W. Va. Code R. § 141-32-6

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 141-32-6 - DESIGNATING PRIMARY SPECIALTIES

a. General: A primary specialty is one in which an officer of the WVARNG will receive chief emphasis in professional development, both through military education and WVARNG assignments.

b. Preliminary steps in Designating Primary Specialties: Primary specialties will be designated only after the following preliminary steps have been accomplished:

(1) Development of the State Master Development Plan.

(2) Review of commanders' evaluations and recommendations regarding officers (OER's). NOTE: This is a continuing on-going process.

(3) Review of individual officers' experience and credentials, both military and civilian (DA Form 66 and/or DA Form 2-1). NOTE: Again, this is a continuing on-going process.

(4) Consideration of individual officers' assignment preferences. (Review of the personal data collection for OPMS.) NOTE: This is also a continuing on-going process. (See ANNEX "B" attached).

(5) Consideration of geographic constraints on assignments in the State of West Virginia and the likely influence on the individual officers' available duty assignments.

(6) Counseling of individual officers to insure that they understand the impact on their careers of assignment of a specialty contemplated, including familiarity with MTGE/TDA positions and educational requirements associated therewith.

(7) Medical constraints, as reflected on health records (DO. Form 722 and Standard Forms 88 and 93).

c. Individual Officer Responsibilities:

(1) Each officer will evaluate personal time needs for civilian employment and family requirements relative to the extensive demands of military education, considering both IDT and AT, as well as geographic constraints which might be placed upon him.

(2) Frequent liaison is necessary between the individual officer, the commander, and the State OPMS Manager. It will be to the advantage of an individual officer to initiate such contacts at frequent intervals.

d. Source of Personal Data: In order to evaluate an officer's civilian experience, both educational and occupational, personal data must be summarized. This data was requested on 14 March 1977 from each officer in the WVARNG, by letter (See ANNEX "B", attached).

(1) For the purpose of initially designating primary specialties, all officers must be interviewed and personal data collected, including both civilian experience and assignment preference. This is the purpose of ANNEX "B", attached.

e. Notice to Officers: All officers of the WARNG will he notified by letter that a primary and/or alternate specialty has been designated. This letter, when completed, will possess the authority of an order. NOTE: See ANNEX "C", attached for an example of this letter. The letter will be prepared in quadruplicate and distributed as follows:

(1) Original to officer concerned.

(2) Copy #1-To unit personnel officer, to be placed in individual officers official section of the Field MPRJ.

(3) Copy #2-To the Office of the Adjutant General, ATTN: OPMS Manager, for inclusion in the officer's OPMS File.

(4) Copy #3-The State OPMS Manager will mail this copy to the Army National Guard Personnel Center, for inclusion in the officer's Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) .

NOTE: Once a primary specialty has been designated, custodians of the Officer's MPRJ will enter the following information on the Officer's DA Form 66 and/or DA Form 2-1. On the DA Form 66, the entries will be made in item 9 as follows:

CODE	TITLE	DATE	QUALIFYING AUTHORITY
Appropriate SSI which has been designated	Appropriate Title as shown in Chapter 2, AR 611-101	761231	AGO,WV

Entries on DA Form 2-1 will be made in item 6, per the instruction prescribed toy NGR 640-2-1.

f. Withdrawal of Specialties: Any specialty, once designated, will be reviewed annually for retention. As an example, an officer qualified and designated a COMEL specialty, and who has no further military assignments or education in COMEL, and whose civilian career is not related to COMEL functions, will have the COMEL specialty withdrawn. The State OPMS Manager and all unit personnel officers will closely monitor currency of any designated specialties.

W. Va. Code R. § 141-32-6