HUMAN RESOURCESADVANCED LEADERS COURSE

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Monitor the Meal Card Management System

STUDENTADVANCE SHEET

VERSION 2.2

July 2020

U.S. ARMY SOLDIER SUPPORT INSTITUTENoncommissioned Officer Academy

Human Resources Advanced Leaders CourseTLO 2.0 – Provide HR Services

ELO 2.1 – Monitor the Meal Card Management System

ADVANCE SHEET

Lesson Author: AG Branch, ITDDate prepared: April 2013Last update: July 2020

1. SCOPE: Monitor the Meal Card Management System is a 2 hour lesson. The lesson includes a review of baseline regulatory policy and guidance regarding the Meal Card Management System. Information added to this foundation focuses on battalion S-1 responsibilities, including program administration and inspections/audits of the system.

Students will reach the following lesson outcomes through assigned readings, actively participating in class, and completing the practical exercise:

Enabled to logically communicate regulatory processes and procedures found in AR 600-38, The Meal Card Management System, for the issuance, collection, accountability and safeguarding of meal cards.

Enabled to systematically monitor meal card management, including conducting the audits and inspections required by regulation.

Ability to correlate meal card management responsibilities for the Meal Card Book Control Officer (BCO), Meal Card Control Officer (MCCO), the Meal Card Controller (MCC), and the Meal Card Verification Officer (MCVO).

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

ELO 2.1Action: Monitor the Meal Card Management System

Condition: Mid-grade HR Leaders in a classroom environment working individually and as a member of a small group, using administrative publications (AR 600-38), practical exercises, personal experience, handouts, discussion, and awareness of the Operational Environment (OE) variables and actors.

Standard: Examination includes:

1. Meal Card Management System policies and administration.

2. Recoupment of Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS).

3. Auditing and assessing the Meal Card Management System.

Learning Domain: CognitiveLevel of Learning: Analysis

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3. ASSIGNED STUDENT READINGS:

a. Study Requirements:

Study: AR 600-38, The Meal Card Management System, Paragraphs 2-4 through 2-6 (3 page); Chapter 3 (7 pages); Chapter 6 (2 pages); Chapter 7 (2 Pages)

Read: Read: EXORD 010-18, - THE MEC TO REFLECT MEAL ENTITLEMENTSArmy Directive 2018 07-16

Scan: AR 600-38, The Meal Card Management System, Chapters 4 and 5 (3 pages).

b. Bring to Class: NA.

c. Be prepared to discuss the following in class:

(1) Responsibilities and Appointment of Control Personnel.

(2) Requisitioning, Issuing, Controlling, and Accounting for Meal Cards.

(3) Identification and Reimbursement for Meals Available in the Field.

(4) Meal Card Verification and Reporting.

4. ASSESSMENT PLAN.

TLO 2.0 – Provide HR Services Module Assessment Plan

ELO 2.1 Monitor Meal Card Management Program ELO 2.2 e-MILPO Overview ELO 2.3 Examine the Role of the S-1 ELO 2.4 Review Correspondence ELO 2.5 Interpret Military Pay and Allowances ELO 2.6 Process Leaves and Passes ELO 2.7 Update the Officer and Enlisted Record Brief ELO 2.8 Review Enlisted Promotions and Reductions Processing ELO 2.9 Review a Completed Evaluation Report ELO 2.10 Review Awards and Decorations ELO 2.11 Prepare Personnel Office Computations ELO 2.12 Review Casualty Reports

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