Field-grade officers who want to compete for assignment to professor of military science positions that become vacant in 2017 must formally "opt in" for consideration by a centralized board that will meet Aug. 22-26 at Fort Knox, Ky.
About 80 PMS positions at colleges and universities in Cadet Command's eight-brigade structure are projected for fill by the August board.
Nine of these positions are slated for Active Guard and Reserve officers, and the remainder by members of the Regular Army.
Board selections will be made in two categories — one for majors and lieutenant colonels, and one for colonels and promotable lieutenant colonels who will be slated to the O-6 level PMS positions at schools with large Reserve Officer Training Corps populations.
Field-grade officers who are interested in competing for a PMS assignment must hold a master's degree or doctorate no later than May 31. No exceptions are authorized.
Officers who want to compete for PMS selection at either the junior or senior level should contact their assignment manager no later than July 8, and opt-in for consideration using the PMS preference sheet.
Officers who want to compete for PMS duty at the lieutenant colonel and major level must be in year groups 1992-2002. Additionally, they must have credit for completion of Intermediate Level Education, have recently served in a tactical or operational unit, and be available for a permanent change of station move no later than Sept. 15, 2017.
Due to force management requirements, lieutenant colonels and majors in certain branches and functional areas are not eligible to compete for selection. Those specialties are:
Army Medical Department (Medical Corps, Dental Corps and Veterinary Corps), Civil Affairs, Chaplain, Judge Advocate General's Corps, Finance, Cyber and Explosive Ordnance.
Also, FAs 24 (Telecom Systems), 29 (Electronic Warfare), 40 (Space Operations), 47 (Permanent Academy Professor), 48 (Foreign Area Officer), 49 (Operations Research and Systems Analysis), 50 (Force Management), 51 (Acquisition), 52 (Nuclear and Counter Proliferation), 53 (Information Systems), 57 (Simulation Operations) and 59 (Strategic Plans and Policy).
The restricted specialties at the senior level include:
Chaplain, Cyber, Judge Advocate General's Corps, Public Affairs and FAs 24 (Telecom Systems), 29 (Electronic Warfare), 30 (Information Operations), 34 (Strategic Intelligence), 40 (Space Operations) and 47 (Permanent Academy Professor).
Also, 48 (Foreign Area Officer), 50 (Force Management), 51 (Acquisition), 52 (Nuclear and Counter Proliferation), 53 (Information Systems), 57 (Simulations Operations) and 59 (Strategic Plans and Policy).
Also ineligible at both the junior and senior level are School of Advanced Military Studies grads who have not completed their Tier 1 utilization tour.
To prepare for the selection process, officers should audit their Army Military Human Resources Record.
The AMHRR should include an updated Officer Record Brief, an official photo in their current rank and their graduate and undergraduate college transcripts.
Officer evaluation reports submitted for this board must be received at the Human Resources Command by Aug. 15.
For additional information, officers should consult MilPer Messages 16-113 and 16-114, and access the Cadet Command FY 2017 PMS board link at http://www.cadetcommand.army.mil/info-for-cadre-staff.aspx.
The schools
The following schools are projected to have professor of military science vacancies in the summer of 2017 that will be filled by Active Army officers in the ranks of major through colonel.
Notes:
*Colonel positions
**Pending PMS extension/action decision
Cadet Command 1st Brigade
*The Citadel, Charleston, S.C.
*Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg
Marion Military Institute, Ala.
Wentworth Military Academy & College, Lexington, Mo.
2d Brigade
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, Lock Haven
Northeastern University, Boston
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N. J.
Temple University, Philadelphia
University of New Hampshire, Durham
University of Scranton, Scranton, Pa.
University of Vermont, Burlington
3d Brigade
Michigan Technological University, Houghton
Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph
North Dakota State University, Fargo
University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg
University of Illinois – Chicago
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
4th Brigade
College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
Duke University, Durham, N. C.
Elizabeth City State University, N. C.
Furman University, Greenville, S. C.
George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
McDaniel College, Westminster, Md.
North Carolina State University, Raleigh
University of Richmond, Va.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
5th Brigade
Cameron University, Lawton, Okla.
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo.
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.
Texas A&M University – Kingsville
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
University of Arkansas – Pine Bluff
University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Ark.
University of Houston, Texas
6th Brigade
Augusta University, Ga.
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee
Florida State University, Tallahassee
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro
Jacksonville State University, Fla.
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Mississippi State University, Miss.
University of Georgia, Athens
University of Mississippi, University
University of North Alabama, Florence
7th Brigade
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Ind.
Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville
University of Cincinnati
University of Kentucky, Lexington
Xavier University, Cincinnati
8th Brigade
**California Polytechnic State University – San Louis Obispo
Montana State University, Bozeman
Oregon State University, Corvallis
Santa Clara University, Calif.
University of Alaska – Fairbanks
University of California – Berkeley
University of California- Davis
University of California – Los Angeles
University of California – Santa Barbara
University of Guam – Mangilao
University of Idaho, Moscow
University of San Francisco
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
The following schools are projected to have professor of military science vacancies in the summer of 2017 that will be filled by Army National Guard and Active Guard and Reserve (Army Reserve) officers in the ranks of major and lieutenant colonel.
2d Brigade
Hofstra University, Hempstead, N. Y. (Army Reserve)
3d Brigade
Minnesota State University – Mankato (Army Reserve)
4th Brigade
Morgan State University, Baltimore (Army Reserve)
West Virginia State University, Institute (Army Reserve)
6th Brigade
Georgia State University, Atlanta (Army Reserve)
Tulane University, New Orleans (Army Reserve)
7th Brigade
Ball State University, Muncie, Ind. (Army National Guard)
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City (Army Reserve)
8th Brigade
California State University – Fullerton (Army Reserve)
Seattle University (Army Reserve)
