Hrm 531 Avn Officer Career Mgt Memmo
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Aviation Officer Career Management Team Leader
HRM/531
October 28, 2012
TO: Director, United States Army Human Resources Command
FROM: Major Jeremiah J. Simpson, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade
DATE: October 28, 2012
SUBJECT: Recommendation to Establish Aviation Officer Career Management Teams
The United States Army must develop and train its officers into leaders capable of winning our nation’s wars without losing the trust and confidence of the soldiers that they lead. There is an immediate need for the establishment of dedicated Aviation Branch Officer Career Management Teams (OCMT) at the Brigade and Battalion level within the Army’s Combat Aviation Brigades (CABs) to ensure the Army’s officers are being developed to the fullest extent possible. To date, the Army has failed in that endeavor.
The Operational Gap
Today, the Army’s aviation assets consist of 12 active duty Combat Aviation Brigades and eight Reserve Combat Aviation Brigades (Dunnigan, 2011). While the types of CABs may vary slightly across the force (some have AH-64Ds Apache attack helicopters while others have OH58D Kiowa Warrior scout helicopters), each CAB has approximately 2,700 soldiers (Dunnigan, 2011). Each CAB’s soldiers are spread out between a Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) and five Aviation Battalions (Dunnigan, 2011). Each Battalion and HHC has a personnel Career manager for enlisted soldiers only. There is one enlisted Career manager for approximately every 250-300 Soldiers. The Brigade’s officers (a combination of Warrant Officers and Commissioned Officers) make up between 25-30% of a Combat Aviation Brigade (between 675 and 810 officers) and are only represented by branch managers at Human Resources Command (U.S. Army Human Resources Command, 2012). Considering there are 20 Aviation Brigades, the 25 total branch managers for the Aviation branch are currently responsible for the career management of approximately 15,000 officers at an
Aviation Officer Career Management Team Leader
HRM/531
October 28, 2012
TO: Director, United States Army Human Resources Command
FROM: Major Jeremiah J. Simpson, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade
DATE: October 28, 2012
SUBJECT: Recommendation to Establish Aviation Officer Career Management Teams
The United States Army must develop and train its officers into leaders capable of winning our nation’s wars without losing the trust and confidence of the soldiers that they lead. There is an immediate need for the establishment of dedicated Aviation Branch Officer Career Management Teams (OCMT) at the Brigade and Battalion level within the Army’s Combat Aviation Brigades (CABs) to ensure the Army’s officers are being developed to the fullest extent possible. To date, the Army has failed in that endeavor.
The Operational Gap
Today, the Army’s aviation assets consist of 12 active duty Combat Aviation Brigades and eight Reserve Combat Aviation Brigades (Dunnigan, 2011). While the types of CABs may vary slightly across the force (some have AH-64Ds Apache attack helicopters while others have OH58D Kiowa Warrior scout helicopters), each CAB has approximately 2,700 soldiers (Dunnigan, 2011). Each CAB’s soldiers are spread out between a Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) and five Aviation Battalions (Dunnigan, 2011). Each Battalion and HHC has a personnel Career manager for enlisted soldiers only. There is one enlisted Career manager for approximately every 250-300 Soldiers. The Brigade’s officers (a combination of Warrant Officers and Commissioned Officers) make up between 25-30% of a Combat Aviation Brigade (between 675 and 810 officers) and are only represented by branch managers at Human Resources Command (U.S. Army Human Resources Command, 2012). Considering there are 20 Aviation Brigades, the 25 total branch managers for the Aviation branch are currently responsible for the career management of approximately 15,000 officers at an
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