1. Acquisition Career Field Overview and Opportunities for
UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH
INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Acquisition Career Field Overview and Opportunities for
Rodger K. Martin, Ph.D.
COL, MS
Deputy Commander, USAMRIID
Consultant for Acquisition Officers
71-Series Army Laboratory Officers
For Official Use Only

2. Outline AMEDD Acquisitions ASI 8X Career Fields
Credentialing and Certification
Opportunities
Resources & Points of Contact
For Official Use Only

3. What is AMEDD Acquisition??
AMEDD Acquisitions
Purchasing
Test and Evaluation
Facility Engineer
Science and Technology
Product/Program Manager
Information Technology
Auditing
Life Cycle
Logistics
What is AMEDD Acquisition??
Business, Cost Estimates and Financial Management
Contracting
Production, Quality and Manufacturing
Property Management
System Engineering

4. AMEDD ACQUISITION WORKFORCE
1993 MOU between AMEDD, DCSPER, and the Director, Acquisition Career Management applicable to military and civilian personnel within the AMEDD serving in positions subject to the provisions of the 1990 Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA).
AMEDD Acquisition Workforce coded positions that have 50% or more of duties in acquisition life cycle management.
13 Acquisition Career Fields: Auditing; Contracting; Purchasing;
Business, Cost Estimating and Financial Management; Facilities Engineering; Industrial/Contract Property Management; Information Technology; Life Cycle Logistics; Production, Quality, and Manufacturing; Program Management; Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering; Science and Technology Manager; Test and Evaluation.

5. Opportunities A Marketable Post Service Skill
Type of AMEDD Career Fields
Logistics – 70K
Comptrollers – 70C
Information Managers – 70D
Operations – 70H
Multiple Scientific/Research fields
Acquisition Functional Areas
Program Management
Life Cycle Logistics
Test and Evaluation
Contracting
Business, Cost Est and Financial Mngt
Industrial/Contract Property Mngt
Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering
Science and Technology Manager
Senior Positions
Army Board Select PMs
AMEDD Appointed PMs
MRMC Deputy and Lab Commanders
Army Board Select Contracting Commands
Senior DA/OSD Staff Positions
A Marketable Post Service Skill

6. MSC Officers in CSL PM Positions
Contracting Command – Kuwait
COL Mike Rogers (70K/8X)
JPM, Chemical & Biological Medical Systems, JPEO-CBD
COL Charles Millard (71B/8X), Summer 2010
JPM, Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program, CBMS, JPEO-CBD
LTC Phil Smith (71B/8X)
JPM, Medical Identification and Treatment Systems, CBMS, JPEO-CBD
LTC Nanette Patton (70D/8X)
PM, Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care, PEO-EIS
LTC William Geesey (70K/8X)
PM, Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program, Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems
LTC Dave Thompson (70K/8X)
Health Care Acquisition Activity & Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting
COL Scott Svabek (70K/8X)
For Official Use Only

7. JPM, JVAP
JVAP’s mission is to develop, procure, and deliver FDA licensed biodefense vaccines to protect the Warfighter
against biological weapons of mass destruction.
LTC Smith (71B/8x) and MAJ Gul (71B/8X)
One major focus area for JVAP was to initiate a new advanced development program that will ultimately deliver an Ebola and Marburg vaccine to the Warfighter.
For Official Use Only

8. ASI 8X & DAU Certifications
Fulfill Academic Educational Requirements
Work in a Military Acquisition Position List (MAPL) job
Complete DAU acquisition training for specific Career Field
SUBMIT for Certification

9. When do I Branch Transfer to the Acquisition Corps?
Answer: NEVER (unless you formally request a Branch Transfer)
ACC officers branch transfer into the AAC; however, AMEDD Acquisition officers will remain in their current Corps and be given the additional skill identifier of 8X
Even officers who receive Acquisition Corps Membership, will remain in their respective AMEDD Corps

10. Informational Resources
Web Resources:
Defense Acquisition University (
US Army Acquisition Support Center (
POCs:
Ms. Chris Houck (USAMRMC DCSPER Office)
Mr. Ash Ficklin (USAMRMC Acquisition Career Management Specialist)
LTC Eva K. Calero(HRC-Alexandria Acquisition Career Manager)
COL Keith Martin (Consultant for Acquisition Officers)
Other:
MSC Annual Report