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Article: Making the acquisition warrior fully mission capable: system program office leveraging web-based technology to strengthen its training program. (Acquisition Training).
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- Program Manager
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- November 1, 2002
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Col. Donald J. "Bud" Vazquez
In the acquisition business we have always struggled with training. Not so much formal training, which tends to be plentiful and generic, but the informal training needed to specifically do one's current job, and to do it better. While formal training is much improved, the intervals between opportunities tend to be long, and Operations Tempo (OPSTEMPO) often takes precedence. The discipline for what could be called "continuation training" is largely ad hoc. The "menu" is often nice-to-know "gravy" instead of "meat and potatoes."
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