Officers In The Army: Areas Of Concentration

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Officers are the first pillar of the organization and makes up twenty one percent of the population of the Army. Broken down in its simplest form, it is one officer for every 4.3 enlisted Soldiers as a whole. The Officers are responsible with carrying out the orders of the President and the orders of the officers appointed over them. Orders are nothing more than daily activities that must happen to support the mission requirements. Officers typically lead in the field of study they learned in college. As a result, the Army has fifty three specialties called areas of concentration (AOC) for the Officer. The AOC is what the officer does while serving in the Army such as Infantry, Engineering, Medical, Transportation, Logistics, and Quartermaster.