This regulation establishes the Enhanced Reserve Component Foreign Area Officer Program for commissioned officers. It sets policies and describes procedures for selecting, developing, and assigning qualified Reserve commissioned officers to RC–FAO positions. The RC–FAO Program supplements the Active Army FAO Program. It also apply to the RC–FAO Program. In the event of full mobilization, it will be superseded. The RC–FAO Program is designed to establish a personnel pool of Reserve commissioned officers who are qualified regional specialists proficient in a foreign language of their region.
Applicability: This regulation applies to U.S. Army Reserve officers in the Selected Reserve and in Ready Reserve control groups, and officers in the Army National Guard of the United States.
