Manpower and Force Management Course: An Intern’s Perspective

THE PENTAGON, DC, UNITED STATES

04.25.2016

Courtesy Story

U.S. Army Career Program 26

By: Michael Baker, CP26 Intern, Fort Hood, Texas

Editors note ** Michael Baker is assigned with the Resource Manpower Division (RMD), Carl R. Darnall Medical Center (CRDAM). Michael served his first career as a military Senior Personnel/Human Resource Advisor (42A) in the U.S. Army prior to being hired as a CP26 Intern. **

I count it a blessing and privilege to be a CP26 Intern. The Manpower and Force Management career field presents many great opportunities for a federal civilian employee.

Attending the Manpower Force Management Course (MFMC) increased my understanding of the various aspects of manpower and force management functions within the Army’s Generating and Operating Forces in support of the Unified Combatant Commander. The course covered many subject areas, to include the integration of strategy, planning guidance and the Total Army Analysis process. This course provided me information of the mission and manpower responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (ASA M&RA) and the U.S. Army Manpower Analysis Agency (USAMAA). After taking this course, I see how the Five-Phased Approach and the Department of the Army approval process is used to identify manpower requirements in the Generating Force.

The MFMC is recognized as the educational foundation for Department of the Army civilians in CP26. This course will help me accomplish my job in the Manpower and Documentation Branch by providing me the information and skills I need to design, develop and maintain Tables of Distribution & Allowance to support the CRDAMC mission.

• Date Taken: 04.25.2016
• Date Posted: 04.25.2016 13:46
• Story ID: 196435
• Location: THE PENTAGON, DC, US
• Hometown: FORT CAVAZOS, TX, US