DAU takes training to Naval reservists serving in acquisition-related billets.Recently, a group of Naval reservists, including senior officers from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR NAVAIR - Naval Air Systems Command) Air Systems Program See system program and system software. (ASP), attended a weeklong Defense Acquisition University (DAU) intermediate systems acquisition course (ACQ ACQ - Academic Call to Quarters (US Air Force Academy) ACQ - Acquiescence (IRB) ACQ - Acquisition ACQ - Acquisition Qualifier ACQ - Acquittal ACQ - Afternoon Call to Quarters (military) ACQ - Aged Care Queensland ACQ - Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire ACQ - Aircraft Quality ACQ - Alkaline Copper Quat ACQ - All Call Query ACQ - All Courses and Quadrants (aviation) ACQ - Ammoniacal Copper Quaternary (wood preservative)-201B) at Naval Reserve Forces Command in New Orleans, La. This was the first time that the course was offered to reservists drilling in acquisition-related billets. The course is the second of three required to complete the academic portion of the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA DAWIA - Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act of 1990) Level II certification in Program Management. DAWIA Level II Certification is critical in certain Naval Reserve communities in order to attain and maintain job-related qualifications that mirror those of their active duty counterparts, most of whom are Level II or Level III certified. The 650 Naval Reserve officer and enlisted men and women of the ASP train constantly to respond to evolving NAVAIR missions, enabling the organization to harvest tangible cost reductions for fleet recapitalization. Reserve participation in ACQ-201B further underscores NAVAIR's alignment with the Navy's larger transformation of the entire Naval Reserve force and the active Reserve integration plan. "This training will ensure that reservists are always working on Naval aviation enterprise priorities and allow our Naval reservists to become more capabilities-based and to measure themselves by our number fleet-driven metric--'aircraft ready for tasking at reduced cost,'" said Vice Adm. Walter Massenburg, commander, NAVAIR. "As members of the Reserve component, our intent in the ASP for many years was to become interchangeable with the active component A device that adds intelligence in some manner to the signal or data that passes through it. For example, in networking, an active hub regenerates fading input pulses into new, strong output pulses. In contrast, a passive hub is just a junction box that does not affect the passing data. regarding skills, experience, and training to support NAVAIR in a time of crisis or war," said course attendee Rear Adm. Richard J. Wallace, who assumed duties as the new ASP director in June 2004. For more information on the Air Systems Program, contact Lt. Mike Randazzo, ASP public affairs officer, at asppao@yahoo.com. |
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