Advance Your Expertise: Unmatched Educational & Professional Growth
As an FA49 Officer, your development is a top priority. We invest heavily in our officers with a combination of world-class graduate education, specialized military training, and partnerships with top-tier industry leaders.
Advanced Degrees & Schooling
We provide unparalleled opportunities to earn a fully-funded graduate degree.
- Advanced Civil Schooling (ACS): Our proponent historically provides ~23 fully-funded ACS slots each year, including approximately 20 Master of Science (MS) and 3 Ph.D. positions.
- Other Degree Sources: Additional pathways to a graduate education are available through cooperative degree programs with large analytic agencies like TRAC and CAA, the USMA Faculty Pipeline, and the Army's Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (AI2C).
Professional Military Education (PME)
You will receive specialized military education tailored to your role at every stage of your career.
- ORSA-Military Applications Course (ORSA-MAC): This foundational course is for newly transferred officers who do not yet have an advanced ### Advance Your Expertise: Unmatched Educational & Professional Growth
As an FA49 Officer, your development is a top priority. We invest heavily in our officers with a combination of world-class graduate education, specialized military training, and partnerships with top-tier industry leaders.
Training With Industry (TWI)
Gain invaluable experience working alongside leaders in the private sector.
- We offer three Training With Industry (TWI) opportunities annually.
- This highly competitive program includes a one-year assignment with a leading tech or analytics company, followed by a three-year utilization assignment where you bring those cutting-edge skills back to the Army.
- Current Partners: Govini, Maxar, Verizon
- Past Partners: Striveworks, IBM, Gallup, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Self-Paced Learning & Certifications
Stay at the forefront of data science with continuous learning opportunities.
- Coursera: 90 slots annually provide unlimited access to thousands of online, certificate-based courses.
- MIT & Accelebrate: We offer a combined 80 professional certificates per year from these prestigious institutions.
- You will also have access to development opportunities with the RAND Arroyo Center, the Army's federally funded research and development center for studies and analysis. degree.
- FA49 Qualification Course (Q-Course): This advanced course builds on your expertise and is designed for mid-grade to senior Majors.
- Senior Service College: As a senior officer, you will have the opportunity to compete for selection to top-level military colleges.