Some articles will not display until you log in, and others may not display until you associate a ".mil" email with your account.
Nov 08 AnnouncementsNew policy eliminates the actual board conducted at AFPC. All other
processes remain intact. This process places primary responsibility for
determining an officer's readiness for promotion to Captain at the MAJCOM or
equivalent level.
PSDM 08-50--CY 2009 Quarterly Captain Selection Process Field Leaders
The 2002 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorized service
secretaries to eliminate central selection boards for promotion to captain
where the promotion opportunity is 100%. The Secretary of the Air Force
determined the Air Force would implement this process as policy. The
captain selection process eliminates the actual board conducted at HQ AFPC.
All other responsibilities such as producing eligibility lists, collecting
records of performance (ROP), identifying directed by headquarters (DBH)
officer performance reports (OPRs), preparing “do not promote” (DNP)
recommendations, and obtaining Management Level (ML) approval remain intact.
This process is not like promotion to first lieutenant, where officers
automatically appear on a monthly promotion roster for promotion after two
years time in grade. This process places the primary responsibility for
determining an officer’s readiness for promotion to captain at the MAJCOM or
equivalent level.
Additional information can be found in the attached PSDM 08-50.
AFPC Change Management
Visit the PSD Homepage:
http://ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil/psd/default.asp?prods3=2254&prods2=2026&prods1=99 PENTAGON SERVICES NEWS National Aquarium in Baltimore
As a thank you to active duty service members, Pentagon Services
has received 50 free Dolphin Show coupons. These coupons may only be used at
the Aquarium between 2-26 Nov 08 and must be used in conjunction with the
military consignment admission ticket. An active duty ID is required upon
redemption at the Will Call window. The active duty member may include his/her
immediate family, but the family members must be accompanied by the ID card
holder, and each person requires a military consignment ticket and Dolphin show
coupon.
Allen Edmonds Sale - Wed, 5 Nov
Our Allen Edmonds Trunk Sale will be held on Wednesday, 5 Nov in
Room 5E932. A rep from Allen Edmonds will be here from 0900-1500 to answer all
your questions about these quality men's shoes and accessories. During the week
of the sale, we will have sample shoes on display, and all purchases will be 40%
off the catalogue price. Pentagon Services sells Allen Edmonds products year
round at a 35% discount, but during the Trunk Sale, you receive an additional 5%
discount!
USAF Band Concert
Starting Monday, 3 Nov, Services will distribute tickets to the
Air Force Band's Holiday concert "Simple Gifts". The 3 performances at the DAR
Constitution Hall are: Saturday, 6 Dec at 3 pm and 7:30 pm, and Sunday, 7 Dec at
3 pm. Admission is free.
US Capitol Visitor's Center
The U.S. Capitol Visitor Center has extended an invitation to
the military community to visit the Center before the official public opening.
These test tours will act as trial runs for the Center staff in preparation for
their opening. The test dates are: 5-8 Nov, 11 Nov, 14 & 15 Nov and 19-22 Nov.
You must be a DOD ID card holder to participate and you must RSVP and get a
confirmation for a specific date and time. If you are interested, please
contact Pentagon Services for full details.
Pentagon Services, Room 5E932
(703) 697-9866
www.pentagon.services.hq.af.milPentagon MPF Relocation
ALCON,
Effective 14 Nov 08, we will begin our move to our new location in Corridor
10. Our new offices will be located in 5C1049. During this time, the
DEERS equipment will be moved and the relocation will take 3 days.
Important note--Our DEERS access (CAC cards) will be down from 18 Nov -21
Nov 08.
The MPF, Airman and Family Readiness, Testing, and Finance at the Pentagon
will all be relocating to the same location, 5C1049. The centralization of
our customer service functions should be a plus for everyone. We will be
closed during this time except for emergency situations. Please plan
accordingly and we apologize now for any inconvenience this may cause.
Military Appreciation Nights
Capitals Special - 10 Nov
Pentagon Services has 50 discount seats for the Capitals vs
Tampa Bay on Monday, 10 Nov at the Verizon Center. Our tickets will go on sale
this Thursday, 30 Oct, first come- first serve to our Pentagon assigned Air
Force members. Any ticket remaining after the first day will be sold to any
interested customer. The seats are in Sec. 104 for only $35 each (regularly $80
each), plus you will receive a coupon for one free burrito from Chipotle's for
every ticket purchased. There will be a limit of 6 tickets per person while
there is a line.
Wizards Special - 12 Nov
Pentagon Services still has discount tickets available for
Military Appreciation Night on Wed, 12 Nov against the Utah Jazz. These tickets
are located in the lower levels for only $41 each (regularly $102 each!).
Reminder:
Our Capitals & Wizards tickets for December games go on sale
Tuesday, 4 Nov. Tickets for the Redskins December game go on sale Wednesday, 5
Nov.
Sales are restricted on the first day of sale to our Air Force personnel
assigned to the Pentagon. Contractors are not eligible on the first day. Any
tickets remaining after the first day may be sold to any interested customers.
Prices and seat locations can be found on our website, or by stopping by our
office for a flyer.
Personnel center adds new mission; helps veterans, VA
Welcome to the Air Force Personnel Center News Service
Oct. 28, 2008
Release No. 128
Personnel center adds new mission; helps veterans, VA
By Master Sgt. Kat Bailey
Air Force Personnel Center
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - Air Force officials announced an added mission
for the Air Force Personnel Center here beginning Oct. 30 to improve the
accountability of medical records and aid in the timely processing of veterans'
disability claims.
Starting with Randolph AFB as the test base, AFPC will collect and then transfer
Health Treatment Records (medical and dental records forwarded together) to the
servicing Department of Veterans Affairs location of retired and separated
Airmen who left the Air Force after Sept. 1, 2008.
The new mission, directed by the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, will
capitalize on a policy announced in 2007 to hold medical and dental records at
medical treatment facilities 30 days past an Airman's date of separation to
capture documentation from medical appointments and procedures toward the end of
a member's service. The policy directs all services to transfer medical and
dental records to the DVA from a "centralized personnel out-processing
location." Therefore, the mission was assigned to AFPC.
"This is not a scanning or storage operation like unit personnel records, but an
initiative to ensure complete Health Treatment Records and any late-flowing
documents are sent to the VA," said Barbara Duggan, AFPC Records Branch Quality
Assurance.
In the case of a late flowing document, if such a late-flowing medical document
is forwarded to AFPC by an MTF, the Center can confirm the record was, or was
not, already sent to the DVA by annotating a form letter to help ensure a
complete record for our Airmen.
"We've worked with the VA to ensure expeditious processing of these late-flowing
documents," Ms. Duggan said. "This could be the one document an Airman needs
that is holding up their VA disability claim."
Airmen do not have to wait until after they separate or retire to file a
disability claim with the DVA. They can file up to six months in advance
providing they can be available for DVA medical appointments. In these cases,
Airmen can request a copy of their records from their servicing MTF to provide
to the DVA. Then, following the new guidelines, the Airman's MTF holds the
original record until 30 days after separation or retirement when it is sent to
the AFPC Health Treatment Records Central Cell.
"Although the medical records mission is an accountability and transfer function
versus scanning, we are confident we will provide a valuable service to the
member and to the VA," said Sharon Hogue, Master Personnel Records Branch chief.
"When Airmen's medical records are transferred by the Air Force Personnel
Center, we will be their advocate if the records are misrouted at some point in
the transfer process."
AFPC's new Total Force mission will soon provide accountability for medical and
dental records for all retired or separated Airmen - active, Guard and Reserve.
The effective start date for members of the Guard and Reserve will be announced
later this fall.
Washington Wizards vs. Utah Jazz
When: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Where: Verizon Center
Time: 8:00pm
Ticket Prices: Lower Level Section 113 = $45 per ticket
Upper Level Section 413 = $20 per ticket
Restrictions: Open to all service members serving on active duty service,
Retirees, Reservists, and National Guard.
Instructions: Please call Valerie at 703.696.0958 to purchase tickets.
Note: Phone messages or emailed requests to purchase tickets will not be
honored.
Comments are turned off for this item
USAF DemographicsWelcome to the Air Force Personnel Center News Service
Jan. 25, 2008
Release No. 005
Service demographics offer snapshot of force
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – The Air Force Personnel Center here recently published its demographics report offering a snapshot of the service's active-duty and civilian force, as of Dec. 31.
More information can be found at the center's analysis branch website:
http://wwa.afpc.randolph.af.mil/demographics.
Statistics rounded to the nearest tenth.
Active-duty demographics
Snapshot of the Air Force- 325,725 individuals are on active duty
-- 64,927 officers and 260,798 enlisted personnel
- The Air Force has 13,099 pilots, 4,226 navigators, 1,246 air battle managers and 30,531 non-rated line officers in the grades of lieutenant colonel and below
Age- The average age of the officer force is 35; for the enlisted force it's 29
- Of the force, 38.65 percent are below age 26
-- 13.8 percent of officers are below age 26 versus 44.83 percent of enlisted force
Gender- 19.57 percent of the force are women
-- 17.98 percent of the officers are women and 19.97 percent of the enlisted corps are women
-- 57.04 percent of the female officers are line officers; 42.96 percent are non-line
-- 84.94 percent of the male officers are line officers; 15.06 percent are non-line
- The population of women is 63,760
- Women first began entering pilot training in 1976, fighter pilot training in July 1993 and navigator training in 1977
-- Currently there are 568 (4.02 percent) female pilots, 234 (5.14 percent) female navigators and 145 air battle managers (11.19 percent)
Race of AirmenThe following percentages cover self-reported Air Force military members' racial information.
- 0.61 percent reported their race to be American Indian or Alaska Native
- 2.44 percent reported their race to be Asian
- 14.7 percent reported their race to be Black or African American
- 0.91 percent reported their race to be Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
- 73.75 percent reported their race to be White
- 1.72 percent reported their race to be more than one of the categories
- 5.87 percent declined to report their race
Ethnicity of Airmen"Hispanic or Latino" is now considered an ethnic, not a racial, category that is registered separately and in addition to the above racial categories.
- 9.41 percent of Airmen call themselves "Hispanic/Latino"
- 87.04 percent "not Hispanic/Latino"
- 3.54 percent declined to respond
Marital status- 60.58 percent of the current force is married
-- 72.39 percent of the officers are married and 57.65 percent of the enlisted
- There are 19,338 couples in the Air Force with both spouses in the military
-- 1,378 of these are married to members of other military services
Family members- Active duty members supported 498,351 family members
-- 394,493 are family-members-in-household
Overseas- 20.98 percent of the current force is assigned overseas (including Alaska and Hawaii)
-- 9,802 officers and 58,530 enlisted personnel
Total active federal military service- The average total active federal military service is 11 years for officers and 9 years for enlisted
Academic education- 50.76 percent of the officers have advanced or professional degrees
-- 40.16 percent have master's degrees, 9.28 percent have professional degrees and 1.32 percent have doctorate degrees
-- 24.37 percent of company grade officers have advanced degrees; 17.39 percent have master's degrees, 6.69 percent have professional degrees and 0.29 percent have doctorate degrees
-- 84.75 percent of field grade officers have advanced degrees; 69.39 percent have master's degrees, 12.71 percent have professional degrees and 2.66 percent have doctorate degrees
- 99.96 percent of the enlisted force have at least a high school education
-- 72.95 percent have some semester hours towards a college degree
-- 17.19 percent have an associate's degree or equivalent semester hours
-- 5 percent have a bachelor's degree
-- 0.76 percent have a master's degree
-- 0.01 percent have a professional or doctorate degree
Component- 99.52 percent of the officers have a regular commission
-- 99.77 percent of the line officers have a regular commission
Developmental education- 60.76 percent of the officers have completed one or more professional military education or developmental education course either in residence or by correspondence.
-- 9,156 have completed at least one senior service school or senior developmental education course, 12,673 have completed an intermediate level course while 17,622 have completed squadron officer school.
Source of commission- 19.84 percent of the officers were commissioned through the Air Force Academy, 43.17 percent through Reserve Officer Training Corps and 19.87 percent through officer training school.
-- The remaining 17.12 percent were commissioned from other sources (direct appointment, etc.).
Civilian employee demographicsTotal Civilian strength- There are 139,944 civilian employees
-- 75.9 percent are "white collar" and 24.1 percent are "blue collar"
Citizenship- 130,835 are U.S. citizens including U.S. nationals (9,612 are Air Force Reserve Technicians)
- 9,107 are foreign national employees
- 2 are other non-U.S. employees in the U.S. or a U.S. territory
Age- The average age is 46.8 years
Length of service- The average length of service is 15.6 years
Retirement eligibility- 24 percent become eligible in more than 20 years
- 29.9 percent become eligible in 11-20 years
- 17.8 percent become eligible in 6-10 years
- 17.7 percent become eligible in 1-5 years
- 8.8 percent became eligible 1-5 years ago
- 1.8 percent became eligible more than 5 years ago
Gender- 32.9 percent are female and 67.1 percent are male Race The following percentages cover self-reported Air Force civilian members' racial information.
- 1.1 percent reported their race to be American Indian or Alaska Native
- 5 percent reported their race to be Asian
- 11.7 percent reported their race to be Black or African American
- 0.2 percent reported their race to be Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
- 70.5 percent reported their race to be White
- 0.3 percent reported their race to be more than one of the categories
- 11.1 percent declined to report their race
Ethnicity"Hispanic or Latino" is now considered an ethnic, not a racial, category that is registered separately and in addition to the above racial categories.
- 7.1 percent of Airmen call themselves "Hispanic/Latino"
- 92.9 percent "not Hispanic/Latino"
Overseas- 10.8 percent of the total civilian work force are assigned overseas
- 39.5 percent are U.S. citizens including U.S. nationals.
- 60.5 percent are local nationals
Military service- 2.9 percent of the civilian work force are retired officers
- 16 percent of the civilian work force are retired enlisted
- 29.9 percent of the civilian work force have some military service (not retired)
- 51.3 percent have no military service
Education White collar- 25.3 percent have a bachelor’s degree
-- 17.6 percent have a master's
-- 2.1 percent have a doctorate or professional degree
- 23.8 percent have an associate’s degree or have accumulated hours toward a bachelor's degree
- 28.4 percent have at least a high school education
- 1.3 percent have less than a high school diploma
Blue collar- 4.4 percent have a bachelor’s degree
-- 0.4 percent have a master's degree
- 26.6 percent have an associate’s degree or have accumulated hours toward a bachelor's degree
- 66.4 percent have at least a high school education or equivalent
- 1.7 percent have less than a high school diploma
Developmental education- 6,202 civilian employees have completed one or more military schools
-- 3,522 have completed squadron officer school
-- 3,410 have completed intermediate developmental education
-- 1,760 have completed senior developmental education
Executive-level training- 322 employees have completed executive-level training
-- 23 congressional fellowship programs
-- 270 executive and senior leadership
-- 26 public administration graduate school
-- 8 management graduate school
-30-
The Air Force Personnel Center -- putting the Right People in the Right Place at the Right Time. For more AFPC news and information, log on to our Web site at
http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil. Comments are turned off for this item
