OVERVIEW:
Age: At least 19 and less than 35 at time of commission. No waivers.
Education:
- BA/BS in Technical/ Business/Engineering/ Physical Science.
- Min 2.0 GPA.
Training:
- OCS (12 wks)
- Aviation Maint. Officer School (10 wks)
Vision/Med:
- Correctable to 20/20 (waivers considered).
- Color vision not req'd.
- Depth perception not req'd.
- PRK and LASIK only eye surgeries waiverable.
Professional: Aviation/Aero- nautical background /aviation maintenance experience preferred.
Service Obligation: 4 yrs active from commissioning or disenrollment (from flight program).
- Total of 8 yrs Active & Inactive.
Special Info:
- Endorsement from a 1520 AMDO (O-4 or above) recommended.
- Applications will only be considered if available for OCS within 24 months unless applying for BDCP.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Community Overview:
Aerospace Maintenance Duty Officer's (AMDOs) are maintenance and logistics professionals with formal technical and managerial education. AMDOs use their extensive Fleet experience to provide leadership at all levels of the integrated logistics and operational support of Naval Aviation. No other designator mirrors AMDO education, Fleet experience, and knowledge of the integrated logistics system.
Specific responsibilities:
- Provide full-time professional management of organizational (squadron), intermediate (repair facility) and depot level (industrial facility) maintenance organizations.
- Influence emerging aviation weapon system designs to reduce, simplify, or eliminate the requirement for maintenance actions.
- Reconcile long-range readiness objectives with projected resource levels, and establish Naval Aviation Maintenance Policy to ensure that objectives are met.
Officer Candidate School (OCS): OCS is part of Naval Aviation Schools Command located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL, along the Gulf Coast in the Florida Panhandle. The 13 week OCS course has been designed by Navy officers and educators to give an individual a basic working knowledge of the high-tech Naval establishment afloat and ashore, to prepare that individual to assume the responsibilities of a Naval officer and begin developing them to their full potential. OCS is extremely demanding, both physically and mentally. An individual should be committed to the goal of earning a commission in the Navy before arriving at OCS. Only those with a strong desire to become Naval officers will successfully complete OCS. Upon successful completion of preliminary training at OCS, future AMDOs are commissioned as Ensigns.
Active duty obligation: Four years from date of appointment.
Training pipeline following commission:
Aviation Maintenance Officer (AMO) School in Pensacola, FL for 10 weeks is provided to all new accessions. Provides newly commissioned AMDOs technical information and knowledge of the managerial responsibilities and the administrative duties required to perform at an entry-level aircraft maintenance position. Encompasses the entire spectrum of Naval aviation maintenance management with particular emphasis on the organizational and intermediate maintenance activities to include their interface with the supply system as well as various other related activities: Aviation maintenance management, aviation maintenance process, operational readiness organization and support maintenance control; administration, personal correspondence, manpower management and maintenance training program; material management and Navy supply system; support asset management maintenance data system; forms and reports; safety general, flight deck, NAVOSH and hazardous materials; deployment/detachment operating, aircraft weight and balance; mock maintenance laboratory.
Locations of initial Fleet assignments: Fleet aircraft squadron or Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (afloat).
Special pay/bonuses: None.
Basic eligibility requirements:
Commissioned (OCS, Lateral Transfer, NROTC, USNA)
Additional qualifications considered:
- Technical/Business/Engineering/Physical Science Baccalaureate Degree
- Aviation Maintenance experience
- Endorsement from a 1520 AMDO (O-4 or above)
