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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§3155 Training for Personnel Outside Acquisition Workforce

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART V — ACQUISITION › Subpart A — General › CHAPTER 209 — OPERATIONAL CONTRACT SUPPORT › SUBCHAPTER I — JOINT POLICIES ON REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION, CONTINGENCY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, AND CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING › § 3155

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Requires training for military personnel who are not in the acquisition workforce, such as field commanders and their key staff, when they will handle or oversee contracts during combat, post-conflict, or other contingency operations. The training must make them know how much contractor support to expect and prepare them to define needs, run and oversee programs, and manage contracting in those operations.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §3155

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Required Training.—
The joint policy for requirements definition, contingency program management, and contingency contracting required by section 3151 of this title shall provide for training of military personnel outside the acquisition workforce (including operational field commanders and officers performing key staff functions for operational field commanders) who are expected to have acquisition responsibility, including oversight duties associated with contracts or contractors, during combat operations, post-conflict operations, and contingency operations.
(b)Scope of Training.—
Training under subsection (a) shall be sufficient to ensure that the military personnel referred to in that subsection— (1)
(2)are prepared for their roles and responsibilities with regard to—
(A)requirements definition;
(B)program management (including contractor oversight); and
(C)contingency contracting.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification The text of subsec. (e)(1) and (2) of section 2333 of this title, which was transferred to this section and amended by Pub. L. 116–283, § 1810(b)(5), was based on Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title VIII, § 849(a), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 245.

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1810(b)(5)(A), (B), redesignated subsec. (e)(1) and (2) of section 2333 of this title as subsec. (a) of this section, in heading, substituted “Required Training” for “Training for Personnel Outside Acquisition Workforce”, and, in text, struck out par. (1) designation at beginning and substituted “section 3151 of this title” for “subsection (a)”. Par. (2) subsequently redesignated subsec. (b). Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1810(b)(5)(C), redesignated subsec. (a)(2) as (b), inserted heading, and substituted “Training under subsection (a)” for “Training under paragraph (1)” and “referred to in that subsection—” and pars. (1) and (2) for “referred to in that paragraph understand the scope and scale of contractor support they will experience in contingency operations and are prepared for their roles and responsibilities with regard to requirements definition, program management (including contractor oversight), and contingency contracting.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section and amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 3155

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110