Institutionalizing the Marine Corps' Rapid Acquisition Capability: Equipping, Training, and Sustaining the Nation's Expeditionary Force to Win

Abstract

The Marine Corps has made great strides over the past decade in establishing lean and successful business practices to support our Marines in harms-way. By tailoring the acquisition requirements to meet the unique specifications of an urgent requirement, the acquisition community has managed to stay relevant and within the statutory and regulatory guidelines set forth by Congress and the Department of Defense while at the same time remaining responsive to the expeditionary fighting force. Through the constant pursuit of process improvement, the Marine Corps' acquisition community kept pace with an evolving operational environment and developed a repeatable process that rapidly responds to the immediate needs of today's war-fighter, as well as, the needs of future war-fighters. To capitalize on the Marine Corps' current process and institutionalize its rapid acquisition capability, the Marine Corps will need to further improve upon its ability to obtain feedback from the operational user and train the Marines on the use of the tools and processes of the Urgent Needs Program (UNP).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 2011
Accession Number
ADA600619

Entities

People

  • Julie A. Mattocks

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Explosive Devices
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Iraqi-War
  • Law
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

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