1. Process Meal Cards MOS 42A – Human Resources Specialist
Advanced Individual Training / MOS-T
Process Meal Cards

2. TLO 2.0 – Personnel Actions
ELO 2.11 – Process Meal Cards
LESSON OUTCOME:
Student will gain a basic knowledge of The Meal Card Management System policies and procedures.
Students will gain a basic understanding of the qualifications and responsibilities of meal card control personnel..
21ST CENTURY COMPETENCIES:
Character and accountability
Technical Competence
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY: Direct Instruction
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
Structured overview
Discussion
Inquiry
Case study
Practical Exercises
ENABLING LEARNING OBJECTIVE
ACTION: Process Meal Cards
CONDITIONS: In a classroom environment, given access to AR (The Meal Card Management System), Meal Card (DD Form 714), Meal Card Control Register (DA Form 4809-R), Meal Card Control Sheet and awareness of Operational Environment (OE) variables and actors.
STANDARD: Process Meal Cards while utilizing proper procedures for 100% accountability of Meal Cards and follow proper security measures for the storage and disposition of Meal Cards with 100% accuracy.
ACADEMIC HOURS: 8.0
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Lesson introduction
Meal card management system
Responsibilities and appointment of meal card control personnel
Meal Card Control Register (DA Form 4809-R)
ASSESSMENT
Practical exercises.
Students are required to complete a knowledge-based assessment delivered via the Blackboard Academic Suite and obtain a passing score of 70% or higher.

3. Excellence In Army Dining

4. Learning Objective ACTION: Process Meal Cards
CONDITIONS: In a classroom environment, given access to AR (The Meal Card Management System), Meal Card (DD Form 714), Meal Card Control Register (DA Form 4809-R), Meal Card Control Sheet and awareness of Operational Environment (OE) variables and actors.
STANDARDS: Process Meal Cards while utilizing proper procedures for 100% accountability of Meal Cards and follow proper security measures for the storage and disposition of Meal Cards with 100% accuracy.

5. Meal Card Management System
Objectives of the Meal Card Management System
Policies on Maintaining the Meal Card Systems
Update the Meal Card Control Register

6. Check On Learning Q: How are meal cards printed and distributed?
Q: What is the purpose of the Army’s Meal Card Program?
Q: What regulation governs the Army Meal Card Program?

7. Responsibilities and Appointment of Control Personnel
Commanding Generals, Major Army Commands (CGs, MACOMs)
Installation Commanders (CONUS and overseas)
Active Army Unit and Organization Commanders
Installation Publications Officer
Meal Card Control Book Control Officer (BCO)
Meal Card Control Officer (MCCO)
Meal Card Controller (MCC)
Meal Card Verification Officer (MCVO)

8. Check On Learning
Q: What are the Meal Card Control Officer responsibilities?
A: Requesting and receiving Meal Card Control Book(s) from the BCO per requirements of paragraph 3-3, AR
Q: What rank/grade must a Meal Card Control Officer be?
A: Personnel will be an officer, a Soldier (E-7 or above or an E-6 filling one of these positions), or a civilian (GS-9 or above) and will be other than food service or Troop Issue Subsistence Agency (TISA) personnel.
Q: Who is responsible for establishing procedures to monitor the number of active books each MCCO has on hand?
A: The Book Control Officer (BCO).
Note: Conduct a check on learning and summarize the learning activity.
Q: What is the Meal Card Control Officer responsibilities?
A: Requesting and receiving Meal Card Control Book(s) from the BCO per requirements of paragraph 3-3, AR
Q: What rank/grade must a Meal Card Control Officer be?
A: Personnel will be an officer, a soldier (E-7 or above or an E-6 filling one of these positions), or a civilian (GS-9 or above) and will be other than food service or TISA personnel.
Q: Who is responsible for establishing procedures to monitor the number of active books each MCCO has on hand?
A: The Book Control Officer (BCO).

9. Issuing A Meal Card Purpose and use Responsibility for safeguarding
Circumstances under which they must return the card to the issuing authority, either on a temporary or permanent basis
Cards will not be loaned or given to anyone

10. DD Form 714 K

11. Meal Card Control Register DA Form 4809-R

12. Check On Learning
Situation: PFC Surry and PV2 Daniels are both in the dining facility for the dinner meal. PV2 Daniels realizes that he has left his wallet in the barracks.
Can he borrow PFC Surry meal card to eat dinner just for today?
Situation: A Soldier informs their squad leader that they cannot get into the DFAC to eat because they accidentally washed their meal card and it is not readable.
What action should the squad leader take?

13. Learning Objective ACTION: Process Meal Cards
CONDITIONS: In a classroom environment, given access to AR (The Meal Card Management System), Meal Card (DD Form 714), Meal Card Control Register (DA Form 4809-R), Meal Card Control Sheet and awareness of Operational Environment (OE) variables and actors.
STANDARDS: Process Meal Cards while utilizing proper procedures for 100% accountability of Meal Cards and follow proper security measures for the storage and disposition of Meal Cards with 100% accuracy.