My orders say Center of Excellence. Is that a school house?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 22:50:06 -0500

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 30 at 2017 12:12 AM

CW3 Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 00:12:58 -0500

"Centers of Excellence" are in the names of many bases that specialize in specific training. For instance, Fort Benning is the "Maneuver Center of Excellence" and Fort Huachuca is the "Intelligence Center of Excellence." Not sure when this started, but there are several now. In the case of Fort Rucker, it is the "Aviation Center of Excellence" as that is where Army Pilots attend flight school.

Response by SSG Steven Mangus made Dec 30 at 2017 12:14 AM

SSG Steven Mangus — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 00:14:52 -0500

Sounds like Fort Rucker..Yes, it is the school house; however, not for permanent party. I taught IERW and also was assigned to ACLC auditing the aviation maintenance contractors..

Response by LTC Robin Gronovius made Dec 30 at 2017 1:00 AM

LTC Robin Gronovius — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 01:00:57 -0500

Not strictly school house, it is a corporate word where they've started to consolidate similar activities in order to have all the subject matter experts in one location. It's all part of the Lean process to reduce duplication of effort. For instance, Fort Knox is now the "Human Resources Center of Excellence". Recruiting, ROTC, and Human Resources Command have been consolidated at Knox.
Likewise in my civilian employment, we utilize a lot of plastic in the manufacturing of household appliances. Instead of each each plant having its own dedicated plastics manufacturing of parts for their specific appliance, one of the plants now makes plastics for all the other plants. It is our plastics "Center of Excellence."

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 31 at 2017 2:34 AM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 02:34:37 -0500

I think that's the term for major bases now.
Fort Benning is the Maneuver Center of Excellence
Fort Lee is the Sustainment Center of Excellence
Fort Sill is the Fires Center of Excellence

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 2 at 2018 4:33 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 04:33:17 -0500

Aviation Center of Excellence means you're in a pool for Fort Rucker, you just have not been assigned a unit at fort rucker yet... i would call someone at the Soldier Support Center to see if you can get pinpoint orders sooner than later. You know the big building 5700.