TRAIN Training

Training

Structured learning for contracting officers — from your first day on the job to the hardest problems in the field. Pick a track and start building.

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🌱 Beginner ⚡ Intermediate 🚀 Advanced 🎯 Specializations 📚 Resources
🌱 Beginner Track

You just walked into the shop and someone handed you a desk. Start here. These are the foundational skills every contracting officer needs from day one.

Start Here · The Big Picture
One Acquisition, Start to Finish
A 3-minute ride-along through a full acquisition — requirement to closeout — before you dive into the pieces. Every buy runs this road.
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Intermediate Track

You've got the basics down and you're starting to handle more complex actions. Oversight, negotiation, construction, and higher-dollar work.

🚀 Advanced Track

The hard stuff. Complex negotiations, contingency operations, and the scenarios that separate experienced COs from everyone else.

🎯 Specializations

Subject areas that sit alongside the standard progression rather than on it. Specialized authorities and vehicles for non-routine acquisitions, and the shop roles COs often pick up as additional duties.

Shop Roles & Additional Duties
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Quality Assurance Program Coordinator (QAPC)
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S-06
Unit Deployment Manager (UDM)
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S-07
Unit Training Manager (UTM)
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📚 Additional Resources

Recommended courses, external training, and supplemental material to round out your learning.

More Resources Coming Soon

This section will continue to grow with recommended WarU courses, JKO courses, and other curated resources to supplement the training tracks above.