Military Occupational Classification and Structure - U.S. Army

(4) Position coding. FA 47 will only be used in the first position
in authorization documents.
(5) Unique duty positions. Academy Professor.
o. USMA, Professor and Associate Dean (47Q).
(1) Description of duties. Serves as the link between the senior
academic leadership and the Dean’s staff, providing direct supervision
and leadership. Performs all facets of duty described in paragraph
a above.
(2) Special qualifications. Extensive experience and sustained extremely
performance with the field Army, typically reflected by
basic branch or single-track functional area qualification as a field
grade officer; successful completion of Command and Staff College
and aspiring to complete senior staff college; completion of an
earned PhD in a discipline taught at the Academy or Business
Administration, Personnel Administration, or a related discipline; at
least 2 years experience teaching at the undergraduate level within
a n A c a d e m y d e p a r t m e n t , o r o t h e r c o m p a r a b l e p r o f e s s i o n a l
experience.
(3) Special grading of positions. Positions coded LTC and above.
(4) Position coding. FA 47 will only be used in the first position
in authorization documents.
(5) Unique duty positions. Academy Professor.
p. USMA, Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (47R).
(1) Description of duties. Serves as the link between the senior
academic leadership and the rotating and civilian faculty within the
Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, providing direct
supervision and leadership of the junior faculty. Performs all facets
of duty described in paragraph a above.
(2) Special qualifications. Extensive experience and sustained exemplary
performance with the field Army, typically reflected by
basic branch or single-track functional area qualification as a field
grade officer; successful completion of Command and Staff College
and aspiring to complete senior staff college; completion of the
degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Civil, Mechanical, or Aerospace
Engineering, or a related discipline; at least 2 years of engineering
teaching experience at the undergraduate level, or other comparable
professional experience.
(3) Special grading of positions. Positions coded LTC and above.
(4) Position coding. FA 47 will only be used in the first position
in authorization documents.
(5) Unique duty positions. Academy Professor.
q. USMA, Professor of Physical Education (47S).
(1) Description of duties. Serves as the link between the senior
academic leadership and the rotating and civilian faculty within the
Department of Physical Education, providing direct supervision and
leadership of the junior faculty. Performs all facets of duty described
in paragraph a above.
(2) Special qualifications. Extensive experience and sustained exemplary
performance with the field Army, typically reflected by
basic branch or single-track functional area qualification as a field
grade officer; successful completion of Command and Staff College
and aspiring to complete senior staff college; completion of an
earned PhD in Physical Education, Physical Science, or a related
discipline; at least 2 years teaching experience at the undergraduate
level, or other comparable prefessional experience.
(3) Special grading of positions. Positions coded LTC and above.
(4) Position coding. FA 47 will only be used in the first position
in authorization documents.
(5) Unique duty positions. Academy Professor.
3–32. Foreign Area Officer (48) (Proponent: ODCSOPS)
a. Functional area description. Encompasses positions which require
the application of foreign area expertise, political-military
awareness, foreign language proficiency, and professional military
knowledge and experience with military activities having an economic,
social, cultural, or political impact. Foreign Area Officers
(FAO) serve as attaches; security assistance officers; political-military
operations, plans, and policy officers; political-military intellig
e n c e s t a f f o f f i c e r s ; l i a i s o n o f f i c e r s t o f o r e i g n m i l i t a r y
organizations; and service school instructors. AR 310-49 restricts
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the use of these codes without prior approval of HQDA (DAMO-
SSF). These positions require graduate-level degrees in area studies
or a closely related discipline and completion of overseas regional
training or the equivalent.
b. Functional area qualification. DA Pam 600-3 lists qualifications
for entry and professional development in this area.
c. Foreign Area, General (48A).
(1) Description of duties. This code is to be used only to identify
positions which require a qualified FAO, but do not require an
officer with expertise in a specific region. Example: staff chief who
supervises FAOs with expertise in different regions.
(2) Special qualifications. None.
(3) Special grading of positions. For positions graded MAJ and
above.
(4) Unique duty positions. None.
d. Latin America (48B).
(1) Description of duties. Positions which require a FAO with
expertise, regional training and language qualifications in the Latin
America region.
(2) Special qualifications. Must be proficient in one of the following
languages:
(a) Spanish.
(b) Portuguese.
(3) Special grading of positions. For positions graded MAJ and
above.
(4) Unique duty positions. None.
e. Europe (48C).
(1) Description of duties. Positions which require a FAO with
expertise, regional training and language qualifications in the European
region.
(2) Special qualifications. Must be proficient in one of the following
languages:
(a) Albanian.
(b) Bulgarian.
(c) Czech.
(d) Dutch.
(e) Danish.
(f) Finnish.
(g) French.
(h) German.
(i) Greek.
(j) Hungarian.
(k) Italian.
(l) Lithuanian.
(m) Norwegian.
(n) Polish.
(o) Portuguese.
(p) Romanian.
(q) Serbo-Croatian.
(r) Slovene.
(s) Spanish.
(t) Swedish.
(3) Special grading of positions. For positions coded CPT and
above.
(4) Unique duty positions. None.
f. South Asia (48D).
(1) Description of duties. Positions which require an FAO with
expertise, regional training and language qualifications in the South
Asia region.
(2) Special qualifications. Must be proficient in one of the following
languages:
(a) Urdu.
(b) Hindi.
(3) Special grading of positions. For positions graded MAJ and
above.
(4) Unique duty positions. None.
g. Eurasia (48E).
(1) Description of duties. Positions which require an FAO with
expertise, regional training and language qualifications in the Eurasian
region.