W. Va. Code R. § 141-32-8
General: There are two types of counseling which are required at periodic intervals for a successful OPMS program. First, there is Performance Counseling, which is necessary as the only suitable means by which a commander can control the performance quality of a subordinate officer. Second, there is Career Counseling which is necessary as the only suitable means by which a commander can convey career guidance to the individual officer. It should be noted that the State OPMS Manager becomes involved chiefly in Career Counseling.
ANNEX "A"
UNIT: STATE INVENTORY OF OFFICER SPECIALTIES
: ssi | DESCRIPTION | AUTHORIZED GRADES | TOTAL | |||||
02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | SSI | ASI | ||
11A | Infantry Officer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5G at 05 | ||
11B | Lt Infantry Officer | 1 | 1 | 5G at 06 | ||||
12A | Armor Officer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5N at 05 | |
12B | Axiticr Officer | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3C at 03 | |||
12C | Amor Officer | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 . | 5H at 04 | |
13A | Cannon Field Arty | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 3-5H at 03 5H at 05 5H at 04 | |
13B | Cannon Field Arty | 1 | 1 | |||||
13C | Cannon Field Arty | 1 | 1 | |||||
13D | Target Acquisition | 1 | 1 | |||||
14B Shorad Air Defense | 2 | 2 | ||||||
15A | Avn Off General | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2E at 05 2E at 04 2E at 03 | ||
15C | Avn Off General | 1 | 1 | 1E at 03 | ||||
21A | Combat Engr | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 32 | |
21B | Const Engr | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6F at 05 | |
21C | Engr Mgmt | 1 | 1 | |||||
25A | Combat signal | x | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2-5M at Q3 | ||
31A | Law Enforcement | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
31D | Physical Security | 3 | 3 | |||||
35A | ctical Intelligence | 2 | 2 | 5G at 03 5M at 03 | ||||
41A | Personnel Mgmt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5G at 03 | ||
41B | Recruiting & Induction | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
41C | Race/Relations | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
42A | Personnel Adm | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5G at 04 | ||
46A | Info Officer | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
48E | Unconventional Warfare | 18 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 45 . | 5M at 04 | |
48F | Civil Military | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5G at 03 | |
| 55A | Legal | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
56A | Command 8 Unit Chaplain | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
60A | Executive Medicine | 1 | 1 | |||||
60E | General Medical | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5G at 04 | |||
6 IN | Flight Surgeon | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 67B | Field Medical Asst | 2 | 5G at 02 | |||||
67J | Aeromedical Evacuation | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | IE at 04 IE at 03 IE at 0J2 | ||
70A | Logistics Mgmt | 2 | 2 | |||||
74A | 1 | 1 | ||||||
77A | Tk/Ground Mobility | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
77C | Ground Support Material Mgmt | 1 | 1 | |||||
83A | Gen Trp Spt Material Mgmt | 1 | 1 | |||||
88A | Highway Trans | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
91A | Maint Mgmt | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
92B | Supply Mgmt | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5G.at 03 | |||
NOTE: SSI 12C has requirement | for | ASI | 3B | for | grades | 02-05 | ||
SSI 12B has requirement | for | ASI | 3C | for | grades | 02-03 | ||
ANNEX "B"
SUBJECT: Officer Career Management
1. The Army National Guard has adopted a new and improved system of officer career management within each state. The new system called Officer Personnel Management System (OPMS) will introduce officer development techniques comparable to those now observed by the Active Army through its MILPERCEN elements.
2. Under OPMS each officer will be developed as a specialist in a primary area of expertise. All officer assignments will be made following careful review's of officer qualifications,- considering all available qualified officers in our state, Officers will no longer be trained as generalists and assigned based merely on branch qualification within grade.
3. Maximum recognition of expertise (civilian or military) and preferences will be considered in officer assignments. The Active Army considers chiefly military education and experience in assigning its officers. We, in the National Guard, would overlook a crucial asset if consideration of officers' civilian expertise were not fully recognized. Therefore, I have asked our new State OPMS manager, COL John W Moon, to prepare the attached questionnaire for your completion; this questionnaire provides opportunity for you to report your areas of civilian expertise and other information.
4. Before completion of this form you must obtain a copy of the cited references from your unit personnel officer (S-1) or unit library. Any questions that cannot be answered by your personnel officer should be referred to the OPMS manager at once.
5. Forms are to be completed and returned to this office by 31 May 1977.
6. It is our intention to observe all provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 USC 552 ( Public Law 93-579), relative to developing personal information on you. See the attached explanatory notes.
7. I welcome the OPMS system as a means to aid development of our officer corps. I lock forward to your participation in this useful new system and to any comments you may have regarding its impact on your career.
4 Incl ROBERT L GUILDERS
1. Pers Data Collection (OPMS) Major General
2. Explanatory Notes The Adjutant General
3. SIOS
4. Geographic Areas
NAME :__________________________________________________________
(Last) (First) (I)
1. COMPLETION OF THIS FORM SHOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH GREAT CARE SINCE ENTRIES HEREON WILL LIKELY INFLUENCE ALL FUTURE MILITARY ASSIGNMENTS FOR YOU. AMPLE TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONSIDER ALL REFERENCES, PARTICULARLY AR 611-101, WITH CHANGE 1.
2. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS QUESTIONNAIRE THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS WILL APPLY.
a."ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS": Tasks involving chiefly maintenance of and correspondence. Example; An S-1, banker, a statistician.
b."SUPERVISORY TASKS": Tasks involving chiefly managing and directing the activities of subordinates in a leadership role. Examples: A manager, a commander, a section leader.
c."TECHNICAL TASKS"; Tasks involving chiefly dealing with equipment of systems in an expert manner. Examples: An ADP expert, a physician, an electronics specialist.
PLEASE REFER TO AR 511-101, WITH CHANGE 1, AND REVIEW SPECIALTIES, DETERMINING THE SPECIALTY IN WHICH YOU FEEL MOST QUALIFIED: REVIEW, FIRST, PAGES 2-1 THRU 2-5, THEN REVIEW SPECIFICATIONS FOR SPECIALTIES ON PAGE 4-1, THRU 4-76. CONSIDER ALL OF YOUR EXPERIENCE, BOTH CIVILIAN AND MILITARY; CONSIDER EDUCATION AND ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE.
1. THE SPECIALTY FOR WHICH I FEEL MOST QUALIFIED IS:_____________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Remarks :______________.____________________________________________
2. PLEASE REPEAT THE ABOVE PROCESS, AND SELECT THE SPECIALTY IN WHICH YOU FEEL SECOND MOST QUALIFIED:_____________________________________________
Remarks :_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
3. STUDY THE STATE INVENTORY OF OFFICER SPECIALTIES (TO BE OBTAINED FROM THE OPMS MANAGER), BY GRADE, CONSIDERING ANY GEOGRAPHIC CONSTRAINTS, AND SELECT A PRIMARY SPECIALTY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DESIGNATED FOR LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT; UNDERSTAND THAT MOST OF YOUR FUTURE MILITARY ASSIGNMENTS AND EDUCATION WILL BE IN YOUR PRIMARY SPECIALTY.
a. THE PRIMARY SPECIALTY FOR WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DESIGNATED . FOR MY LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT IS:________________________________________________
Remarks
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
b. MY SECOND CHOICE FOR MY LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT PRIMARY SPECIALTY
IS:_________________________________________________
Remarks :______________________________________________________________
4. MY CIVILIAN EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL INCLUDES ATTENDANCE AT THE FOLLOWING COLLEGES AND/OR TRADE SCHOOLS (Attach documentation):
SCHOOLSUBJECTDATE(S)
5. MY CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT HAS BEEN_________TECHNICAL,______ ADMINISTRATIVE, _________SUPERVISORY, OR____________OTHER (Rate in Successive order: 1 Most, 4 Least) .
6. I AM EXPERT IN THE FOLLOWING CIVILIAN OCCUPATIONS:
a. MOST EXPERT :_________________________________________________
b. SECOND MOST EXPERT:___________________________________________
c. THIRD MOST EXPERT:_____________
7. I PREFER ASSIGNMENT IN RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE___________ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL (Staff) , OR_____________SUPERVISORY (Managing Staff Personnel or Command).
8. I HAVE CIVILIAN EXPERIENCE IN SUPERVISING THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES (Technical, Non-skilled, or Professional) FOR THE DURATIONS AS SHOWN:
_______________________________________________________
NUMBER OF PERSONNEL SUPERVISED DURATION IN MONTHS PERCENTAGE OF NON-SKILLED PERSONNEL TECHNICAL SUPERVISED PROFESSIONAL
NONE___________________________________________________________________
1 to 10_________________________________________________________________
11 to 20________________________________________________________________
21 to 100________________________________________________________________
More than 100 __________________________________
9. CONSIDERING MY PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS, THE STATE INVENTORY OF OFFICER I SPECIALTIES, THE GEOGRAPHIC CONSTRAINTS, MY EXPERIENCE, MY EDUCATION (BOTH CIVILIAN AND MILITARY), AND THE PERSONAL FACTORS, THE PRIMARY SPECIALTY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DESIGNATED AS OF 31 DECEMBER 1976 IS:_______
Remarks:________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
10. MY HOME ADDRESS IS:______________________________________________
(NAME)
_______________________________________________________
(STREET NUMBER AND/OR RFD)
_______________________________________________________
(CITY) (STATE) (ZIP)
PHONE NUMBER: ___________________________________________________________
(BUSINESS) (HOME)
11. I AM WILLING TO TRAVEL_____________MILES ONE WAY FROM HOME TO ATTEND
WEEKEND ASSEMBLIES,
12. I HAVE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN____________________,__________________, _____________________, AND_______________________.
__________________
(SIGNATURE)
__________________
(GRADE & PRESENT ASSIGNMENT)
__________________
(DATE)
EXPLANATORY NOTES TO QUESTIONNAIRE
1. It is the intention of this questionnaire to observe all the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1975, 5 USC 552 a ( Public Law 93-579).
2. This questionnaire was prepared under authority of NGR 600-100 and NGB Pam 600-3
3. Information provided by you will be available only on a need-to-know basis for purposes of evaluating your civilian and military background; the evaluation will be accomplished solely for purposes of determining qualifications for ARNG assignments and prescribing military education requirements necessary for becoming qualified.
4. The manager of the State Officer Personnel Management System (OPMS) will frequently review personal data you provide on the inclosed form as an aid to determining your assignment preferences and goals.
5. You are not required to provide any personal information. Completion of the inclosed questionnaire is voluntary, but to the benefit of the respondent.
6. If you do not complete the inclosed questionnaire,
a. Your military assignments are not likely to meet your preferences and best capabilities,
b. The State OPMS Manager will not be able to plan an orderly career pattern for you, and
c. Any requirements for military education (under technical waivers and education stipulations) will not fully reflect your military and civilian experience.
ANNEX "C"
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT
CHARLESTON 25311
SUBJECT: Officer Specialty Skill Identifier, Additional Skill Identifier and Language Identification Code under the Officer Personnel Management System (OPMS)
TO;___________________________________________________________________________
(Grade) (Name) CSSN)
______________________________________
(Unit of Assignment)
______________________________________
(Address)
1. In accordance with AR 611-101, dated 15 November 1975, you have been awarded the following Specialty Skill Identifier (SSI), Additional Skill Identifier (ASI), and Language Identification Code (LIC) commensurate with the requirements of the TOE/TDA position in which you are assigned:
_________________ _____________________
(SSI) (Title)
_________________ _____________________
(ASI) (Title)
_________________ _____________________
(ASI) (Title)
_________________ _____________________
(LIC) (Title)
2. If you have any questions concerning either your assigned SSI. ASI or LIC, contact the State OPMS Manager, Colonel John W Moon, telephone number 348-5300.
FOR THE ADJUTANT GENERAL:
JOHN W MOON
COL, GS, WVARNG
DCSPA
ANNEX "D"
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT CHARLESTON 25311
SUBJECT: Officer Specialty Skill Identifier, Additional Skill Identifier and Language Identification Code Under the Officer Personnel Management System (OPMS)
TO:__________________________________________________________________________
(Grade (Name) (SSN)
______________________________________
(Unit of Assignment)
______________________________________
(Address)
1. In accordance with AR 611-101, dated .15 November 1975, the following Specialty Skill Identifier (SSI), Additional Skill Identifier (ASI) and Language Identification (LIC) Code have been identified as the requirements of the TOE/TDA position in which you are assigned.
_________________ _____________________
(SSI) (Title)
_________________ _____________________
(ASI) (Title)
_________________ _____________________
(ASI) (Title)
_________________ _____________________
(LIC) (Title)
2. After reviewing your military service/education it has been determined that you lack the necessary prerequisites as follows:
You have not completed the minimum military education requirements for award of SSI which is_____________________________________.
(Title of Course)
You have not been observed in your duty assignment for sufficient time to evaluate your proficiency for award of the SSI.
You have not completed the formal military education required for ward of the ASI which is___________________________________ .
(Title of Course)
3. At this time you are being reported with the following skill identifier
________________________________________________________ which means:
First three characters- Specialty Skill Identifier of your assigned duty position which is________________________________________________.
(Name)
SUBJECT: Officer Specialty Skill Identifier, Additional Skill Identifier and Language Identification Code Under the Officer Personnel Management System (OPMS)
The fourth and fifth characters:
ØT - Lacks basic military education commensurate with duty assignment for award of SSI.
ØU - Lacks military education commensurate with duty assignment for award of SSI and AS1.
ØV - Has military education for award of SSI but lacks military education commensurate for award of required ASI(s) or LIC.
ØW - Has military education for award of SSI but has not been observed sufficiently for evaluation.
4* You should endeavor to fulfill the service/educational requirements for your duty assignment as soon as possible and your progress will be monitored by your commander and the State OPMS manager.
5. If you have any questions., the State OPMS Manager is Colonel John W Moon, telephone number 348-5300.
FOR THE ADJUTANT GENERAL:
JOHN W MOON COL, GS, WVARNG DCSPA
W. Va. Code R. § 141-32-8