April 24, 2009 AF selects 37 Airmen for physician assistant training The Air Force selected 37 Airmen to attend the Tri-Service (Phase I) Physician Assistant training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The March 2009 Physician Assistant Board met at the Air Force Personnel Center here to consider 83 applicants. In addition to those selected to attend training, six
April 22, 2009 Personnel accountability system live AF-wide; May exercise planned The Air Force implemented the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System April 1, a new program to improve global disaster personnel accountability management, reporting and case management across the Force, and plans to test the system in a force-wide exercise May 19-21. "The May
April 6, 2009 AF announces quicker process for filling acquisition jobs In an effort to speed up hiring in the critically manned acquisition career fields, the Air Force Personnel Center here announced a streamlined process to fill key civilian jobs in half the time. The growing shortage in acquisition positions resulted in the Department of Defense authorizing
April 3, 2009 Combat rescue, special tactics retention bonuses available Thanks to a $2.5 million deposit from the Department of Defense, qualified special operations officers are now eligible for a maximum of $100,000 in critical skills retention bonus money if they voluntarily extend their active-duty service commitment for up to four years. "The consistently high
April 3, 2009 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign ends May 1 This year's Air Force Assistance Fund "Commitment to Caring" campaign, from Feb. 9 to May 1, provides Airmen the opportunity to contribute to any of the four official Air Force charitable organizations. Now in its 36th year, 100 percent of designated AFAF contributions benefit active-duty, Reserve,
April 3, 2009 AFPC officials discuss personnel issues with McGuire Airmen Col. Jim Davis, Air Force Personnel Center Assignments Division chief support officer, speaks during an open participation town hall meeting March 12 at The Club. Colonel Davis and other AFPC experts visited McGuire to pass on information about AFPC and to collect feedback from their customers --
April 1, 2009 Officers selected for Olmsted Scholar Program Six Air Force officers have been selected to participate in the Olmsted Scholar Program for the class of 2010. Each year, the competitive program offers grants for two years of graduate study in a foreign culture to career line officers from all four branches of the U.S. military. The following Air
March 30, 2009 Revised 'Little Brown Book' now available Air Force officials here recently revised Air Force instruction 36-2618, The Enlisted Force Structure, also known as "The Little Brown Book," and the electronic version is available now with hardcopies expected to be available in May. The guide has long been a staple of establishing expectations and
March 30, 2009 AF begins Phase II of the NCO retraining program Two deadlines are quickly approaching for Airmen identified for retraining under Phase II of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officer Retraining Program. These Airmen must submit a retraining request by April 6. They must also complete a retraining package by April 29 for the Air Force Specialty Code
March 26, 2009 Changes make Letter of Evaluation more effective evaluation instrument The Air Force Personnel Center here recently introduced several changes to Air Force Form 77, Letter of Evaluation, as part of its ongoing efforts to improve and refine its processes. Some of the specific improvements included upgrading the form's layout and usability, creating dropdown boxes to