W. Va. Code R. § 141-32-5
Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 141-32-5 - WEST VIRGINIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR OPMSa. General: Under OPMS, officer specialties will be identified early in their careers and these specialties developed progressively as subsequent officer assignments are made. The West Virginia Army National Guard Master Development Plan for OPMS will be followed as officers are assigned to each new position.b. Qualification and Federal Recognition: (1) Federal recognition must be obtained for ail WVARNG officers and will be obtained in each of the following cases: (c) Change in assignment which results in a change of primary specialty/branch which would result in transfer of assignment, or when a specialty redesignation has been requested by an officer. (2) Federal recognition boards will recommend Federal recognition to Chief, NGB, stipulating satisfaction of any technical waivers in the new specialties. NO officer will be required to satisfy a waiver without full consideration of the officer's individual experience and education, both civilian and military. No two officers transferred to a specialty of an SSI "44-A" (Finance and Accounting Officer), for example, would be required to take the same qualification steps if one were a banker as a civilian, and the other employed in a field not related to finance. The second officer in this example would no doubt require more study and/or requirements in establishing a technical waiver. The board will always exercise sound judgment on an individual basis when stipulating a technical waiver requirement. In addition, the OPMS Manager will fully consider each officer's civilian and military expertise when recommending reassignments. It should be noted that nothing prevents the Adjutant General from requesting the Federal recognition board to re-consider its requirements for establishing a technical waiver if he feels excessive or inequitable relative comparable cases exist. Additionally, individual officers who feel that requirements for establishing a Technical Waiver fail to adequately consider their civilian and military experience and education may also request the board to reconsider their requirements.(3) It is important that fee WVARNG make full use of each officer's entire expertise, as an example, it would not be good personnel management to retain an unqualified officer for assignment to a specialty,. when another civilian-qualified officer is available,c. Assignment Profile; Commanders will utilize the WVARNG Master Development Plan for OPM3 in conjunction with the Inventory of all officer specialties by grade, authorised the WVARNG (See ANNEX "A"), as a guide, to project officer assignments within their commands/ throughout an officer's career. This headquarters will utilize these same 'tools to recommend qualified officers for assignment from one command to another. To properly utilize the State Master Development Plan for OPMS, it is necessary for commanders and the State OPMS Manager to plan progressive officer assignments by specialty and grade for all specialities appearing on the VTAADS documents authorized the State of West Virginia. Attrition of officers by grade must be estimated based on recent experience of each unit. Similarly, the development of officers for assignment to specialties of which there are few in the unit and/or State such as Chemical of Air Defense Artillery, must be carefully anticipated, especially in cases involving requirements for nonconsecutive grades. Projecting future need for officers by grade and specialty, while also considering the geographical constraints will be a continuing process of all commanders.d. Officer Assignments: As officer vacancies occur throughout the WVARNG/ commanders will require replacements. Under the rationale of OPMS, commanders will no longer be restricted to seeking replacements from among the relatively narrow range of officers with which they are familiar; instead, ALL officer replacement requests will be routed to the Deputy Chief of Staff Personnel and Administration (DCSPA) as shown in inclosure one to WVMR(ARMY)600-100-3. The DCSPA will then review officer qualification records (OPMS Files) and provide at once, to the requesting commander the names of all the qualified officers that exist in the State of West Virginia that would be candidates for the existing and/or projected officer vacancy. NOTE: Nothing prevents the requesting commander from specifically indicating preference that an individual officer be included in the group from which the selection will be made.e. Specialty Qualification: Specialty qualification, not branch, determines eligibility for assignment. A MTOE/TDA position may be filled by any officer whose qualifications satisfy specialty requirements specified by VTAADS documents concerned. As unit vacancies arise (due to resignations, transfers, and reorganizations) and commanders request officer replacements, the task of the State OPMS Manager is to identify ALL qualified officers statewide who possess the required specialties, (primary or alternate, as well as any required additional skills) and submit their names to the commanders for selection.f. Administrative Support: The State OPMS Manager's role in officer personnel administration is to monitor officer development and coordinate personnel actions; additionally, he advises the Adjutant General and unit commanders on officer personnel development, and conducts extensive scheduled career counseling sessions with individual officers. The State OPMS Manager does not, however, assume responsibility for performing administrative support services related to officer personnel actions ; responsibility for administrative services remains at unit level, with action elements at State level.W. Va. Code R. § 141-32-5