U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center Selects 27 Contracting NCOs for Reclassification

By Mr Marques Chavez (USAASC)July 5, 2011

FORT BELVOIR, VA--A reclassification board has selected 27 Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) for Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) 51C reclassification. The board--consisting of members from the Defense Contract Management Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Army Contracting Command--was convened by the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC) May 24-25.

MOS 51C classification is an acquisition, logistics, and technology designation for contracting NCOs. It was established in December 2006 to meet the Army’s continuously-increasing need for contingency contracting officers in the modular force. The primary mission for MOS 51C NCOs is to deploy as contingency contracting officers and serve as members of the early entry module contingency contracting team.

The NCOs selected for reclassification are as follows:

SSG Shannon Booker

SGT Philip A. Bouffard

SSG Thomas J. Brown

SFC Leon T. Butler

SGT Seung H. Choi

SGT Thomas L. Cochran

SSG Desmond Culler

SSG Samuel Curry

SGT Evelin H. Davis

SSG Elvon D. Dixon

SSG Luis Elisa

SGT Shalynn A. Evans

SSG Clyde Gardner

SSG Andrew Gross

SSG DeLeon Kelly

SSG Eric L. Kirkpatrick

SSG Mark C. Lewis

SSG Ivan T. Luckett

SGT Krishna K. Menon

SFC Soraya B. Merles

SGT Shawn D. Myers

SGT Robert O. Nicholson

SSG Bryan J. Tucker

SGT(P) Rachael L. Valdez

SSG Reginacheron B. Vazquez

SSG Lance N. Walker II

SSG Joseph L. Williams

Applicants for MOS 51C reclassification must be in the ranks of sergeant (eligible for promotion to staff sergeant), staff sergeant, or sergeant first class with less than 10 years of service. Those with more than 10 years, but less than 13 years’ service may receive waivers.

For more information about MOS 51C reclassification please see the April 7 Army STAND-TO article at http://www.army.mil/standto or visit the USAASC website at http://asc.army.mil/career/programs/nco/nco_reclass.cfm?reclass=nco.

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