Ladies and Gentlemen,

I would like to introduce you to the Ordnance (OD) Branch! Here you will learn about
exciting branch opportunities for Ordnance Maintenance & Munitions Officers. I will
describe the Ordnance mission, OD Talent Priorities and KSBs (knowledge, skills and
behaviors), LT assignments, locations, education, and how you can interview to be an
Ordnance officer! Please read through the message below and let me know if you have
any additional questions about Ordnance! Email me at
usarmy.lee.tradoc.mbx.leeeaoc-89-91-officer-career-manager@mail.mil
Or call me at 804-765-7277. GO ORDNANCE!

Ordnance Corps Mission: The Ordnance Corps mission is to provide munitions,

maintenance, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) support to generate and
maintain combat power and provide protection to Army, joint, intergovernmental,
interagency and multinational forces. This support begins spans the entirety of
operations, from inception to completion. The Ordnance Corps is the third largest
branch in the Army with two officer AOCs, nine warrant officer MOSs, and 30 enlisted
MOSs. There are Ordnance Soldiers assigned to every unit in the Army.

Talent Priorities.
1. INTERDISCIPLINARY: Synthesizes and applies knowledge from multiple disciplines
into a coherent overarching perspective.
2. INNOVATIVE: Creative, inquisitive, and insightful. Easily identifies new solutions and
catalyzes change.
3. INTERPERSONAL: Skilled in developing appropriate relationships. Able to connect
with others to effect positive results.
4. LOGICAL / ANALYTICAL: Uses reason and thinks in terms of cause and effect.
Able to decompose and solve complex problems.
5. COMMUNICATOR: Precise, efficient, and compelling in both written and spoken
word.

Unique knowledge, skills and behaviors (KSBs) of Ordnance officers.

Maintenance and Munitions Management Lieutenants are adaptive, agile, logical, and
detail oriented leaders that are directly responsible for building and maintaining the
combat power of the Army. They enable readiness through dynamic and articulate
leadership with the ability to establish priorities of work to accomplish the mission.
Leadership in materiel maintenance and ammunition management processes requires
officers who use logic and analytical skills to solve problems and communicate solutions
precisely. These officers must understand the bigger picture of maneuver operations to
develop creative support focused solutions. They are skilled at building relationships,
and are able to connect with others in a direct way so they can advise commanders and
customers on sustainment operations in complex operating environments.

OD Officers must develop a comprehensive knowledge of maintenance management

techniques and integrated logistics support. Officers must be technically competent in
production control and quality assurance techniques. Army weapons systems are
technically sophisticated and critical to success in combat. They are costly to procure,
produce, field and maintain. Ensuring constant readiness while preventing the waste of
resources requires officers with excellent management and leadership skills. Officers
must become proficient with automated logistics information systems. These officers
also manage the Army’s munitions inventory. They lead, manage, plan, and direct
ammunition supply, storage, transportation, maintenance, surveillance, inspection,
stock control, safety, and security, including maintenance of associated test and
handling equipment. Army munitions planners must also consider support to joint and
multi-national partners as dictated by operational requirements.

The Ordnance branch values officers with a wide variety of academic backgrounds.
However, some domain specific disciplines provide additional expertise and align with
the military’s system of logistics management. Ordnance/Logistics officers are offered
opportunities to compete for Training with Industry and Advanced Civilian Schooling in
Business Management (MBA), logistics management, and supply chain management.

OD LT Assignments. Ordnance lieutenants are typically assigned to companies

leading Soldiers executing maintenance and ammunition operations as a platoon
leader, maintenance control officer, company executive officer, ammunition control
officer, or ammunition liaison officer. Platoons are generally large; having 60-80
Soldiers is not uncommon in maintenance and ammunition companies. Lieutenants
should learn field and sustainment maintenance operations, workload management,
utilization of Standard Information Systems (SIS) and Logistics Information Systems
(LIS) reports, and ammunition supply and management. Lieutenants should expect to
serve in progressive positions to develop their leadership and technical skills, and may
complement this with staff experience at the battalion or brigade level. Officers wishing
to prepare for company command should pursue a platoon leader and company
executive officer assignment.

OD LT Education. OD Lieutenants attend 16 weeks of BOLC with LTs from the

Transportation and Quartermaster branches at the Army Logistics University (ALU)
(https://alu.army.mil) at Fort Lee, Virginia. Fort Lee is adjacent to Petersburg, and about
20 miles south of the state capital, Richmond. Fort Lee is approximately 90 minutes
from the Blue Ridge mountains to the west, Virginia Beach to the east, and Washington
DC to the north. (https://www.virginia.org) Follow on training to Airborne, Air Assault,
and many other schools is available to qualified officers enroute to assignments
requiring additional training or qualification. Ordnance Officers become Logistics
Officers (AOC 90A) upon graduation from the Combined Logistics Captain’s Career
Course.

Duty Locations. OD Officers serve everywhere the Army is stationed all over the
world. See our handbook for a map of locations. You won’t be disappointed!

Reserve Component. Ordnance Officer positions are available in all three

components-Active, Army National Guard, and US Army Reserve. In fact, over 70% of
the Army’s logistics capabilities exists within the National Guard and Reserve.

Accessions Allocations. As one of the largest branches in the Army, the Ordnance
branch typically receives nearly 400 LTs annually from all commissioning sources
(USMA/ROTC/OCS).

Interview for OD Branch! Interview for Ordnance online using the HireVue platform.