Code: Q
Title: Equal Opportunity Advisor (EOA)
Proponent: U.S. Army Adjutant General School
a. Description of positions
Identifies positions in TDA and/or Augmentation TDA in any MOS requiring assignment of Soldiers educated at Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI), and Soldiers in any MOS who are graduates of DEOMI and qualified to occupy such positions.
The following grading guidance per AR 600-20 applies:
(1)
Brigades, regiments, groups, COSCOM/TAACOM or comparable units other than Warrior Transition Unit (WTU) Brigades will be staffed with one enlisted EOA position graded SFC.
WTU Brigades will be staffed with one enlisted EOA position graded SSG.
(2)
Small installations (less than 10,000 Soldiers), Base Support Battalions (BSB), service school headquarters and medical centers will be staffed one enlisted EOA position graded SFC.
(3)
Large installations (10,000 or greater Soldiers) and Area Support Groups (ASG) will be staffed two enlisted EOA positions, one graded SFC and one graded MSG.
(4)
Divisions will be staffed with three enlisted EOA positions, two in grade SFC and one in grade MSG.
(5)
Corps/ASCC will be staffed with three enlisted EOA positions, one graded SGM, one graded MSG and one graded SFC.
(6)
Major Army Command (MACOM): All MACOMS will be staffed with two enlisted EOA positions, one grade SGM and one graded MSG or SFC.
Forces Command (FORSCOM), Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) are authorized one additional SFC.
(7)
Soldier Support Institute (SSI) will be staffed with two enlisted EOA positions, one graded SGM and one graded MSG.
(8)
HQDA will be staffed with four enlisted EOA positions, one graded SGM and three graded SFC.
(9)
U.S. Army Reserve (USAR).
(a)
Brigade level or equivalent unit will be staffed with one enlisted EOA in grade SFC.
(b)
Reserve Support Center (RSC)/General Officer Command (GOCOM) or division level or equivalent unit will be staffed with one enlisted EOA position graded MSG or above.
(10)
Army National Guard (ARNG) staffing requirements are established by the Chief, NGB.
(11)
Instructor positions for DEOMI will consist of one SGM and a grading pattern of one SFC, two MSGs for remaining positions (group of three).
(12)
MSG and SGM are not authorized for instructors except at DEOMI.
b. Qualifications
Must successfully complete DEOMI EOA course.
c. Restrictions
(1)
Individuals can have no record of conviction by special or general courts-martial or civilian courts of offenses listed in AR 27-10 (Military Justice), chapter 24 or otherwise required to register as a sexual offender under AR 27-10, chapter 24.
(2)
Substitutability EOA duty is MOS immaterial.
Any individual awarded SQI Q may serve in any EOA position identified with SQI Q without regard to MOS.