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USMC SERVICE CONTRACTS: ANALYSIS OF PROCUREMENT REQUESTS WITHIN PR BUILDER
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
The United States Marine Corps is heavily reliant upon various service contracts to conduct field and garrison activities. With an increase in the amount of service contracts requested by units, there are inefficiencies ...
PREPARING THE USAF CONTRACTING CAREER FIELD FOR THE NEXT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE DISASTER RESPONSE WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
This project’s focus is on the alignment of a U.S. Air Force (USAF) exercise design process with FEMA's challenges regarding humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) events. The authors applied Joint Publication ...
OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY (OTA) APPLICATION FOR WARFIGHTING DEVELOPMENT
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
Naval Special Warfare (NSW) forces are often regarded as the best trained, most flexible, rapidly deployable, and most innovative forces in the Armed Services, yet, a clunky and troubled acquisition history has presented ...
INCORPORATING PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE BEST PRACTICES INTO MARINE CORPS TRAINING AND OPERATIONS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-12)
The Marine Corps currently utilizes a traditional time-based strategy for ground equipment maintenance, conducting preventative maintenance at specified time intervals and corrective maintenance when failure occurs. In ...
BIAS IN THE AIR FORCE AWARDS AND DECORATIONS PROGRAM
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-12)
The purpose of this study is to analyze the level of implicit bias against women and minority active-duty members within the Air Force awards and decorations program. Data provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center is ...
AN ANALYSIS OF USMC SERVICE CONTRACTS UNDER THE SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD, AND THE EFFECTS CAUSED BY CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-12)
Daily operations within the United States Marine Corps (USMC) are reliant upon the effective and uninterrupted operations of services contracts in both garrison and field environments. From fiscal years 2010–2021, the ...
SANDBOX CONTRACTING: AN EVALUATION OF GAMIFIED VS. TRADITIONAL CONTRACTING TRAINING METHODS AT THE USAF ENLISTED CONTRACTING TECHNICAL SCHOOL
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-12)
This thesis involved an evaluation of gamified versus current (traditional) training methods employed by the instructors and faculty at the Air Force’s 344th Training Squadron (344 TRS) at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, ...
MAXIMIZING THE DATA LITERACY OF THE AIR FORCE CONTRACTING WORKFORCE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-12)
In recent years, the U.S. government has increased its focus on the value of data and its associated technical specialties, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. This mixed-method study answers the question: How ...
REDUCING NAVAL FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION AT SEA IN THE 21ST CENTURY
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-12)
Climate change negatively impacts the Navy's ability to conduct its missions and represents a serious threat to the safety, sovereignty, and future prosperity of the United States. In his Executive Order 14008 dated 27 ...
ANALYSIS OF THE MARINE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY CONTRACTING WORKFORCE COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-12)
This research provides an analysis of competency assessment results obtained from the contracting workforce that makes up the three Marine Corps Expeditionary Contracting Platoons and co-located Regional Contracting Offices. ...
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