Active Duty – Table of Contents
Wing Relationships and Responsibilities
Unit Orientation
Personnel Evaluations
Administrative Actions
Financial Responsibility
Unaccompanied Housing Management
Security Forces Procedures
Reenlistment in the United States Air Force
Positive Role of the First Sergeant
Authorized Absences
Unauthorized Absences
Enlisted Promotions
Administrative Demotions
Administrative Separations
Line of Duty and Medical Evaluation Board
AFOSI
COGNITIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:
• Explain the role of first sergeants on the
wing first sergeant council.
• Explain the relationship between first
sergeants and the wing command chief
master sergeant.
• Explain first sergeant responsibilities to
diverse wing committees.
• Outline wing volunteer opportunities for
first sergeants.
OVERVIEW
 Unit Relationships
 The First Sergeant Council
 First Sergeant/CCM Relationship
 Wing Committee Involvement/Volunteer
Opportunities
Unit Relationships
• Commander
• Chief/Squadron Superintendent
• Enlisted Personnel
– SNCOs
– NCOs
– Airmen
• Key Spouse
– Wing (Mandate)
– Squadron (Implement & Execute)
The First Sergeant Council
Purpose
Working Issues
Morale/Quality of Life Programs
Leadership Roles
First Sergeant/CCM
Personal Issues
– Functional Management
– Unit Assignment
– Deployment
• Maintaining a Good Relationship
– Professionalism
– Office Call
Wing Committees
• Types of Committees
– QIC
– SOD
– CAIB
• Committee Objectives
– Quality of life
– Education
– Process improvement
Volunteer Opportunities
• Common Volunteer Opportunities
– Top Three
– AFSA
– Special Events
• Importance of Community Involvement
– Mentorship
– Esprit de Corps
– Example
SUMMARY
 Unit Relationships
 The First Sergeant Council
 First Sergeant/CCM Relationship
 Wing Committee Involvement/Volunteer
Opportunities
COGNITIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:
• Give a new example of effective unit
orientation.
• Describe a practical commander’s call.
• Explain the importance of the sponsorship
program.
• Explain the importance of the Key Spouse
program.
OVERVIEW
• Sponsorship program
– Sponsor Assignment
– A & FRC
• Unit Orientation
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First Sergeant Orientation
Commander’s Newcomers Briefing
Key Spouse Program
• Commander’s Calls
MP 1: Sponsorship Program
• Requirements (INTRO Program)
– Resource Allocation
– Sponsor Responsibilies
• Commander/First Sergeant Role
• Get Creative
– Sell your Unit
MP 2: Unit Orientation
• Supervisors
– First Impression
• First Sergeant Newcomer Meeting
– What will you discuss?
• Unit Actions
– Commanders’ Newcomer Briefing
• Key Spouse Program
– First Sergeant Involvement
MP 3: Commander’s Call
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Required by CSAF
Conducted Quarterly or Monthly
Purpose – Face to face communication
Topics
– http://www.af.mil/information/cct/index.asp
Summary
• Sponsorship program
• Unit Orientation
• Commander’s Calls
COGNITIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:
• Describe an objective of the enlisted
evaluation system.
• Explain the unit Enlisted Evaluation System
responsibilities.
• Give an example when an EPR referral
would be appropriate.
OVERVIEW
Objectives
Individual Responsibilities
Evaluator Accountability
EPR Management
MP 1: OBJECTIVES OF EES
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Candid Feedback
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Official Record
MP 2: RESPONSIBILITIES
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Commander
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First Sergeant
•
Rater
MP 3: Evaluator Accountability
• Feedback
– Candid/Formal/Informal
• Adverse Action
– Mandatory Documentation
– Consider Documenting
MP 4: EPR MANAGEMENT
• Considerations
– Inappropriate comments and considerations
• Disagreements amongst raters
– Mark non-concur/initial performance factors
– Provide specific comments explaining
disagreement
• Referral reports
– Due process (follow AFI instructions)
SUMMARY
 Objectives
 Individual Responsibilities
 Evaluator Accountability
 EPR Management
COGNITIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:
• Explain the purposes/uses of administrative
reprimands.
• Describe the purposes/uses of unfavorable
information files (UIF).
• Explain the purposes/uses of control rosters.
• Describe the first sergeant responsibilities in the
administrative actions process.
• Describe administrative action process.
• Predict the effect of corrective actions on unit
personnel.
OVERVIEW
 Purpose
 Counselings, Admonishments And Reprimands
 Unfavorable Information File
 Control Roster
 Responsibilities
PURPOSE
• Purpose is to “improve, correct, and
instruct subordinates who depart from
standards…on or off duty, and whose
actions degrade the individual and unit
mission.”
-AFI 36-2907
USAF FIRST SERGEANT ACADEMY
• Counseling
• Admonishment
• Reprimand
PROCEDURES AND FORMAT
• Privacy Act
• PIF/UIF/’Desk Drawer’
• Format
ESTABLISHING/MAINTAINING UIFS
• AF Form 1058
• AF Form 1137
• Commander’s Actions
• Member’s Actions
MANDATORY/OPTIONAL ENTRIES -UIF
• Mandatory
– Table 2.2 AFI 36-2907
• Optional
– Table 2.2 AFI 36-2907
DISPOSITION/REMOVAL
• AFI 36-2907, Table 2.2
• Disposition Determined By Type Of Document Filed
In UIF
• Early Removal
• Limitations On Removal
UIF CAREER IMPACT
• No Mandatory Limitations
USAF FIRST SERGEANT ACADEMY
CONTROL ROSTERS
DEFINITION AND PURPOSE
• “Rehabilitative tool used by commanders at
all levels to set a 6-month observation period
for individuals…who fail to meet or maintain
AF standards of conduct…on and off duty.”
--AFI 36-2907
ESTABLISHING CONTROL ROSTERS
• Procedures
– AF Form 1058
– AF Form 1137
– Commander’s Actions
– Member’s Actions
REMOVAL ACTIONS
• Automatically 2400 Last Day Of 6th Month
• Early Removal
CONTROL ROSTER IMPACT
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EPR
Promotion
Reenlistment
PCS/PCA
Formal Training
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Commanders
• First Sergeants
• Supervisors
• UIF Monitor
SUMMARY
Purpose
Counseling/Reprimand
UIF
CR
Responsibilities
COGNITIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:
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Explain the Air Force policy on personal indebtedness.
Explain the Air Force policy on family support.
Explain the Air Force policy on paternity allegations.
Explain possible UCMJ actions for insufficient funds.
Describe unit responsibilities concerning financial
indebtedness.
• Describe unit responsibilities concerning the government
travel charge card program.
OVERVIEW
 Air Force Policy
 Commander’s Responsibilities
 UCMJ and Financial Responsibility
 Government Travel Card Program
AIR FORCE POLICY
• Pay just financial obligations properly and
timely…
-AFI 36-2906
COMMANDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES
• General
– Review ALL cases
– Response time
• Dependent support
– With and Without BAH
– Payments “In Kind”
COMMANDER’S RESPONSIBILITIES
• Paternity
– Member Denies
– Member Confirms
• Civil debt non-payment
– DFAS response suspense
– Contest/Uncontested
UCMJ AND FINANCES
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Article 123a – Making, drawing, or uttering
check, draft, or order without sufficient
funds
• Article 134
– Paragraph 68 – Check, worthless, making and utteringby dishonorably failing to maintain funds
– Paragraph 71 – Debt, dishonorably failing to pay
USAF FIRST SERGEANT ACADEMY
• Government Travel Card Program
(DoD FMR 7000.14-r, Volume 9, Chapter 3)
– Restricted/Standard/Mission Essential
– Agency Program Coordinator (APC)
• Responsibilities
• Non-Travel Activity Report
• Delinquency Reports
SUMMARY
 Air Force Policy
 Commander’s Responsibility
 UCMJ/Financial Responsibility
 Government Travel Card
COGNITIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:
• Describe first sergeant responsibilities in
managing unaccompanied housing.
• Explain the criteria for dormitory
inspections.
• Describe priorities required for housing
unaccompanied enlisted personnel.
Shirt, why do we have dorm
inspections?
The next set of slides
are from the room
of an airman whose
father is a
st
1 Sergeant…
OVERVIEW
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Responsibilities
Dormitory Inspections
Unaccompanied Housing Priorities
Other Considerations
MP1 RESPONSIBILITIES
• Installation CC
– Manages unaccompanied housing programs
– Establishes inspection criteria & ensures
leadership conducts inspections
– Ensures all levels of leadership accomplish
morale visits w/dormitory residents monthly
• Installation CCM
– Coordinates with first sergeants on health,
safety, and morale issues affecting residents
MP1 RESPONSIBILITIES
• Squadron Commander (may delegate
responsibilities to first sergeant)
– Good order and discipline
– Establishes inspection program & performs
inspections
– Establishes leadership visitation program
– Schedules bay orderlies
– Serves on the QIC
MP1 RESPONSIBILITIES
• UH Management Section
– Manages day to day operations
– Closely interacts w/first sergeants
– Mentors residents w/adjustment to mil life
• Resident
– Acknowledges responsibly & liability in
writing
– Performs housekeeping IAW standards
– Accounts for personal conduct
MP2 DORMITORY INSPECTIONS
• Focus on safety and health
• Generally scheduled but may be unannounced
• Best practices for dormitory inspections
MP3 UH PRIORITIES
• Priorities
– #1: space required—military necessity,
readiness, discipline, and hardship
– #2: space required—single E1-E3 and E4
w/less that 3 yrs service (and mil-to-mil geoseparated couples), and all ranks in
dependent restricted areas
– #3: space available—single E4 w/more than 3
yrs through E9
– #4: space available—unaccompanied E1-E9
MP4 Other Considerations
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Dorm Councils
Dorm competitions and recognition
Deployment & TDY
Marriage and Pregnancy
Sex Offender Policy
SUMMARY
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Responsibilities
Dormitory Inspections
UH Priorities
Other Considerations
COGNITIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:
• Recognize proper processing of selected
Security Forces forms.
• Describe driving revocation procedures.
• Explain the purpose of the Air Force traffic
point system.
OVERVIEW
• General Guidance
– The Call
– Forms
• Driving Privileges
• Traffic Point System
• Commander’s Action
MP 1: The Call
• Preparation
– Continuity Book (Blackberry)
– Notification
• Supervisor
– Sees the member as is
– Takes responsibility
• Timeliness
MP 1: SELECTED FORMS
• DD Form 2708 – Receipt for Prisoner or
Detained Person
• AF Form 1168 – Statement of
Suspect/Witness/Complainant
• AF Form 3545A – SF Report
• DD Form 1408 – Traffic Ticket
• DD Form 1805 – US Magistrate Ticket
MP 2: DRIVING PRIVILEGES
• Conditional Privilege – Requirements
• Implied Consent to Blood, Breath, Urine
• Suspension – Temporary
– For serious violation or when lesser measures fail
to improve a driver’s performance
– Up to 6 months
• Revocation – Termination of privilege
– Not less than 6 month
– Mandatory times
MP 2: DBIDS
• Defense Biometrics Identification System
• Purpose: helps in decision making in order to keep
members safe from unauthorized personnel and
control access to mission critical assets.
• Information
– Photograph
– Height, weight, and Fingerprints
– Suspensions or revocations
MP 3: TRAFFIC POINT SYSTEM
• Uniform and impartial
administrative device
• Not substitute for disciplinary or
punitive action
• For moving violations only unless
otherwise directed by the Installation
Commander in a supplement
MP 4: COMMANDER’S ACTION
• Installation Commanders May Require:
– Advisory Letter through Unit CC
– Counseling/Interview via Unit CC (6-12 pt in 6 mths)
– Drivers Improvement and Rehabilitation Program
• Ground Safety is POC
– Medical Evaluation Referral
– Drug Or Alcohol Rehabilitation Referral
SUMMARY
• General Guidance
– The Call
– Forms
• Driving Privileges
– Consent
– DBIDS
• Traffic Point System
• Commander’s Action
COGNITIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:
• Generalize the selective reenlistment process
• Describe how quality force management affects
the selective reenlistment process
• Explain the Career Airman Reenlistment
Reservation System (CAREERS)
OVERVIEW
Objective
SRP Screening Process
SRP Procedures
CAREERS/CJR
SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT PROGRAM
• Objective
– “Ensure The Air Force Retains Only Airmen
Who Consistently Demonstrate The Capability
And Willingness To Maintain High Professional
Standards”
--AFI 36-2606
SCREENING PROCESS
• Don’t Consider:
– The Airman’s Intent
• Do Consider:
– EPR’s
– UIF
– Airman’s Willingness To Comply With
Standards
USAF FIRST SERGEANT ACADEMY
SRP
PROCEDURES
TIMELINES/CATEGORIES
• First Term Airmen
– 33 Months (4 yr/NCS enlistees)
– 57 Months (6 yr enlistees)
• Second Term/Career Airmen
• Career Airmen Within 20 Years And Over
SRP ROSTERS
• SRP Roster
– 4-part AFPC Controlled Product
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Part 1 – Eligible’s, requires CC certification
Part 2 – Previous selects now with questionable indicators
Part 3 - Under revision, should not be used at this time
Part 4 - Ineligible
SELECTION/NON-SELECTION
• Supervisor:
– Recommends Selection/Non-selection
• RIP or 418
• Unit Commander’s Signature
– Signature Constitutes Formal Selection
• Member Actions
APPEALS
• First Term/Career Airmen With Over 20 Years TAFMS
• Second Term/Career Airmen With Less Than 16 Years
TAFMS
• Career Airmen With At Least 16 But Less Than 20
Years TAFMS
USAF First Sergeant Academy
CAREERS AND THE CJR PROGRAM
CAREER JOB RESERVATION
CAREERS SYSTEM
• CAREERS:
– “A System Designed To Manage The Reenlistment
Of First Term Airmen, By Skill, To Preclude
Surpluses As Well As Shortages.”
--AFI 36-2606
• CJR: Reenlistment Quota
CAREER JOB RESERVATION PROCESS
• 4 Year or NCS Enlistees
– 35 Months
• 6 Year Enlistees
– 59 Months
• Expiration of CJR
– Extension of enlistment
SUMMARY
Objective
SRP Screening
SRP Procedures
CAREERS/CJR
COGNITIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:
• Explain the scope the first sergeant role.
• Know the Core Values as they relate to first
sergeant duty
• Understand how the first sergeant example
impacts a unit
OVERVIEW
Roles and Responsibilities
Air Force Core Values
Roles and Responsibilities
• Expeditionary Leader
• Advisor to the Commander
• Sets the example
Air Force Core Values
• Integrity First
– Willingness
– Courage
– Honesty
– Responsibility
– Accountability
– Justice
– Openness
– Self-respect
– Humility
Air Force Core Values
• Service Before Self
–Rule following
–Respect for others
–Discipline and self control
–Faith in the system
Air Force Core Values
• Excellence in All We Do
– Product/service excellence
– Personal excellence
– Community excellence
– Resource excellence
– Operational excellence
Summary
 Roles and Responsibilities
 Air Force Core Values
COGNITIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:
• Explain authorized absences.
• Distinguish authorized types of absences.
• Summarize the two types of passes and their
limitations.
Overview
General Guidance
Types of Leave
Passes
Permissive TDY
MP1. General Guidance
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Established by Congress
Unit commander’s leave policy
At least 14 consecutive days and 30 days/year
Authorized Absence
Where leave begins and ends…Local Area
 General Guidence
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Leave Extensions
Paternity/Maternity Leave
Recall from Leave
Special Leave Accrual (SLA)
MP2. Types of Leave
 Annual Leave
 Advance Leave
 Approval of 30 days or less
 Approval of more than 30 days
 Convalescent Leave
 30 days or less
 Exception: 42 days for normal pregnancy
 Emergency Leave
 Immediate Family
 Emergency Leave Process
 Terminal Leave
 Excess Leave
MP3. Passes
Two types
Regular: (Liberty) Starts after normal working
hours on a given day and stops at the beginning of
normal working hours on the next working day.
Special: Starts after normal working hours on a
given day and will not exceed a specific time limit
of either three or four days. No mileage
restrictions.
3-Day: Must contain at least one duty day
4-Day: Must include two consecutive non-duty days
Both passes can be taken in conjunction with leave
 Leave still must begin and end in local area
MP4. Permissive TDY (PTDY)
Administrative Absence
Not chargeable as leave
48 specific rules governing PTDY
AFI 36-3003, Table 7
Examples
New housing with PCS
Pre-separation or Retirement
Accompany dependant or member patient to a
designated Medical Treatment Facility
Summary
General Guidance
Types of Leave
Passes
Permissive TDY
COGNITIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:
• Explain unauthorized absences.
• Describe when an unauthorized absence
begins and ends.
• Summarize the unit responsibilities when
processing an unauthorized absence.
OVERVIEW
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UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCES
AWOL/DESERTER CLASSIFICATION
RETURN TO MILITARY CONTROL
RESPONSIBILITIES AND SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
MP 1: UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCE
– WHEN THEY BEGIN
– WHEN THEY END
• Cite the date and time
MP 2: AWOL/DESERTER CLASSIFICATION
• CLASSIFICATION
DETERMINED BY TIME
• REASONS FOR IMMEDIATE
DESERTER CLASSIFICATION
MP 3: RETURN TO MILITARY CONTROL
• Definition
• When it occurs
MP 4: RESPONSIBILITIES AND
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
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COMMANDER
FIRST SERGEANT
SUPERVISOR
SECURITY FORCES
MPF
DESERTION AND UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCE CHECKLIST
Action Required
** DENOTES RECOMMEDED ACTIONS TO TAKE.
Immediately
Attempt to locate member. Notify SFS. **Get statement from supervisor. Duty StatusWhereabouts Unknown (temporary casualty status). Declare deserter now?
24 Hours
Prepare and submit AF Form 2098 (AWOL/Deserter) to FSO.
**Inventory member’s effects (mil/civ). **Attempt to obtain photograph.
72 Hours
Unit commander, with the assistance from the supervisor, prepares and submits the Unit
Commander’s Letter of Inquiry.
10th Day
Letter to next of kin and payees of allotments.
31st Day
CC prepares 31st day status report. Notify MPF and SFS of member’s continued absence.
Retrieve family members’ ID Cards. Prepare AF Form 2098 (Deserter) and DD Form 553,
Deserter/Absentee Wanted by the Armed Forces. Family member financial help (E4 less than 4
years TAFMS) must be taken within first three months of unauthorized absence. MPS pulls
the field records.
60th Day
* Prepare and submit third unit commander’s status report.
120th Day
**Dispose of personal property.
180th Day
MPF drops member from unit’s rolls. Manning unit programs replacement.
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Letter to Next of Kin (NOK)
Military authorities do not know the member’s whereabouts and believes member to be AWOL.
NOK should urge member to return.
NOK should notify nearest military installation if they know the member’s whereabouts.
Dependent will be ineligible for medical care, other benefits and privileges if change to deserter status.
Continued absence may lead to a court-martial, loss of pay and allowance and government insurance, reduction in grade, BCD, DD,
and/or confinement.
SUMMARY
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WHEN THEY BEGIN AND END
 AWOL/DESERTER CLASSIFICATION
 RETURN TO MILITARY CONTROL
 RESPONSIBILITIES AND SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
COGNITIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:
• Paraphrase the objective of promotions program.
• Explain promotion authorities.
• Distinguish the various promotion methods and
procedures.
• Explain the various promotion actions.
• Describe first sergeant responsibilities in the promotion
process.
• Paraphrase the objective of administrative demotions.
• Defend the reasons for an administrative demotion.
• Explain demotion procedures/individual rights.
OVERVIEW
Objective
Promotion Authority
Promotion Methods
Promotion Procedures
Promotion Actions
First Sergeant Responsibilities
OBJECTIVE
“The Air Force must be able to identify
those people with the highest potential
to fill positions of increased grade and
responsibility”
—AFPD 36-25
PROMOTION AUTHORITY
 For Promotion to: AB – MSgt
 Immediate Commander
 SMSgt/CMSgt Academy Commandants
 SMSgt/CMSgt Detachment Chiefs/GS-09- Above
 For Promotion to: SMSgt - CMSgt:
 Major Command CC (MAJCOM)
 Field Operating Agency (FOA)
 Direct Reporting Unit CC (DRU)
 Chief of Staff, USAF
 Enlisted –ONE grade
PROMOTION METHODS & PROCEDURES
AB - SrA
 FULLY QUALIFIED
 BELOW-THE-ZONE
SSgt– CMSgt
WAPS (SSgt – MSgt)
WAPS/BOARD (SMSgt/CMSgt)
STEP
 SSGT – MSGT ONLY
 PME /TIG CANNOT BE WAIVED
 6 MONTHS TIG FOR PROMOTION TO SSgt
 12 MONTHS TIG FOR PROMOTION TO TSgt
 12 MONTHS TIG FOR PROMOTION TO MSgt
PROMOTION ROSTERS
 UNIT PROMOTION ROSTER
 Amn - SrA
 BTZ ELIGIBLE ROSTER
 Part I – All eligible A1C’s, no quality indicators
 Part II – “Questionable”
 Part III – Ineligible
 PROMOTION ELIGIBLE/INELIGIBLE ROSTER
 Part I – Selected/Line numbers
 Part II – Ineligible
PROMOTION ACTIONS
Non-recommendation
Member Ineligible
Removal Action (red line)
BTZ selectees removed from selection list
SrA - SMSgt: for a specific cycle; must be in
writing
PROMOTION ACTIONS
Deferral
Only affects promotion to SSgt - CMSgt
Delays promotion
Promotion authority up to 3 months
Deferral beyond 3 months
Wing CC or equivalent for SSgt - MSgt
Promotion authority for SMSgt and CMSgt
PROMOTION ACTIONS
Withhold
Promotion “on hold” pending some action
Immediate CC may withhold for 1 year (all
ranks)
Withhold beyond one year
Wing CC or equivalent for SSgt - MSgt
Promotion authority for SMSgt and CMSgt
PROMOTION ACTIONS
Reinstatement
Use when
 For only the most deserving cases
 Removal from Control Roster/Completion of Art 15
suspended reduction (allow to test, score test, previous
selects)
 Facts determine an injustice has occurred
 Ineligibility conditions no longer exist
The individual or the commander can request
promotion reinstatement
FIRST SERGEANT RESPONSIBILITIES
PROMOTION CEREMONIES
 Commanders may conduct ceremonies on the last duty day
before the promotion effective date and inform the member that
ceremonies do not affect pay, seniority,or entitlements.
INTERIM SUMMARY
Objective
Promotion Authority
Promotion Methods
Promotion Procedures
Promotion Actions
First Sergeant Responsibilities
OVERVIEW
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Purpose
Demotion Authority
Reasons To Demote
Demotion Procedures
Appeals
PURPOSE
Ensure personnel are fully qualified to serve in
their current grade and position.
DEMOTION AUTHORITY
• Group Commander
– E-7 And Below
• MAJCOM/FOA/DRU Commander (can delegate
to MAJCOM Vice)
– E-8 And E-9
• Secretary Of The Air Force
– Anyone
REASONS TO DEMOTE
• Failure To Complete Training
• Failure To Maintain Grade/Skill
• Failure To Fulfill Responsibilities (Amn, NCO,
SNCO)
• Failure To Keep Fit
• Failure To Perform (Premier Bandsman Only)
PROCEDURES
• Notification
• Airman’s Decision
• Commander’s Decision
• Demotion Authority’s Decision
APPEALS
• Every Airman’s Right
• Demotion Authority Actions
• Appellate Authority Actions
SUMMARY
 Purpose
 Demotion Authority
 Reasons To Demote
 Demotion Procedures
 Appeals
COGNITIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:
• Defend reasons for a voluntary separation.
• Predict service characterization for involuntary
separation.
• Explain when a person may request separation in
lieu of court-martial action.
• Distinguish the reasons for involuntary separation.
OVERVIEW
Purpose And General Policies
Voluntary Separations
Involuntary Separations
Service Characterizations
PURPOSE/GENERAL POLICY
• “The Air Force must maintain a vigorous fighting
force with high standards of conduct” --AFPD 3632
• “Separating members failing to meet
standards…promotes Air Force readiness and
strengthens military service” -- AFI 36-3208
TYPES OF ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATIONS
• Required
• Voluntary
• Involuntary
VOLUNTARY SEPARATIONS
• Reasons
 COG
 Dependency/hardship
 In lieu of court-martial
INVOLUNTARY SEPARATIONS
• General Considerations
• Reasons
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Involuntary COG
Defective Enlistments
Entry Level Conduct
Substance Abuse Treatment Failure
Homosexual Conduct (Consult JAG for current policy)
Unsatisfactory Performance
Misconduct
Fitness Failure
• Procedures
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CC Action When Initiating Involuntary Discharge
MANDATORY SEPARATIONS
• Reasons
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Fraudulent or Erroneous Enlistment
Civil Court conviction
Drug Abuse
PT Failures
ADMINISTRATIVE DISCHARGE BOARDS
• Board entitled if:
 NCO
 6 or more years TAFMS
 UOTHC Characterization
 Homosexual Conduct (Consult JAG)
CHARACTERIZATIONS
• Honorable
• General
• UOTHC
NON-CHARACTERIZATION
• Entry Level
• Release From Custody
• Dropped From Rolls
SUMMARY
Purpose/General Policies
Voluntary Separations
Involuntary Separations
Service Characterizations
AFI 36-2910, Line of Duty Determination
AFI 36-3212, Physical Evaluation for Retention,
Retirement, and Separation
AFI 10-203, Duty Limiting Conditions
AFI 41-210, Patient Administration Functions
AFI 48-123, Medical Examinations and Standards
COGNITIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:
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Describe the LOD objective
Identify specific procedures and requirements of the LOD
Justify appropriate uses of the LOD process
Describe the purpose of MEB
Indentify the roles and responsibilities associated with
the MEB process
• Identify specific procedures and requirements of the MEB
process
• Describe post MEB actions
LOD & MEB
Overview:
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Line of Duty (LOD) Definition & Objective
When to Determine LOD
Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) Purpose
MEB Roles and Responsibilities
MEB Process
Actions after IPEB and FPEB
MP 1: DEFINITION AND OBJECTIVE
What Is An LOD Determination?
Federal Law requires determination as to
whether or not certain injuries or diseases are
suffered by military members while in the line
of duty (LOD) or as a result of misconduct on
the part of the member.
MP 1: DEFINITION AND OBJECTIVE
Protects the government against fraudulent
injury claims
Protects the rights of Air Force Airmen who are
injured while in the line of duty.
MP 2: WHEN DETERMINATIONS ARE REQUIRED
The death of a member (Admin Determination not Sufficient)
Inability to perform military duties exceeds 24
hours
The likelihood of a permanent disability
Applies To:
ADAF
 ANG on published orders or traveling to or from
duty
USAF cadets
MP 3: MEB PURPOSE
In order to maintain a fit and vital force, the
Secretary of the Air Force relies on disability laws
to remove active duty and ARC member who can
no longer perform their military duties because of a
mental or physical defect. The MEB is the first
step in the Air Force disability evaluation process
to determine who is not worldwide qualified.
AFI 41-210, Patient Administration Functions
MP 4: RESPONSIBILITIES
 Medical Treatment Facility Officer
 Physical Evaluation Board Liaison Officer
(PEBLO)
 Commander and Supervisor
 Member
MP 5: PROCESSING AN MEB
 Member or Primary Care Manager reports condition
 AF Form 618 must be processed within in 30 days initiated by
Medical Officer
 PEBLO facilitates AF Form 469 and briefs member of
conditions of MEB and limiting factors
TDY or leave outside local area requires HQ AFPC coord
 Commander’s Impact Letter
 sample in AFI 10-203 Attachment 3
 IPEB Findings
 Member has 10 days to agree or disagree
 Stipulations for a Formal Hearing
 Disagree with findings
MP 6: POST IPEB AND FPEB
 Base findings on the facts and circumstances in each case
 Relationship between disability and required military duty
 Findings in favor of member unless preponderance of evidence dictates
otherwise
 Return to Duty
 Permanent Retirement
 Temporary Retirement
 Discharge with Severance Pay
MP 6: POST IPEB AND FPEB
ASSIGNMENT LIMITATION CODES (ALC)
 ALC-C1: Deployable/Assignable to Global DoD
fixed installations with intrinsic Medical Treatment
Facilities
 ALC-C2: Deployable/Assignable to CONUS
installations with intrinsic fixed Medical Treatment
Facility
 ALC-C3: Non-Deployable/Assignment limited to
specific CONUS installations based on medical need.
Summary
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Line of Duty (LOD) Objective
When to Determine LOD
Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) Purpose
MEB Roles and Responsibilities
MEB Process
Actions after IPEB and FPEB
OVERVIEW
Who OSI is
What OSI can do for you
What you can do for OSI
What OSI and you can do together
MP 1: Who is OSI
• Patterned after FBI
• Criminal
• Fraud
• Counterintelligence
• Consolidated investigative services under SECAF
• Field Operating Agency
• Under SAF/IG direction/guidance
• District (Geographically Aligned)
MP 1: Who is OSI
•MAJCOM Aligned (Regions) / Sqs & Detachments
Primary Base Interface
•AF focal point for working w/ U.S. and foreign
law enforcement and security services to provide
timely/accurate threat info
• AFOSI Mission: Identify, exploit and neutralize criminal,
terrorist and intelligence threats to the U.S. Air Force,
Department of Defense and U.S. Government.
MP 1: Who is OSI
• A federal law enforcement agency conducting
investigations and operations throughout the spectrum
of conflict:
• Warfighting - Conducts, in hostile/uncertain environments,
Counter Threat Operations (CTO) to find, fix, track, neutralize
enemy threats
• Federal LEA - Criminal investigations, counterintelligence (CI),
specialized investigative activities, protective service ops, &
integrated Force Protection for AF
• Intelligence Community contributors - Collections and
operational work in the areas of our mission sets
MP 1: Who is OSI
In-garrison - Felony-level investigations & CI/FP
Deployed - CI/FP/CT/AT Support to Deployed CCs
Inside & Outside the Wire…in garrison and
deployed…to find answers to questions which
reduce/neutralize threats critical to Air Force, DoD,
and US Govt leaders/decision makers
MP 1: Who is OSI
• Law Enforcement (LE): AF’s only federal law enforcement
capability
• Counterintelligence (CI): AF’s only org authorized to conduct CI
• Deployed: AF’s only “outside the wire” Counter-Threat operations
capability
• Analytical Capability: Fusion of CI, Counter-Terrorism & LE
intelligence
• Cyber Expertise: Nation’s top Cyber intrusion investigators &
forensic experts
• Polygraph services: AF’s only Polygraph and Credibility Assessment
(PCA) capability
MP 2: What OSI can do for you
•Good Order and Discipline
•Bring your Airmen home safely
•Provide training
•Use us—we have access to info that can help your CC
• May not be OSI case but may be able to cut through
red tape
•Support to ANG and AFRC
MP 3: What you can do for OSI
•Arbiter between your commander and us
• Be there for your Airmen when the interview over
• Be there for the agent(s) working your case
•Call us early and often
• Let OSI know what the “rumor mill” is generating
• Give OSI opportunities to train and work with your
Airmen
• Insure required reportable CI info is relayed to OSI
• Let OSI speak with your “borderline” Airmen
MP 4: What we can do together
•Two-way intel
• Synergistic relationship built on trust
•Relationships…welcome Superintendents to your
group
• Visit your OSI detachment
• Welcome the Super to your council
• Training initiatives
SUMMARY
Who OSI is
What OSI can do for you
What you can do for OSI
What OSI and you can do together