a. Summary. Assignment of the MOS identifies completion of statutory requirements for acceptance into the Department of Navy Acquisition Professional Community. Acquisition Management Officers are an integral part of the acquisition program which is designed to develop highly-qualified unrestricted officers through education, training, and experience to succeed as acquisition management officers. The acquisition management officers plan, direct, coordinate, and supervise in either specific functional areas or in the total life-cycle planning and acquisition of equipment/weapon systems. This MOS will be assigned as a skill designator MOS only.

b. Requirements/Prerequisites

(1) Major select or higher.

(2) Outstanding performance record.

(3) Secret security clearance.

(4) Baccalaureate degree from an accredited educational institution.

(5) Four years experience in designated acquisition position within DoD or in comparable position in industry or Government. Up to 12 months of training or education in acquisition may be counted toward fulfilling this standard (i.e., baccalaureate degree in business management equates to one year of acquisition experience).

(6) Completed 24 semester credit hours (or equivalent) from an accredited institution of higher education from among accounting, business finance, law, contracting, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, and organization and management or completion of 24 semester credit hours in an individual's primary career field and 12 semester credit hours from among the disciplines listed above.

(7) Completion of at least Level II training for the appropriate career field. Acquisition training requirements are contained in DoD 5000.52-M (Acquisition Career Development Program) with annual updates listed in the Defense Acquisition University catalog.

c. Duties. The acquisition management officer may be assigned to a Program Office to participate in an acquisition specific functional area, as a project manager, staff officer, or project officer assigned responsibility for management of equipment or weapon systems acquisitions. The responsibilities may include all or part of the following tasks: program initiation, justification, and validation; cost analysis and estimation; system development project management; systems engineering management; test and evaluation management; integrated logistics support management; manpower and training systems management; life-cycle system support management; program financial management; provide planning, programming, and budgeting system support to acquisition program and appropriate USMC/USN appropriation sponsors; and program technical data and documentation management.

d. Related DOT Classification/DOT Code. Operations Research Analyst 020.067-018.

Information Derived From MCO P1200.7V Part 1. Current as of Nov 00