APPENDIX -- B

MOSs AND TRAINING

TABLE 6 - DUTY MOSs HELD BY WAC OFFICERS, DECEMBER 1963

MOs Title Number
210 Signal Officer 1
500 Radio Officer 1
2011 Secretary of the General Staff . 8
2015 Congressional Liaison Officer 2
2025 Major Department Chief or Director 7
2110 Adjutant or Adjutant General . 59
2120 Administrative Officer 75
2136 Non-tactical Unit Officer . 25
2145 WAC Staff Adviser . 11
2162 Operations and Training Staff Officer 19
2167 Research and Development Coordinator 2
2200 Personnel Officer . 15
2210 Personnel Management Officer 12
2260 Personnel Staff Officer 56
2265 Manpower Control Officer . 5
2310 Recruiting Officer 62
2402 ADPS Plans and Operations Officer 6
2421 Military Historian 1
2500 School Commandant . 1
2520 Training Officer 16
2548 Training Aids Officer 1
2610 Management Analyst 3
2622 Training Center Unit Officer . 28
2701 Nonmilitary Subjects Instructor . 1
2728 Military College Faculty Member 11
2800 Comptroller . 3
2900 Headquarters Unit Commander 86
4000 General Supply Officer . 2
4010 Supply Staff Officer 13
4015 Quartermaster Staff Officer 2
4222 Sales Officer 1
4320 Procurement Officer 2
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TABLE 6 - DUTY MOSs HELD BY WAC OFFICERS, DECEMBER 1963
Continued
MOS Title Number
5000 Special Services Officer . 6
5241 Army Band Officer 1
5400 Publications Officer . 1
5505 Information Officer 44
6101 Accounting Officer 2
6201 Finance Disbursing Officer . 2
6302 Budget and Fiscal Officer . 3
7010 Engineer Staff Officer . 1
7314 Chemical Staff Officer 1
8101 Legal Officer 1
8103 Judge Advocate . 2
8104 Civil Affairs Officer 2
8510 Pictorial Officer . 1
9300 Military Intelligence Officer . 8
9301 Combat Intelligence Staff Officer 8
9307 Installation Intelligence Officer . 2
9308 Strategic Intelligence Officer 1
9310 Inspector General . 6
9666 Classified Intelligence MOS 2
  Total 631
Source: ODCSPER Study, Tab N, WAC Requirements, 1964, ODWAC Ref File, Studies, CMH
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TABLE 7 - DUTY MOSs HELD BY ENLISTED WOMEN, DECEMBER 1963
MOs Title Number
16H Air Defense Radar Operator 24
35B Electronics Devices Repairman . 3
71B Clerk-Typist . 3,059
72B Communications Center Operator 713
72C Telephone Switchboard Operator 19
73C Finance and Accounting Specialist . 190
74B Data Processing Operator 154
76A Supply Specialist 279
81B Draftsman . 21
83A Printing Specialist 1
84G Photography Laboratory Specialist 39
91B Medical Care and Treatment Specialist 1,743
91E Prosthetic Appliance Maintenance and Repair 15
91J Physical Therapy Specialist . 41
92B Medical Laboratory Specialist 160
94B Food Service Specialist . 135
97B Military Intelligence Specialist . 49
97D General Intelligence Specialist 21
02 Bandsman 50
05B Radio Operator . 9
05G Communications Security Specialist 2
00E Recruiting Specialist 133
09E Trainees and OCS Candidates . 1,404
  Total 8,264
Source: Strength of the Army Report (DCSPER 46), 30 June 1963.
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TABLE 8 - BASIC TRAINING FOR FEMALE MILITARY PERSONNEL WITHOUT PREVIOUS SERVICE, 1961
[Active Duty: 8 Weeks, 343 Hours, Reserve Components: 44 Hours]
Subject Hours
Active duty Reserve compo- nents
Achievements and Traditions of the Army 8 2
Army Administration . 13 8
Army and Civil Defense . 3 2
Character Guidance 7 4
Commander's Time 56 10
Company Duties . 44 0
Drill and Ceremonies 38 10
Field Training . 14 2
First Aid 9 3
Food Service . 2 0
Geneva Conventions and Code of Conduct 2 2
Individual Protective Measures Against Nuclear Warfare    
and CBR i Attack 10 6
Inspections 16 2
Intelligence Training 4 2
Interior Guard 2 1
Maintenance, Supply Economy, and Cost Consciousness 5 2
Map Reading . 6 4
Military Customs and Courtesies 14 2
Military and Field Sanitation 3 0
Military Justice 7 1
Organization of the Army 8 2
Orientation 7 4
Personal Standards and Group Living 11 2
Physical Training . 25 8
Social Hygiene . 4 1
Proficiency and GMS z Tests 7 0
Troop Information . 9 2
Weapons Familiarization and Firing 9 6
 Total 343 88
1 CBR-Chemical, Bacteriological, Radiological. 2 GMS-General Military Subjects. Source: Army Training Program 21-121, 20 Sep 1961 and Appendix Y, Historical Report, WAC C&S, 1960-61, p. 134, ODWAC Ref File, Basic Training, CMH.
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TABLE 9 - WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS NCO LEADERSHIP COURSE 510F3, 1971
[Peacetime: 4 weeks, 176 hours; Mobilization: 4 weeks, 192 hours]
Subject Hours
Peace Mobilization
Administration 5 5
Army in the Field . 6 4
Command Information . 3 3
Domestic Emergencies . 2 2
Drill and Command . 10 10
Effective Writing . 8 8
Intelligence and Security 3 13
Land Navigation 5 5
Supply and Maintenance Procedures 5 4
Methods of Instruction 19 19
Military Customs and Courtesies 3 0
Military Justice and Administrative Boards 8 8
Military Leadership . 20 19
Office Management 2 2
Personnel Management 11 11
WAC Branch Duty 25 25
Examination and Critique 4 4
Subtotal 139 132
 Nonacademic Subjects: 8 4
Inprocessing    
Outprocessing 8 4
Commandant's Time . 16 35
Open Time 5 17
Subtotal 37 60
Total 176 192
Source: WAC School Program of Instruction. Course 510173, April 1971, ODWAC Ref File, programs of Instruction, CMH.
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TABLE 10 - WAC OFFICER BASIC COURSE/WAC OFFICER CANDIDATE COURSE, 1962
[Peacetime: 18 Weeks, 792 Hours; Mobilization: 12 Weeks, 576 Hours]
Subject Hours
Peace Mobilization
Academic Subjects:    
Army Information Program 17 17
Army Management . 12 12
Chemical and Biological Operations 10 10
Combined Arms     
Air Ground Operations 7 7
Army Aviation . 2 2
Battle Indoctrination 5 5
Foreign Armies Organization 2 2
Command and Staff    
Command and Staff . 5 5
GI/S1 Personnel and Administration 29 29
G2/S2 Intelligence 12 12
G3/S3 Operations . 11 11
G4/S4 Logistics . 35 34
G5 Civil Affairs 4 4
Company Administration . 12 12
Domestic Emergencies . 6 6
Drill and Command . 77 61
Emergency Medical Care and First Aid 16 16
Examination and Critique 14 14
Geopolitics 12 12
Joint Civilian Orientation Conference 24 0
Map and Aerial Photography Reading 25 25
Methods of Instruction . 15 15
Military Customs and Courtesies 12 12
Military History . 15 15
Military Justice and Administrative Boards 25 25
Military Leadership . 18 8
Military Writing . 38 38
Nuclear Weapons Employment 14 14
Oral Communications . 21 21
Organization for National Defense 13 13
Physical Training . 30 30
Role of the WAC 17 10
Signal Communications . 5 5
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TABLE 10 - WAC OFFICER BASIC COURSE/WAC OFFICER CANDIDATE COURSE, 1962 Continued
[Peacetime: 18 Weeks, 792 Hours; Mobilization: 12 Weeks, 576 Hours]
Subject Hours
Peace Mobilization
Survival, Evasion, and Escape 2 2
Techniques of Modern Warfare 10 10
WAC Branch Duty 88 0
WAC Exercise . 12 0
Weapons Familiarization . 8 8
Subtotal 680 522
Nonacademic Subjects:    
Processing, Counseling, Commandant's Time, Open Time 112 54
Total 792 576
Source: Appendix AF-3, Historical Report, WAC Center and WAC School, 1962-1964, p. 406, ODWAC Ref File, WAC Center, CMH.
TABLE 11 - ASSOCIATE WAC COMPANY OFFICER COURSE, 1952
[12 Weeks, 576 Hours]
Subject Hours
Orientation 7
Basic Techniques:  
Public Speaking . 36
Basic Psychology & Psychiatry . 8
Methods of Training . 40
Officer Indoctrination:  
Military Customs and Courtesies 18
Leadership . 6
Professional Ethics and Philosophy of Command 6
WAC Career Management 1
General Military Subjects:  
Organization of the Army and Department of Defense 10
Map and Aerial Photography, Camouflage 13
Military Sanitation . 5
Military History . 6
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TABLE 11 - ASSOCIATE WAC COMPANY OFFICER COURSE, 1952
 Continued
[12 Weeks, 576 Hours]
Subject Hours
First Aid 10
Social Hygiene . 5
Troop Information and Education Program 14
Army School System 1
Use of Motor Vehicles 1
Administration:  
Army Administration 29
Company Administration . 26
Character Guidance Program 2
Food Service . 16
Geneva Conventions of 1949 . 3
Military Courts and Boards 23
Personnel Procedures and Management . 30
Public Information . 2
Supply 42
Military Intelligence and Security . 9
Communications (Signal) 9
Defense Against Chemical, Biological and Radiological Warfare; Psychological Warfare and Civil Defense 18
Physical Training 38
Drill and Command 73
Ceremonies and Formations . 19
Practical Work 60
Comprehensives and Critiques 6
Commandant's Time 28
Graduation 4
Total 624
Source: Appendix D, Annual History, WAC Training Center, 1952, History Collection, WAC Museum, Fort McClellan.
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TABLE 12 - WAC OFFICER CAREER COURSE, 1960
[Peacetime: 20 Weeks, 880 Hours; Mobilization: 12 Weeks, 558 Hours]
Subject Hours
Peace Mobilization
Academic Subjects:    
Army Information Program 3 3
Army Management . 27 18
Chemical and Biological Operations 10 10
Combined Arms  32 30
Command and Staff .    
The Commander and His Staff 6 6
GI/S1 Personnel and Administration 42 24
G2/S2 Intelligence 31 21
G3/S3 Operations . 36 33
G4/S4 Logistics . 59 57
G5 Civil Affairs 12 12
Congressional Relations 2 2
Domestic Emergencies . 9 9
Examination and Critique 31 31
Field Engineering and Mine Warfare 6 6
Geopolitics 54 54
Joint Civilian Orientation Conference 24 0
Methods of Instruction . 21 7
Military Justice and Administrative Boards 18 12
Nuclear Weapons Employment 72 60
Organization for National Security 12 8
Public Speaking . 66 58
Role of the WAC 15 3
Signal Communications . 21 9
Staff Writing . 54 36
Survival, Evasion, and Escape 3 3
Theater Army . 45 18
Subtotal 611 538
Nonacademic Subjects:    
Physical Conditioning 50 12
Optional Film Program . 22 0
Commandant's Time, Open Time 60 27
Processing, Graduation 37 11
Subtotal . 169 50
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TABLE 12 - WAC OFFICER CAREER COURSE, 1960
 Continued
[Peacetime: 20 Weeks, 880 Hours; Mobilization: 12 Weeks, 558 Hours]
Subject Hours
Peace Mobilization
Total 880 588
Source: Appendix AJ-2, Historical Report, WAC C&S, 1962-64, p. 429, ODWAC Ref File, WAC Center, CMH.
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