The Department of Defense (DoD) training community, lead by the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, is accustomed to specification-driven content development. The Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) provides guidelines for referencing learning objects in courseware, and how that courseware communicates with a learning management system (LMS). In addition, Content Object Repository Discovery and Registration Architecture (CORDRA) is the framework that fosters registration, search and discovery of content through the ADL Registry (ADL-R). DoD SCORM and ADL-R policies are detailed in the Department of Defense Instruction 1322.26, "Development, Management and Delivery of Distributed Learning". However, there is a specification gap in the training arena that has not been addressed: XML structured learning content. Historically, learning content has been committed to formats not designed for configuration and content management, such as HTML and Flash. DoD training content can benefit from the use of XML that enables interoperability and management. This paper will demonstrate how learning content structured in the S1000D international technical data spec is a benefit to the DoD training community. The paper will also demonstrate how technical data structured in S1000D can be imported directly into courseware and made SCORM-conformant. The paper will conclude with a discussion of plans to support training requirements in S1000D.