21X Field Grade Officer Outlook

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21X Field Grade Officer Outlook

• Lt Colonel Ernest Drake
• HQ AFPC
• Logistics Officer Assignments

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AFPC LOGISTICS OFFICERS BRANCH
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Overview

• What We Do
• Officer Demographics
• Force Development
• Developmental Education
• Command
• 365/In Lieu Of Taskings
• Air Force Assignment System
• Airman Development Plan

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An Idea of What We Do

• Assignments
• Spring 100
• Summer 550
• Fall 120
• Facilitate Selection boards/processes
• DTs, SQ/CC, 20C0, 30C0, IDE/SDE, AMMOS, AFIP,
  RAS/PAS, AFIT, LCBP, EWI, ALROC, LREC, ALEET
• AMOC, MMOC, MOIC scheduling,
• 365 TDYs
• Walk-ins
• Base Spread-the-Words
• MAJCOM GP/CC conferences
• National LOA

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Officer Demographics
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21A Current Inventory w/ FY09 Sustainment
Capts
RAW 110 Entitled 100
LTs
RAW 116 Entitled 100
Majors
Lt Cols
RAW 80 Entitled 59
RAW 92 Entitled 81
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21M Current Inventory w/ FY09 Sustainment
Capts
RAW 102 Entitled 90
LTs
RAW 290 Entitled 100
Majors
Lt Cols
RAW 98 Entitled 78
RAW 75 Entitled 64
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21R Current Inventory w/ FY09 Sustainment
Capts
RAW 105 Entitled 100
LTs
RAW 360 Entitled 100
Majors
RAW 80 Entitled 55
Lt Cols
RAW 76 Entitled 45
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What does all that tell me?

• Low entitlement rates limit release from career
  fields
• Possible issue with 01-03 yr groups in the future
• Up to 30 prior service officers in these bands
• Trend is increased separations after 20 yrs of
  total service
• Lack of 21A Majors will drag down FGO manning for
  yrs
• Low 21R FGO numbers continue for foreseeable
  future
• Lots of FGO opportunities in Core AFSC positions

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Force Development
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Developmental Teams (DT)

• Group of senior leaders who oversee development
  of officers within a given core AFSC
• Membership
• 21X DTs chaired by AF/A4L
• Membership consists of 21X O-6s from each MAJCOM
• Meet 3x / year
• Spring vectors, NRPP, career-field issues
• Summer vectors, SQ/CC, 20C0/DCM, IDE/SDE, PAS
• Fall vectors, RAS, AFIT, LCBP, career field
  issues

Deliberate Development to Meet Mission
Requirements
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Developmental Teams (DT)

• Developmental Vectors
• Provide level of next assignments (not specific
  position)
• Identify officers for special programs (LCBP,
  RAS, etc.)
• SQ/CC 20C0 Boards
• List of officers to serve as functional
  commanders
• Cross functional look at CC candidates for
  Training and Recruiting Squadrons
• Development Education (DE) Nomination
• Prioritized listing of officers to meet DE
  Designation Board
• Provides school vector

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Steady State Vectoring

• Deliberately develop Airmen to perform our
  diverse mission
• DT members review personnel files
• Records, SURF, ADP
• Panel jointly compares notes
• Collaborate on vectors
• Tailored to individual career field development
• Provides feedback comments via ADP
• A lot of discussion goes behind each comment
• Vector type of assignment, NOT location!
• Example Ops Officer, SQ/CC, MAJCOM Staff

GOAL - Build development game plan vs.. narrow
focus on specific jobs
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Steady State Vectoring
Maj (s) 1
IDE Window 2
SDE Window 4
Lt Col (s) 3
Yrs Service
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Steady State Vectoring

• Vectors are not loaded for all submitted ADPs
• Vectors good 3-5 years
• Intent of vector one-time feedback
• Re-vector w/ O-6 request, out-run vectors, etc.
• DTs do NOT look at CGOs
• Delegated to AFPC
• Vectors are NOT assignments
• Assignment teams strive to match DT vectors
• Focus on mission needs individual

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Developmental Education
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IDE/SDE Eligibility
IDE Eligibility Window (Line)
SDE Eligibility Window (Line)
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IDE

• 21A/M Approx. 29 seats per year
• 21R Approx. 22 seats per year
• Select vs.. Candidate
• Select - Top 20 YG
• Candidate - 45 selection rate
• Board is held during summer DT
• Results mid-Oct 08

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SDE

• 21A/M Approx. 12 seats per year
• 21R Approx. 9 seats per year
• Select vs. Candidate
• Select - Top 15 no longer Top 20
• Candidates should see increased opportunity
• Board is held during summer DT
• Results mid-Oct 08

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IDE/SDE Info

• Officers must ensure latest OPR is on file at
  AFPC
• SRs may nominate 100 selects, 25 of
  candidates
• SRs must justify why they dont nominate last
  look selects
• Ops Deferments are the Exception, not the Norm
• IDE All officers must identify 3 AAD
  programs/degrees
• All IDE nominees must provide GPA for
  undergrad/grad degrees received and GRE/GMAT
  scores if takenmust be listed in 3849
• SR stratification is Critical

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Command
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Sq/CC Selection

• 1989 to 1997 YG officers eligible
• 15 months TOS by 1 Jan 09
• Must move situation
• DT-approved continuation of fly-up category
• 2 command tour philosophywaiver process exists
• 81 projected 21R vacancies
• 110 projected 21A/M vacancies
• DT reviews records, SURFs, ADPs, and SOIs
• Senior Raters hire from candidate listing
• MAJCOMs/AFPC de-conflict bids
• Hires announced in mid-Jan 09

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20C0/30C0

• 1988 to 1992 YG officers eligible
• Only half of 1992 YG
• 15 months TOS by 1 Jan 09
• Must move situation
• DT-approved continuation of fly-up category
• 21 20C0 projected vacancies
• DT reviews SURFs, ADPs, SOIs
• Senior Raters hire from candidate listing
• MAJCOMs/AFPC de-conflict bids
• Selections announced after hiring completed

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Change for 2009 Process

• All 21A/M eligible officers will meet the Sq/CC
  and 20C0 boards unless they decline via SOI
• More to come on the process and timing

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365 TDYs In Lieu of Tasking
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Tasking Breakdown
88 CY09 21R Taskings
4 (grd subs allowed - 4)
47 (grd subs allowed - 47)
24 (grd subs allowed - 24)
13 (grd subs allowed - 10)
Tasking Breakdown
LtCol
Maj
LtCol
LtCol
Maj
LtCol
Maj
Maj
Taskings Down?
Capt
Capt
Capt
Capt
As of 5 Aug 08
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Growth Industry365-Day Deployments
ILO Taskings (Interrogators)
CAOC, IqAF Trng Sch
2007 Taskings
2008 Taskings
2009 Taskings
CAFTT, ETT
Initial CAOC
PRT Teams
WIT Teams
PRT Provincial Reconstruction Teams WIT
Weapons Intel Teams CAFTT Coalition Air Force
Transition Team CAPTF Combined Air Power
Transition Force
ETT Embedded Training Team CAOC Combined Air
Operations Center IqAFTS Iraqi/Afghani Training
School
As of 3 Sep 08
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365 Taskings as a Percentage of Core AFSC Lt Col
below 2007 vs. 2008
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365 TDY Process
Top-10 Vulnerable
Email to FAMs Email to AF/A4RF Email to 21R
Distro List Post on 21R Website
Email to Mbr Email to Mbrs CC Email to FAMs
Advertise Tasking List
Email to FAMs Email to AF/A4RF Email to 21R
Distro List Post on 21R Website
Vol Window
Officer Selection
Call/Email to Mbrs CC
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365-Day TDY Selections

• Vol Process
• Contact AFPC/DPASL and let us know youre
  interested
• E-mail routed through Commander
• Name goes on a vol spreadsheet well call if you
  qualify/when needed
• No harm in putting your name on the Im
  Interested list
• Non-Vol Process
• Non-Vol roster pulled for the rank of the
  tasking, to include selects
• Goes by of Short Tours and Short Tour Return
  Date (STRD)
• Officers in overseas long tour locations can be
  non-vold
• Officer declination 7-day option rules apply

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365 TDY Selection Filters

• Officers exempt from non-vol
• lt6mos TOS
• SQ/CC
• IDE/SDE
• Joint
• On assignment
• Established DOS in deployment window
• Currently on short tour
• Return from last AEF/contingency deployment lt6
  months
• Medical Codes
• 30C0/20C0

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Air Force Assignment System
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Assignment Process

• 3-Cycle Timeline
• TOS Rules
• By-Name Requests (BNRs)
• ADP Dos and Donts
• Remote Assignments
• Join Spouse
• Humanitarian Assignments
• Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)
• High School Senior Assignment Deferral (HSSAD)

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Assignment Process

• 3-Cycle Process
• Spring 100
• Summer 550
• Fall 120
• Predictability
• Vulnerability based on date arrived station
• VML notifies officers they may move that cycle
• Visibility
• Validated requirements listed on web
• Gives realistic picture of whats available

Know Your Role in the Assignment Process
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TOS Requirements

• Standard CONUS to CONUS 48 months
• OCONUS can move at 36 months
• Join spouse 24 months
• Permissive 12 months
• SQ/CC 24 months
• 20C0 36 months
• Remote 24 months

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VML

• Establishes pool of eligible officers based on
  TOS
• VML Vulnerable to Move List, not a must move
  list

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Reclamas

• Commander initiatesbased on
• Mission Needs
• Extenuating Circumstances
• When applicable, enables officer to extend beyond
  current cycle

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Requisitions

• CCs responsibility to communicate requirements
• Flexibility to move personnel internally
• Determine RNLTDs, ensure descriptions/quals are
  updated
• Need to be prioritizednot all will be filled!
• Resubmit unfilled requisitions every cycle

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Requisitions
AFSC/Rank
Joint
Specific Requirements
Update thru AMS
By Name Request (if applicable)
How the Field Communicates their Requirements
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Requisitions
By-Name-Request Policy
only field grade officers and positionssubmitted
by WG/CC (or equiv)
be submitted using the requisition processties
requested officer to the position up front.
BNRs will be just one factor in the assignment
decision process.
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PRD Visibility

• Program Requirements Display (PRD)
• Whats available for a particular cyclevalidated
  by AFPC!
• View in Assignment Management System (AMS)
• Late submissions do NOT get viewedand may NOT
  get filled!

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PRD Visibility
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Airman Development Plan

• Communication tool between officer, reviewer,
  AFPC DT
• Considered anytime record is reviewed
• CC, Special Selection Boards, Next Assignment, DT
  Vectors, etc.

Keep ADP Updated at All Times!
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AFPC Matches

• Driven by
• 1 AF Mission Needs (Prioritization Plans)
• 2 Officer Professional Development/DT Vector
• 3 Officer Preferences (ADP)

Matching Scienceand Art!
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Remote Assignments

• Min TOS 24 months
• Vol Process
• Update your ADP!
• Drop us a note letting us know
• Non-Vol Process
• Non-Vol roster pulled for the rank/core of the
  tasking
• No prev short tours, STRD, ODSD
• Officer declination 7-day option rules apply
• CGO follow-ons will be matched ahead of other
  movers
• CGOs should have their follow-ons prior to
  departure

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Join Spouse

• Fill valid manning requirements
• Perform duties in which they are
  trained/experienced
• Only considered for assignment where they can
  maintain a joint residence
• Command-sponsored remotes
• Funded Min TOS 24 mos
• Permissive Min TOS 12 mos
• In the best interest of the AF

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Humanitarian Program

• Resolve a severe, short-term problem involving an
  immediate family memberutilized in DAFSC
• Who is a family member?
• Spouse, child, father, mother, father-in-law,
  mother-in-law, step-parent, person in loco
  parentis, or other persons actually residing in
  the household who are dependent for over half of
  their financial support
• Siblings not included, but may submit for
  terminal illness
• Resolution w/in 12-18 months
• Members presence ESSENTIAL to fix the problem
• Member submits electronic application through
  vMPF in normal circumstances
• May defer reassignments/TDYs/deployments

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Exceptional Family Member Program

• Based on a family members
• Medical Needs
• Educational Needs
• Early Intervention
• Related Services
• Limited to spouse, child, or other person
  actually residing in the members household
• Verified by local Special Needs Coordinator (SNC)
• Member submits electronic application through
  vMPF in normal circumstances
• Enrollment is not optional it is MANDATORY!
• Does not DRIVE an assignment but may alter one!

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High School Student Assignment Deferment

• Increase stability for military families
• Targets dependent children entering/in senior
  year
• Must be enrolled in DEERS residing w/ sponsor
• Memo from high school counselor confirming
  current school grade projected graduation date
• Complete / submit HSSAD memo through CC MPF to
  AFPC
• Effective immediatelynot retroactive
• Consistent with needs of the AF

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Airman Development Plan
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Airman Development Plan
For the Member

• DONT
• Target a single location or job
• Repeat info from SURF
• List jobs by AFPC ID only -- include AFSC/Duty
  Title
• Assume that a By Name Request is a guarantee
• Assume that we remember every phone/e-mail
  conversation -- remind us in the ADP comments
• Leave your ADP blank or fail to update that
  removes your voice!

• DO
• Be upfront with your Assignment Team
• Fill in gaps from SURF
• Discuss all relevant personal issues
• Consider the long view, then work backwards to
  the current assignment where do you want to be?
• Ask questions locally first your
  peers/CC/MAJCOM POC

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Airman Development Plan
For the Reviewer

• DO
• Resolve contradictions between officer reviewer
  comments before forwarding to AFPC
• Comment on quals/capabilities
• Recommend next type of job and level of
  responsibility
• Comments should be consistent with officers
  record
• Explain PCS timing issues mission requirements
  (e.g. AEF Bucket), PRF accounting dates, etc.
• Include long-term recommendationsseek
  diversity/growth
• Submit prior to ADP due date!
• AFPC will not see ADP until you forward it
• Continue mentoring officer

• DONT
• Emphasize location preferences no value added
• Just say Concur
• Reviewers must make comments to ensure proper
  development
• Leave the comments section blank
• Sends a bad message
• Treat like an OPR or 1206
• No need to fill in all the white space
• Give unrealistic recommendations

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Foot Stomps

• Stay aware of career field issues
• Deployed taskings not going away Be ready!
• Your current job is your most important
• Talk to your boss and my team about your future
• Pay up your career insurance policy

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Logistics Assignment Team

• Branch Chief
• Lt Col Ernest S Drake 665-3557
• Maintenance Assignments - 21A/21M (665-3556)
• Maj Josef Sablatura Chief Air Staff, ACC,
  Elements, 365s
• Maj Sarah Emory AMC, Force Development, 20C0
• Maj Mike Hammack AETC, AFSOC, Accessions,
  Training
• Capt Felicia Sargent PACAF, USAFE, AFSOC,
  SQ/CC
• Capt Jeff Anderson 21Ms, AFMC, AMMOS
• LRO Assignments - 21R (665-3556)
• Maj Mark Vitantonio Chief Air Staff, AMC, AFDW
• Maj Jason Garrison PACAF, USAFE, Joint, 365s
• Maj (S) Buddy Elliot AFMC, AFSPC, AFSOC, SQ/CC
• Capt Dan Hosler USAFE, ACC, Levies

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THANK YOU