1. Review the Process of Enlisted Distribution and Assignments (EDAS)
HUMAN RESOURCES ADVANCED LEADERS COURSE

2. Enlisted MOSC Structure Activity
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3. Review the Process of Enlisted Distribution and Assignments (EDAS)

4. Mid-grade HR Leaders in a classroom environment working individually and as a member of a small group, using doctrinal and administrative publications, practical exercises, case studies, personal experience, handouts, discussion and an awareness of the Operational Environment (OE) variables and actors.

5. Application includes:
1. Identification of the basic terms and components of the enlisted classification system and define personnel utilization objectives and priorities.
2. Defining the basic principles of enlisted personnel distribution.
3. Defining the basic goals and principles of enlisted personnel assignments.
4. Performing Enlisted Distribution and Assignments (EDAS) functions.

6. PMOS Guidelines Commander, Human Resources Command (HRC) -
SSG Promotable and above:
Commander, Human Resources Command (HRC) -
Controls SSG (P) and above reclassifications, regardless of MOS
SSG (non-promotable) and below:
Commander, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) -
Approval is further delegated to commanders of Training Activities (installations) and Commandants of Army Service Schools
Commanders of Army Commands (ACOM), Army Service Component (ASCC) and Direct Reporting Units (DRU) -
Approval is further delegated to commanders of FORSCOM installations

7. SMOS Guidelines
SMOS or AMOS provides an alternative specialty for assignment when Soldiers cannot be utilized in their PMOS or CPMOS
Soldiers will not be awarded a SMOS or AMOS that progresses to their PMOS at the rank of Sergeant First Class (SFC) or below
(1) The HRC (AHRC–EPF–R) is the approval authority for award of SMOS to Soldiers with PMOS 00Z and for award of SMOS or AMOS within CMF 18, 97, or MOS 21D, 21P, 37F, 79R, 79S, 79T, 89D, 92R, and 35L.
For other MOSs, commands with reclassification approval authority may award a SMOS or AMOS when it is determined that the Soldier meets the MOS eligibility requirements, which include successful completion of MOS training
Award of SMOS and AMOS will be done without a RCN and will cite AR , paragraph 3-17(h)(4) as authority on the orders

8. Personnel Utilization Objectives
Ensure efficient use of Soldiers in accomplishing Army mission
Place Soldier in positions appropriate to their PMOS, SMOS, or AMOS
Provide policies that strengthen and broaden MOS qualifications
Prepare Soldiers for career progression, greater responsibility, and diversity of assignment

9. Personnel Utilization Criteria
Soldiers will be assigned to an organizational element according to the authorized MTOE/TDA/DMOS positions, consistent with their PMOS or CPMOS qualifications, and
(1) The criteria for SIMOS is found in paragraph 1–13.
(2) The criteria for bonus recipients is found in AR 601–280.
(3) The criteria for first sergeant (1SG) positions is available in chapter 8, section V.
(4) Soldiers with school-trained SQI and/or ASI will be assigned in the SQI and/or ASI for the minimum SRR for the respective course. An SQI and/or ASI is not a substitute for an MOS and will not represent the sole skill requirement for any position.

10. Space Imbalanced Military Occupational Specialty Program
A space-imbalanced military occupational specialty (SIMOS) condition exists when 55 percent of the authorizations are OCONUS. This program is intended for grades sergeant (SGT) through sergeant first class (SFC) and is designed to enhance personnel retention in the career force and to provide more effective use of enlisted Soldiers.

11. EDAS
The Enlisted Distribution and Assignment System (EDAS) is a real time, interactive automated system used to distribute and assign the enlisted force
Installations primarily use electronic military personnel office (eMILPO) to update data on the total Army personnel database (TAPDB). The principal databases used by EDAS are as follows:
(1) TAPDB (active enlisted).
(2) Requisition database.
(3) Organizational database.
(4) Statistical database.
Field users use EDAS to create requisitions and to read data that they are authorized—for example, information on Soldiers assigned to their commands and incoming personnel.

12. Enlisted Distribution Target Model (EDTM)
The Target Model can also be used to simulate or explore:
…alternative manning strategies,
the impact of inventory changes,
while accounting for the effects
of Stabilizing Deployed Units.
UNIT AUTHORIZATIONS PMAD + UAD + DMO +
other “offline” inputs
Monthly
Distribution
Targets
MANNING GUIDANCE
Army G-1
EDTM
A target represents the strength that a unit should have!
The REAL challenge is determining what the unit’s strength will be!
PROJECTED INVENTORY
PMAD: Personnel Management Authorization Document
UAD: Unit Authorization Document
DMO: Directed Military Overstrength

13. Requisition Process Monthly process
Allocation limited to share of available inventory, as determined by the EDTM
Allocated via EDAS at four-character MOSC
Requisitioning activities expand allocations to nine-character MOSC
Lead times subject to change based on priorities
Once approved, requisitions are released via EDAS to HRC Career Management Branches for nominations

14. Requisition Validation Tool
New process/system to produce and validate requisitions
- Authorizations/priorities
- Current strength
- Known gains and losses
The projected
strength is compared
to the DMSL’s target
at MOS & grade level.
If the projected
strength is below
the target, requisitions
are built to increase
the projected strength.
Current Strength
Gains
Losses
Open Requisitions
Projected
Strength
Target

15. Requisition Management
BDE HQ
FORT BRAGG
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FORT CAMPBELL
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FORT DRUM
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FORT STEWART
HRC
HRC
HRC builds requisition to BDE HQ in hold status
BDE HQ
HRC validates allocation and opens requisition***
FORT BRAGG
BDE allocates requisition to subordinate unit
FORT CAMPBELL
FORT DRUM
FORT STEWART
***A requisition is not a projected gain. Soldiers are assigned against requisitions based on available inventory and priority of fill. 15

16. Stretch Your Thinking
How can you stand behind someone when he or she stands behind you?
What looks like a rhinoceros, moves like a rhinoceros, and is as big as a rhinoceros, but weighs nothing?
John’s mother had three children. One was named April. One was named May. What was the third one named?
What is once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?
You do not want to have it, but when you do have it, you do not want to lose it. What is it?

17. Management Enlisted Assignment Overview
Primary goal:
Satisfy the personnel requirements
Secondary goals:
Professionally develop Soldiers
Maximize dwell time
Meet Soldiers’ personal desires
PERSONNEL REASSIGNMENT PROCESS -Placing the right Soldier in the right job at the right time is the goal of the enlisted personnel assignment system.

18. Assignment Selection Criteria
Primary considerations in reassigning Soldiers –
Current qualifications and ability to fill a valid requirement
Other factors include –
Soldier availability
Voluntary reassignment
Time on Station (TOS)

19. Assignment Preferences
Soldiers’ CONUS and OCONUS Areas of Preference are considered; however, assignments are made to fulfill Army requirements
Choose installations or geographic areas where your PMOS, SQI, and ASI are required.

20. Stabilization of Tours, Assignment Eligibility and Availability Codes
Minimum TOS requirement in CONUS is 36 months. Some exceptions
apply:
Reassignment to OCONUS
Reassignment of first-term Soldiers
Reassignment for compassionate reasons
To fill a higher-priority assignment
AEA codes are used to identify Soldier’s eligibility and availability for
reassignment
AEA transactions are submitted through eMILPO
Stabilization actions approved by HRC; HRC-processed AEA codes will
have precedence over field processed AEA codes
Currently there are 35 approved AEA codes

21. Assignment Instructions (AI)
EDAS cycles are transmitted on a weekly basis to the losing command’s BDE/BN or MPD
Reassignment processing functions must be completed within 30 days of the EDAS cycle transmittal
Losing command actions are pivotal for timely verification of Soldier eligibility
Initiation of Deletion/Deferment requests
Reassignment Briefing/Orders Issued

22. Enlisted Assignment Challenges
Only 8 of 10 Soldiers
on Assignment Instructions report
to next duty station.
No Show rate of 20%
- Medical, MEB, PEB, or Temp Profiles
- Declination Statements
- ETS
ENLISTED FORCE (407,538)
TTHS 43,309 (43,309)
PERM EXEMPT (31,346)
~17K Soldiers pending separation (< 90 days to ETS, approved retirement, RCP, bar, etc.) ~14K PCS restrictions on 1st term Soldiers.
DEPLOYED/FENCED (179,310)
1 in 10 AVAIL FOR REASSIGNMENT 37,982
TEMP EXEMPT (67,433)
~47K OCONUS DEROS policy
~7K CONUS Time-On-Station policy
~13K Miscellaneous (returned from deployment, enlistment commitment, pending reclass, high school senior, etc.).
LIMITED AVAIL (8,461) ON ORDERS (32,319) 22

23. Optional Assignments Soldiers must volunteer for optional assignments
Must be highly motivated to complete required training and successfully perform the duties
Stringent screening processes exist and only fully qualified Soldiers are accepted for duty in the following optional assignments –
Airborne, Ranger, Special Forces positions
United States Army Parachute Team (The Golden Knights)
United States Army Marksmanship Unit
Civil Affairs positions
Psychological operations positions

24. Soldier-Initiated Assignments
Exchange Assignments also known as Swap Assignments - para 5-7
Assignment of sole surviving son or daughter - para 5-8
Compassionate Actions – Section III; 5-10
Married Army Couples Program (MACP) – Section IV; 5-19
Permissive Assignments – Section-IV; 5-23
Stabilization for Soldiers with HS Seniors – Section V; 5-25

25. Exchange Assignments
For mutual convenience, Soldiers may request to exchange assignments
Both Soldiers must agree and be of the same grade, MOS, and be similarly qualified
CONUS to CONUS or OCONUS within the same OCONUS command
Must serve 12 months at current station and have at least 12 months time remaining in service upon arrival at gaining unit
Soldiers will incur all costs; travel time is charged as ordinary leave
Soldiers in receipt of AIs or in a deployed status are not eligible

26. Sole Surviving Son/Daughter
A sole surviving son or daughter is the only remaining son or daughter in the family where the father, or mother (or one or more sons or daughters), served in the Armed Forces of the United States and because of the occupational hazards within military service:
Was Killed
Dies
Is in a captured or MIA status
Is permanently 100% physically or mentally disabled
Upon request for non-combat duty by the Soldier or Soldier’s immediate family, may not be assigned to duty normally involving actual combat or where they may be subjected to hostile fire
Soldier may waive entitlement to the assignment limitation; if waived, may request reinstatement of the status at any time

27. Compassionate Actions
Requests from Soldiers when personal problems exist
Temporary family problems that can be resolved in one year
Extreme family problems that cannot be resolved in a year
Can be reassigned, deleted or deferred from AI, or attached as a result of an approved compassionate
Soldiers are not authorized to submit more than one request for reconsideration for the same or similar extreme family problem

28. Married Army Couples Program
Joint assignment to establish common household
Joint Domicile (JD)
Enrollment into MACP guarantees JD assignment
consideration; does not guarantee that the couple will be
assigned together
Consideration is continuous as long as the couple remains
enrolled
Assignments may be within 50-mile radius or one hour
driving time of each other

29. Permissive Assignments
Another means to establish joint domicile
CONUS to CONUS/OCONUS to OCONUS (long tour and in the
same theater)
Valid requirement must exist at gaining location for Soldier’s grade and MOS
Served 12 but less than 24 months on station; cannot be waived
A no cost move to government; travel time is charged as ordinary leave
Must have at least 12 months service remaining

30. Stabilization for Soldiers with High School Seniors
Intent of program is to provide stability for family members in their junior and senior years of high school
Provisions of this program apply to RA Soldiers only
Requests must be submitted no earlier than March of the student’s sophomore year and not later than the start of the student’s junior school year
HRC is approval/disapproval authority

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