West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 141 - Adjutant General › Title 141 - LEGISLATIVE RULE ADJUTANT GENERAL › Series 141-32 - Officer Personnel Management System SOP › Section 141-32-8 - WEST VIRGINIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OFFICER COUNSELING

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
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.
(a) Performance
				Counseling: All commanders will review in detail the provisions of FM 22-101
				prior to attempting performance counseling. Performance counseling must be
				conducted in private, allowing adequate time for both counselor and counselee
				to express themselves adequately. Counseling consists of a
dialogue, not a monologue
. The counselor should be the
				rating officer, and the counselee will be the rated officer. Commanders are
				responsible for -the development of their assigned officers into effective
				managers; the best means to achieve this goal is to guide officer performance
				during counseling sessions which clearly and enthusiastically reward desired
				aspects of performance, as well as directly stating that improvement is
				required in any unsatisfactory areas of performance. Performance counseling
				sessions should follow the format as shown on page 5-3, to WVMR 600-100-1 dated
				1 August 1978.
(b) Career
				Counseling: All career counseling should also be preceded by a careful review
				of FM 22-101. These career counseling sessions should be held by the commander
				and in some cases by the DCSPA. It is especially desirable to hold this type
				counseling session in conjunction with performance counseling concurrent with
				preparation of each officer's Annual Evaluation Report. This type counseling
				should always center on each officer's individual career development plan.
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):
SCHOOL
SUBJECT
DATE(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