The FA50QC is the fourteen-week Intermediate Level Education (ILE) credentialing course for officers accessed as FA50s. The course prepares FA50 officers and FC26 civilians to perform force management functions in the operational and institutional Army at the HQDA, division, corps, and Army Service Component Command (ASCC) levels. The course provides current force management regulatory guidance, policies, processes, systems and procedures for managing change in the Army. The course is designed for up to 36 students and is presented at least twice a year.
The FA50QC has two phases of instruction. Phase 1 is the four-week How the Army Runs Course (HTARC). Phase 2, the ten-week FA50QC, is divided into five blocks of instruction: Strategy; Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and
Execution (PPBE); Capabilities Development (CD); Materiel Development (MD);
and Force Development (FD). Classroom instruction combines the following
methods: small, large, and panel group discussion; peer-partner learning;
practical exercises; guest speakers; and tests. Instructors are subject
matter experts from the AFMS faculty, Army & Joint Staff, and TRADOC.
Billeting:
All AFMS students in a TDY status will report to post billeting located in Knadle Hall (building 470) 9775 Gaillard Road Fort Belvoir, VA 22060. Fort Belvoir billeting is operated by the IHG Army Hotels (
https://www.ihgarmyhotels.com). Fort Belvoir Billeting (Knadle Hall) contact telephone information is:
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Reservations |
703.704.8600 |
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Customer Service |
703.704.8700 |
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Front Desk |
703.704.8300 |
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Manager |
703.704.8000 |
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Knadle Hall |
703.704.8300 |
Uniform: The duty uniform for all AFMS courses is: Military personnel will wear the Army Combat Uniform (ACUs); the civilian duty uniform is business casual.
