scope:

Applicability

This regulation applies to all agencies, activities, and Army commands or units directly under or dependent upon Headquarters, Department of the Army, for personnel support. It does not apply to general officers, lieutenants, Army Medical Department personnel, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, the U.S. Army Reserve, or the Judge Advocate General's Corps.

Purpose

This regulation prescribes the procedures for identifying, validating, and filling Army Educational Requirements System (AERS) positions where Advanced Civilian Schooling (ACS) or Training with Industry (TWI) is essential for optimum performance of duties for-

a. Commissioned officer personnel with graduate degrees or graduate-level training.

b. Warrant Officer personnel with Bachelors or Masters degrees.

c. TWI participants with specialized training.