Contracting Officers in the Marine Corps: It's Time for a Primary MOS

Abstract

The Marine Corps has made changes to the Contracting Officer training pipeline for the past ten years. After numerous changes, the Marine Corps is unable to staff Field Grade Officer billets and will continue to be unable to do so unless changes are made. The Marine Corps must capitalize on lessons learned and best practices from the Marine Corps and Army Acquisition communities and create a Primary Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) for Field Grade Officers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 24, 2018
Accession Number
AD1177212

Entities

People

  • Elena N Vallely

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Active Duty
  • Army Procurement
  • Business Administration
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Field Grade Officers
  • Governments
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Occupational Health and Safety.