Military Occupational Classification and Structure - U.S. Army

(d) Chief of Service.
(e) Department Chief.
an. Peripheral Vascular Surgeon (61W).
(1) Description of duties. Examines, diagnoses, and treats or prescribes
course of treatment and surgery for patients having arterial,
venous and lymphatic circulatory diseases and injuries, exclusive of
lesions intrinsic to the heart, thoracic aorta, and intra-cranial vessels.
(2) Special qualifications. Must have specialty training in this
field at a level that is recognized by the OTSG.
(a) Understand military organization, mission, and environment.
(b) Have had appropriate training and professional experience in
this specialized field of surgery sufficient to meet minimum requirements
established by DA.
(c) Have Doctor of Medicine Degree or Doctor of Osteopathy
Degree from a school acceptable to DA.
(d) Have completed an approved program in vascular surgery, as
recognized by The Surgeon General.
(3) Special grading of positions. None.
(4) Unique duty positions. None.
ao. Neurosurgeon (61Z).
(1) Description of duties. Examines, diagnoses, and performs surgery
as required in cases of patients suffering from disease, injury or
disorder of nervous system.
(2) Special qualifications. Must have specialty training in this
field at a level that is recognized by the OTSG.
(a) Have had adequate training and professional experience in
this specialty in order to meet minimum requirements established by
DA.
(b) Have Doctor of Medicine Degree or Doctor of Osteopathy
Degree from a school acceptable to DA.
(3) Special grading of positions. None.
(4) Unique duty positions. None.
ap. Emergency Physician (62A).
(1) Description of duties. Examines, diagnoses, and treats or prescribes
course of treatment for the initial phase of disease and
injuries.
(2) Special qualifications. Must have specialty training in this
field at a level that is recognized by the OTSG.
(a) Have a Doctor of Medicine Degree or a Doctor of Osteopathy
Degree from a school acceptable to DA.
(b) Have had adequate training and professional experience in
this specialty in order to meet minimum requirements established by
DA.
(3) Special grading of positions. None.
(4) Unique duty positions. None.
aq. Field Surgeon (62B).
(1) Description of duties. Examines, diagnoses, and treats or prescribes
course of treatment for the initial phase of battlefield disease
and injury. Provides resuscitative and definitive care for injured and
w o u n d e d s o l d i e r s w i t h i n t h e c a p a b i l i t y o f t h e u n i t ’ s m e d i c a l
element.
(2) Special qualifications. Must have specialty training in this
field at a level that is recognized by the OTSG.
(a) Have a Doctor of Medicine Degree or a Doctor of Osteopathy
Degree from a school acceptable to DA.
(b) Have had adequate training and professional experience in
this specialty in order to meet minimum requirements established by
DA.
(3) Special grading of positions.
( a ) T r e a t m e n t S q u a d o f M e d i c a l T r e a t m e n t D e t a c h m e n t ( o n e
MAJ; others CPT).
(b) Treatment Squad, FSB (CPT).
(c) Treatment Platoon, FSB (MAJ).
(4) Unique duty positions. Battalion Division and Brigade Surgeon,
Medical Platoon Leader.
3–17. Dental Corps (63) (Proponent: Office of The
Surgeon General)
a. Branch description. The Dental Corps is a special branch of
the Army composed of commissioned officers who are graduates of
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dental school accredited by the American Dental Association and
acceptable to The Surgeon General. To practice dentistry, a dental
officer must possess a DDS or DMD degree and a valid, current
license from one of the fifty United States, a U.S. Territory, or the
District of Columbia. The unrestricted practice of dentistry requires
individual credentialing. The mission of the Dental Corps in peace
is to ensure that each soldier is in optimal oral health and prepared
to deploy without becoming a non-combat dental casualty. A secondary
mission is to provide dental health care to family members
and other eligible beneficiaries of the military community per Public
Law. In war, the mission of the Dental Corps is to conserve the
fighting strength of soldiers by the restoration and preservation of
oral health and function, and assisting in the emergency medical
management of combat and noncombat casualties. In both peace and
war, the Dental Corps has the mission to support casualty identification
through dental forensic identification operations. The principal
functions performed by military dentists are: clinical and laboratory
dentistry, command and staff, teaching, and research. Teaching is
identified as a separate function although it is an all pervasive
element of the profession of dentistry and is implied in each of the
functional areas.
b. Branch qualifications. AR 135-101 list qualifications for entry
into this branch.
c. General Dentist (63A).
(1) Description of duties. Examine, diagnose, and treat diseases,
i n j u r i e s a n d d e f e c t s o f t e e t h , j a w s , o r a l c a v i t y , a n d s u p p o r t i n g
structures.
(2) Special qualifications. Must be able to perform the duties
described above, and be a graduate of a dental school acceptable to
The Surgeon General, Department of the Army.
(3) Special grading of positions. None.
(4) Unique duty positions.
(a) General Dental Officer.
(b) Unit Dental Surgeon.
(c) Clinic Chief.
d. Comprehensive Dentist (63B).
(1) Description of duties. Provides comprehensive oral health
care to include the teaching of diagnostic/management skills, and
develops and executes treatment plans involving multiple dental
specialties.
(2) Special qualifications.
(a) Completion of an Advanced Education in General Dentistry
Program (Comprehensive Dentistry) of at least 2 consecutive years
duration which is accredited by the American Dental Association
and acceptable to The Surgeon General.
(b) Be able to perform duties of AOC 63A.
(3) Special grading of positions. For positions coded MAJ and
above.
(4) Unique duty positions.
(a) Comprehensive Dental Officer.
(b) Chief, General Dentistry Team.
(c) Commander, Medical Detachment (Dental Service).
(d) Program Director, Assistant Program Director, Training Officer;
Advanced Education in General Dentistry.
(e) Instructor, Academy of Health Sciences.
(f) Comprehensive Dentistry Consultant, OTSG.
(g) Unit Dental Surgeon.
(h) Clinic Chief.
e. Periodontist (63D).
(1) Description of duties. Examines, diagnoses, and treats or prescribes
treatment for the supporting and surrounding tissues of the
teeth or their substitutes and performs implantation or transplantation
of teeth or their replacement analogues.
(2) Special qualifications.
(a) Completion of an Advanced Specialty Education Program in
Periodontics which is accredited by the American Dental Association
and acceptable to The Surgeon General.
(b) Be able to perform duties of AOC 63A.
(3) Special grading of positions. For positions coded MAJ and
above.
(4) Unique duty positions.