Military Occupational Classification and Structure - U.S. Army

( b ) P r o g r a m D i r e c t o r , A s s i s t a n t P r o g r a m D i r e c t o r ; A d v a n c e d
Specialty Education Program in Oral Pathology.
(c) Chief, Pathology Branch, Dental Research Unit.
(d) Chairman, Department of Oral Pathology, AFIP.
(e) Oral Pathology Consultant, OTSG.
(f) Forensic Dentistry Consultant, OTSG.
m. Executive Dentist (63R).
(1) Description of duties. The AOC 63R is a duty position only
and is considered specialty immaterial. A dental officer assigned to
this duty AOC functions in a variety of command or staff positions
through the Army Dental Card System as stated in paragraph (4)
below.
(2) Special qualifications.
(a) Must have been awarded a primary AOC as described in
paragraph (c) through (m) above. Must maintain clinical proficiency
in their AOC.
(b) Should be a graduate of AMEDD Officer Advanced Course
and the Command and General Staff College.
(c) Demonstrated success in previous leadership positions of increasing
responsibility.
(3) Special grading of positions. Executive Dentist positions are
coded LTC or COL.
(4) Unique duty positions.
(a) Dental Activity Commander/Director of Dental Services.
(b) Dental Unit Commander.
(c) Commander, Branch Chief; Dental Research Unit.
(d) Dental Staff Officer, DoD, OTSG, MACOM, Academy of
Health Sciences.
(e) Dental Surgeon, Army, Corps, MACOM, Joint Command,
STARC.
3–18. Veterinary Corps (64) (Proponent: Office of The
Surgeon General)
a. Branch description. The Veterinary Corps (VC) consists exclusively
of commissioned officers who are qualified doctors of
veterinary medicine. The Veterinary Corps encompasses those positions
filled by officers in which the knowledge and skills required
and the services performed are associated with the health and welfare
of animals, the prevention of human illness from food or animal
sources, the wholesomeness and quality of subsistence and experimental
and comparative biomedical research. The functional areas
of military medicine are: food, hygiene, safety and quality assurance,
animal medicine, (primarily of government-owned animals),
biomedical and subsistence research and development, prevention
and control of animal disease of community health significance,
preventive medicine, administration and teaching.
b. Branch qualification. Have a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
degree from a veterinary school in the United States or Canada
accredited by the Council on Education of the Veterinary Medical
A s s o c i a t i o n . D A P a m 6 0 0 - 3 l i s t s q u a l i f i c a t i o n f o r e n t r y a n d
promotion.
c. Veterinarian (64A).
(1) Description of duties. Recommends veterinary policies and
doctrine and formulates veterinary plans. Plans, organizes, executes
research and development, test and evaluation activities at headquarters
levels. Plans, directs, supervises veterinary activities within a
command. Serves as senior veterinary staff officer at headquarters
level.
(2) Special qualifications. The AOC 64A is used for accession of
Veterinary Corps Officers and identification of Veterinary specialty
immaterial positions graded MAJ and above. The specialty immaterial
for field grade will be coded 64A00. The incumbent must: be a
field grade officer and must meet the qualifications from one of the
MFA (75B through 75F) reflected in table 3-1; have demonstrated
success in previous leadership positions of increasing responsibility;
be a graduate of the AMEDD Officer Advanced Course; have successfully
completed U.S. Army Command and General Staff College,
or possess board certification, or be board eligible to hold
positions at the LTC level; and have received board certification and
CGSC to hold positions at the COL level. Board eligibility/certification
requirements are waiverable for the RC.
(3) Special grading of positions. For positions graded MAJ and
above.
(4) Unique duty positions.
(a) Chief, Plans and Operation, OTSG.
(b) Chief, Animal Medicine Branch, OTSG.
(c) Chief, Veterinary Sciences Division.
(d) Chief, Veterinary Corps Branch.
(e) Veterinary Staff Officer, APPD.
(f) Veterinary Staff Officer, State Mobilization Site.
(g) Veterinary Staff Officer, Hq STARC, ARNG.
(h) Veterinary Staff Officer, Medical Bde.
(i) Veterinary Staff Officer, Medical Cmd.
(j) Veterinary Staff Officer, Hospital Center.
(k) Veterinary Staff Officer, HQ, Army.
(l) AF Team Commander.
(m) Deputy Commander, WRAIR.
(n) Commander, USAMRU.
(o) Senior Veterinarian.
3–19. Army Medical Specialist Corps (65) (Proponent:
Office of The Surgeon General)
a. Branch description. The Army Medical Specialist Corps is a
special branch of the Army authorized by Section 3070 of Title 10
U.S. Code and is part of the Army Medical Department. The Corps
is organized in four distinct sections: Occupational Therapy, Physical
Therapy, Dietetics, and Physician Assistant. It is composed exc
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Program and the Occupational Therapy Internship Program. These
officers formulate policies and develop procedures for operation and
improvement of their respective activities within fixed and field
medical environments. They conduct and supervise the operation of
these occupational therapy, physical therapy and dietetic programs
and establish and execute quality assurance programs which ensure
optimal standards are maintained. All three specialties assist the
commander in implementing health promotion, wellness and readiness
programs within the military community; participate in readin
e s s a n d m o b i l i z a t i o n e x e r c i s e s ; i n i t i a t e a n d c o n d u c t f i e l d a n d
clinical research and scientific studies; plan, direct and supervise
educational and skill development programs for officers, enlisted
personnel, civilian students and perform as staff officers within
AMEDD and/or Army organizations.
b. Branch qualification. AR 135-101 lists qualifications for entry
and professional development in this branch.
c. Occupational Therapy (65A).
(1) Description of duties. Plans, implements and supervises occupational
therapy programs upon referral from medical officers and
other health care personnel. These are programs of remediation,
health maintenance, prevention, vocational adjustments, consultation
in hospital/MTF and community settings to enhance task performance
of mentally, emotionally and physically handicapped individuals.
Services may include but are not limited to the following:
Evaluation of competencies within life roles (for example, soldier,
(MOS specific), occupational patterns, parent). Education and training
to enhance habits, self care, coping skills and activities of daily
living (ADL). Identification and evaluation of mental and physical
stressors and teaching prevention and coping skills. Enhancement of
p s y c h o s o c i a l s k i l l s . D e s i g n a n d d e v e l o p m e n t o f s p l i n t s , s p e c i a l
e q u i p m e n t a n d t h e i r a p p l i c a t i o n t o d i s a b i l i t i e s . U s e o f p h y s i c a l
reconditioning techniques to maintain fitness, hasten recovery, improve
independence of self care and activities of daily living. The
p r i m a r y w a r t i m e r o l e i s : U p p e r e x t r e m i t y n e u r o m u s c u l o s k e l e t a l
skills evaluation and treatment. Prevention and treatment of combat
stress, and battle fatigue. Reconditioning and treatment to increase
physical fitness, duty related skills and work performance to minimize
return to duty time.
(2) Special qualifications.