P-385-63 US Army Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Guide Download
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22 DA PAM 600–25 • 11 December 2018 b. The Army NCO career developmental timeline identifies a typical Army career. Some individual CMFs vary based on structure design. The intent is to show a correlation between training, education, and experiences over time-–synchro- nized to foster development of a professional corps of NCOs. The typical NCO’s career developmental timeline is pre- sented in figure 3–2. Figure 3–2. Typical Regular Army NCO developmental timeline 3–6. Individual career development a. General. The development of the professional attributes and technical capabilities of enlisted Soldiers to meet the needs of the Army is accomplished through activities identified on proponent-designed PDMs. These PDMs combine operational assignments, institutional training, and proponent recommended self-development goals that define branch- qualified Soldiers in each grade by MOS. Career models are based on Army requirements, indicating the numbers and types of enlisted Soldiers to be accessed, retained, promoted, trained, and assigned. Proponents monitor the Army docu- ments pertaining to their CMFs, since any change to the force structure requires a change to the enlisted force inventory. Career branches within EPMD develop Soldiers’ careers by using these templates, while balancing Army requirements with policies for enlisted management. To ensure the career development of all enlisted Soldiers, EPMD shares responsi- bility, and operates in concert with, various stakeholders (for example, individual Soldiers, the personnel proponents, and commanders in the field). b. Career management field structure. The size of the enlisted force inventory is limited by the factors affecting the EPMS. As requirements change over time, EPMS realigns the strength and PD goals of each CMF to meet new challenges. As the strength and professional goals of the CMF change, Soldiers may require additional training, or retraining, to qualify in the realigned CMF. c. Philosophy. The CMF is the center of EPMS and is necessary to meet changing requirements within the enlisted force. The basic philosophy is that enlisted Soldiers can complete their careers in a variety of assignments centered on their CMF developmental goal, such as TDA units, versus table of organization and equipment (TOE) units. A major objective of EPMS is to professionally develop enlisted Soldiers in their PMOSs and CMFs through the combined efforts of the