Date of Award

3-1992

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Abstract

The personnel population in the field of logistics has two major divisions. The first, is to organizations providing logistic support for the Air Force mission and is the Operations and maintenance area. The second area is Acquisition, which supports the Air Force mission to acquire new weapon systems. Until recently, there was no clear plan for logisticians assigned in these two major divisions to enhance their educational development. This research project reviewed several logistic career enhancement programs focusing on two new programs, the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP) and the Logistics Professional Development Program (LOGPDP). The APDP program has received the most notoriety of the two because it is mandated by public law, has congressional interest and uses a certification process to ensure personnel assigned to acquisition have a clear and well defined career path. LOGPDP, the second program, applies to the majority of personnel assigned to logistics, it does not have the support, funding or use a certification process like the APDP program. In response to a survey, expert senior level logistics managers from the two major divisions concluded that all logisticians would benefit if there was only one career track, the two programs were integrated into one, and the certification process preserved.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-GLM-LSM-91-25

DTIC Accession Number

ADA248304

Comments

The author's Vita page is omitted.

Presented to the Faculty of the School of Systems and Logistics

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