Acronyms
Every field team has one of these, referred to as an SMT
What is Senior Management Team?
Burkina Faso
What is Ouagadougou?
The second word of this group, based in the Horn of Africa, rhymes with kebab
What is Al Shabbab?
Creative just celebrated this anniversary
What is 43rd?
S&D Practice Area Director, Rich Jaskot, was in this service branch
What is the Navy?
On an annual basis, all Creative employees receive a cEPA
What is Creative Employee Performance Appraisal?
Djibouti
What is Djibouti?
This group’s moniker translates into English as “Western education is forbidden”
What is Boko Haram?
Creative's new office is located on this street
What is Willard Avenue?
Enrique Roig, Citizen Security PAD, is a fan of this Spanish futbol team
What is FC Barcelona?
When reading USG strategy, the acronym OU comes up frequently
What is Operating Unit?
Myanmar
What is Naypidaw?
The name of this Sri Lankan group has a feline connection, and has counted among its members the father of British Rapper M.I.A who recorded the 2007 hit "Paper Planes"
What is the Tamil Tigers?
Creative's first project was implemented in this country
What is Bolivia?
PT PAD Nick Marinacci worked for OTI as a Country Rep (or Acting CR) in one of these countries (name any)
What are Somalia, or Pakistan, or Libya?
Nick Marinacci's favorite acronym is QA/QC
What is Quality Assurance/Quality Control?
Papua New Guinea
What is Port Moresby?
This Basque separatist group fought for independence from Spain from 1959 to 2018
What is ETA?
Creative has four founders, name two of them
Who are Charito Kruvant, Mimi Tse, Diane Dodge, Cheryl Jones?
Debby Kimble, Governance PAD, was the City Manager of this Midwestern Town
What is Saginaw, MI?
Creative's USAID contracts receive an annual CPAR
What is Contractor Performance Assessment Report?
Eswatini
What is Mbabane?
This Philippines-based Salafist Jihadist group has an NSFW acronym
What is MILF (the Moro Islamic Liberation Front)?
Including the new space, Creative will have had this many office locations throughout the DMV
What is 4?
(Charito's Basement, New Mexico Ave, Wisconsin Ave, Willard Ave)
Before ascending to his country’s pinnacle of power, this well-known and controversial political leader was first introduced by Tom Wheelock to the United States
Who is President Jimmy Carter?