a. Summary. Acquisition managers are selected into the acquisition corps by a selection board from among eligible candidate volunteers. They are assigned to a critical acquisition position as program manager to provide senior level leadership over equipment/ weapon systems acquisition programs. Officers who meet the prerequisites outlined below are eligible to apply for designation as acquisition managers. This MOS will be assigned only as a skill designator MOS.

b. Requirements/Prerequisites

(1) Colonel select or higher.

(2) Secret security clearance.

(3) Outstanding performance record.

(4) Baccalaureate degree from an accredited educational institution.

(5) At least six years of experience in designated acquisition positions within DoD or in comparable positions 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 organizational 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 5000.2-M (Acquisition Career Development Program), with annual updates listed in the Defense Acquisition University catalog.

c. Duties. The acquisition managers are the key to the entire systems acquisition process. They are accountable for taking a new validated requirement from concept exploration to the deployment of an operational piece of equipment. In broad terms, responsibilities involve keeping a program within budget, on schedule, ensuring that the performance of the end product meets desired criteria, and ensuring that the system to be fielded is logistically supportable. Specific responsibilities include all or part of the following tasks: program initiation, justification, and validation; cost analysis and estimation; system development program 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; providing 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