The intricacies of designing and running classes are nothing new to ASTD staff or members--designing curriculums, administering tests, setting up rooms, and carrying boxes are a cinch. But recently for Tracy Lippincott, additional procedures included donning a flak jacket, arming herself with an M16, and flying on a helicopter to pick up test results in Balad, Iraq, 30 miles northwest of Baghdad.
Lippincott, an ASTD project manager, is also a Sergeant First Class in the Delaware Army National G