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