Warrant Officer Prerequisites and Duty Description

922A - Food Service Technician
 
Duties:
Manage Army food service programs, advise the commander on all matters relating to nutrition, food preparation, service, accountability and sanitation. Coordinate and supervise Army food service program for commands, installations, or organizations to include readiness of field feeding platforms. Determine technical training requirements, develop and conduct training for officer, enlisted, and civilian personnel. Develop management plans for food service, integrate field feeding platforms, and develop milestone plans to support major field exercise and theater opening/closing in joint and multinational operations. Develop, coordinate, and monitor budget requirements for food service equipment and expendable supplies for both garrison and field requirements. Plan, train, and implement changes in nutritional awareness programs, modification of menus, and implementation of low calorie menus. Coordinate with Subsistence Supply Management Office and Class I points to ensure availability of appropriate subsistence for both garrison and field feeding operations. Ensure adequate and timely resupply and reconfiguration of non-unitized field rations into nutritionally acceptable menus. Evaluate field feeding requirements and develop milestone plans to support major field exercises. Review and monitor requisitions for Class I, III, and IX supplies to support food service operations, and coordinate all planning for food service support for field training. Manage the employment of field feeding teams to support feeding in austere environments.  Develop programs to support readiness and establish recognition programs through the evaluation of garrison and field feeding operations to ensure food service personnel are complying with regulatory guidance relative to food preparation, maintenance, accountability, and sanitation. Evaluate garrison and field feeding operations to ensure food service personnel comply with food preparation, service, accountability, and sanitation in accordance with applicable food service regulations. As a contracting officer representative and/or the contracting officer technical representative, inspect full food service contract dining facilities to ensure they are in compliance with the terms of the contract.
 
***Applicants must meet all Administrative Requirements to become a Warrant Officer.***
 
922A prerequisites (Active Component and Reserve Component)
 
Service Members Applying:  (NON-WAIVERABLE)
  • Must be a SGT(P) or above (Active Duty COMPO I)
  • Must be a SGT or above (National Guard COMPO II and Army Reserve COMPO III)
Military Education: (NON-WAIVERABLE)
  • Completion of ALC is not waiverable.  Completion of all phases of the 92G or 68M Advance Leadership Course (ALC) and must be annotated on ERB.  A copy of completed ALC DA Form 1059 will be included in the packet.  If ALC was completed in another MOS, this is a waiverable consideration (National Guard COMPO II and Army Reserve COMPO III).
Military Certification: ( NON-WAIVERABLE )
  • Must complete the ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification. (All COMPOs)
  • All certifications must be current.
  • All certificates will be included in the completed packet.
Experience:
  • Minimum of five (5) years’ experience performing 92G or 68M duties.
  • Military Technician, Government Contract, and other Civilian appraisals will be taken into consideration to determine the Soldier’s level of competence in the feeder MOSs. (National Guard COMPO II and Army Reserve COMPO III).
    • Waiverable on a case-by-case basis
    • Applicants submit waiver requests as part of their completed application.
    • Submitted waiver request does not constitutes automatic approval by the QM CMDT.
NCO Evaluation Report: (NON-WAIVERABLE)
  • The majority of the Soldier's NCOERS must be noted with "Successful" performance and "Superior potential by the Senior Rater or "Exceeded Standard" performance by the Rater and "Highly Qualified" potential by the Senior Rater.
  • Soldiers will submit all NCOERs; other service components will submit all evaluation reports.
  • Successful duty performance is considered as a preponderance of the following:
    • DA Form 2166-8.  Exceeding the standard (Excellence).  Rated by the Rater (Part Va) as “Among the Best” with strong Senior Rater comments.
    • DA Form 2166-9-1.  “Met Standard” in Part IVc-h, with strong Rater comments in Part IVi.  “Most Qualified” or “Highly Qualified” with strong Senior Rater comments in Part V.
    • DA Form 2166-9-2.  Preponderance of “Far Exceeded Standard” or “Exceeded Standard” in Part IVc-i, with strong Rater comments in Part IVj; “Most Qualified” or “Highly Qualified” with strong Senior Rater comments in Part V
  • Military Technicians will provide civilian evaluations to support experience.
Civilian Education: ( WAIVERABLE; CASE BY CASE )
  • Must have six (6) semester hours of College English Composition from an accredited institution (Non-Waiverable).  Higher levels of College English, which utilizes English Composition as a prerequisite are acceptable. Speech and public speaking courses are not considered as meeting this requirement even if administered by the English department of an institution.
  • Successful completion of the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) in College Composition is an acceptable alternative. Transcripts comprised of only military training credit are not acceptable. The Department of Education maintains a database of accredited postsecondary education institutions and programs at http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
  • Successful completion of the Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE) 11/12A is an acceptable alternative.  Either of the below test are acceptable (both not required).
    • TABE 11/12A, Language or Writing, with NRS Level score of 6 or higher (+).
Letter of Recommendation (LOR):  ( NON-WAIVERABLE )
  • Submit USAREC FORM 3.3 (Letter of Recommendation) from a Food Service Technician (CW2-CW5), assigned to the Soldier’s organization, which attests to their technical and tactical competence in MOS 92G or 68M. If no Food Serve Technician is assigned, provide a letter of recommendation from another Quartermaster Warrant Officer (e.g. 920A, 920B, 921A, or 923A) assigned to the Soldier’s organization/installation.
NOTE:  A justification memorandum must accompany waiver requests and supporting documentation provided by the service member.
 
Active Component Soldiers should contact the POC listed below for questions regarding the Quartermaster Prerequisites.  Please address all other inquiries to your Regional Warrant Officer Recruiter.  Please visit the "Forms Download" page for required forms and samples.
 
CW5 Belinda A. Jackson
Quartermaster WO Proponent Officer 
US Army Quartermaster School
Fort Lee, VA 23801
Email: 
belinda.a.jackson4.mil@army.mil
Commercial: (804) 734-3533
DSN: 687-3533
 
 
 
Army Reserves who wishes to apply for position as a Warrant Officer, please contact the Army Reserve Warrant Officer Accession at email usarmy.usarc.arcg.mbx.hq-ops-spcmsn-organizational-mailbox@army.mil.
 
CW5 Jason J. Pitts
U.S. Army Reserve QM WO Proponent Officer
Email:
 jason.j.pitts.mil@army.mil
Commercial: (804) 734-3441
 
 
Army National Guard wishing to apply for position as a Warrant Officer, should contact their State, Territory or the District of Columbia Warrant Officer Strength Manager (WOSM) at site http://www.nationalguard.com/contacts/wosm.
 
CW4 Tollie Yoder
Army National Guard QM WO Proponent Officer
Email: 
tollie.h.yoder.mil@army.mil
Commercial: (804) 734-3312
 

Last Updated: 08 June 2022