The Principal Deputy, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness (L&MR), who also serves as the Life Cycle Logistics defense acquisition workforce community Functional Leader (FL), recently approved Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification requirements for the Life Cycle Logistics functional community. There are no changes to either the educational or experience requirements; and other than several administrative updates outlined below, the Life Cycle Logistics FY 2016 certification training requirements remain the same as the current requirements for FY 2015. Those administrative changes include:

·         Level I - SYS 101 updated and re-designated as  ENG 101

·         Level II – LOG 200 updated and re-titled as “Product Support Strategy Development, Part A”

·         Level II – LOG 201 updated and re-titled as “Product Support Strategy Development, Part B”

The Life Cycle Logistics Level I, Level II and Level III core certification standards contained in the DAU iCatalog contain the most current requirements. A hyperlinked graphical representation of the current FY15 training requirements is also available on the Life Cycle Logistics Certification Track page on the Logistics Community of Practice (LOG CoP) Professional Development website.