NAVAIR Depot Jacksonville Naval AIP graduates
By Susan Brink, NAVAIR Depot Jax Public Affairs Specialist

A ceremony was held on Wednesday, July 31st to recognize two Logistics Interns who have successfully completed the Naval Acquisition Intern Program (AIP). The Depot has participated in this program for several years and currently has 11 Logistics Interns and 9 Engineering Interns. Logistics Management Specialists Ed Rios and Darrell Monday are the Depot’s most recent graduates to complete the three-year program. The AIP includes all of the classes required to complete Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level II certification, the Navy’s AMO School in Pensacola, and several working/training rotations in multiple NAVAIR locations that expose them to Logistics Integration Management, Design Interface and Maintenance Planning, and Technical Data and Publications, and Business Operations.

Dr. Donald McErlean, Deputy Assistant Commander for Logistics, AIR-3.0A was on hand at NAVAIR Depot Jacksonville to congratulate the recent graduates and presented them certificates. “The NAVAIR Logistics Intern Program introduces new people to our business allowing them to understand us and for us to see how they will fit into our program. Many of the interns come from the military bringing a wealth of knowledge, education, and training,” said McErlean.

The AIP is managed from the Department of the Navy Career Management Site (CMS) located in Mechanicsburg, Penn. The Depot has received several highly qualified, talented individuals through this program. This program gives the interns an opportunity for rapid advancement, systematic development, career broadening assignments and graduate education preparing them for careers in the Department of the Navy’s Acquisition Workforce. McErlean congratulated the graduates for successfully completing the intern program and welcomed them to the NAVAIR Team.

Photo by Amy Cheshire, NAVAIR Depot Jax Public Affairs Specialist

Photo caption: Recent graduates, Logistics Management Speciqalists Darrell Monday and Ed Rios (center) are pictured with the entire group of NAVAIR Depot Jax Logistics Interns.

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