CBD
• LTC Nanette Patton (70D/8X)
• PM, Medical Communications for Combat Casualty
  Care, PEO-EIS
• LTC William Geesey (70K/8X)
• PM, Installation Information Infrastructure
  Modernization Program, Program Executive Office
  for Enterprise Information Systems
• LTC Dave Thompson (70K/8X)
• Health Care Acquisition Activity Principal
  Assistant Responsible for Contracting
• COL Scott Svabek (70K/8X)

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JPM, JVAP

• JVAPs mission is to develop, procure, and
  deliver FDA licensed biodefense vaccines to
  protect the Warfighter
• against biological weapons of mass destruction.

LTC Smith (71B/8x) and MAJ Gul (71B/8X)

• One major focus area for JVAP was to initiate a
  new advanced development program that will
  ultimately deliver an Ebola and Marburg vaccine
  to the Warfighter.

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ASI 8X DAU Certifications

• Fulfill Academic Educational Requirements
• Work in a Military Acquisition Position List
  (MAPL) job
• Complete DAU acquisition training for specific
  Career Field
• SUBMIT for Certification

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When do I Branch Transfer to the Acquisition
Corps?

• Answer NEVER (unless you formally request a
  Branch Transfer)

• ACC officers branch transfer into the AAC
  however, AMEDD Acquisition officers will remain
  in their current Corps and be given the
  additional skill identifier of 8X
• Even officers who receive Acquisition Corps
  Membership, will remain in their respective AMEDD
  Corps

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Informational Resources

• Web Resources
• Defense Acquisition University (http//www.dau.mil
  /default.aspx)
• US Army Acquisition Support Center
  (http//asc.army.mil/default.cfm)
• POCs
• Ms. Chris Houck (USAMRMC DCSPER Office)
• 301-619-7276/chris.houck_at_us.army.mil
• Mr. Ash Ficklin (USAMRMC Acquisition Career
  Management Specialist)
• 301-619-7258/ash.ficklin_at_us.army.mil
• LTC Eva K. Calero(HRC-Alexandria Acquisition
  Career Manager)
• 703-325-2317/eva.calero_at_us.army.mil
• COL Keith Martin (Consultant for Acquisition
  Officers)
• 301-619-2772/rodger.k.martin_at_us.army.mil
• Other
• MSC Annual Report