Officer distributions and assignments

Warrant AOC

3 numerals followed by 1 alpha

VTIP Eligibility

Active component category regular army officers only-must be in good standing; first lieutenant promotable, captain and captain promotable through ninth year AFCS; field grade at 14 years oF AFCS or less can request FA transfer only; officers with existing adso may compete

Donor branches

Adjutant general, military police, ordnance, signal, finance, military intelligence, quartermaster, transportation

Branch detail recipient branches

Air defense, armor, military police, MI, ordnance, quartermaster, signal, transportation.

Voluntary transfer incentive program (VTIP)

Available in lieu of functional areas designation; enables highly qualified officers to branch transfer

Warrant officer MOS

Branch, AOC, AOC Definable qualification, SQI, ASI, LIC

Officer MOS

Branch, AOC, SQI, ASI, LIC

ODAS officer distribution and assignments - officer preference

Career opportunity, individual considerations

ODAS officer distribution and assignments - professional development

Education, functional area and skill training, command selection list joint

Area of concentration (AOC)

Identifies position requirements and requisite qualifications

Branch

Two numeric character code

ODAS officer distribution and assignments - Army requirements

Support deployed or deploying expeditionary forces, transformation, army Manning guidance, law and policy requirements

Goal

The right officer in the right place at the rught time

Officer AOC

2 numerals followed by 1 alpha

ODA Challenges

Army Manning guidance, current readiness, future readiness, legal requirements, budget, real world mission, generalist positions, personal preference, dwell time, stability, Officer development, by name request, attrition, married army couples program, exceptional family member program, Basic branch positions

Officer reassignment policies

Assignments are made when required for national security or equitable treatment; assignments are based on the officers professional qualifications; qualified volunteers are considered first when all other factors are equal; PCS moves are not tied Solely to the passage of time on station; equal distribution within branch, functional area and grade among overseas assignments and locations considered desirable and undesirable; promotion or retirement will not be the sole reason for reassignment; an officer who must be moved out of the position will be moved to another position on the same installation when appropriate; PCS cost will be considered in selection of an officer for assignment; request for joint domicile will normally be approved when possible for army married couples

Officer breakout

BRANCH, AOC, FA, skill id, lic

Branch detail program

Ensures branches with the largest need for lieutenants are filled to required levels using donor branch 2Lts

Special branches (noncompetitive functional areas)

Health services, special branches-Judge Advocate General and Chaplin Corps

Branch immaterial/generalist is used when

In cases where we don't need to be specific to a branch, the Army uses branch immaterial codes. This allows the army some flexibility in distributing the population

Functional categories (Army competitive category)

Operations, operation support, and force sustainment

Army Competitive category

Operations, operations support, force sustainment

Branch immaterial/generalist

Position coding when specific branch skills are not required; three characters - two numeric and one Alpha. Example 01A, 02C