49A

Description

AOC 49A will be assigned upon an officer’s completion of the ORSA Military Applications Course I (ORSA MAC I) or receipt of a graduate degree in a discipline listed in table 33-2 of DA Pam 600-3. Conducts analysis across the spectrum of military activities. Performs research and analysis of practical and theoretical issues regarding combat operations, doctrine, tactics, system effectiveness, force design, force structure, and the deployment and employment of weapon systems. Analyzes military recruiting, retention, strength, mobilization, personnel, training, and structure issues for both active and reserve components. Determines optimal resource management and allocation strategies through analyses of force structure, manpower requirements, authorizations, personnel developments, materiel acquisition, and logistics programs. Conducts conceptual studies and analyses of major Army and Department of Defense programs dealing with alternative military strategies, force designs, strategic force issues, logistics management, weapon systems, and their associated resource management implications. Designs tests and experiments for complex weapon systems and future combat developments concepts within materiel acquisition and force development processes. Determines measures of effectiveness, applies risk analysis, analyzes and interprets empirical data, and obtains objective data for acquisition decisions, studies, training evaluations, system comparisons, analytic models, and combat simulations. Serves on senior level Army, Defense, and Joint staffs conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis to support commanders. Instructs other officers in ORSA, Systems Engineering, and mathematics.