A dozen years ago, the Army determined it needed a way to speed up the cumbersome DoD acquisition process so it could give quick answers to battlefield problems in Afghanistan. And so the Rapid Equipping Force was born. But that organization says even as the U.S. comes down off of a wartime footing, the lessons it’s helped the military learn about rapid acquisition are as important as ever. Colonel Steve Sliwa is the director of the “REF.” He tells Federal News Radio’s DoD reporter Jared Serbu there’s plenty of work for his organization to do after 2014.