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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 EFFECTIVE: IMMEDIATELY SUBJECT: FY 2007 WARRANT OFFICER APPLICATIONS FOR ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVE VETERINARY SERVICES FOOD SAFETY OFFICER (MOS 640A) 1. REFERENCE: AR 135-100 (APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONED AND WARRANT OFFICERS IN THE ARMY). 2. PURPOSE: THIS MESSAGE SOLICITS APPLICATIONS FROM QUALIFIED ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVE ENLISTED PERSONNEL FOR THE FY 2008 VETERINARY SERVICE WARRANT OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM. COMMAND SUPPORT IN DISSEMINATING THIS MSG TO ASSURE TIMELY SUBMISSION OF APPLICANTS IS APPRECIATED. 3. SELECTION PROCESS: HQ USAREC RCHS-SVD WILL CONVENE A COMPETITIVE SELECTION BOARD ON 10 JUL 07. ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED BASED ON INDIVIDUAL MERIT AND DOCUMENTATION AS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 9 BELOW. APPLICANTS IN OCONUS ASSIGNMENTS SELECTED FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL HAVE THEIR FOREIGN SERVICE TOUR CURTAILED TO MEET TRAINING REPORT DATES. INDIVIDUALS WILL RECEIVE OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF SELECTION FOLLOWING BOARD. 4. PROGRAM OVERVIEW: APPLICANTS SELECTED FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL ATTEND THE WARRANT OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (WOCS) AT FT. RUCKER, AL, PRIOR TO ATTENDING THE VETERINARY SERVICES FOOD SAFETY WARRANT OFFICER BASIC COURSE (WOBC) AT FT. SAM HOUSTON, TX. CANDIDATES WILL BE APPOINTED AS A WARRANT OFFICER ONE (WO1) IN THE USAR WITH OR WITHOUT A CONCURRENT CALL TO ACTIVE DUTY AND WILL INCUR AN OBLIGATION OF SIX YEARS (6 YEARS) UPON GRADUATION OF WOBC. MOS 640A WILL BE AWARDED UPON COMPLETION OF WOBC AT FT. SAM HOUSTON. 5. COURSE INFO: REPORT START END COURSE LOCATION 28 Feb 2008 3 Mar 2008 4 Apr 2008 WOCS FT. RUCKER,AL 13 Apr 2008 14 Apr 2008 16 May 2008 WOBC FT. SAM HOUSTON,TX. 6. BASIC PREREQUISITES: A. MUST MEET GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF AR 135-100. B. CURRENTLY HOLD THE 68R OR 68S PMOS FOR A MINIMUM OF 6 YEARS. C. HOLD RANK OF SGT(P)/E5(P) OR HIGHER. D. HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED EQUIVALENT. E. HAVE A GT SCORE OF 110 OR HIGHER F. ACTIVE DUTY APPLICANTS MUST HAVE A MININUM OF 72 MONTHS ACTIVE FEDERAL MILITARY SERVICE AS OF 1 JUN 2007. INDIVIDUALS WITH GREATER THAN 144 MONTHS ACTIVE FEDERAL MILITARY SERVICE (AFS) AS OF 1 JUN 2007 WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. AFS WAIVERS MAY BE GRANTED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS FOR THOSE HAVING UP TO 168 MONTHS AFS. G. MEET PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WARRANT OFFICER APPOINTMENT AS PRESCRIBED IN CHAPTER 2, AR 40-501, AND BE WITHIN WEIGHT STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY AR 600-9. WAIVERS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR PT PROFILES. 7. WAIVERS: THERE ARE NO WAIVERS TO THE BASIC PREREQUISITES LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 6 UNLESS SPECIFIED ABOVE. 8. APPLICANT SUBMISSION: ACTIVE DUTY APPLICATIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED BY MEMORANDUM THROUGH APPLICANT’S UNIT COMMANDER TO: COMMANDER, HQ, US ARMY RECRUITING COMMAND, ATTN: RCHS-SVD (LTC MORIYAMA), 1307 THIRD AVENUE, FT KNOX, KY 40121-2726. FOR USAR APPLICATIONS, SEND TO AR-RTD, 1401 DESHLER STREET, SW, FORT MCPHERSON, GA 30330-2000. ALL DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE PLACED IN A MANILA FOLDER IN SEQUENCE ACCORDING TO THIS MESSAGE. DO NOT BIND, PLACE IN PLASTIC PROTECTORS OR PUNCH HOLES IN DOCUMENTS. APPLICATIONS POSTMARKED AFTER 19 JUNE 2007 WILL BE RETURNED TO THE ORIGINATOR WITHOUT ACTION. 9. APPLICATION FORMS AND SAMPLES CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM www.usarec.army.mil\warrant. APPLICATION DOCUMENTS MUST INCLUDE: A. WARRANT OFFICER AMEDD APPOINTMENT APPLICATION CHECKLIST. SUBMIT THE NUMBER OF ORIGINALS AND COPIES AS INDICATED ON THE CHECKLIST. B. BASIC APPLICATION MEMORANDUM. MEMO MUST INCLUDE: 1) STATEMENT: "IAW DASG-PTZ MSG (DTG OF MSG) SUBJECT: FY 2007 WARRANT OFFICER APPLICATIONS FOR VETERINARY SERVICES FOOD SAFETY OFFICER (MOS 640A), I HEREBY MAKE APPLICATION FOR THE VETERINARY SERVICES TECHNICIAN TRAINING PROGRAM. UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE WARRANT OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL, I WILL, IF TENDERED, ACCEPT APPOINTMENT AS A WARRANT OFFICER IN THE USAR WITH CONCURRENT CALL TO ACTIVE DUTY AS DESCRIBED IN SAID MSG". THIS LAST STATEMENT DOES NOT APPLY TO USAR APPLICANTS. 2) ENDORSEMENT BY CURRENT VETERINARY, PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, OR COMPANY COMMANDER RECOMMENDING APPROVAL/DISAPPROVAL OF THE APPLICANT FOR APPOINTMENT AS A WARRANT OFFICER CANDIDATE. THIS DOES NOT COUNT AS A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION AS LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 9.L., BELOW. INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A COMPANY COMMANDER OTHER THAN A VETERINARY CORPS OFFICER SHALL SUBMIT AN ENDORSEMENT FROM THEIR CURRENT COMPANY COMMANDER. C. DA FORM 160 (APPLICATION FOR ACTIVE DUTY). FOR ACTIVE DUTY APPLICANTS ONLY. D. STATEMENT FROM MILITARY PERSONNEL SERVICE CENTER VERIFYING THAT FAVORABLE LOCAL RECORDS CHECK HAS BEEN MADE TO ENSURE APPLICANT IS ADMINISTRATIVELY QUALIFIED FOR ADMISSION TO COURSE AND APPOINTMENT AS A WARRANT OFFICER AND THAT APPLICATION IS NOT IN CONTRAVENTION TO AR 600-8-2. E. STATEMENT FROM UNIT SECURITY OFFICE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS A SECRET CLEARANCE OR HAS INITIATED OR COMPLETED NAC/ENTAC, AS APPLICABLE. APPLICANTS WHO DO NOT HAVE A SECRET (OR HIGHER) CLEARANCE MUST SIGN A STATEMENT INDICATING THEIR UNDERSTANDING THAT, IF THEY ARE SELECTED AS A CANDIDATE BEFORE COMPLETION OF NAC/ENTNAC, THEY MAY NOT BE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM IF FOUND TO BE INELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT AS A WARRANT OFFICER. F. DA FORM 3575, CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE USAR UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF AR 135-100 OR AR 135-101, AS APPLICABLE. G. ORIGINAL DD FORM 2808 (REPORT OF MEDICAL EXAMINATION), DD FORM 2807-1 (REPORT OF MEDICAL HISTORY), HIV TEST, AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL TEST, COMPLETED ON/AFTER 2 FEB 07. THE REVIEWING MEDICAL AUTHORITY MUST INDICATE THAT THE APPLICANT MEETS THE MEDICAL STANDARDS FOR QUALIFICATION FOR APPOINTMENT AS A WARRANT OFFICER UNDER CHAPTER 2, AR 40-501. H. DA FORM 61 (APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT). APFT HEIGHT AND WEIGHT STATEMENT SHOULD BE IN ITEM 41, IAW AR 135-100, PARA 2-1. STATEMENT MUST BE CERTIFIED BY COMPANY COMMANDER. I. RESUME: RESUME SHOULD BRIEFLY DEPICT MILITARY ASSIGNMENTS PERTINENT TO MOS 640A AND ANY MILITARY TRAINING AND/OR CIVILIAN EDUCATION THE APPLICANT CONSIDERS TO QUALIFY HIM/HER FOR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE VETERINARY SERVICES. RESUME MUST INCLUDE AKO EMAIL ADDRESS. J. OFFICIAL DA MILITARY PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WITHIN PAST 12 MONTHS K. COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS: COLLEGIATE STUDIES LISTED ON RESUME AND/OR ENLISTED RECORD BRIEF (ERB) (FORMERLY THE DA FORM 2A AND 2-1), MUST BE DOCUMENTED BY TRANSCRIPTS THAT BEAR THE OFFICIAL STAMP/SEAL OF THE INSTITUTION. L. NOT LESS THAN THREE, NOR MORE THAN FOUR LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION THAT COMMENT ON APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS AND POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING AS A VETERINARY SERVICES FOOD SAFETY OFFICER. FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION INCLUDES: DUTY PERFORMANCE; SELF- IMPROVEMENT ACHIEVEMENTS; ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS; AND APPLICANTS TACT, DIPLOMACY, GOOD MORAL CHARACTER, AND SIMILAR QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE VETERINARY SERVICES FOOD SAFETY OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM. ONE LETTER MUST BE FROM A VETERINARY CORPS OFFICER (DVM) OR PREVENTIVE MEDICINE OFFICER WHO THE APPLICANT CURRENTLY IS WORKING FOR OR HAS WORKED FOR IN THE PAST. THE REMAINING LETTER(S) OF RECOMMENDATION CAN BE FROM ANYONE OF THE APPLICANTS CHOOSING. NOTE: 68R APPLICANTS NOT SERVING IN VETERINARY SERVICE UNITS SHOULD CONTACT THE VC WARRANT OFFICER CONSULTANT POC LISTED IN PARA 11A FOR GUIDANCE. M. DA FORMS 2A AND 2-1 (PERSONNEL QUALIFICATION RECORD PARTS I AND II) OR ENLISTED RECORD BRIEF (ERB). LOCAL MILITARY PERSONNEL SERVICE CENTERS WILL REVIEW EACH REPRODUCTION FOR ACCURACY AND LEGIBILITY AND WILL CERTIFY THEM AS TRUE COPIES. THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT MUST BE INCLUDED ON THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS: "I HAVE REVIEWED MY DA FORMS 2A AND 2-1 (OR ERB): THEY ARE CURRENT AND ACCURATELY POSTED". N. SUBMIT ONE COPY OF LAST 4 NCOERS AND ANY DD 214 OR NGB 22 FORMS CONTAINED IN OFFICIAL MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE. O. LETTER OF MOTIVATION AND INTENT: APPLICANT WILL PERSONALLY PREPARE A SINGLE PAGE, HAND-WRITTEN LETTER, DATED AND SIGNED TO EXPLAIN HIS/HER MOTIVATION FOR SEEKING VETERINARY SERVICES FOOD SAFETY OFFICER TRAINING. THIS LETTER SHOULD REFLECT APPLICANTS EXPECTATIONS UPON COMPLETION OF TRAINING AND BEING APPOINTED AS A WARRANT OFFICER. 10. APPLICANTS ARE REMINDED THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TIMELY SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION DOCUMENTS, AND FOR VERIFYING THAT ALL APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS AND TRANSCRIPTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY U.S. ARMY RECRUITING COMMAND. 11. POINTS OF CONTACT: A. VC WARRANT OFFICER CONSULTANT (CW5 JORDAN) AT DSN 761-7757 OR (703) 681-7757; [email protected] B. VC PROGRAM MANAGER (USAREC) (LTC MORIYAMA) AT DSN 536-0360 OR (502) 626-0360; [email protected] C. VC CAREER ACTIVITIES OFFICE (LTC Bormanis) AT DSN 221-2360 OR (703) 325-2360; [email protected]

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