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CA LT-GENPeter
Leahy has endorsed a cohort management plan to clear the large training
backlog of officers requiring the Intermediate Operations Course
(IOC)/Grade Two (G2) course in the All Corps Officer Training Continuum
(ACOTC).
Lt-Col
Tony Rawlins, Senior Career Advisor, DOCM-A, said four modified
G2 courses, titled G2 (Ops), would be introduced between June and
December 2004, to deliver only the operations module from the full
G2 course.
The
G2 (Ops) courses will expedite the backlog clearance while providing
the minimal acceptable training for majors who have gained varying
levels of on the job experience in command, leadership and management,"
he said.
Course
delivery and panel sizes will be:
- G2
(Ops) June to July 2004 - 72 ARA and eight ARes
- G2
(Ops) July to August 2004 - 72 ARA and eight ARes
- G2
(Ops) September 2004 - 76 ARA and nine ARes
- G2
(Ops) October 2004 - 76 ARA and nine ARes
Clearance
of the G2 backlog will be managed as follows:
- Major
2002 and senior:
170 officers have not completed IOC/G2. Only officers within these
cohorts who are selected for Command and Staff College (CSC) will
attend a G2 (Ops) course.
- Major
2003: 74 officers have not completed IOC/G2. These officers
will be directed to complete a G2 (Ops) course in 2004. Failure
to do so will jeopardise their competitiveness for CSC.
- Major
2004: 141 officers have not completed IOC/G2. Officers selected
for overseas appointments will be directed to complete a G1 (Ops)
course in 2004. The remainder will be directed to complete the
full G2 course in 2005.
- Captain
2000 and junior: 263 officers are yet to complete IOC/G2.
These officers will be directed to undertake the full G2 course
from 200 in their final year as a captain.
"In
developing the management plan for the G2 course, DOCM-A has attempted
to realistically balance the need to provide Training Command with
a 'clean break' scenario with no career detriment to officers who
need training under the current training regime," he said.
"The
ability of the Army to achieve a mature state ACOTC for the G2 course
is dependant upon commanders and their officers adhering to this
cohort management plan.
"Commanders
with officers in the above cohorts have been directed by CA to release
officers for the relevant course attendance period to ensure the
G2 course backlog is cleared by 2005. This will allow the ACOTC
G2 component to achieve mature state in 2006.
"The
cohort management plan for the Intermediate Staff Course/G3, which
also has a significant backlog, will be similar to the G3 course.
The details will be promulgated by signal and in Army in the near
future."
- Officers
who would like further information on the G2 management plan should
ring their Career Advisor at DOCM-A.
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