Getting a Bigger Bang for Our Buck: Reducing Training Costs for New Equipment

Abstract

Throughout the war in Iraq, the Marine Corps has been paying millions of dollars to outside contractors for training that Marines are just as, if not more capable of, providing. The contractors provide training on new equipment procured through the Urgent Universal Needs Statement (Urgent UNS) process. Firms contracted to provide training typically hire retired or recently separated armed forces personnel, train them on the new equipment, and deploy them to Iraq to train Marines in theater. While training on the various new equipment items is an absolute necessity, the high monetary costs, the excessive time required to carry out training execution, and the additional burdens placed on in-theater units receiving the training, are not. Contracted trainers for most Urgent UNS equipment should be replaced with a new equipment training team (NETT) cell staffed by active duty Marines.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 07, 2006
Accession Number
ADA503226

Entities

People

  • C. M. Clarkson

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Active Duty
  • Business Administration
  • Computers
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Countermobility
  • Deployment
  • Financial Management
  • Force Protection
  • Land Transportation
  • Marine Corps
  • Mobile Phones
  • Procurement
  • Training
  • Transportation
  • United States

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.