Joint Requirements Oversight Council

of U.S. casualties. Mine resistant and ambush protected vehicles (MRAPs), fielded to route clearance units prior to the war, were designed to protect occupants from IEDs. However, a protracted conflict between the requirements based Defense Acquisition System and the politically charged “moral imperative” to reduce causalities, delayed further MRAP fielding for nearly 3-years. This delay resulted in 1,600 preventable U.S. deaths. The Department of Defense (DOD) eventually fielded large quantities of MRAPs utilizing a highly tailored approach to the Defense Acquisition System (DAS). DOD should utilize the MRAP rapid acquisition approach as a limited tool to procure material-only…

Developing capabilities or new organizations and materiel requirements originate with national-level guidance, like the QDR, NSS, NDS, and NMS. (AOLC, p. 2-5) The Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS), upon receipt of higher guidance, develop an organizational and materiel solution among the other DOTMLPF domains; that is, they are developed along with doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership & education, personnel, and facilities. (AFMM, p. 6) The military…

This is completed by the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS). JCIDS utilizes an analysis of doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, and facilities (DOTMLPF) to define what the warfighter is lacking and possible solutions (Brown, 2010). The Joint Requirements Oversight Council has oversight of the JCIDS process and is chaired by the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the vice chiefs of the services. Out of the JCIDS…

The rapid acquisition program established to procure the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle was a success story that significantly differed from normal procurement programs. For limited time-sensitive requirements, this acquisition method is effective but, should not be adopted for traditional Department of Defense (DOD) Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs). The amount of senior leader involvement and risk acceptance required for the MRAP program would not be suitable or…

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