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Agency 141 - Adjutant GeneralTitle 141 - LEGISLATIVE RULE ADJUTANT GENERALSeries 141-31 - Introduction To Officer Personnel Management System (OPMS)
Chapter 2 - OBJECTIVES OF OFFICER PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Section 141-31-2-3 - REVISION OF THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY SYSTEM (ROMOSS)

W. Va. Code R. § 141-31-2-3

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Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 141-31-2-3 - REVISION OF THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY SYSTEM (ROMOSS)

ROMOSS is a logical and rational system for the identification of skills required of and possessed by all commissioned officers in the Army National Guard, as well as the active army and the USAR. There are several basic differences between ROMOSS and the current commissioned officer military occupational specialty (MOS) classification system, which are as follows:

a. Elimination of the words "MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL" as they apply to the word "SPECIALTY". The key word is now "SPECIALTY", not "MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY".
b. Since MOS will no longer apply to commissioned officers of the Army National Guard, it changes the concept of an individual being awarded a primary MOS, a secondary MOS, or an additional MOS. Under OPMS, an officer is designated a Primary Specialty and an Alternate Specialty (if he possesses necessary qualifications for the award of such). These specialties are identified by two digit specialty codes; the first specialty (Primary) code identifies the specialty in which an officer is currently assigned and the latter (Alternate) identifies the specialty planned for his future assignment.
c. ROMOSS also eliminates the single digit Special Qualification Identifier (SQI) and replaces it with an Additional Skill Identifier (ASI).
d. Under ROMOSS, appropriate codes (SSI, ASI, or LIC) will be applied to military and civilian education and training. This means that all courses of instruction will be identifiable with Army requirements and utilization of officer skills acquired through these courses can be properly charted and monitored. This will provide the DCSPA with a better capability of matching talent or skills with spaces and projecting training requirements.
e. ROMOSS will also be applied to officer records and files in an area oniled "Acquired Skills". This will be a summary of SCI date resulting from education, training and/or experience.

W. Va. Code R. § 141-31-2-3