Modes and Duration:

Resident - 10 Weeks 0.0 Days

Recommended Credit:

ACE:
ALMC-SA - 3 Semester Hours Graduate
ALMC-SB - 15 Semester Hours Graduate

Florida Tech:
ALMC-SA - 3 Semester Hours Graduate
ALMC-SB - 15 Semester Hours Graduate

FA: 49 ORSA (Officers)
SI: 4B ORSA (Officers)

Scope:

Course content and instructional techniques are designed to provide participants with a knowledge and understanding of military applications of ORSA methodologies in a "system of systems" environment. A significant portion of the instruction will be from graduate level Operations Research Systems Analysis text. The classroom presentations will emphasize principles, demonstrate techniques of analysis, and illustrate typical applications of the analytical techniques. Each area of instruction is accompanied by practical exercises which are expected to be worked in the group problem solving sessions as well as outside of the scheduled class time. These exercises, examinations given during class, and case studies are graded to determine the student's comprehension and mastery of the material. A capstone ORSA study is conducted to provide experience with analyzing a "system of systems" as it relates to force structure analysis, campaign analysis, or weapon systems analysis under the Army Study Program.

Interservice Training Review Organization (ITRO) Resource Requirements Analysis (RRA), for ALMC-SB (SA), ORSA Military Applications PH 2 (1) has been approved by HQDA as of 27 Mar 07 in support of consolidation of USA and USAF training.

This course is releasable to military students from foreign countries on a case-by-case basis. Foreign countries desiring to place students in this course must meet one or more of the following criteria: (1) own (a specific piece of equipment); (2) have a signed letter of intent (LOI); (3) have waiver from HQDA; (4) have USG release for training; (5) etc.

Special Information:

Provided is a reference guide which presents information to common areas of Operations Research; it may serve as a good preparatory material for this course.

ORSA Book

Prerequisites:

Nominees should have completed an undergraduate degree in engineering, mathematics, the physical sciences, or an ORSA related field and have completed ORSA MAC Phase I by examination. This course provides specialty training to: (1) commissioned Army officers in the grades of Captain or Major who have been designated to receive the OPMS Functional Area specialty 49 (Operations Research Analysis) and who have not been to graduate school in some ORSA related field; (2) commissioned Army officers in the grades of Captain or Major who have been designated to receive the OPMS Additional Skill Identifier 4B (Operations Research Systems Analysis); and (3) Department of the Army civilians GS-1515 job series (Operations Research Analysis) in grades GS-07 through GS-12. Attendance at ORSA MAC should occur prior to the student's initial utilization tour or as soon as possible after the utilization tour begins. Applications outside these fields or grades will be considered on a space available basis.

Contact Information:

Registration Assistance:

Contact: ALU Registrar
Phone: (804) 765-4152/4149/4122
DSN:            539-4152/4149/4122

Course Director:

Phone: (804) 765-0044
DSN:            539-0044
usarmy.lee.tradoc.mbx.leee-orsamac-org@mail.mil

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