BY ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 36-3802

9 JANUARY 2019
Incorporating Change 1, 21 November 2021
Certified Current 21 November 2021

Personnel

FORCE SUPPORT READINESS

PROGRAMS

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OPR: AF/A1XO Certified by: SAF/MR

Supersedes: AFI 10-214, 4 June 2018 Pages: 108

AFI 10-216, 27 July 2016
AFI 36-2911, 14 October 2016
AFI 36-3103, 18 May 2016
AFI 36-2134, 4 August 2014
AFI 36-3802, 23 February 2009
AFI 36-3803, 7 June 2016

This instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 36-38, Personnel Readiness
Reporting and Accountability and is consistent with AFPD 10-2, Readiness and supports AFPD
36-29, Military Personnel Standards, AFPD 36-26, Military Force Management, and AFPD 34-
1, Air Force Services. This publication applies to Department of the Air Force civilian employees
and uniformed members of the United States Space Force, the Regular Air Force, the Air Force
Reserve, the Air National Guard and the Civil Air Patrol when conducting missions as the official
Air Force Auxiliary. This instruction applies to the United States Space Force (USSF) unless and
until such time as separate service guidance is published. In this event, USSF guidance shall
prevail in application to the USSF. Note: All references to United States Air Force (USAF)
terminology, units, grades, and positions will also apply to the equivalent in the USSF, as
appropriate. For example, references to Airmen will also apply to Guardians. References to major
commands (MAJCOMs) or numbered Air Forces will also apply to field commands. References
to wings will also apply to deltas/garrisons. Air Staff roles and responsibilities (e.g., (AF/A1),
etc.) may also apply to the equivalent Office of the Chief of Space Operations (Space Staff)
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position or office (e.g., SF/S1, etc.), as deemed appropriate. Any conflict between this instruction
and the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR), Uniformed Service Members and DoD Civilian
Employees, is resolved based on the JTR, not this instruction. This instruction has been developed
in collaboration between the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services
(AF/A1), Office of the Chief of Space Operations, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Human
Capital (SF/S1), the Chief of the Air Force Reserve (AF/RE), and the Director of the Air National
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Field Command (FLDCOM)-level supplements must be approved by the Human Resource
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(DoDI) 5400.11, DoD Privacy and Civil Liberties Program. The applicable Systems of Records
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the requestors commander for non-tiered compliance items. The use of the name or mark of any
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imply endorsement by the AF.

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

This interim change revises AFI 36-3802 by (1) providing policy, procedures, and reporting
requirements regarding Personnel Tempo (PERSTEMPO), (2) updating terminology and
definitions to comply with the current Federal Law, per 10 United States Code (USC) § 991, and
(3) consolidating and incorporating limits for individual PERSTEMPO. A margin bar (|) indicates
newly revised material.

CHAPTER 1—FORCE SUPPORT READINESS PROGRAMS 9

1.1. Overview. ................................................................................................................. 9

CHAPTER 2—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 10

2.1. Roles and Responsibilities. ...................................................................................... 10
2.2. Headquarters United States AF Deputy Chief of Staff Manpower, Personnel and
Services (AF/A1): .................................................................................................... 10
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2.3. The Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (AF/A3):................................................ 10

2.4. Headquarters United States AF Directorate of Plans and Integration (AF/A1X): ... 10
2.5. Director of Civilian Force Management (AF/A1C):................................................ 11
2.6. Director of Military Force Management Policy (AF/A1P):..................................... 11
2.7. Director of Services, Force Sustainment Division (AF/A1S): ................................. 11
2.8. Director of Civil Engineers (AF/A4C): ................................................................... 11
2.9. Director of Logistics (AF/A4L): .............................................................................. 11
2.10. AF Force Support Career Field Management and Readiness Division
(AF/A1XO): ............................................................................................................. 11
2.11. Director of Surgeon General (AF/SG3/5) will:........................................................ 12
2.12. AF Directorate of Plans and Integration Force Support Career Field Management
and Readiness Division, Readiness Branch (AF/A1XOR): ..................................... 13
Table 2.1. Members of the Force Support War Fighter Requirements Review. ....................... 13
2.13. AF Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI/ICON): ............................................... 14
2.14. Director of Personnel Operations (AFPC/DP2) is responsible for: ......................... 15
2.15. Director of Airman and Family Care (AFPC/DPF): ................................................ 15
2.16. AFPC Air and Space Expeditionary Force Operations and Readiness Division
(AFPC/DP2W): ........................................................................................................ 16
2.17. AFPC Airman and Family Division (AFPC/DPFF): ............................................... 19
2.18. Airman and Family Care, Missing Persons Branch (AFPC/DPFCM):.................... 19
2.19. Air Force Total Force Service Center (AFPC/DP1OS): .......................................... 20
2.20. Air Force Security Forces Center (AFSFC/SFC): ................................................... 20
2.21. AF Installation and Mission Support Center: .......................................................... 20
2.22. AF Installation and Mission Support Center Expeditionary Support and
Innovation Directorate (AFIMSC/MFM): ............................................................... 21
2.23. Director of Operations, Air Force Services Activity (AFSVA/SVO): .................... 22
2.24. AF Services Activity (AFSVA/SVOR): .................................................................. 22
2.25. AFPC AEF Readiness Branch (AFPC/DP2WR) and AFSVA/SVOR: ................... 23
2.26. AFPC AEF Readiness Branch (AFPC/DP2WR) and AFSVC Training and
Development Division (AFSVC/SVXT): ................................................................ 24
2.27. Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command and Headquarters Individual
Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization (HQ RIO): ................................ 24
2.28. Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC/A1K): .................................... 24
2.29. Headquarters National Guard Bureau (NGB/A1X): ................................................ 24
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2.30. MAJCOM Directorates of Manpower, Personnel and Services (MAJCOM/A1).... 25

2.31. MAJCOM Director of Operations (MAJCOM/A3/4/5). ......................................... 25
2.32. AF Component MAJCOM/Component Numbered AF: .......................................... 25
2.33. Supported Component Command (Contingency and Exercise Support) Director
of Manpower, Personnel, and Services: ................................................................... 26
2.34. Silver Flag Training Force Support Readiness Superintendent: .............................. 28
2.35. Commanders at All Levels: ..................................................................................... 28
2.36. Installation Commander:.......................................................................................... 28
2.37. Installation Commanders (Continental United States (CONUS) or Non-foreign
Area (e. g., Hawaii, Alaska)) (Wing Plans) will: .................................................... 29
2.38. Unit Commanders/Directors will: ............................................................................ 29
2.39. Commander’s Support Staff or MPS (Force Management Section). ....................... 31
2.40. Financial Services Office (FSO): ............................................................................. 32
2.41. Commanders of local Military Treatment Facilities, Reserve Medical Units,
RegAF, AFR and ANG Aeromedical Evacuation Squadrons, and Guard Medical
Units will: ................................................................................................................ 32
2.42. Servicing Security Forces: ....................................................................................... 32
2.43. Force Support Squadron (FSS) Commander/Director. ............................................ 33
2.44. Chief, Civilian Personnel Flight or Equivalent: ....................................................... 34
2.45. Military Personnel Section Commander or Equivalent: .......................................... 34
2.46. Force Support Squadron (FSS) Operations Officer: ................................................ 35
2.47. Unit Deployment Managers will:............................................................................. 36
2.48. Force Support Squadron Readiness Manager/UDM (or Unit Readiness Manager): 36
2.49. Force Support Squadron (FSS) Activities/Sections: ................................................ 37
2.50. MPF Strength Accounting Duty Status Program Manager:..................................... 37
2.51. IPR Offices will: ...................................................................................................... 38
2.52. PERSCO Team Chief: ............................................................................................. 38
2.53. Supervisors/Trainers: ............................................................................................... 39
2.54. Trainee: .................................................................................................................... 39
2.55. Force Support UTC Team Members: ...................................................................... 39
2.56. Regular Air Force, Selected Reserve, Department of Air Force and Non-
appropriated Air Force Civilians will: ..................................................................... 39
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CHAPTER 3—FORCE SUPPORT READINESS PLANNING 41

3.1. Planning and Posturing UTC Force Support Capabilities. ...................................... 41
3.2. Planning and Posturing. ........................................................................................... 41
3.3. Installation Level Planning. ..................................................................................... 41
3.4. Posturing Guidance. ................................................................................................. 42
3.5. Force Providers. ....................................................................................................... 42

CHAPTER 4—FORCE SUPPORT READINESS EDUCATION AND TRAINING 43

4.1. Force Support Readiness Education and Training. .................................................. 43
4.2. Force Support Readiness Training. .......................................................................... 43
4.3. Force Support Home Station Readiness Training. ................................................... 43
4.4. Force Support Vehicle Training............................................................................... 44
4.5. Force Support Silver Flag. ....................................................................................... 44
4.6. Silver Flag Training Assessment and Certification. ................................................ 44
4.7. Selected Force Support Training. ............................................................................ 45
4.8. Force Support Contingency Course. ........................................................................ 45
4.9. Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments. ........................... 45
4.10. Expeditionary Manpower Management Course. ..................................................... 46
4.11. Sustainment/Mission Specific UTC Training. ......................................................... 46
4.12. Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers (RED
HORSE). .................................................................................................................. 46
4.13. Mortuary. ................................................................................................................. 46
4.14. Port Mortuary. .......................................................................................................... 46
4.15. Fatality Search and Recovery Team. ....................................................................... 47
4.16. Protocol. ................................................................................................................... 47
4.17. Sexual Assault Response Coordinator. .................................................................... 47
4.18. Nonappropriated Fund Accounting.......................................................................... 47
4.19. Equal Opportunity.................................................................................................... 47
4.20. Institutional Forces. ................................................................................................. 47
4.21. Combatant Commander In-Place Training. ............................................................. 47
4.22. Installation Response Training Requirements. ........................................................ 47
4.23. Unit Readiness Manager (or UDM if they are fulfilling the readiness manager
role). ......................................................................................................................... 48
4.24. Operations Officer. .................................................................................................. 48
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4.25. Component MAJCOM (C-MAJCOM)/ Component Numbered AF Planner Air

Force Forces Staff. ................................................................................................... 48
4.26. Field Operating Agencies/Intermediate Headquarters
(AFPC/AFSVC/AFMAA/AFMAO and AF Installation and Mission Support
Center). .................................................................................................................... 48
4.27. AF/A1XO Readiness. .............................................................................................. 48
4.28. Scheduling Readiness Training................................................................................ 48
4.29. Budgeting for Force Support Readiness Training.................................................... 49
4.30. Equipment, Supplies and Funding. .......................................................................... 49
4.31. Prime Readiness in Base Services Decals................................................................ 49
4.32. Force Support Program Funding.............................................................................. 50

CHAPTER 5—PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY 51

5.1. Purpose, Background and Scope.............................................................................. 51
5.2. Purpose. ................................................................................................................... 51
5.3. Background. ............................................................................................................. 51
5.4. Scope........................................................................................................................ 51

CHAPTER 6—IPR AND PERSCO 53

6.1. Purpose, Background, Introduction, Scope and Concepts. ...................................... 53
6.2. Purpose. ................................................................................................................... 53
6.3. Background. ............................................................................................................. 53
6.4. Introduction.............................................................................................................. 53
6.5. Scope........................................................................................................................ 53
6.6. Personnel Accountability. ........................................................................................ 53
6.7. Contingency, Exercise, and Deployment Orders. .................................................... 54

CHAPTER 7—EVACUATION OF US CITIZENS AND DESIGNATED ALIENS FROM

THREATENED AREAS ABROAD 57
7.1. Overview. ................................................................................................................. 57
7.2. Noncombatant Evacuation Operation Mission. ....................................................... 57
7.3. Repatriation. ............................................................................................................. 57
7.4. Evacuation Planning and Processing. ...................................................................... 57
7.5. Reception Plans and Assistance in CONUS and in Temporary Safe Haven
Overseas. .................................................................................................................. 58
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CHAPTER 8—DESERTION AND UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCE 59

8.1. Unauthorized Absence. ............................................................................................ 59
8.2. Purpose. ................................................................................................................... 59
8.3. Objective: ................................................................................................................. 59
8.4. When Unauthorized Absences Begins and Ends. .................................................... 59
8.5. Reporting Unauthorized Absences. ......................................................................... 60
8.6. Reporting Responsibilities. ...................................................................................... 60
8.7. Duty Status Reporting. ............................................................................................. 60
8.8. After-The-Fact Reporting. ....................................................................................... 62
8.9. General Apprehension Information and Cooperation with Civil Authorities. ......... 62
8.10. Notice of Air Force Deserters to Civil Authorities: ................................................. 63
8.11. Investigations, Apprehension, and Cooperation with Civilian Law Enforcement
Authorities: .............................................................................................................. 63
8.12. Rewards and Reimbursements: ................................................................................ 64
8.13. Actions Taken When an Absentee Returns to Military Control. ............................. 64
8.14. Notice of Return to Military Control. ...................................................................... 64
8.15. Where Absentees Return to Military Control: ......................................................... 65
8.16. Defining an Absentee’s Return to Military Control................................................. 65
8.17. Disposition of Absentee Returned to Military Control: ........................................... 65
8.18. Escorts...................................................................................................................... 66
8.19. Actions Taken After an Absentee is Returned to a Servicing Air Force
Installation. .............................................................................................................. 66
8.20. Commander’s Determination. .................................................................................. 67
8.21. Erroneous Reports of Unauthorized Absence. ......................................................... 68
8.22. Special Requirements for ANG and AFR Members. ............................................... 68
8.23. General. .................................................................................................................... 68
8.24. Determining Unauthorized Absences. ..................................................................... 68
8.25. Reporting Unauthorized Absences. ......................................................................... 69
8.26. Return to Military Control Responsibilities. ............................................................ 69
8.27. Special Instructions for the United States Army, United States Navy, or United
States Marine Corps Members Who Are Returned to or Surrender to An Air
Force Installation. .................................................................................................... 69
8.28. Instructions for a Service Member’s Return or Surrender: ...................................... 69
8.29. United States Army:................................................................................................. 70
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8.30. United States Navy: ................................................................................................. 70

8.31. United States Marine Corps: .................................................................................... 70
8.32. United States Air Force Deserter Information Point:............................................... 70

CHAPTER 9—IDENTIFICATION TAGS 71

9.1. Issuance of Identification Tags. ............................................................................... 71
9.2. An Identification Tag Set. ........................................................................................ 71
9.3. Red Medical Alert Tags. .......................................................................................... 71
9.4. Reissuing Limitations. ............................................................................................. 71
9.5. Wear of Identification Tags. .................................................................................... 71
9.6. Information on Identification Tags. ......................................................................... 71

Chapter 10—(Added) *(ADDED) NON-CONTINGENCY TDY STRENGTH

ACCOUNTING DUTY STATUS REPORTING PROCEDURES,
MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES, AND PERSTEMPO TRACKING AND
MANAGEMENT 72
10.1. (Added) Purpose. ..................................................................................................... 72
10.2. (Added) Background................................................................................................ 72
10.3. (Added) Non-Contingency Strength Accounting Duty Status Procedures:. ............ 72
10.4. (Added) After-the-Fact Strength Accounting Duty Status Updates. ....................... 73
10.5. (Added) Personnel Tempo (PERSTEMPO) and Tempo Management Tracking
System (TMTS): ...................................................................................................... 74
10.6. (Added) Permissions. ............................................................................................... 74
10.7. (Added) Tempo Management Tracking System (TMTS) Capabilities.................... 75
10.8. (Added) Add, Update or Delete Events in TMTS. .................................................. 76
10.9. (Added) Special Access. .......................................................................................... 76
10.10. (Added) Leave in Conjunction with Another Strength Accounting Duty Status..... 77
10.11. (Added) Management of PERSTEMPO. ................................................................. 78

Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION 80

Attachment 2—FORCE SUPPORT SUPPLY AND DEMAND PYRAMID 92

Attachment 3—FORCE SUPPORT FORCE MODULE (FY21-23) 93

Attachment 4—AUTHORIZED RELIGIOUS PREFERENCES FOR IDENTIFICATION

TAGS 94

Attachment 5—STRENGTH ACCOUNTABILITY DUTY STATUS TABLE 100

Attachment 6—PERSTEMPO EVENT TABLE 103

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CHAPTER 1

FORCE SUPPORT READINESS PROGRAMS

1.1. Overview.
1.1.1. This instruction provides guidance for managing the Force Support Readiness Program
which organizes, trains, and equips personnel to meet Combatant/Geographic Commander
needs for wartime, contingency, and installation incident response requirements.
1.1.2. It establishes guidance and assigns responsibilities for evacuation of Air Force
members, dependents, other US citizens and designated aliens from threatened areas abroad or
in anticipation of, or in response to any natural or man-made disaster. It requires all
commanders to develop plans for evacuating people from their installations, as well as for
receiving and repatriating evacuees.
1.1.3. It outlines when and how identification (ID) tags are issued to Air Force service
members and when they are to be worn (or in the individual’s possession).
1.1.4. It provides guidance on the collection and maintenance of strength accounting duty
status information.
1.1.5. It establishes standard procedures for dealing with desertion and unauthorized absences.
It outlines Air Force procedures to reduce personnel identified as absent and returning the
absentees to military control.
1.1.6. It provides policy and guidance for on Personnel Readiness Operations. This instruction
also provides guidance for Personnel Support for Contingency Operations (PERSCO) from
pre-planning through employment and redeployment actions. Additional guidance is available
in Air Force Instruction (AFI) 10-403, Deployment Planning and Execution; AFI 10-404, Base
Support and Expeditionary (BSA&E)Site Planning and AFI 10-401, Operations Planning and
Execution.
1.1.7. It provides guidance for establishing and maintaining personnel accountability in the
event of natural disasters or national emergencies for Air Force (AF) personnel in accordance
with Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 3001.02, Personnel Accountability in
Conjunction with National Emergencies or Natural Disasters. It applies to both the continental
United States (CONUS) and locations outside the continental United States (OCONUS).
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CHAPTER 2

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

2.1. Roles and Responsibilities.

2.2. Headquarters United States AF Deputy Chief of Staff Manpower, Personnel and
Services (AF/A1):
2.2.1. Serves as functional authority and provides overarching guidance and oversight of the
Force Support Readiness program.
2.2.2. Ensures the Force Support Readiness program complies with Office of the Secretary of
Defense, Joint Staff, Secretary of the Air Force, and Headquarters Air Force direction
including AFPD 10-2, Readiness.
2.2.3. Advises the Chief of Staff of the Air Force on Air Force-wide execution of AF/A1
Mission Essential Functions regarding Continuity of Operations and on matters related to
Force Support functions regarding and capabilities to ensure support for warfighter objectives.
2.2.4. (Added) Provides overarching guidance and oversight to the Air Force and Space
Force personnel tempo (PERSTEMPO) program.
2.3. The Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (AF/A3):
2.3.1. Is the AF OPR for evacuation and repatriation operations.
2.3.2. Ensures overall command, control and status reporting of evacuation operations.
2.3.3. Appoints a member to the Washington Liaison Group to coordinate the execution of
evacuation responsibilities.
2.3.4. Measures and reports on the readiness of military forces and the supporting
infrastructure to execute evacuations.
2.3.5. Provides air transportation, including theater, strategic, and intra-continental US as well
as aeromedical evacuation in accordance with the mission and priorities assigned by United
States Transportation Command.
2.3.6. Responsible for evacuation operations and repatriation planning in coordination with
Joint Staff and Geographic/Combatant Commands.
2.4. Headquarters United States AF Directorate of Plans and Integration (AF/A1X):
2.4.1. Establishes force support readiness doctrine and guidance and manages the Force
Support Readiness program.
2.4.2. Appoints, by name, an individual from AF/A1XOR as the Force Support Functional
Area Manager (FAM). FAM responsibilities are provided in AFI 10-401, Operations Planning
and Execution.
2.4.3. Assigns personnel to the AF Crisis Action Team in coordination with AF Directorate
of Plans, Operations and Requirements, War Planning and Policy Division (AF/A3O).
2.4.4. Provides operational status and situational reporting to AF Senior Leaders on the status
of the Force Support contingency and wartime operations.
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2.4.5. Advises the AF Crisis Action Team and reports status of A1 functions and capabilities
to senior AF leaders as required.
2.4.6. Ensures all guidance is written and includes content provided by Total Force
components (Regular Air Force [RegAF], Air National Guard [ANG], and Air Force Reserve
[AFR]).
2.4.7. Directs the Force Support Squadron (FSS) Military Personnel Flight (MPF) offices to
continue to follow established procedures for producing identification tags in accordance with
this instruction.
2.4.8. Provides policy on identification tags to include Red Medical Alert identification tags.
Policy will be coordinated with AF/SG3/5 to ensure policy compliance.
2.4.9. (Added) Establishes doctrine and guidance and manages the Air Force and Space
Force PERSTEMPO program.
2.5. Director of Civilian Force Management (AF/A1C): Provides human resource guidance
and entitlement/compensation information to/for AF civilians relating to evacuation operations.
2.6. Director of Military Force Management Policy (AF/A1P):
2.6.1. Provides personnel program and policy guidance and entitlement/compensation
information to/for AF members/families, e.g., STOP MOVEMENT.
2.6.2. Serves as the functional OPR for policy aspects of the Absence Without Leave
(AWOL)/Deserter program.
2.6.3. Directs AF policy for AWOL/Deserter duty status reporting.
2.7. Director of Services, Force Sustainment Division (AF/A1S):
2.7.1. Provides guidance on assistance and support to AF Family members (military and
civilian).
2.7.2. Ensures required Force Support Services, Sustainment capabilities, and programs are in
place for evacuation reception and repatriation operations, according to Geographical
Combatant Commander evacuation plans and policies.
2.8. Director of Civil Engineers (AF/A4C): will provide guidance for contingency response
planning that includes evacuation considerations.
2.9. Director of Logistics (AF/A4L):
2.9.1. Is responsible for transportation of personnel and equipment for evacuation operations.
2.9.2. Ensures installation reception and support plans adequately identify support for
evacuation, reception and repatriation plans. The OPR for the Base Support Plan Part I is the
installation Site Manager located within the Logistics Readiness Squadron.
2.10. AF Force Support Career Field Management and Readiness Division (AF/A1XO):
2.10.1. Has overall responsibility for personnel readiness and accountability programs, to
include strength accountability duty status reporting and PERSTEMPO, and any policy or
directives pertaining to these programs. Develops concepts and policies to ensure Total Force
accountability of Air Force and Space Force members.
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2.10.2. Serves as the OPR for personnel readiness and PERSCO policy and provides guidance
to all Major Commands (MAJCOMs), AF Installation and Mission Support Center,
Component Numbered AFs, Direct Reporting Units, and Field Operating Agencies on the
posturing, scheduling, coding and the use of personnel assets 38F and 3FXXX to support the
full range of military operations.
2.10.3. Develops and oversees Force Support Readiness policy for all levels of command.
Provides policy to all MAJCOMs, Component Numbered AFs, Direct Reporting Units, and
Field Operating Agencies on Force Support Readiness programs. Monitors implementation of
policy across MAJCOMs, Component Numbered AFs, Direct Reporting Units, and Field
Operating Agencies to ensure consistent application and provides feedback where necessary.
2.10.4. Provides headquarters oversight of Force Support Readiness After-Action Report
corrective actions.
2.10.5. Assigns Manpower and Equipment Force Packaging responsible command to manage
Force Support Unit Type Codes (UTCs).
2.10.6. Serves as the AF Crisis Action Team A1 cell when activated.
2.10.7. Advises AFPC Operations Center when a contingency operation begins. Refer to the
AF Continuity of Operations Plan for next in line for continuity purposes.
2.10.8. Serves as the AF personnel policy OPR for Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and
Execution Segments, repatriation and Evacuation Operation, Augmentation Duty Program,
and FSS (or equivalent) Defense Readiness Reporting System.
2.10.9. Serves as the AF/A1 office of primary responsibility (OPR) for evacuation operations.
2.10.10. Provides guidance on accounting, tracking, and reporting of personnel throughout the
evacuation process.
2.10.11. Monitors accountability and visibility of all AF personnel (military and civilian)
during all phases of evacuation to include evacuation to a safe haven, in accordance with
Geographical Combatant Commander evacuation plans and policies.
2.10.12. Provides status of Force Support reception and beddown capabilities to support
evacuation operations, i.e., providing meals and temporary lodging, according to Geographical
Combatant Commander evacuation plans and policies.
2.11. Director of Surgeon General (AF/SG3/5) will:
2.11.1. Subject to availability of Congressional appropriations, fund the purchase of Red
Medical Alert identification tags for all AF Medical Treatment Facilities.
2.11.2. Direct all Air Force Medical Treatment Facilities, to include Reserve and Guard
Medical Units equipped to produce Red Medical Alert identification tags, to continue
production as long as funding is provided. Ensure medical staff will adhere to Department of
Defense (DoD) Instruction (DoDI) 6025.18. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule Compliance in DoD Health Care Programs
2.11.3. Develop a process and a standardized form for all Medical Treatment Facilities to
ensure the proper information is placed on the Red Medical Alert identification tag.
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2.12. AF Directorate of Plans and Integration Force Support Career Field Management and
Readiness Division, Readiness Branch (AF/A1XOR):
2.12.1. Serves as the AF/A1 Functional Readiness FAM and the OPR for the Force Support
Readiness program and guidance.
2.12.2. Submits, advocates, and defends Program Objective Memorandum to organize, train
and equip the Force Support community in order to build capability for contingency and
wartime.
2.12.3. Chairs the Force Support War Fighter Requirements Review working group.
2.12.4. The Force Support War Fighter Requirements Review is comprised of individuals
listed in Table 2.1.

Table 2.1. Members of the Force Support War Fighter Requirements Review.
Force Support War Fighter Requirements Review Members
AF/A1 FAMs
Force Support Career Field Managers
AF Installation and Mission Support Center (AFIMSC)
MAJCOMs
Component MAJCOMs
Component and ANG Force Support Readiness FAM Advisors
Advisors
Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC)
Directorate of Personnel Operations (AFPC/DP2)
Air Force Services Center (AFSVC/SVORR)
Force Support Silver Flag sites
Installation-level Readiness Officers/Non-Commissioned Officers as required
2.12.5. The War Fighter Requirements Review working group meets biannually via
conference or virtually and makes recommendations to the Readiness and Training Council on
policy, training, and resource allocation issues.
2.12.6. Lead AF representative for the Force Support equipment management program.
2.12.7. Chairs the Field Integrated Research and Modernization working group which focuses
on Force Support equipment research, development and fielding.
2.12.8. The Field Integrated Research and Modernization working group will meet biannually
via conference, virtually, or as needed but usually just prior to the War Fighter Requirements
Review working group.
2.12.9. Coordinates on all Operation Plans with AF/A3O.
2.12.10. Develops AF/A1 Total Force planning guidance in doctrine, and determines AF/A1
wartime manpower requirements/capabilities in the AF/A1 supplement of the War and
Mobilization Plan
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2.12.11. Establishes guidance and provides oversight for Force Support capabilities regarding
evacuation operations.
2.12.12. Establishes broad, Total Force Manpower, Personnel, and Services guidance related
to all aspects of the contingency and wartime deployment and redeployment process.
2.12.13. Conducts DAF level shortfall risk assessments and provides courses of action for
functional authority decision regarding Force Support Readiness capability to deploy.
2.12.14. Develops AF/A1 Force Support Functional Area Prioritization and Sequencing
guidance in in accordance with codified USAF UTCs posturing guidance.
2.12.15. Serves as the functional OPR for the USAF personnel aspects of Deliberate and Crisis
Action Planning and Execution Segments.
2.12.16. Provides guidance for reporting Force Support status via Resource and Capability
Readiness reports. Updates and maintains the AF Tables in Defense Readiness Reporting
System in accordance with AFI 10-201, Force Readiness Reporting.
2.12.17. Monitors MAJCOM posturing and coding efforts to ensure compliance with AF/A1
Force Support Functional Area Prioritization and Sequencing guidance.
2.12.18. DELETED.
2.12.19. Serves as functional OPR for all Force Support Readiness curriculum and must
review and approve all readiness curriculum for all Force Support courses.
2.12.20. Oversees Force Support readiness training requirements and provides inputs for the
annual call for formal school quotas for Air University Force Support Readiness courses.
2.12.21. Ensures Total Force matters are represented across the spectrum in Force Support
Readiness.
2.12.22. Is the Air Force and Space Force OPR for personnel accountability and the strength
accounting duty status program.
2.12.23. Develops and oversees personnel accountability and duty status reporting policy and
guidance.
2.12.24. Directs AFPC to create and activate an event in the disaster/emergency personnel
accountability system upon direction from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint
Staff, Air Force and Space Force leadership, or at the request of MAJCOM, Field Command,
or installation commanders.
2.12.25. Notifies AF Airman & Family Readiness Policy (AF/A1SAA) to include Needs
Assessments related information to active events.
2.12.26. Monitors personnel accountability systems to track progress and provide status report
as directed.
2.13. AF Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI/ICON):
2.13.1. Is responsible for updating AF Deserter information in the Federal Bureau of
Investigations (FBI) National Crime Information Center.
2.13.2. Updates the National Crime Information Center for all AF deserters upon receipt of a
valid Department of Defense Form (DD Form) 553, Deserter/Absentee Wanted by the Armed
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Forces, and the Department of Defense Form (DD Form) 616, Report of Return of Absentee.
In cases of desertion under aggravated circumstances as defined below, AFOSI works with the
FBI or other appropriate law enforcement agency to expedite the investigation and to find and
arrest the absentee. (T-1). Examples of cases in which the AF requests FBI assistance include
those in which the individual is a deserter and:
2.13.2.1. Is wanted for an offense punishable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice
(UCMJ). Consult with the local Judge Advocate (JA) to determine if offense and
circumstances warrant the classification of desertion.
2.13.2.2. Had access to classified information which, if disclosed, would jeopardize
United States security interests.
2.13.2.3. Is an escaped prisoner.
2.13.2.4. Is an officer.
2.13.3. Oversees local servicing police units’ inquiries into Unauthorized Absence (UA) on
commander’s request.
2.14. Director of Personnel Operations (AFPC/DP2) is responsible for:
2.14.1. Tracking, accounting, reporting, and ensuring follow-up support is provided.
2.14.2. Utilizing the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System (AFPAAS)
to report members evacuated/displaced, to contact their leadership, keep them informed of their
location, and account for Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System enrolled family
members who physically reside in the Geographical Area of Interest and had to evacuate.
2.14.3. Utilizing all systems available to include the Noncombatant Evacuation Operation
Tracking System in conjunction with the AFPAAS to identify and track evacuees throughout
the continuum of evacuation operations.
2.14.4. (Added) Administering the execution of the PERSTEMPO program. The
PERSTEMPO program manager is responsible to train, advise, and assist Military Personnel
Flights/units with PERSTEMPO procedures; provide PERSTEMPO system access control and
help desk; monitor PERSTEMPO field operations; and monitor and report compliance and
data accuracy.
2.14.5. (Added) Is responsible for PERSTEMPO events data available to commanders and
others on Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) Secure. (T-0).
2.14.6. (Added) Ensuring PERSTEMPO Events data transactions are built and sent it to
Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). It is important this data be complete and correct,
as DMDC will use it to provide Department of Defense and others information on
PERSTEMPO. (T-0).
2.15. Director of Airman and Family Care (AFPC/DPF):
2.15.1. Disseminates policy, plans, and operational guidance for Airman and Family
Readiness response to evacuation operations and repatriation. (T-1).
2.15.2. Provide guidance/coordination to the installation Airman & Family Readiness Centers
at evacuating locations, the temporary safe haven or intermediate stop (if applicable), and the
repatriation sites processing families back into the US (T-1).
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2.15.3. Serves as the OPR, through Airmen and Family Readiness Centers (A&FRCs), for
contacting, reporting, and coordinating information and referral for required support. (T-1).
2.15.4. Ensures all A&FRCs contact, report, and coordinate information & referral for
evacuation and repatriation operations. (T-1).
2.16. AFPC Air and Space Expeditionary Force Operations and Readiness Division
(AFPC/DP2W):
2.16.1. Serves as the OPR for deployment availability codes and contingency duty status
reporting program. (T-1).
2.16.2. Ensures subject matter expert input on DAF-level personnel series instructions and
revisions, providing accurate wartime guidance. (T-1).
2.16.3. Activates the Personnel Readiness Center function upon activation of the AF Force
Support Readiness Cell or as directed by the AFPC Commander or Operations Center Director
during emergencies. (T-1).
2.16.4. Responsible for all Personnel Readiness Center functions of AFPC Operations. (T-1).
The Personnel Readiness Center can be reached at Digital Switched Network 665-2020, toll
free at 1-800-435-9941, or e-mailed at Non-secure Internet Protocol Router:
afpc.dp2wr.workflow@us.af.mil or secure Internet Protocol Router:
usaf.jbsa.afpc.mbx.afpc-dp2wr-workflow@mail.smil.mil.
2.16.5. Develops procedures to implement USAF policy for personnel readiness and
PERSCO. (T-1).
2.16.6. Oversees Total Force accountability for all USAF personnel supporting contingency,
wartime, exercise, and emergency operations. (T-1).
2.16.7. Monitors PERSCO team operations, to include when PERSCO teams are established
at new locations during contingency or wartime operations. (T-1). Works with component
commands to ensure PERSCO teams obtain Secure Internet Protocol Router Network
connectivity to Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments. (T-1).
Ensures the PERSCO teams submit required reports and submits deployed PERSCO
Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments account requests. (T-1).
Works with component commands and deployed PERSCO teams to correct accountability
data. (T-1).
2.16.8. Analyzes accountability data, identifies trends/deficiencies, and provides quarterly
reports to AF/A1XO, Component Numbered AFs, USAF Installation and Mission Support
Center and supporting MAJCOMs or Field Commands. (T-1).
2.16.9. Reviews After Action Reports and provides a cross-feed program for AF/A1XO,
MAJCOMs, Component Numbered AFs, AFPC, USAF Installation and Mission Support
Center, Military Personnel Flights and PERSCO teams. (T-1).
2.16.10. Develops and manages changes to Personnel Readiness training in coordination with
AF/A1XO, AF Installation and Mission Support Center, and all MAJCOM counterparts. (T-
1).
2.16.11. Assists AF/A1XO in the development of Total Force concepts, policies, and plans to
support Air Reserve Component activation and mobilization, deployment, employment, base
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reception, Evacuation Operation and Repatriation Operations, accountability reporting, and

demobilization.
2.16.12. Serves as the Program Management Office for Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning
and Execution Segments personnel applications, Global Command and Control-Air Force
(GCCS-AF) systems. (T-1). Manages access to and prepares procedures for use of GCCS-
AF systems, Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments updates and
distribution of Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments hardware and
accounts. (T-1). Assists customers with problems with Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning
and Execution Segments personnel applications, communications, or readiness-type questions.
(T-1).
2.16.13. Coordinates with AFPC/DP0, DP3 and the AF Personnel Operations Activity to
manage day-to-day operations, sustainment and future development of Air and Space
Expeditionary Force IT systems. (T-1).
2.16.14. Serves as the personnel accountability systems program manager and Strength
Accounting Duty Status Program Manager. (T-1).
2.16.15. Develops, coordinates, and executes personnel accountability guidance and approves
procedural guidance for the management of personnel accountability and duty status reporting
programs. (T-1).
2.16.16. Assigns AF Personnel Accountability Assessment System Commanding Officer
Representatives access to MAJCOM readiness staffs and to AF Crisis Action Team A1
members as required. (T-1).
2.16.17. Ensures all assigned MAJCOM personnel readiness offices are trained on the use of
the AFPAAS. (T-1).
2.16.18. Creates and activates an AFPAAS event when notified by AF and provides event
management in support of AF-wide personnel accountability operations. (T-1). Requests for
a real-world event that is not AF-wide will be initiated by an installation commander or
MAJCOM leadership. (T-1). AF will determine if the event remains local or if the event will
be AF-wide.
2.16.19. Contacts AFPC Public Affairs (PA) office to ensure appropriate link to AFPAAS is
prominently highlighted on AF Portal and on AFPC main webpage for impacted personnel
within 24 hours of the event. (T-2). Coordinates with the AFPC/PA office on personnel
accountability events, news releases, and media outreach capabilities. (T-2).
2.16.20. Conducts a monthly quality review of the “Duty Status Change” application in the
Case Management System to ensure all applicable fields are filled in correctly, and that
members’ strength accounting duty status/lost time are appropriately updated. (T-1).
2.16.21. Develops guidance and manages the AWOL/Deserter Program. (T-1).
2.16.22. In the event reporting MAJCOM cannot perform their duties as MAJCOM
Commanding Officer Representative, AFPC/DP2WR will assume reporting responsibilities
until the MAJCOM can resume their duties. (T-1).
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2.16.23. Ensures operational execution of the Force Support Readiness program by

establishing procedures and implementing standards/program guidance approved by AF/A1.
(T-1).
2.16.24. Provides functional and subject matter expertise for AF/A1 Force Support Readiness
operations and capabilities. (T-1).
2.16.25. Develops content to update the War and Mobilization Plan in conjunction with
AF/A1XO to meet AF milestones. (T-1).
2.16.26. Develops content as the personnel functional community subject matter experts for
tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and develops Force Support Readiness plans
content, as required, for Force Support functions, capability and mission. (T-1).
2.16.27. Provides technical guidance to units deployed or in training regarding the
employment of all Force Support capabilities. (T-1).
2.16.28. Maintains web-based Readiness guidance for use by Force Support planners and
deployed teams and manages any SharePoint®/related websites and updates material as
needed. (T-1).
2.16.29. Provides support to MAJCOMs, Component MAJCOMs, and field units on all
readiness issues. (T-1).
2.16.30. Assists Component MAJCOMs and Component Numbered AF planners with
planning responsibilities and factors for operation plan requirements and UTCs sourcing. (T-
1).
2.16.31. Along with AF representatives, plans and hosts the War Fighter Requirements
Review and Readiness and Training Council. (T-1).
2.16.32. Provides support to Major Commands, Component commands, and field units on all
strength accounting duty status and PERSTEMPO issues. (T-1).
2.16.33. (Added) Serves as the primary distribution and collection point for information
regarding impacted/ threatened personnel. (T-2).
2.16.34. (Added) Updates the message on AFPC/PRC’s toll free number with the latest status
of the impacted military installation(s) based on input from the respective MAJCOM, Field
Command, and/or Wing-level CAT/A1 (e.g., FSS/CC) representative’s instructions. (T-2).
2.16.35. (Added) Implements and rescinds STOP MOVEMENT at the request of the
Installation Commander(s) of the impacted base(s)/geographically separated units
(GSU)/personnel and coordinates this action with AFPC/PA, AFPC Directorate for
Technology and Information (DP0) and AFPC Director of Assignments (DP3). (T-2).
2.16.36. (Added) Provides, upon request from the AF Crisis Action Team (AFCAT),
pertinent information regarding deployed/ deploying personnel assigned to, or with family
members living in the impacted area (e.g., dependent children living with a former spouse).
The following categories will be queried and the affected MAJCOM(s) or Field Command(s)
will be contacted to determine if deployed personnel impacted by the crisis should return and,
if necessary, will implement notification procedures. (T-2).
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2.16.36.1. (Added) Personnel due to return from deployment within 30 days of the event
(flag and count personnel who are actually en route).
2.16.36.2. (Added) Personnel preparing to deploy from the same area.
2.16.36.3. (Added) Personnel deployed who may have to return early as a result of the
event.
2.17. AFPC Airman and Family Division (AFPC/DPFF):
2.17.1. Serves as AFPAAS Needs Assessment Program Manager. (T-1).
2.17.2. Assigns AF Accountability Assessment System Needs Assessments to Case
Managers. (T-1).
2.17.3. Monitors AFPAAS evacuation/emergency events to track Needs Assessments of
personnel and families. (T-1).
2.18. Airman and Family Care, Missing Persons Branch (AFPC/DPFCM):
2.18.1. Serves as the AF Deserter Information Point and program manager providing policy
oversight and administration of the AWOL/Deserter program for RegAF, AFR and ANG who
are serving on active duty orders. (T-1).
2.18.2. Develops procedures to implement AF policy for AWOL/Deserter duty status
reporting. (T-1).
2.18.3. Maintains statistics on AWOL, Deserter and Returned to Military Control. (T-1).
2.18.4. Updates duty status in MilPDS for AWOL, Deserter, and civilian/military confinement
as a result of AWOL/Deserter duty status. (T-1).
2.18.5. Provides management information to higher headquarters identifying the number of
absentees and deserters returned to military control as outlined in DoDI 1325.02, Desertion
and Unauthorized Absence (UA). (T-1). Information includes, as a minimum, the following:
2.18.5.1. Surrendered to military or civilian authorities. (T-1).
2.18.5.2. Apprehended by military or civilian authorities. (T-1).
2.18.6. Follows DoD requirement to send Absentee and Deserter Statistics to the Office of
Special Investigation. (T-1). Submits to AF OSI ICON/ICW monthly, a current roster of AF
deserters. (T-1).
2.18.7. Provides guidance to all military personnel units on management of the
AWOL/Deserter Strength Accounting Duty Status Program. (T-1).
2.18.8. Conducts a quality review of Human Resources (HR) type Personnel Processing
Application Duty Status Change (AWOL/Deserter) Case Management System case and other
required documents and updates or corrects duty status in Military Personnel Data System
(MilPDS). (T-1). Forwards HR Type Personnel Processing Application Duty Status Change
(AWOL/Deserter) Case Management System to the Total Force Service Center for
coordination. (T-1).
2.18.9. Coordinates and distributes procedures for managing UAs. Forwards DD Form
553/DD Form 616 to AFOSI/ICON/ICW for update in National Crime Information Center.
(T-1).
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2.18.10. Monitors disposition of absentees returned to military control and provides guidance
as needed.
2.18.11. Maintains a case file for each member declared AWOL or deserter and ensures
documents received are reviewed and are sent to AFPC/DPSIR, Automated Records
Management System Office, for filing in the member’s Master Personnel Record. (T-1).
2.18.12. Maintains Medical and Dental records for all AF Deserters dropped from unit rolls
until the member is returned to military control at which time AFPC/DPFCM will forward the
records to the servicing MPF. (T-1).
2.18.13. Maintains access to electronic master personnel records via Automated Records
Management System Office from AFPC/DPSIR. (T-1).
2.18.14. Ensures member’s MilPDS file is dropped from unit rolls and reassigned to
AFPC/DPFCM personnel accounting symbol code on the 180th day of absence. (T-1).
2.19. Air Force Total Force Service Center (AFPC/DP1OS):
2.19.1. Reviews HR Type Personnel Program Application (AWOL/Deserter) Case
Management System cases and forwards to appropriate offices for coordination. (T-1).
2.19.2. Forwards completed HR Type Personnel Processing Application (AWOL/Deserter)
Case Management System case to MPF or member’s commander for closure. (T-1). Sends
Case Management System product AF Form 2098, Duty Status Change, to AFPC/DPSIR
(Automated Records Management System Office) for filing in the member’s Master Personnel
Record. (T-1).
2.20. Air Force Security Forces Center (AFSFC/SFC):
2.20.1. Assists base-level Security Forces units with issues related to escort of pretrial
detainees and post-trial inmates for confinement transfers. (T-1).
2.20.2. Procedures for secure transportation (if necessary) are outlined in Air Force Manual
(AFMAN) 31-115V1, Department of the Air Force Corrections System.
2.21. AF Installation and Mission Support Center:
2.21.1. Provides FAM support to supported Major Commands and ensures AF/A1 UTCs are
aligned properly. (T-1). Guidance is posted on the AF/A1XO Readiness SharePoint® page
located at: https://usaf.dps.mil/sites/10097/KM/A1XO/SitePages/A1XO.aspx.
2.21.2. Centrally manages the Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) Force Support UTC capability
portfolio and ensures the appropriate Force Support UTC capability is apportioned in each Air
and Space Expeditionary Force period.
2.21.2.1. Updates the Manpower Force Packaging System with Force Support UTC detail
in Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments. (T-1).
2.21.2.2. Maintains respective UTC Manpower Force Packaging System and Logistics
Detail data. (T-1).
2.21.2.3. Designated as the Manpower and Equipment Force Packaging system
responsible agency for appointed UTC. (T-1).
2.21.3. Executes AF/A1 Force Support UTC posturing guidance. (T-1).
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2.21.4. Monitors Force Support organizations’ Resource and Capability readiness report
inputs. (T-1).
2.21.5. Conducts quarterly analysis to identify and provide guidance to resolve negative trends
involving personnel, training and equipment resourcing. (T-1).
2.21.6. Provides reports to MAJCOM/A1s and AF/A1X on readiness status of the Force
Support community. (T-1).
2.21.7. Serves as the central repository for Force Support readiness measurement data. (T-1).
2.21.8. Ensures Force Support capabilities are prepared to meet Combatant Commander
requirements. (T-1).
2.21.8.1. Ensures all AEF Force Support members/teams are structured in the Institutional
Forces, warfighting, home-station, and Combatant Commander/Other Government
Agencies guidance to meet wartime and contingency requirements. (T-1).
2.21.8.2. Coordinates proposed Air and Space Expeditionary Force UTC posturing and/or
any deviations with the AF FAM(s) and MAJCOMs, as required, and updates the AF UTC
Availability data. (T-1).
2.21.9. Evaluates training effectiveness by measuring deployment and employment
capabilities and equipment availability through the Force Readiness Reporting Program. (T-
1).
2.21.10. Provides Installation Personnel Readiness (IPR) oversight to all regular component
IPR offices and coordinates with Component MAJCOMs when Air and Space Expeditionary
Force forces work in support of non-Air and Space Expeditionary Force organizations such as
special operations. (T-1).
2.22. AF Installation and Mission Support Center Expeditionary Support and Innovation
Directorate (AFIMSC/MFM):
2.22.1. Manages Force Support Readiness training (i.e. Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning
and Execution Segments) by conducting data calls for formal training requirements and
manages quotas by distributing quotas to units based on established priorities. (T-1). Priorities
will be based on mission needs and coordinated with Component MAJCOMs. (T-1). In
addition, consideration will be given to tour lengths and date eligible for return from overseas
for overseas installations. (T-1).
2.22.2. Reviews unit requests for Force Support functional equivalent Silver Flag credit; based
on exercises and coordinates them for approval by AF/A1XO. (T-1).
2.22.3. Ensures operational execution of the Force Support Readiness program by establishing
procedures and implementing standards/program guidance approved by AF/A1. (T-1).
2.22.4. Provides functional and subject matter expertise for Manpower, Personnel and
Services operations and capabilities. (T-1).
2.22.5. Develops content to update the War and Mobilization Plan in conjunction with
AF/A1XO to meet AF milestones. (T-1).
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2.22.6. Develops content as the subject matter experts for Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
and develops Force Support readiness plans content, as required, for Force Support functions,
capability and mission. (T-1).
2.22.7. Primary office to provide technical guidance to units deployed or in training regarding
the employment of all Force Support capabilities.
2.22.8. Maintains web-based Readiness guidance for use by Force Support planners and
deployed teams and manages any SharePoint®/related websites and updates material as
needed. (T-1).
2.22.9. Provides support to MAJCOMs, Component MAJCOMs, and field units on all
readiness issues. (T-1).
2.22.10. Assists Component MAJCOMs and Component Numbered AF planners with
planning responsibilities and factors for operation plan requirements and UTC sourcing. (T-
1).
2.22.11. Along with AF representatives, plans and hosts the War Fighter Requirements
Review and Readiness and Training Council. (T-1).
2.22.12. Works with field units regarding management of the readiness program. (T-1).
2.22.13. (Added) Conducts site certification of Force Support training at the Tyndall Silver
Flag site, in conjunction with AF Civil Engineering Center team. (T-1).
2.23. Director of Operations, Air Force Services Activity (AFSVA/SVO): Responsible for
providing operational and resourcing guidance to affected installations during evacuation
operations in support of emergency feeding and beddown actions. (T-1).
2.24. AF Services Activity (AFSVA/SVOR):
2.24.1. Serves as the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program (AFCAP) manager. Provides
services technical expertise and guidance to AF contractors and AF components utilizing DAF
contractors in support of Force Support beddown and sustainment augmentation. (T-1).
2.24.2. Coordinates with installations regarding contingency contracts and/or
Nonappropriated Fund Memorandums of Agreement to sustain Force Support operations when
military personnel are deployed. (T-1).
2.24.3. Serves as the functional/subject matter expert to review Allowance Standards for Force
Support War Reserve Material. (T-1).
2.24.4. Administers the Field Integrated Research and Modernization Program; ensures
modernization initiatives are executed based on War Fighter Requirements Review direction.
(T-1).
2.24.5. Coordinates with AFSVA/SVOFA and MAJCOMs to conduct the annual update for
War Reserve Material Wartime Consumable Distributed Objective with AF logistics planners.
(T-1).
2.24.6. Represents the Force Support readiness community in forums, councils and working
groups for Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources, home station readiness equipment and
equipment modernization efforts. (T-1).
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2.24.7. Maintains examples of contract templates for use by component planners to support
contingency locations and reviews contractual Statements of Work as required. (T-1).
2.24.8. Consolidates and distributes contracted operation after-action reports. (T-1).
2.24.9. Tracks contingency contract costs and usage figures for historical reporting purposes.
(T-1).
2.24.10. Ensures operational execution of the Force Support Readiness program by
establishing procedures and implementing standards/program guidance approved by AF/A1.
(T-1).
2.24.11. Provides functional and subject matter expertise for services operations and
capabilities. (T-1).
2.24.12. Develops content to update the War and Mobilization Plan in conjunction with
AF/A1XO to meet AF milestones. (T-1).
2.24.13. Develops content as the subject matter experts for TTPs and Force Support readiness
plans, as required, for Force Support functions, capability and mission. (T-1).
2.24.14. Primary office to provide technical guidance to units deployed or in training
regarding the employment of all services capabilities. (T-1).
2.24.15. Maintains web-based services Readiness guidance for use by Force Support planners
and deployed teams, manages any SharePoint®/related websites, and updates material as
needed. (T-1).
2.24.16. Provides support to MAJCOMs, Component MAJCOMs, and field units on all
readiness issues. (T-1).
2.24.17. Assists Component MAJCOMs and Component Numbered AF planners with
planning responsibilities and factors for operation plan requirements and UTC sourcing. (T-
1).
2.24.18. Along with AF representatives, plans and hosts the War Fighter Requirements
Review and Readiness and Training Council. (T-1).
2.24.19. Works with field units regarding management of the readiness program. (T-1).
2.25. AFPC AEF Readiness Branch (AFPC/DP2WR) and AFSVA/SVOR:
2.25.1. Responsible for equipment management, research and development to support Force
Support capabilities. (T-1).
2.25.2. Conducts staff assistance visits as requested for FSS unit readiness programs. (T-1).
2.25.3. Provides guidance to Force Support community and pilot units on readiness
equipment. (T-1).
2.25.4. Plans and hosts the Field Integrated Research and Modernization working group. (T-
1).
2.25.5. Reviews readiness training curriculum and provides subject matter expertise. (T-1).
2.25.6. Conduct site certification of Force Support training at Silver Flag sites, in conjunction
with AF Civil Engineering Center team. (T-1). Provide one personnel and two services
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members to ensure proper standardization and resources to support the Silver Flag program are
in place. (T-1). One AFIMSC member will be added when visiting Tyndall AFB. (T-1). AF
Civil Engineering Center will be the lead for site certifications, providing AF/A1 with a
proposed schedule of visits to coordinate with AFPC and AFSVC. (T-1).
2.25.7. DELETED.
2.26. AFPC AEF Readiness Branch (AFPC/DP2WR) and AFSVC Training and
Development Division (AFSVC/SVXT):
2.26.1. Develop, prepare, review, publish and implement Force Support Readiness training
programs to ensure Force Support capabilities are trained to meet requirements approved by
AF/A1XO and respective career field managers. (T-1).
2.26.2. Provide subject matter expertise and recommendations to AF/A1XO and the DAF
career field managers on Headquarters Air Education and Training Command developed
specialty-training standards. (T-1).
2.26.3. Collaborate with AF Career Field Managers and MAJCOM functional advisors to
ensure readiness training requirements determined by the Utilization and Training Workshop
or Training Planning Teams meet the needs of the Force Support Readiness community. (T-
1).
2.26.4. Validate site certification checklists and ensures readiness training requirements are
properly documented for AF/A1XO approval. (T-1).
2.27. Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command and Headquarters Individual Reservist
Readiness and Integration Organization (HQ RIO):
2.27.1. HQ RIO provides for utilization and accountability of Individual Reservists. (T-1).
2.27.2. Follows GCCS-AF system user responsibilities. (T-1).
2.27.3. Monitors Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments to ensure
integrity and validity of assigned data. (T-1).
2.27.4. (Added) Develops, coordinates, and approves personnel policies and procedures for
duty status management.
2.27.5. (Added) Maintains PERSTEMPO codes in AROWS-R.
2.28. Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC/A1K):
2.28.1. Serves as the functional OPR for administering the operational aspects of the
AWOL/Deserter program for Reserve members.
2.28.2. Ensures AWOL/Deserter program is implemented within Reserve units.
2.28.3. Develops, coordinates, and approves personnel policies and procedures for duty status
management.
2.29. Headquarters National Guard Bureau (NGB/A1X):
2.29.1. Serves as the functional OPR for administering the operational aspects of the
AWOL/Deserter program for ANG members.
2.29.2. Ensures AWOL/Deserter program is implemented within ANG units.
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2.29.3. Develops, coordinates, and approves personnel policies and procedures for duty status
management.
2.29.4. (Added) Develops, coordinates, and approves personnel policies and procedures for
duty status management.
2.29.5. (Added) Maintains PERSTEMPO codes in AROWS.
2.30. MAJCOM Directorates of Manpower, Personnel and Services (MAJCOM/A1).
2.30.1. Responsible for Command and Control to support contingency and wartime operations
as required in their Command.
2.30.2. Responsible for accountability for personnel assigned to the command.
2.30.3. The AFR and ANG provide support to their respective IPR offices.
2.30.4. Serve as MAJCOM Manpower and Equipment Force Packaging system manager for
appointed command UTCs and other manpower readiness programs per AFMAN 38-102,
Manpower and Organization Standard Work Processes and Procedures, and AFI 10-401,
Operations Planning and Execution.
2.30.5. Provides functional and subject matter expertise for Force Support Readiness
operations and capabilities.
2.30.6. Maintain accountability of personnel assigned to the Command.
2.30.7. (Added) Ensure that the Strength Accounting Duty Status Program is managed
effectively and bases within their MAJCOM or Field Command are accurately and timely
reporting duty status.
2.30.8. (Added) Visit MAJCOM-owned Silver Flag sites with AF Civil Engineering Center
team during site certification.
2.31. MAJCOM Director of Operations (MAJCOM/A3/4/5). MAJCOM A3/4/5s will:
2.31.1. Prepare plans to support DoD Directive (DoDD) 3025.14, Evacuation of US Citizens
and Designated Aliens from Threatened Areas Abroad, DoDI 3001.02, Personnel
Accountability in Conjunction with Natural or Manmade Disasters, and Joint Publication (JP)
3-68, Noncombatant Evacuation Operations and this DAFI.
2.31.2. Ensure all subordinate commanders/units prepare evacuation, reception, and
repatriation plans.
2.31.3. Utilize the Noncombatant Evacuation Operation Tracking System in conjunction with
the AFPAAS to identify and track evacuees.
2.32. AF Component MAJCOM/Component Numbered AF:
2.32.1. Develops adaptive and crisis action plan requirements for their respective areas of
responsibility.
2.32.2. Utilizes the Force Support supplement to War Mobilization Plan to conduct wartime
and contingency planning.
2.32.3. Determines command staff augmentation requirements using Force Support UTCs
(i.e., AF Forces Staffs in support to Component Numbered AF).
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2.32.4. Supports forward operating locations by planning and deploying Force Support
personnel, equipment and rations to meet Combatant Commander requirements.
2.32.5. Ensures deployed/contingency sites complete periodic situation reports.
2.32.6. Tracks movement of Force Support UTCs for both personnel and equipment from the
UTC origin until it reaches the theater destination and redeployment from forward operating
locations to home station.
2.32.7. Oversees force accountability within the theater of operation, including deployed AF
civilian and contract employees.
2.32.8. Develops Force Support inputs for Annex E (Manpower/Personnel/Services Annex)
and Annex D (Food/Lodging/Mortuary/Laundry) for each tasked operation plan for Base
Support Plans and Expeditionary Site Plans.
2.32.9. Coordinates proposed UTC posturing and/or any deviations with the AF FAM(s), as
required, and coordinates updates to the AF UTC Availability data.
2.32.10. Ensures after-action reports, lessons learned from exercises, real world contingencies
and Air Reserve Component deployments, end of tour reports and unit after-action reports are
completed and shared with AFSVC/SVORR, AFPC/DP2W and routed to AF/A1XO for final
action.
2.32.11. Will maintain accountability of their personnel assigned to any base or living in an
outlying area impacted by natural disaster or national emergency and any personnel on Leave/
Temporary Duty (TDY) in the Geographical Area of Interest.
2.32.12. Will develop plans and procedures for delegation of personnel accountability
responsibilities in accordance with Emergency Management or Continuity of Operations
Plans.
2.32.13. Ensures units accurately and timely report personnel accounting duty status within
48 hours of disaster or national emergency in compliance with this instruction.
2.32.14. Grant appropriate access and ensure needed training is provided to all assigned IPR
offices, Geographically Separated Units and Tenant Units located on other MAJCOM’s
installation(s).
2.32.15. AF District of Washington will function as the MAJCOM responsible for the
accountability of AF members assigned to AF and AF Elements.
2.33. Supported Component Command (Contingency and Exercise Support) Director of
Manpower, Personnel, and Services:
2.33.1. Serves as the supported component command 38FX/3FXXX Functional Manager.
2.33.2. Provides personnel support to forces assigned or attached to the component command.
2.33.3. Uses standard UTCs during Time-Phased Force Deployment Data to manage, plan and
execute personnel requirements for all possible contingencies.
2.33.4. Develops concepts, plans, and procedures to support force accountability, personnel
deployment, repatriation, Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (or Order), and reception
processing at all installations under their control.
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2.33.5. Develops the Personnel Annex for all Operations Plans, Contingency Plans, and a
PERSCO Concept of Operations (if insufficient time to fully develop an annex) to meet
combatant commanders’ intent.
2.33.6. Incorporates policies and procedures in the operation’s personnel reporting
instructions.
2.33.7. Describes command-unique reports and outlines complete instructions on format,
content, addressees, frequency of reporting, and classification guidelines.
2.33.8. Maintains Total Force accountability by tracking and managing deployed personnel
data for personnel deployed to their area of responsibility by using GCCS-AF systems utilizing
Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments.
2.33.9. Develops and publishes procedures for reviewing and validating replacement requests.
2.33.10. Realigns command resources to fill 38FX/3FXXX validated requirements for AF-
wide sourcing.
2.33.11. Develops and implements theater-unique personnel programs and procedures to
support sustainment deployments.
2.33.12. Manages PERSCO teams in AORs and resolves limiting factors identified by teams
that limit or hinder their operational capabilities.
2.33.13. Coordinates the management of deployable systems with AFPC/DP2WR and
maintains operational control of all GCCS-AF systems in their theater(s) of operation.
2.33.14. Follows and ensures FSS and PERSCO teams comply with the GCCS-AF system
user responsibilities.
2.33.15. Provides staff assistance to PERSCO as requested.
2.33.16. Ensures AF/A1XO, AFPC Operations Center, supporting commands, applicable FSS
and PERSCO teams in the Area of Responsibility receive correspondence on all command
personnel programs.
2.33.17. Reviews all PERSCO incident reporting located on AFPC Secret Internet Protocol
Router Network SharePoint® found at:
https://intelshare.interlink.sgov.gov/sites/personnel-readiness-
operations/SitePages/Home/aspx.
2.33.18. Monitors the status of messages sent by all PERSCO teams requesting information
or action from FSSs or the supporting command to ensure the responses are timely and
accurate.
2.33.19. Performs data reconciliation on Military Personnel Data System and Deliberate and
Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments deployed personnel data.
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2.34. Silver Flag Training Force Support Readiness Superintendent:

2.34.1. Trains Force Support capabilities based on Combatant Commander needs and
requirements identified in the War Fighter Requirements Review and approved by AF/A1XO.
(T-1).
2.34.2. Executes the Force Support Training program using current AF/A1XO approved Force
Support training curriculum. (T-2).
2.34.3. Complies with current AF/A1XO approved Force Support training site certification
checklist. (T-1).
2.34.4. Participates in the War Fighter Requirements Review panel and Force Support
functional training for Silver Flag curriculum review sessions as required. (T-1).
2.34.5. Provides status on items identified as deficient in the site certification report to their
host MAJCOM/A1 and/or AFIMSC. (T-1).
2.35. Commanders at All Levels:
2.35.1. Establish management practices and programs to deter absenteeism and desertion. (T-
3).
2.35.2. Publicize the AWOL/deserter apprehension program to deter potential absentees. (T-
3).
2.35.3. Develop programs to make sure that the maximum number of absentees or deserters,
who return to the military and have the potential for continued service, continue to serve. (T-
3).
2.35.4. Ensure timely reporting of UAs utilizing the Human Resources (HR) type Personnel
Program Application-Duty Status Change (AWOL/Deserter) request in Case Management
System. (T-3).
2.36. Installation Commander:
2.36.1. Ensures a Force Support Readiness program is established. (T-2).
2.36.2. Coordinates with their MAJCOM or AFIMSC as applicable to fund Force Support
Readiness equipment and training requirements. (T-2).
2.36.3. Organizes, trains and equips UTCs to support Air and Space Expeditionary Force
deployment requirements. (T-2).
2.36.4. Ensures funds for UTC training and equipment purchase are budgeted annually. (T-
2).
2.36.5. Meets Readiness and Resource Reporting requirements. (T-2).
2.36.6. Directs use of the AFPAAS during a disaster/emergency by assigned, tenant, and
Geographically Separated Units in the Geographical Area of Interest to obtain and report
accountability until 100% accountability is achieved or reporting is suspended. (T-2).
Exception: accountability of AF Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) personnel is
accomplished by AFOSI/XRW and are not to be accounted by the host unit/wing. (T-2).
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2.36.7. Ensures all unit commanders identify at least two (2) individuals to serve as the
AFPAAS Commanding Officer Representatives and personnel accountability duty status
monitors. (T-2). (Note: May appoint the same two people or four different people.)
2.36.8. Ensures all assigned personnel are familiar with the AFPAAS and their responsibility,
if displaced, to contact their leadership, keep them informed of their location, and account for
Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System enrolled family members who physically
reside in the Geographical Area of Interest. (T-2).
2.36.9. Identifies support for evacuation, reception and repatriation plans in the installation
reception and support plans. (T-2). Installations will refer to the Base Support Plan Part I,
Chapter 9, for Repatriation and Safe Haven Operations for the installations processes and
procedures. (T-2). The OPR for the Base Support Plan Part I is the installation Site Manager
located within the Logistics Readiness Squadron.
2.37. Installation Commanders (Continental United States (CONUS) or Non-foreign Area
(e. g., Hawaii, Alaska)) (Wing Plans) will:
2.37.1. Determine the need for an evacuation and issue such orders considered necessary to
ensure the safety, health, and well-being of personnel and their family members. (T-1).
2.37.2. Tailor evacuation order to meet the specific circumstances. (T-1). Note: Evacuation
orders must have a beginning and projected end date. (T-1).
2.37.3. Evacuation orders will be coordinated with tenant units on the installation. (T-1).
2.37.4. Ensure military members are only allowed to draw evacuation benefits if they are
escorting others being evacuated. (T-2).
2.37.5. Place military members on TDY or permanent change of station orders, if members
are required to move out of a disaster area. (T-2). Note: Verbal evacuation orders are
authorized but must be confirmed in writing as soon as possible. (T-2).
2.37.6. Prepare plans to support DoDD 3025.14, Evacuation of US Citizens and Designated
Aliens from Threatened Areas Abroad, DoDI 3001.02, Personnel Accountability in
Conjunction with Natural or Manmade Disasters, and Joint Publication (JP) 3-68,
Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEO) and this DAFI. (T-1).
2.38. Unit Commanders/Directors will:
2.38.1. Using the AFPAAS, account for assigned military, Department of AF and Non-
appropriated Fund civilians, Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System enrolled family
members, family members of Department of AF and Non-appropriated Fund employees (when
receiving evacuation entitlements) and overseas assigned contractors and their family
members as expeditiously as possible, after personnel accountability is directed. (T-2).
RegAF unit commanders must ensure they are accounting for Individual Mobilization
Augmentees and Active Guard Reserve assigned to their units. (T-2). Ensure assigned
personnel update their status in the AFPAAS as soon as they reach a safe location and have
access to the system or the event is over. (T-2).
2.38.2. Identify in writing at least two (2) individuals to serve as the AFPAAS Commanding
Officer Representatives and personnel accountability duty status monitors. (Note: May
appoint the same two people or four different people.) (T-2).
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2.38.3. Ensure all civilian personnel whose family members are receiving evacuation
entitlements report the status of those family members to their supervisor or
commander/director until entitlements cease. (T-2).
2.38.4. Ensure unit members verify addresses in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting
System annually. (T-2).
2.38.5. Establish procedures to ensure personnel accountability is maintained for all duty
status changes of assigned personnel and are reported to the office responsible for making
updates to the Military Personnel Data System. (T-2).
2.38.6. Establish unit TDY in- and out-processing procedures to accurately maintain
personnel accountability. (T-2).
2.38.7. Refer to AFI 36-3002, Casualty Services, for guidance and contact local Casualty
Assistance Representatives for assistance if unable to account for members after all reasonable
efforts have been made to do so. (T-2).
2.38.8. DELETED.
2.38.9. Ensure each individual understands when and how identification tags are worn. (T-
1).
2.38.10. DELETED.
2.38.11. (Added) Appoint an overall manager for the unit Strength Accounting Duty Status
Program, ensuring accurate and timely duty status reporting of all duty status codes. (T-1).
He/she is responsible for appointing and providing the wing Strength Accounting Duty Status
Program manager the name, grade, office symbol, duty phone, and email address of the unit
Strength Accounting Duty Status Program manager. (T-2). The unit Strength Accounting
Duty Status Monitor will:
2.38.11.1. (Added) Establish procedures to ensure duty status changes of assigned
personnel are reported to the office responsible for making updates to Military Personnel
Data System.
2.38.11.2. (Added) Establish unit TDY in and out-processing procedures to accurately
monitor the Strength Accounting Duty Status Program. (T-2).
2.38.11.3. (Added) Ensure that GSU without update capability notify the Commander’s
Support Staff (CSS) of all changes in their personnel’s duty status condition. Notification
can be by duty status change message, telecom, e-mail, etc.
2.38.11.4. (Added) Ensure unit Strength Accounting Duty Status Program manager
receives initial training within 30 days of appointment and refresher training semi-
annually. (T-2).
2.38.11.5. (Added) Ensure CSS updates all duty status changes affecting personnel
assigned to unit. (T-2).
2.38.11.6. (Added) Ensure historical data is accurate in the Military Personnel Data
System. Utilize Tempo Management Tracking System (TMTS) or the Military Personnel
Data System to add, correct, or delete any TDY events that are not correct. Ensure valid
source documents are provided for changes. (T-2).
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2.39. Commander’s Support Staff or MPS (Force Management Section). Organizations and
units that retain authorization(s) for the purpose of performing MPF work do not receive the MPF
services outlined under the FSS/MPF structure. Those duties continue to be performed by the unit
unless they establish an agreement with the MPF to service that population in a particular program.
(T-2). Without formalized agreements between both parties, MPF responsibilities/functions will
only be provided by the MPF to commanders and military/IMA populations that did not retain
MPF manning as indicated during the MAJCOM/FOA/DRU validation via Change 1 to Program
Action Directive (PAD) 07-11, A1 Transformation. (T-2).
2.39.1. Establish contact with AFPC/DPFCM to notify of the UA. (T-3).
2.39.2. Assist unit commander and first sergeant in determination of member’s duty status.
(T-3). Prepares the Duty Status Change Request using Case Management System and
immediately forward to the commander for approval to place member into AWOL or deserter
status. (T-3). Ensure the remarks section includes a brief explanation of the circumstances of
the absence. (T-3).
2.39.3. Training squadrons and geographically separated training units forward Duty Status
Change Requests to the MPF duty status monitor for review prior to forwarding to unit
commander for approval. (T-3).
2.39.4. Provide the Financial Services Office (FSO) a copy of the AF Form 2098, Duty Status
Change. (T-1). Unit/MPF cannot update MilPDS. (T-2). Only AFPC/DPFCM can change
or remove AWOL/Desertion duty status codes in MilPDS. (T-2).
2.39.5. Assist commanders to prepare and process required documents (e.g. 72-Hour Status
Report; 31st Day and 60th Day Status Reports, DD Form 553, Deserter/Absentee Wanted by
the Armed Forces, and DD Form 616, Report of Return of Absentee) and forward to
AFPC/DPFCM. (T-3).
2.39.6. Work with the commander and MPF to obtain a current, identification-quality
photograph of the deserter to be distributed with DD Form 553. (T-3). Note: Photograph does
not have to fit in box for item 8. (T-2). When available, send photograph with DD Form 553
or as soon as possible.
2.39.7. On the 31st day of AWOL, create a new Duty Status Change Request using Case
Management System and forward to the commander for approval. (T-2).
2.39.8. On the 180th day of the member’s UA, obtain the member’s medical and dental
records and mail them to AFPC/DPFCM. (T-2). Servicing MPF provides assistance as
needed. If medical and dental records are not available, the commander will prepare a
memorandum for AFPC/DPFCM explaining the reason why the records are not available. (T-
2).
2.39.9. Ensure any disclosures concerning the member meet the requirements of the Privacy
Act as set forth in AFI 33-332, Air Force Privacy and Civil Liberties Program. (T-2).
2.39.10. (Added) Ensure the Military Personnel Data System is used to update all changes in
an individual’s duty status condition as they occur regardless of the amount of time the member
is not present for duty. (T-2).
2.39.11. (Added) Responsible for in and out-processing of all unit TDY personnel to ensure
duty status codes are updated accurately and in a timely manner. (T-2).
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2.40. Financial Services Office (FSO):

2.40.1. Ensures accurate and timely AWOL/Deserter duty status reporting for updates to
members Master Military Pay Account. (T-2).
2.40.2. Ensures accurate and timely notification to Defense Finance and Accounting Service.
(T-2).
2.40.3. Provides assistance to commanders as needed. (T-2).
2.40.4. Stops the absentee’s pay and allowances after the unit’s initial notification that the
absentee is AWOL or a deserter. (T-2).
2.40.5. Provides commander and MPF/CSS assistance with all funding questions in
accordance with AFMAN 65-116, Volume 1, Defense Joint Military Pay System Active
Component (DJMS-AC) FSO Procedures, and AFI 65-601,Volume 1, Budget Guidance and
Procedures. (T-3).
2.41. Commanders of local Military Treatment Facilities, Reserve Medical Units, RegAF,
AFR and ANG Aeromedical Evacuation Squadrons, and Guard Medical Units will:
2.41.1. Work with the Installation Deployment Officer to establish local guidance regarding
identification tag issuance for Red Medical Alert identification tags. (T-1).
2.41.2. Codify the process for producing the Red Medical Alert identification tag in either the
Installation Deployment Plan (IDP) or through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with
the Installation Deployment Officer and the FSS Commander. (T-1). Details will include the
frequency of production and distribution to members’ readiness folders. (T-1).
2.41.3. Designate a medical point of contact (i.e. medical readiness) who will be responsible
for making the Red Medical Alert identification tags, ensure the correct medical information
is printed on the tags (i.e. medical abbreviations), Aeromedical Services Information
Management Systems is updated and the Red Medical Alert identification tags are taken back
to the Medication Treatment Facilities for distribution to the proper units. (T-1).
2.41.4. Develop a process for the medical Unit Deployment Manager (UDM) to get the Red
Medical Alert identification tags to other base organization UDMs. (T-1).
2.41.5. Geographically Separated Units should contact the nearest AF Medical Treatment
Facility to obtain their Medical Alert identification tags.
2.42. Servicing Security Forces:
2.42.1. Coordinate search efforts with Unit commander and 1st Sergeant; servicing AF OSI
unit; and local law agencies. (T-2). Provide results to commander. (T-2).
2.42.2. Assist the unit commander in finding and returning the absentee to military control
using current information or initial information in DD Form 553. (T-2). This action includes
notifying civilian and other military agencies.
2.42.3. Assist the unit commander and MPF in determining distribution of the DD Form 553.
(T-3). Note: DO NOT update the National Crime Information Center for deserters. (T-1).
Upon receipt of DD Form 553 from AFPC/DPFCM, AFOSI/ICON/ICW will ensure
appropriate National Crime Information Center update.
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2.43. Force Support Squadron (FSS) Commander/Director.

2.43.1. Executes the installation Force Support Readiness program. (T-2).
2.43.2. Ensures a Total Force approach to train/prepare Force Support capability for
deployment during wartime and contingency response. (T-2).
2.43.3. Budgets and requests funding for all Home Station Readiness Training, formal
training, equipment UTC and other UTC requirements. (T-2).
2.43.3.1. Ensures Home Station Readiness Training requirements are met each Air and
Space Expeditionary Force cycle (AFR/ANG every 24 months), approves the annual
readiness training plan, and receives bi-annual comprehensive updates on training status of
team members. (T-2).
2.43.3.2. Monitors and ensures Force Support Readiness teams are fully staffed, trained
and equipped to meet requirements. (T-2).
2.43.4. Budgets and plans for contingency contracts and/or Nonappropriated Fund
Memorandum of Agreement. (T-2). These are available to sustain Force Support operations
when military personnel are deployed. Examples include contingency contracting, civilian
over-hires, Individual Mobilization Augmentation, etc.
2.43.4.1. Budgets for travel and per diem to fund Force Support manning assistance from
all outside sources (i.e. Individual Mobilization Augmentee support on Military Personnel
Appropriation man-day tours, if available, other AF units, etc.). (T-2).
2.43.4.2. Plans for temporary civilian appointments in the event civilians deploy from the
unit. (T-2).
2.43.5. Ensures the readiness of their assigned personnel, equipment is ready for deployment
and the squadron can meet the mission capability of all assigned UTCs (e.g., Single Pallet
Expeditionary Kitchen UTC logistics detail supply and equipment requirements). (T-2).
2.43.6. Reviews Designed Operational Capability statement annually. (T-2).
2.43.7. Serves as the local resource manager supporting wing postured Force Support
personnel UTCs. (T-2).
2.43.8. Serves as the base functional manager for all AF Specialty Code 3FXXX and 38F
contingency taskings and other matters. (T-2).
2.43.9. Ensures equitable distribution of Force Support personnel between Air and Space
Expeditionary Force on-call windows, allowing maximum deployment of capabilities. (T-2).
2.43.10. Assists unit commanders with updating personnel Air and Space Expeditionary Force
assignments in Military Personnel Data Systems. (T-3).
2.43.11. Develops contingency plans outlining military workload mitigation factors
supporting maximum personnel contribution during rotational and surge deployment
operations while still maintaining home-station personnel service support. (T-2).
2.43.11.1. At a minimum, contingency plans will include assumptions and planning
factors outlined in the Personnel Functional Area Prioritization and Sequencing Guidance
located at the AEF Online website. (T-2).
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2.43.11.2. Contingency plans will include supporting Noncombatant Evacuation

Operation \repatriation, wing-level augmentation requirements, and individual
augmentation taskings. (T-2).
2.43.12. Develops a training plan ensuring all task certifications on PERSCO and GCCS-AF
system identified operators UTCs for monthly reporting in accordance with AFI 10-201, Force
Readiness Reporting. (T-2).
2.43.13. Approves the award and revocation of Personnel Readiness related Special
Experience Identifiers in accordance with the Air Force Officer Classification Directory and
the Air Force Enlisted Classification Directory, both located on the myPers website at
https://mypers.af.mil/app/categories/c/1363/p/9. (T-3).
2.43.14. Work with the Installation Deployment Officer and Installation Medical Commander
to develop a Memorandum of Understanding to outline processes for producing the Red
Medical Alert identification tag, the frequency of production and distribution to members’
readiness folders. (T-3).
2.43.15. Ensure the IPR office has the funding to maintain, repair and replace as needed the
identification tag embosser at the IPR office, subject to availability of Congressional
appropriations. (T-1).
2.43.16. Ensure IPR offices provide training to designated Medical Treatment Facility
personnel on the use of the identification tag embosser located at the IPR office. (T-3).
2.43.17. Ensure IPR offices provide access to the identification tag embosser at the IPR office
for designated medical personnel. (T-3).
2.44. Chief, Civilian Personnel Flight or Equivalent:
2.44.1. Upon request, assists the FSS IPR Element and Installation Deployment System with
developing and implementing local civilian personnel policy and procedures. (T-3).
2.44.2. Assists with Department of the Air Force and Nonappropriated Fund employee
accountability. (T-2).
2.44.3. Provides the needed data to IPR for preparation of Contingency, Exercise, Deployment
orders and the generation of Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments
updates for civilian personnel tasked to deploy in support of contingency support operations.
(T-2).
2.44.4. Identifies in the base support plans how personnel support is provided to employees
and supervisors during contingencies. (T-3).
2.45. Military Personnel Section Commander or Equivalent:
2.45.1. Ensures the Military Personnel Section provides prompt support to
deployed/deploying commanders and base personnel during contingency, wartime, exercise,
and emergency operations. (T-3).
2.45.2. Provides trained personnel and equipment to support emergency operations such as
repatriation of Department of Defense personnel, natural disasters, etc. (T-2).
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2.45.3. Ensures personnel assigned to the IPR Element complete Deliberate and Crisis Action
Planning and Execution Segments training within 12 months of assignment to the IPR Element.
(T-2).
2.45.4. Provides personnel planning inputs to base deployment plans, base support plans,
Continuity of Operations Plan plans and emergency action plans to in- and out-process and
account for all in- and out-bound forces. (T-2).
2.45.5. Assigns, equips, and trains personnel to operate the Personnel Deployment Function
in accordance with AFI 10-403 and this instruction. (T-2).
2.45.6. Ensures the MPF Strength Accounting Duty Status Program Manager is appointed and
trained on the AF Strength Accounting Duty Status Program. (T-3).
2.45.7. Ensures accurate and timely duty status reporting for all personnel assigned to their
MPF ID. (T-2).
2.45.8. Ensures MPF and Commander’s Support Staff (CSS) (if applicable) personnel are
informed of local operating procedures. (T-3).
2.45.9. Ensures procedures are in place for preparation and issuance of identification tags as
required by this instruction. (T-1).
2.45.10. Ensures procedures are established to dispose of improperly prepared or surrendered
identification tags in the most economical method locally available according to AFI 33-332,
Air Force Privacy and Civil Liberties Program. (T-1).
2.45.11. (Added) Ensures unit Strength Accounting Duty Status Program managers receive
initial training within 30 days of appointment and annual refresher training
2.46. Force Support Squadron (FSS) Operations Officer:
2.46.1. Manages and provides oversight of day-to-day unit readiness program operations. (T-
2).
2.46.2. Ensures planning for installation emergency and incident response DAFI 10-2501,
Emergency Management Program. (T-2).
2.46.3. Coordinates, reviews, and develops Force Support content in Adaptive, Crisis Action,
and the Base Support and Expeditionary Plans. (T-2).
2.46.4. Oversees the unit Individual Mobilization Augmentee Program and ensures Individual
Mobilization Augmentees are fully qualified to perform wartime duties. (T-2).
2.46.5. Briefs the FSS Commander/Director on Designed Operational Capability statements
annually. (T-3).
2.46.6. Ensures annual budget and resources for readiness program management and
execution are submitted to Resource Management. (T-3).
2.46.7. Provides management and oversight of UDM. (T-3).
2.46.8. Oversees all unit readiness training. (T-3).
2.46.9. Reviews Force Support Readiness and Capability reports for accuracy based on criteria
established in AFI 10-201. (T-3).
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2.46.10. Develops and implements home station military workload mitigation plans to
maximize deployable capability during Air and Space Expeditionary Force rotational and surge
operations. (T-2).
2.46.10.1. Details the planning of contingency contracts, Air Reserve Component force
utilization and temporary civilian appointments, hours of operation, etc. (T-2).
2.47. Unit Deployment Managers will:
2.47.1. Retain identification tags for individuals assigned to deployment positions as required
by local policy. (T-3).
2.47.2. Optionally, keep identification tags in a central location within the assigned unit when
not in use by the individual.
2.47.3. Ensure procedures are in place to check out identification tags when needed by the
individual. (T-3).
2.48. Force Support Squadron Readiness Manager/UDM (or Unit Readiness Manager):
2.48.1. Ensures all assigned Force Support personnel are assigned to the appropriate Air
Expeditionary Force Indicator (AEFI). (T-2).
2.48.2. Ensures the Force Support Readiness program complies with prescribed directives to
organize, train, and equip the unit. (T-2).
2.48.3. Primary liaison to the Unit Training Manager, flight/squadron leadership, and wing
training functions regarding deployment related issues. (T-3).
2.48.4. Maintains UDM continuity binder and associated electronic files that includes at
minimum copies of appointment letters in accordance with AFI 10-403, Deployment Planning
and Execution. (T-3).
2.48.5. Maintains a deployment folder on each member in accordance with AFI 10-403. (T-
2).
2.48.6. Submits after-action reports to the Commander/Director when required. (T-3).
2.48.7. Ensures individuals are briefed on their team member responsibilities for deployment.
(T-3).
2.48.8. Maintains Force Support UTC equipment as prescribed by the UTC Logistics Detail.
(T-3).
2.48.9. Procures, maintains and prepares equipment/supplies in a safe and serviceable
condition (including calibrated, if required) for postured UTCs. (T-2).
2.48.10. Trains and equips assigned personnel to accomplish the mission essential tasks
required as defined by the Mission Capability Statement of postured UTCs. (T-2).
2.48.11. Maintains unit Designed Operational Capability statement. (T-2).
2.48.11.1. Coordinates new Designed Operational Capability statement with applicable
wing agencies upon receipt. (T-3).
2.48.11.2. Postures Force Support teams according to the Designed Operational Capability
statement. (T-2).
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2.48.12. Notifies their wing Installation Deployment Readiness Center/Deployment Control

Center within established timelines when UTC taskings cannot be supported. (T-3).
2.48.13. Ensures Force Support team members aligned to their functional account code, skill
level, and grade based on the UTC Manpower Force Packaging System (MANFOR) Detail
(e.g., Personnel Functional Account Code 1600, Food Service Functional Account Code 45D1,
Fitness Functional Account Code 45D8). (T-3).
2.48.14. Reviews UTC Mission Capability, Manpower Force Packaging System, and
Logistics Detail on a quarterly basis or as changes occur in order to identify changes in unit
posturing that will facilitate readiness reporting and monitoring. (T-3).
2.48.15. Determines and coordinates annual training plan requirements with the squadron
training office and operations officer to ensure the unit is prepared for wartime and contingency
operations (Silver Flag and Home Station Readiness Training). (T-3).
2.48.16. Conducts and/or schedules all readiness training classes in accordance with Chapter
4 of this DAFI. (T-2).
2.48.17. Maintains and services all assigned equipment UTCs (depending on base level
equipment; e.g., Single Pallet Expeditionary Kitchen) at least quarterly to ensure proper
utilization and to train Force Support members. (T-2).
2.48.18. Prepares the Resource and Capability readiness report in accordance with AFI 10-
201. (T-2).
2.48.19. Assigns and maintains functional UTCs (in coordination with their respective
commanders) as postured by FAMs using available unit assets. (T-2).
2.48.20. Monitors UTC/Unit Manpower Document authorization mismatches and notifies unit
leadership when corrective actions have been taken. (T-3).
2.49. Force Support Squadron (FSS) Activities/Sections:
2.49.1. All activities support the Force Support readiness program by ensuring planning,
exercising, and preparing for contingency operations.
2.49.1.1. Ensures contingency procedures are executed when directed by the FSS
Readiness section. (T-3). These procedures include antiterrorism measures,
accountability, incident response and any other contingency as directed.
2.49.2. Sections are directly responsible for preparing Force Support UTC capability. (T-3).
2.50. MPF Strength Accounting Duty Status Program Manager:
2.50.1. Ensures accurate and timely AWOL/Deserter duty status reporting for all personnel
assigne d to their MPF ID. (T-2).
2.50.2. Ensures unit Strength Accounting Duty Status Program managers receive
AWOL/Deserter initial training within 30 days of appointment and training. (T-3).
2.50.3. Provides initial and refresher training to unit Commanders and First Sergeants on
AWOL/Deserter program. (T-3).
2.50.4. Ensures unit commanders have Case Management System access and provides
assistance with reporting of absentees. (T-3).
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2.50.5. Notifies the unit of assignment when permanent change of station, TDY and
Reserve/Guard members ordered to active duty fail to report at the time specified on their
orders. (T-2). Exception: Reserve members ordered to active duty for training on an annual
tour.
2.50.6. Provides guidance to the unit commander and unit CSS (if applicable) on the
preparation of Duty Status Change (AWOL/Deserter) Case Management System case and in
the preparation and distribution of DD Form 553 (refer to myPers) and DD Form 616. (T-3).
2.50.7. Establishes contact with AFPC/DPFCM to notify of the UA, as needed. (T-3).
2.50.8. Assists unit CSS and unit commander in obtaining the member’s medical and dental
records and forwards them to AFPC/DPFCM. (T-3). If medical and dental records not
available, assists unit CSS and/or unit commander with memorandum explaining why medical
and dental records are not available. (T-3).
2.51. IPR Offices will:
2.51.1. Be the OPR regarding Personnel Accountability. (T-2).
2.51.2. Update strength accounting duty status Code 20, TDY, Contingency, and strength
accounting duty status Code 21, Palace Trip Manning Assistance Contingency or Exercise, for
all personnel deploying in support of a contingency operation or TDY manning assistance as
appropriate. (T-2).
2.51.3. Monitor and manage daily Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution
Segments and Military Personnel Data System Transaction Registers. (T-3). Take corrective
action in both systems, if necessary. (T-3). Update projected or confirmed contingency,
exercise, mobility, rotational, or manning assistance TDYs using Deliberate and Crisis Action
Planning and Execution Segments and/or the Military Personnel Data System for those rejected
during daily Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments to Military
Personnel Data System interface. (T-2).
2.51.4. Grant AFPAAS access to Commanding Officer Representatives designated in writing
by unit commanders or directors for all supported units to include Tenant Units,
Geographically Separated Units and AF Elements. (T-2).
2.51.5. Conduct an annual review to track and monitor Commanding Officer Representative
assignments and remove access when designated Commanding Officer Representatives are
reassigned. (T-2).
2.51.6. Provide annual personnel accountability and AFPAAS training to all designated
Commanding Officer Representatives. (T-2).
2.51.7. (Added) Complete Contingency, Exercise, and Deployment (CED) orders and
amendments in accordance with the overall guidance in AFI 65-103, Temporary Duty/Special
Orders. (T-2).
2.51.8. (Added) Utilize the AF Form 3847, Deployment Processing TDY Checklist, when
members from base are notified of deployment. (T-2).
2.52. PERSCO Team Chief:
2.52.1. Receives Team Chief responsibilities briefing upon UTC assignment. (T-3).
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2.52.2. Coordinates/communicates with deployed forward locations and teamed UTCs prior
to deployment. (T-3).
2.52.3. Advises headquarters rear staff, and home station of UTC whereabouts during
deployment and redeployment. (T-3). It is especially important to notify the home station unit
control center as soon as possible after reaching the deployed location.
2.52.4. Ensures their UTC is properly trained, equipped and prepared to deploy by meeting all
training requirements, reporting instructions and any other deployed location-specific
requirements. (T-3).
2.52.5. Submits after-action reports in accordance with this DAFI. (T-3).
2.53. Supervisors/Trainers: Supervisors/Trainers plan, conduct, evaluate, and document
training. (T-3).
2.54. Trainee: The trainee is the focal point of the AF training program. Trainees must become
qualified to perform in their AF Specialty. (T-3).
2.55. Force Support UTC Team Members:
2.55.1. Ensure personal affairs (financial, legal, administrative, etc.), are in order at all times,
and obtains required uniform items, personal clothing, and hygiene items in accordance with
AFI 10-403, and MAJCOM/Wing requirements. (T-3).
2.55.2. Understand their AEFI, deployment UTC/Team assignment, and response time to
meet deployment and mission capabilities requirements. (T-3).
2.56. Regular Air Force, Selected Reserve, Department of Air Force and Non-appropriated
Air Force Civilians will:
2.56.1. Use the AFPAAS to account for themselves and family members when directed. (T-
2).
2.56.2. Maintain realistic and actionable shelter-in place or evacuation plans in anticipation of
national crises or natural disasters. (T-2).
2.56.3. Account for family members living in the Geographical Area of Interest (e.g.,
dependent children living with a former spouse) even though the sponsor may live outside the
impacted area. (T-2). This includes Airmen deployed or on a remote assignment. (T-2).
2.56.4. Ensure the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System is updated annually with
current contact information to include home, mailing address and phone number. (T-2).
2.56.5. Civilian personnel whose family members are receiving evacuation entitlements will
report the status of those family members in the AFPAAS or to their supervisor or
commander/director. (T-2).
2.56.6. Nonappropriated Fund civilians will ensure their supervisor’s record of employee
folder contains current emergency point of contact information. (T-2).
2.56.7. Notify unit commander support staff before departure of a TDY and upon return.
(T-2).
2.56.8. Notify unit commander support staff, supervisor and/or First Sergeant of any other
change to personnel accountability duty status (e.g. hospitalization, confinement, etc.). (T-2).
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2.56.9. Wear or have identification tags in their possession while performing duty as an
aircrew member. (T-1).
2.56.10. Wear identification tags while participating in a contingency or contingency exercise.
(T-1).
2.56.11. Wear or have identification tags in their possession when otherwise directed by their
supervisor or commander. (T-3).
2.56.12. (Added) Ensure one set of identification tags are maintained and information on
them is accurate. (T-1).
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CHAPTER 3

FORCE SUPPORT READINESS PLANNING

3.1. Planning and Posturing UTC Force Support Capabilities.

3.2. Planning and Posturing. The premise for the A1 UTCs is based on the lead/follow concept
and is the foundation for the way capability is built, postured, trained and deployed to support the
warfighter. A1 UTCs are approved by AF/A1XO and documented on the A1 UTC Placemat
located on the AF/A1XO Readiness SharePoint®. UTCs will be postured based on the
organization and mission of the Force Support unit using the A1 Force Support Functional Area
Prioritization and Sequencing guidance. (T-1). Guidance is posted on the AF/A1XO Readiness
SharePoint® page located at: https://usaf.dps.mil/sites/10097/KM/A1XO/SitePages/A1XO.aspx.
3.2.1. The Force Support Force Module is a tool for planners to use in adaptive and crisis
planning. This population driven Force Module layout can be used for incrementally building
Air Expeditionary Wings up to 2,200 personnel. Force Support readiness planners will tailor
UTC planning based on the mission and the capabilities required at execution. (T-1).
3.2.2. Contingency Planning. Units must develop local checklists or operating instructions to
outline actions and procedures to support base operation plans and contingency situations. (T-
2). These should include mobility deployments, major accident response, natural disaster
response (including emergency sheltering of off-base civilians), terrorist attack response, Force
Protection Condition changes, Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear attacks, reception
and beddown of incoming forces, and non-combatant evacuation.
3.3. Installation Level Planning. Force Support units are responsible for planning at the
installation level for Force Support capabilities. Specifically, units will ensure Force Support
requirements are updated in the Base Support and Expeditionary Site Plan, installation level
emergency response plans, operation plans, and local plans as directed by the parent wing. (T-2).
3.3.1. Unit Control Center. Force Support units must establish a unit control center, as
outlined in DAFI 10-2501, with the capability for Command and Control of unit resources for
response to actual or exercise situations. (T-1). Control centers must have clear, concise, and
complete checklists and status boards for command and control. (T-1). They should be located
in a specifically designated area and be ready for immediate operation. Force Support units
will have base and local area maps (including current base grid map), and have adequate
communications systems (and backups). (T-1).
3.3.2. Deployment planning. Force Support units with deployment missions must have
checklists, status boards and Command and Control systems prepared to deploy and operate a
unit control center at a forward operating location. (T-1). Deployable checklists and status
boards should include bed down planning, all field Force Support operations, emergency
response, mortuary/mass casualty, base attack response, and Ability to Survive and Operate
actions. The squadron must track status of critical assets, resources, and capabilities. (T-1).
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3.4. Posturing Guidance. Force Support UTCs are postured to support Defense Planning
Guidance using the established structure in Attachment 2. The AF/A1 FAM publishes posturing
guidance in the Global Force Management cycle to ensure proper capability is postured. UTCs
are postured at a level consistent with the most stringent demand for surge and post-surge
operations in the Defense Planning Guidance. Posturing guidance contains all other specific
missions where capability is required outside of the Defense Planning Guidance.
3.4.1. UTC Posturing Guidance. The AF/A1 FAM determines the appropriate deployable
capability needed to support Defense Planning Guidance. The Force Support UTC guidance
is used to determine deployable, home station support and combatant commander in-place
capabilities. The guidance is used to determine Force Support forces available for rotational
deployments.
3.4.2. FSS leadership will develop and implement home station workload mitigation plans to
offset deployed capability during deployment operations. (T-2). Mitigation plans should
include contractual support, contingency Nonappropriated Fund Memorandum of Agreements,
utilization of available Air Reserve Component capabilities, civilian over hires, delay of non-
essential training and exercises and lastly a reduction in facilities and/or service.
3.4.3. Manpower and Equipment Force Packaging System. Force Support UTCs are
registered in the Manpower and Equipment Force Packaging System under the alphanumeric
series “RF" Mission capability statements and manpower force element listings for each UTC
are contained in the Manpower Force Packaging system of the Manpower and Equipment
Force Packaging System. A Logistics Detail for each UTC is maintained in the Logistics Force
Packaging System.
3.4.4. UTC Response Times. Regular component Force Support teams must be available for
worldwide deployment within 24 hours after initial notice. (T-1). Air Reserve Component
teams must be available for deployment within 72 hours after initial notice and activation. (T-
1). Force Support teams must deploy with team kits as specified in the applicable Logistics
Detail. (T-1).
3.5. Force Providers. As referenced in AFI 10-401, Operations Planning and Execution, force
providers will posture the maximum number of manpower authorizations from warfighting
organizations into standard deployable UTCs. (T-1). The specific UTCs to posture will be based
on the AF/A1 FAM posturing and sequencing guidance. (T-1). This guidance provides the
functional area concepts of operation and the UTC structure that supports it. (T-1). The AF/A1
FAM provides guidance on which UTCs should be postured and made available for planning
purposes based on component headquarters’ requirements and the Air Expeditionary Task Force
force modules.
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CHAPTER 4

FORCE SUPPORT READINESS EDUCATION AND TRAINING

4.1. Force Support Readiness Education and Training. AF/A1XO maintains approval
authority for all readiness education and training for the A1 Functional community. Course
curriculum and additional materials are developed in conjunction with key stakeholders prior to
implementation with Force Support units, Silver Flag sites, and Air Education and Training sites.
4.2. Force Support Readiness Training. Commanders are responsible for ensuring effective
education and training programs are established and executed. (T-1). Commanders are also
responsible for reporting responsibilities for Resource and Capability Readiness per AFI 10-201,
Force Readiness Reporting. (T-1). Personnel assigned to Force Support UTC s are required to
complete ancillary and all non-AF Specialty Expeditionary Readiness Training as outlined in AFI
10-405, Expeditionary Readiness Training Program and AF Guidance Memorandum for
Expeditionary Readiness, as necessary, to maintain individual readiness. (T-1). Personnel
assigned to institutional force positions must complete readiness training as required to meet the
mission needs of their organization. (T-1). Members assigned to institutional force positions will
attend readiness training as required when they are tasked to fill a wartime tasking. (T-1).
4.2.1. Training Requirements. This section contains the Force Support training requirements
for readiness. A significant portion of the training will be required from Force Support Officers
(38F), personnel (3F0), and services (3F1) career fields. This is based on the role of these AF
Specialty Codes in the lead RFLX UTC makeup in the Force Support Force Module in
Attachment 3.
4.2.2. (Added) Education and Training (3F2), Manpower (3F3), Equal Opportunity (3F4),
Admin (3F5), Sexual Assault Prevention Response officer (80C), Protocol Officer (88B),
Protocol Noncommissioned Officer (8A3), and Airmen and Family Readiness (8C0) will
receive targeted mission specific education and training as required to meet the mission
capability statement on the UTC. (T-1).
4.2.3. (Added) Commanders at all levels will ensure Force Support personnel will be trained
to their wartime, contingency and home station positions. (T-1). Reserve commanders will
ensure Individual Mobilization Augmentees will be trained in wartime positions during annual
tours and inactive duty training (IADT) periods. (T-1). ANG developed, funds and conducts
the Casualty Affairs Mortuary Operations (CAMO) course that has been approved by AF
Mortuary Affairs Operations (AFMAO). AFMAO serves as the functional OPR for the ANG
CAMO course, providing curriculum review and approval.
4.3. Force Support Home Station Readiness Training. Training requirements are determined
by AF Specialty Code and will be completed by all members every 18 months (24 months for
AFR/ANG). (T-1). The mandatory blocks for each AF Specialty Code are outlined in the Force
Support Expeditionary Readiness Training matrix posted on the AF/A1XO Readiness
SharePoint® page located at: https://usaf.dps.mil/sites/10097/KM/A1XO/SitePages/A1XO.aspx. (T-1).
Home Station Readiness Training requirements are updated as needed and disseminated by
AF/A1XO. A team from AF/A1XO, in coordination with AFPC and AFSVC, develops and
determines steps to review Home Station Readiness Training to ensure the community is meeting
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the intent and preparing teams/members as necessary. Scheduling training is covered in

paragraph 4.28 of this DAFI.
4.4. Force Support Vehicle Training. 3F1 personnel assigned to lead RFLX UTCs will be
trained in specific vehicle operations. The specific 3F1 skill level requiring the training are
outlined in the Force Support Expeditionary Readiness Training matrix posted on the AF/A1XO
Readiness SharePoint® page located at: https://usaf.dps.mil/sites/10097/KM/A1XO/SitePages/A1XO.aspx
. (T-1). Training frequency/re-occurrence will be based on guidance outlined in AFI 24-301,
Ground Transportation. (T-1).
4.5. Force Support Silver Flag.
4.5.1. Force Support military personnel assigned to lead RFLX UTCs (RFLXA, RFLXB,
RFLXC, and RFLXH) must complete Force Support training assessment at a certified Silver
Flag Training site on opening/establishing the base functions to stand up an Expeditionary
FSS. (T-1). Any Force Support member may be directed to attend Silver Flag training as
required by deployment tasking levied by the component. All 38F officers assigned to
sustainment UTCs will train as required for that capability. This requirement will be reported
in readiness reporting systems to ensure measurement. The Component MAJCOM determines
the number of units with open/establish the base lead, follow-on functional and sustainment
UTCs in coordination with their MAJCOM/A3 and the AF/A1 FAM. CONUS Combatant
Commander in-place with Force Support deployable capability posture functional follow-on
and sustainment UTCs to meet capability needs prescribed in the posturing and sequencing
guidance. Although these forces are in-place, CONUS Combatant Commander with this UTC
capability will be postured and trained as they are required to meet Defense Planning Guidance
surge and Air and Space Expeditionary Force rotational requirements defined by combatant
commander needs. (T-1).
4.5.2. Force Support Silver Flag Training Frequency. All Force Support personnel assigned
to lead RFLX UTCs (RFLXA, RFLXB, RFLXC, and RFLXH) must attend Force Support
training at Silver Flag every 36 months (48 months for AFR/ANG.) (T-1). Officers assigned
to CONUS warfighting or in-place overseas units will attend Force Support training at Silver
Flag every 36 months (every 48 months for AFR/ANG). (T-1). Field grade officers will attend
Force Support training at Silver Flag one time while assigned to a CONUS warfighting or in-
place overseas unit. (T-1). Officers in Institutional Force or in-place home station units may
attend Force Support Silver Flag one time while assigned to a CONUS warfighting or in-place
overseas unit. Overseas Combatant Commander In-Place (PACAF/USAFE) units and
members (except for Short Tour locations) will attend Force Support training at Silver Flag at
the same frequency as warfighting units in the CONUS, every 36 months (every 48 months for
AFR/ANG). (T-1).
4.6. Silver Flag Training Assessment and Certification. Silver Flag site certification criteria
for Force Support training will be reviewed to ensure it meets the intent of delivering the highest
standard of field training. (T-1). A joint readiness training team from AFCEC, AFPC, AFSVC,
and owning MAJCOM/A1R representatives (AFIMSC for Tyndall) will visit each site using the
AF/A1XO approved guidance and checklist. (T-1). When changes to certification criteria are
made, an appropriate grace period for implementation will be determined by AF/A1XO. A
AF/A1XO representative will attend certification visits when deemed necessary.
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4.6.1. Silver Flag site certification for Force Support training is pass/fail. Pass/fail conditions
will be outlined in the AF/A1XO certification guidance and/or certification checklist.
Adjustments will be made as needed to ensure the highest standard of certification of Force
Support field training.
4.6.2. (Added) A consolidated site certification report will be prepared by the certification
team and forwarded to the site commander, along with AF/A1XO for distribution to the host
MAJCOM/A1, AFIMSC and the Force Support staff within 30 calendar days after completion
of the visit. (T-1). The training site owning MAJCOM/A1 and/or AFIMSC (as appropriate)
is required to coordinate on the completed certification report and address all findings (critical
and non-critical) within 60 days of receipt and execute corrective actions. The host
MAJCOM/A1 and/or AFIMSC will also provide a report to AF/A1XO indicating corrective
action at this time. If a Silver Flag site fails a certification, it will be reevaluated no earlier
than 30 days and no later than 90 days from the completed certification report. (T-1). If the
reevaluation results in a second failure, AF/A1XO will determine the appropriate course of
action.
4.7. Selected Force Support Training. There are four courses included in this subcategory,
Force Support Basic Contingency Course (MFSS100 Air University Distance Learning Course),
Force Support Contingency Course (MFSS275 Air University Resident Course), Deliberate and
Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments (Wing Level Operators course taught at Keesler
AFB), and the Expeditionary Manpower Management Course (Manpower Readiness Course
taught at Tyndall Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineer (RED
HORSE) Site).
4.7.1. All Force Support personnel, with the exception of 8C, 8F, and 8T, must complete the
Force Support Basic Contingency Course (Course Identification: MFSS100). (T-1). This
course is computer-based training on the MyLearning training platform.
4.7.2. (Added) The Force Support Basic Contingency Course is a foundational course
designed to prepare both personnel assigned to unit readiness section as well as a prerequisite
for personnel attending the Force Support Contingency course. Force Support personnel
assigned readiness planner positions such as MAJCOM/Component Numbered AF/Air Force
Forces staffs must complete this course within 6 months of being assigned on the staff. (T-1).
4.8. Force Support Contingency Course. Force Support personnel and Silver Flag instructors
must attend the Force Support Contingency Course. (T-1). The Force Support Contingency
Course consists of objectives on general Force Support contingency operations and addresses areas
of concern to leaders in contingency situations, such as force bed down and base recovery
planning.
4.9. Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments. Individuals assigned to
Manpower Office, an IPR, those assigned to the personnel that are assigned to the UTCs that
require a 295 Special Experience Identifier and those preparing to deploy in a UTC that requires
Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments access must attend the Deliberate
and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments course. (T-1). Upon completion of the
Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments course. (T-1).
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4.10. Expeditionary Manpower Management Course. All enlisted Manpower personnel (3F3)
must complete this course every 36 months. (T-1). This course measures the student’s
Expeditionary Manpower Management capabilities, while preparing them for expeditionary
operations.
4.11. Sustainment/Mission Specific UTC Training. The Force Support community organizes,
trains, and equips capability to support specific geographic and Combatant Commander’s
requirements based on the Defense Planning Guidance and other planning guidance. (T-1). In
order to support these needs, the community structures capability for special missions through both
posturing UTCs and coding manpower authorizations to perform these functions. (T-1).
Examples of this include Mortuary, Protocol, and Airman and Family Readiness, which are
identified in Attachment 3. AF/A1XO manages this capability based on wartime needs with the
UTCs’ Functional Area Manager from that respective community. Training for these UTCs is
determined by the program functional authority (i.e. Sexual Assault Response Coordinator,
Manpower, or Mortuary, etc.) with AF/A1XO determining additional readiness training required.
AF/A1XO, in coordination with Career Field Managers, determines the mandatory courses for pre-
deployment training and other training for any postured UTCs in the particular AF Specialty
Codes. Training for sustainment and mission specific UTCs consists of classroom and hands-on
training held at AF formal schools, training sites or at other venues determined by the functional
authority or as outlined by AF/A1XO. The basic requirements for each of these UTCs are laid out
below.
4.12. Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers (RED
HORSE). Force Support personnel assigned to RED HORSE UTCs will be trained for their
specific requirements to support that capability. (T-1). They will attend Silver Flag Training and
incorporate Home Station Readiness Training into their unit readiness training plan/schedule as
required. (T-1). Force Support personnel assigned to RED HORSE units will work with their
squadron’s leadership to create realistic training scenarios developed to compliment the units
mission and response time. (T-1).
4.13. Mortuary. While personnel are assigned to Mortuary UTCs, their primary responsibility is
to train and deploy for the Mortuary mission. These individuals are not required to attend Force
Support Silver Flag training. They will attend training that supports the Port Mortuary Mass
Fatality Plan and the Fatality Search and Recovery Plan implemented by the ANG. (T-1).
Personnel will train in Home Station Readiness Training to remain current on wartime tasks. (T-
1).
4.14. Port Mortuary. Personnel assigned to the Port Mortuary will attend training as outlined in
the Force Support Expeditionary Readiness Training matrix posted on the AF/A1XO Readiness
SharePoint® page located at:
https://usaf.dps.mil/sites/10097/KM/A1XO/SitePages/A1XO.aspx. (T-1). This training is
determined by AF Mortuary Affairs Operations in coordination with AF/A1XO and AF Reserve
Command/A1 and supports the Mass Fatality plan to use a time-phased approach to employ
capability at the Port Mortuary. Units postured with the RFLXE and RFLXF UTCs will ensure
their training plan is designed based on guidance from AF Mortuary Affairs Operations to prepare
UTC capability. (T-1). Port Mortuary personnel will complete initial ancillary and vehicle
training as required and Port Mortuary orientation on a just-in-time basis. (T-1). They must
accomplish Home Station Readiness Training every 18 months to ensure they remain current on
services wartime tasks. (T-1). Personnel may receive credit for training if they have accomplished
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a real world deployment at the Port Mortuary and it is validated by AF Mortuary Affairs Operations
for records documentation. Additional information on Port Mortuary operations is available on
their website at: www.mortuary.af.mil.
4.15. Fatality Search and Recovery Team. Personnel assigned to Fatality Search and Recovery
Team UTCs (ANG only) will be trained and prepared to respond to contingency situations. (T-1).
Personnel assigned to Fatality Search and Recovery Team UTCs are not required to attend Force
Support training at Silver Flag. They will attend Fatality Search and Recovery Team training that
is required to certify teams and meet designated response times. (T-1). Personnel assigned to
these UTCs will accomplish Home Station Readiness Training every 24 months to remain current
on wartime tasks. (T-1).
4.16. Protocol. Protocol UTCs are postured on the wing staff. AF/A1XO, in coordination with
AF/A1S, determines deployment qualification requirements.
4.17. Sexual Assault Response Coordinator. Requirements for Sexual Assault Response
Coordinator education, training and certification rests with AF/A1Z, which is the office with
functional oversight for Sexual Assault Response Coordinators. AF/A1XO, in coordination with
AF/A1Z, determines deployment qualification requirements.
4.18. Nonappropriated Fund Accounting. All 3F1s deploying on a Nonappropriated Fund
accountant UTC will attend a Nonappropriated Fund accounting course/orientation at the
respective Air Force Forces/Component Numbered AF staff. (T-1). This training will be
conducted to familiarize the members with the status of the funds as well as processes and
procedures for the Area of Responsibility. (T-1).
4.19. Equal Opportunity. Requirements for Equal Opportunity education, training and
certification rests with AF/A1V which has functional oversight. AF/A1XO, in coordination with
AF/A1V, determines deployment qualification requirements.
4.20. Institutional Forces. With the exception of those in the Manpower AF Specialty Code
(3F3), Institutional Forces are not required to attend Force Support Readiness training. Members
assigned to these positions must attend training for their specific contingency/wartime duty as
required by their unit. (T-1). Examples of this include responding to crisis action teams/cells as
required and executing the AF Forces staff functions.
4.21. Combatant Commander In-Place Training. Other forces assigned outside of FSS as
Combatant Commander In-Place/Other Government Agencies, such as missile chefs and
personnel specialists, train for their contingency/wartime mission determined by their unit and
identified on their Designed Operational Capability statement. (T-1). They must participate and
document the training in their Total Force Training Record to ensure wartime preparedness as an
in-place unit. (T-1).
4.22. Installation Response Training Requirements. Force Support personnel are part of the
installation response team as outlined in DAFI 10-2501. Each Force Support unit will follow their
installation-specific plans and training requirements to meet this mission. (T-2). Some key areas
that Force Support might be involved in are assisting families, mortuary/search and recovery,
providing food support and ensuring mission continuity.
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4.23. Unit Readiness Manager (or UDM if they are fulfilling the readiness manager
role). The Unit Readiness Manager will complete the MFSS 100 Force Support Readiness Basic
Contingency Course, the Unit Control Center course and the AF Emergency Management Program
Course (ZZ133131) on the MyLearning website via the Air Force Portal. (T-1).
4.24. Operations Officer. The Operations Officer will complete the MFSS 100 Force Support
Readiness Basic Contingency Course and the Unit Control Center course and AF Emergency
Management Program Course (ZZ133131) on the MyLearning website via the Air Force Portal.
(T-1).
4.25. Component MAJCOM (C-MAJCOM)/ Component Numbered AF Planner Air Force
Forces Staff. Those assigned as readiness planners and on staff will, within 12 months of
assignment (pending class quota availability), complete the Contingency Wartime Planning
Course at Maxwell, the Force Support Readiness Basic Contingency Course on Canvas and the
Force Support Readiness Contingency course at Maxwell.
4.26. Field Operating Agencies/Intermediate Headquarters
(AFPC/AFSVC/AFMAA/AFMAO and AF Installation and Mission Support Center). Those
assigned to Field Operating Agencies/intermediate headquarters will, within 12 months of
assignment (pending class quota availability), complete the Force Support Readiness Basic
Contingency Course on Canvas and Contingency Wartime Planning Course at Maxwell. (T-1).
4.27. AF/A1XO Readiness. Those assigned to the AF/A1XO Readiness office, within 12 months
of assignment (pending class quota availability), will complete Contingency Wartime Planning
Course at Maxwell.
4.27.1. The requirements laid out in this DAFI are only the minimum established for Force
Support readiness positions. Additional training required is determined by the unit based on
the position to which the member is assigned.
4.28. Scheduling Readiness Training. Unit commanders are responsible for ensuring readiness
training programs are executed at a level to bring realism to training classes and scenarios. (T-2).
Each unit will assess the overall readiness training requirement and develop a training plan by 1
April each year. (T-2).
4.28.1. The training plan will cover a minimum 24 month period; this will cover 30-90 days
training window prior to the unit’s availability window. (T-2).
4.28.2. The plan will ensure Home Station Readiness Training is accomplished for all
members assigned to lead UTCs every 18 months. (T-1). Example: If the unit is publishing
the training plan for fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 2023, it must be published by 1 Apr 21.
4.28.3. Each unit can determine the most appropriate format and layout. The training plan
must contain forecasted training quotas for schools/ Force Support Silver Flag and any other
training requirements, Temporary Duty (TDY) budget, equipment budget, any other budgetary
needs (exercise costs, etc.) and a comprehensive training schedule based on all AF Specialty
Code/ UTC requirements outlined in the Force Support Expeditionary Readiness Training
matrix posted on the AF/A1XO Readiness SharePoint® page located at:
https://usaf.dps.mil/sites/10097/KM/A1XO/SitePages/A1XO.aspx. (T-1).
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4.28.4. All members assigned to lead and follow-on UTCs will attend training in a field
exercise (except Short Tour locations, which will not have a requirement) once every 18-24
months (every 36 months for AFR/ANG). (T-1). When assigned to a different/new UTC
position, a member will have six months to accomplish core responsibility training (Air
Reserve Component members receive 12 months). (T-1). If formal courses are needed, it is
understood the member may not receive training until the next course is offered.
4.29. Budgeting for Force Support Readiness Training. The Operations Officer is responsible
for ensuring unit’s readiness training requirements are aggregated and inserted in the annual
budget. (T-2). The budget should consider all aspects of the training requirements.
4.30. Equipment, Supplies and Funding.
4.30.1. Purpose. Force Support units will plan for equipment, supplies, and funding annually
to ensure program success. (T-2). The plan must address budgetary needs to maintain and
acquire equipment for home station use as well as deployment requirements. (T-2). The plan
will be done in conjunction with the budget for training requirements outlined in the Force
Support Expeditionary Readiness Training matrix posted on the AF/A1XO Readiness
SharePoint® page located at:
https://usaf.dps.mil/sites/10097/KM/A1XO/SitePages/A1XO.aspx. Force Support units
will published the plan for unit compliance by 1 April for a 24 month period. (T-2).
4.30.2. Deployment Equipment Requirements.
4.30.2.1. Equipment UTCs. Force Support UTCs must be equipped with equipment UTCs
as postured in the UTC Availability. (T-1). Equipment is built to be deployed based on
the lead and follow-on concept. RFLX UTCs will deploy with appropriate equipment as
required for the open/establish the base portion of the Force Module. (T-1). Other
equipment UTCs, such as the RFSEK, are deployed when the mission calls for that
capability. Specific line item requirements can be found in the Logistics Detail.
4.30.2.2. Weapons. The M-4 is the primary weapon for all Force Support enlisted
personnel and they will be trained accordingly. (T-1). The M-9 is the primary weapon for
all Force Support officers and they will be trained accordingly. (T-1).
4.30.2.3. Deployment Equipment. Force Support UTCs will prepare and deploy according
to AFI 10-403, Deployment Planning and Execution, and locally defined installation
deployment guidance. (T-1). Force Support units should provide input to local
deployment guidance to ensure the deployment guidance meets requirements. Other base
agencies/units may need to procure, store, maintain, and issue deployment equipment, for
the Force Support teams to meet their deployment commitment.
4.31. Prime Readiness in Base Services Decals. Units are authorized to use Prime Readiness in
Base Services decals for identification of supplies and equipment. The AF visual aid numbers are:
4.31.1. AF Visual Aid (AFVA) 10-215, Two-Inch Prime Readiness in Base Services Decal.
4.31.2. AFVA 10-216, Four-Inch Prime Readiness in Base Services Decal.
4.31.3. AFVA 10-217, Eight-Inch Prime Readiness in Base Services Decal.
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4.32. Force Support Program Funding. Force Support programs (personnel, training,
equipment, and supplies) are funded through appropriated funds.
4.32.1. Force Support Silver Flag Funding. Force Support training at Silver Flag will be
centrally funded for Regular Air Force members. (T-1). AF Installation and Mission Support
Center will consolidate all requirements annually for inclusion in the Program Objective
Memorandum. (T-1). Funding requirements will be determined based on guidance outlined
in the Force Support Expeditionary Readiness Training matrix posted on the AF/A1XO
Readiness SharePoint® page located at:
https://usaf.dps.mil/sites/10097/KM/A1XO/SitePages/A1XO.aspx. AFR/ANG command
policies will determine their funding.
4.32.2. Other Readiness Training. The unit readiness office is responsible for consolidating
all readiness training quotas and requirements annually for submission to the Operations
Officer. (T-3).
4.32.3. Basic Recreational Program Funding. Authorized basic recreational programs while
deployed, except for resale, should be funded with appropriated funds since these programs
are usually provided at no cost to personnel. Additional guidance can be found in AFI 65-106,
Appropriated Fund Support of Morale, Welfare, and Recreation and Nonappropriated Fund
Instrumentalities.
4.32.4. Funding for Nonappropriated Fund resale operations. The Component Numbered
AF/Component responsible for deployed installations will coordinate funding for
Nonappropriated Fund resale operations with AFSVC/FM. (T-1). This funding includes
requirements for startup operations as well as sustained and enduring programs in the deployed
Area of Responsibility.
4.32.5. Equipment and Supplies. The Operations Officer will budget annually for equipment
and supplies to ensure proper resources are available for deployments and exercises. (T-3).
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CHAPTER 5

PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY

5.1. Purpose, Background and Scope.

5.2. Purpose. Provide guidance for establishing and maintaining personnel accountability.
Personnel accountability provides commanders, planners, and managers with the status of the force
and can be used in making force management decisions. This instruction also provides guidance
for quickly obtaining personnel accountability and reporting it to comply with DoD requirements
in DoDD 1100.4, Guidance for Manpower Management, DoDI 1336.07, Management of
Personnel Tempo, and DoDI 3001.02, Personnel Accountability in Conjunction with Natural or
Manmade Disasters.
5.3. Background. The AF is required to provide the deployment information on all Temporary
Duties (TDYs) performed and to provide accountability status to the Personnel Accountability and
Reporting System when directed upon the occurrence of a disaster or national emergency. The
objectives of personnel accountability programs are to capture and report all changes in a
member’s strength accounting duty status, and to ensure these changes, regardless of length, are
reported immediately. Personnel accountability is the primary conduit for collecting data
impacting AF personnel and operations tempo information and is often used when making force
management decisions.
5.4. Scope. The roles and responsibilities of involved agencies are fully explained in this
instruction. Understanding and accomplishing these roles and responsibilities are crucial for
ensuring the accurate and timely actions necessary to establish personnel accountability. Central
to accountability during a disaster event or national emergency is a commander’s inherent
responsibility to ensure awareness of the status of personnel under their command.
5.4.1. Specifically, this chapter applies to:
5.4.1.1. RegAF members and their Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System
enrolled family members.
5.4.1.2. Selected Reserve:
5.4.1.2.1. ANG, Active Duty United States Code (USC) Title 10, Active Duty Title
32, State Active Duty, Drilling Guardsmen (Traditional and ANG Technicians), and
Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System enrolled family members of these
Guard categories.
5.4.1.2.2. Reserve on USC Title 5 and 10 AD, Drilling Reservist (Traditional and Air
Reserve Technicians), Individual Mobilization Augmentees, and the Defense
Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System enrolled family members of these Reserve
categories.
5.4.1.3. AF members assigned to Joint or Defense organizations.
5.4.1.4. Department of AF and Non-appropriated Fund AF civilian employees.
5.4.1.5. Family members of Department AF and Non-appropriated Fund employees when
those family members are receiving evacuation entitlements.
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5.4.1.6. Personnel on TDY, on leave, or on a pass.

5.4.1.7. When the impacted area is outside the continental United States, all Department
of the AF sponsored military, civilians, contractors to include all family members. Foreign
nationals are excluded.
5.4.2. Wherever and whenever possible, personnel accountability procedures should follow
the chain of command. (T-1). If regular reporting channels are not viable, individuals and
units must use any available means to report accountability information.
5.4.3. In the event of a disaster or national emergency (real world or exercise) and when
directed by AF leadership, AFPAAS is the system used to attain and report Total Force
accountability.
5.4.3.1. The AFPAAS utilizes data from the Defense Manpower Data Center’s Personnel
Accountability Reporting System database to identify members assigned, living, or
temporarily in the affected area.
5.4.3.2. The AFPAAS provides valuable information to the AF chain of command,
enabling commanders at all levels to make strategic decisions and facilitating a return to
normal operations after a disaster or national emergency.
5.4.3.3. MAJCOM and installation commanders may request a real-world event in lieu of
AF leadership directing local accountability events. Requests will be submitted through
AFPC/DP2WR to AF/A1XO for approval.
5.4.4. The AF Strength Accounting Duty Status Program is used to depict the current status
of the force and is designed to provide commanders, planners, and managers with strength-
affecting information via updates in the Military Personnel Data System.
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CHAPTER 6

IPR AND PERSCO

6.1. Purpose, Background, Introduction, Scope and Concepts.

6.2. Purpose. PERSCO is the collection of manual and automated procedures, systems,
hardware, personnel agencies, and deployable individuals or teams to accomplish Total Force
accountability and reporting, casualty reporting, and personnel program advice.
6.3. Background. The primary missions of the personnel community are Total Force
accountability, casualty reporting and personnel program support.
6.4. Introduction. This chapter provides personnel readiness program guidance for AF personnel
agencies and commanders supporting contingency, wartime, emergency operations, and exercises.
6.5. Scope. The roles and responsibilities of personnel agencies at all levels involved in readiness
operations are explained in this instruction. As an essential element within agile combat support,
the personnel community contributes to the Air and Space Expeditionary Force by providing
mission-ready personnel forces as well as providing Total Force accountability, casualty reporting,
and personnel program support and advice to all levels of command involved in readiness
operations. Understanding and accomplishing these roles and responsibilities are crucial for
ensuring the Personnel Readiness mission is met.
6.6. Personnel Accountability. Personnel accountability is defined as the accurate accounting
for personnel at all times regardless of location.
6.6.1. Additional personnel accountability guidance can be levied by the combatant
commander or the component command to include the requirement to report other Department
of Defense civilians, other Department of Defense-essential contractor personnel, other
Services, allied forces, coalition forces and/or other personnel. Commanders, at all levels, are
ultimately responsible for maintaining accountability of their forces. PERSCO is a tool to
assist commanders in obtaining and maintaining accountability. Commanders must establish
procedures to account for their forces when there is no PERSCO at the deployed location. (T-
1).
6.6.2. Personnel accountability enables planners and managers to support the commander’s
concept of operations by providing strength and casualty information essential for the
commander to make informed decisions concerning force allocation and capabilities. At the
unified command level and above, this information also assists senior leaders in making
informed decisions.
6.6.3. Accounting for deployed and residual forces provides senior military and civilian
leadership visibility of the human resources committed to contingency operations.
6.6.4. The historical capture of personnel accountability data (e.g., Gulf War Syndrome,
follow-up treatment, medical counseling, state bonuses and entitlements) is provided by AFPC
Directorate of Personnel Operations (AFPC/DP2) on a regular basis to the chain of command
(who was deployed where and for how long). This allows the tracking and analysis of
personnel and their association to specific military operations for future programs and
initiatives.
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6.6.5. Force accountability. Force accountability is accomplished with GCCS-AF Systems,

Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments. This system uses a series of
business rules to alert users to changes in deployment requirements and the status of deployed
persons. This system is also programmed to generate Military Personnel Data System
transactions to inform home-station commanders of the whereabouts and status of their
deployed personnel. PERSCO maintains accountability of deployed personnel using this
system. (T-1). The Employment Requirements Manning Document lists the requirements for
a particular deployed location. PERSCO monitors these requirements and coordinates with
deployed commanders and servicing Manpower office to determine if requirements are valid.
(T-1). There are several elements of Force accountability that must be tracked:
6.6.5.1. Strength accountability. PERSCO teams will maintain accountability over all
personnel on the ground, including transients, at their deployed and designated
geographically separated locations, regardless of status, in accordance with component
command policies. (T-1). All geographical locations serviced by PERSCO teams can be
located in Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments under Personnel
Functions utilizing the Headquarters AF/MAJCOM routing application.
6.6.5.2. Unit accountability. The deployed unit commander will maintain accountability
for the unit personnel assigned and/or attached. (T-1). This accountability includes
knowing where assigned personnel are at any given time, where they live and where they
work.
6.6.5.3. Replacement accountability. Deployed commanders will initiate replacement
actions to replace a deployed individual that departs prior to completing the specified tour
length. (T-2). PERSCO will track the status of all incoming and/or departing personnel
as well as their arrival and departure plans. (T-1).
6.6.5.4. Transient accountability. Transient forces are those that spend at least one night
at a location but their final duty location is elsewhere. PERSCO, in coordination with
deployed services (lodging) and transportation, will track arrival and departure of transient
personnel. (T-1).
6.6.5.5. Tasked Wing accountability. Unit commanders and IPR Elements will maintain
accountability over their deployed personnel until they have returned to home station. (T-
1).
6.7. Contingency, Exercise, and Deployment Orders.
6.7.1. Administrative Orders. This section establishes guidance for preparation, issuance,
numbering, funding, authentication, distribution, and maintenance of Contingency, Exercise,
Deployment orders. Only IPR or designated individuals on an activated Personnel Deployment
Function are authorized to publish Contingency, Exercise, and Deployment orders.
6.7.1.1. Contingency, Exercise, Deployment orders published by the IPR Element are the
only type of orders authorized for deployment of AF personnel assigned to AF units in
support of contingency, humanitarian or disaster relief operations or Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff or Command exercises that require a Time-Phased Force Deployment Data.
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6.7.1.2. Use of the computer-generated Contingency, Exercise, Deployment orders in lieu

of the DD Form 1610, Request and Authorization for TDY Travel of DoD Personnel, is
authorized according to AFI 65-103, Temporary Duty Orders.
6.7.1.3. Ensure the information appearing on computer-generated Contingency, Exercise,
and Deployment orders complies with guidelines outlined in the Joint Travel Regulations
(JTR) Uniformed Service Members and DoD Civilian Employees. (T-2).
6.7.1.4. Do not authenticate Contingency, Exercise, and Deployment orders for local
exercises where movement is simulated. (T-2).
6.7.1.5. Generate North Atlantic Treaty Organization orders to fulfill treaty requirements
(refer to AFI 65-103). (T-0).
6.7.1.6. The FSS commander will appoint an orders-issuing or approving official for
Contingency, Exercise, Deployment orders in writing. (T-2). This official must sign
manually prepared orders; however, computer-generated orders do not need to be signed
as long as adequate controls are in place to ensure proper approval before orders are
authenticated (e.g., orders logs, electronic copies of orders, etc.). (T-3).
6.7.1.7. Do not issue verbal orders unless absolutely necessary. (T-2). Verbal orders are
authorized only when time or error prevented written orders from being published in
advance of travel. Confirm verbal orders (in writing) as soon as possible. Include in the
written orders the date and who issued the verbal orders along with a statement on why
written orders were not issued earlier. (T-3).
6.7.1.8. Changes to Orders/Amendments, Rescissions, and Revocations. To amend,
rescind, or revoke Contingency, Exercise, Deployment orders, use a composed amendment
(Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments generated) or an AF Form
973, Request and Authorization for Change of Administrative Orders. Publish
amendments, rescissions, and revocations in the “TE” series. (T-1). Do not use blanket
statements such as “previous orders are rescinded” or “this order supersedes all previously
published orders.” (T-3).
6.7.1.9. Orders shall be amended, rescinded, or revoked only by the organization
publishing the original orders. (T-2).
6.7.1.9.1. Publish an amendment to add, delete, or change pertinent data to read as
originally intended. (T-2). Correct inaccurate first or middle names and initials and
other personal data when required for an individual to enter a foreign country. (T-2).
Add or change a travel advance payment statement or to authorize leave outside the
local area prior to or after deployment. (T-2).
6.7.1.9.2. Do not publish an amendment to delete an individual, to rescind or revoke
in part the original orders pertaining to the person, or to change an effective date after
it has passed. (T-2). Revoke or rescind an expired order and publish a new order (see
below for guidance on revoking versus rescinding). (T-2). Do not publish an
amendment to include leave taken in the local area prior to or after deployment. (T-2).
6.7.1.10. Rescind an order when some action has been taken on the published order, such
as issuance of airline tickets or issuance or receipt of a travel advance. (T-2).
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6.7.1.11. Revoke an order when no action occurs against the original order such as before
it has gone into effect. (T-2). If an effective date has passed and no action has occurred,
revoke the original order and publish a new order. (T-2). The orders approving official
determines when to revoke “TE” series orders. (T-2).
6.7.1.12. Retroactive amendments to increase or decrease the amount of money due to the
traveler must be fully explained and justified. (T-2). Written requests for such
amendments must clearly show the original order was unclear, incomplete, or lacked
necessary information. (T-2).
6.7.1.13. Contingency, Exercise and Deployment Orders will be produced unclassified.
(T-2). For classified deployments, use “****” to data mask information on all Contingency
Exercise and Deployment Orders. (T-2).
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CHAPTER 7

EVACUATION OF US CITIZENS AND DESIGNATED ALIENS FROM THREATENED

AREAS ABROAD

7.1. Overview. The AF will support evacuation and repatriation operations, as well as assigned
safe haven locations.
7.2. Noncombatant Evacuation Operation Mission. Noncombatant Evacuation Operation is
defined in JP 3-68, Noncombatant Evacuation Operations, as an operation whereby noncombatant
evacuees are evacuated from a threatened area abroad, which includes areas facing actual or
potential danger from natural or manmade disaster, civil unrest, imminent or actual terrorist
activities, hostilities, and similar circumstances, that is carried out with the assistance of the
Department of Defense. As used by Department of State, a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation
is an ordered departure from a threatened area abroad that is carried out with the assistance of
DoD, as opposed to ordered departures that do not require DoD assistance, but are carried out
using commercial or chartered transportation. The Department of State may declare a
Noncombatant Evacuation Operation based on the nature of the threat or the lack of availability of
alternative forms of transportation. Diplomatic or other considerations may make the use of the
term “NEO” inadvisable and require the use of the terms for the operation instead. The US
Government will consider evacuating host nation and other country nationals on a case-by-case,
space available/reimbursable basis. Although normally considered in connection with hostile
action, evacuation may also be conducted in anticipation of, or in response to, any natural or man-
made disaster. Due to the nature of Noncombatant Evacuation Operations, which may require a
broad US Government agency approach, interagency coordination needs to be established early in
the planning of the Noncombatant Evacuation Operation, preferably before the crisis begins,
between DoS, DoD, and any other US Government agencies, if involved, to ensure success.
Appropriate DoD, Joint Staff, and AF offices will be contacted prior to Service-level interagency
coordination.
7.3. Repatriation. Repatriation is the procedures through which US citizens are officially
processed back into the US following evacuation from overseas. Repatriation is not a part of, but
subsequent to a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation. Commander, US Northern Command, and
Commander, US Indo-Pacific Command are identified as offices of primary responsibility for
repatriation. Commander, US Northern Command is responsible for receiving evacuees in the
continental US, Alaska, and the US territories within the Caribbean during repatriation.
Commander, US Indo-Pacific Command is responsible for receiving evacuees in Hawaii and US
territories within the Pacific during repatriation. AF installations within these combatant
commands will develop and maintain a plan for use during repatriation as necessary. (T-1).
Installations will use the DD Form 2585, Repatriation Processing Center Processing Sheet, as
directed. (T-1). Instructions for completion are included on the form. Additionally, installations
may use the needs assessment surveys in the AFPAAS to determine and track evacuee needs.
7.4. Evacuation Planning and Processing. In the CONUS, emphasis should be on evacuations
for natural and man-made disasters. In overseas areas, include evacuation situations involving
political or military conflict. Ensure accountability of personnel as they depart and arrive at the
evacuation location, and develop procedures to provide this information to higher headquarters on
request. (T-0).
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7.4.1. Evacuation orders will not be used solely to create an entitlement to disaster-related
benefits. (T-1).
7.4.2. Evacuation benefits will be used only to pay for evacuation-related costs not covered
by other sources of federal funding. (T-0).
7.4.2.1. Ensure evacuees understand they are not entitled to receive payments from more
than one federal source for the same disaster-related expense. (T-0). For example, if an
evacuee receives Federal Emergency Management Agency relocation assistance to pay for
emergency lodging, that lodging assistance may be deducted from any evacuation lodging
assistance provided by the AF.
7.4.3. Ensure that all requests for payment submitted by evacuated military family members
and/or civilian employees contain a statement that they understand they are not entitled to dual
federal payments for the same disaster-related expenses; and should they receive payments
from another federal agency, such payments will be deducted from any payments made by the
AF for the same expense. (T-0).
7.5. Reception Plans and Assistance in CONUS and in Temporary Safe Haven
Overseas. Commanders overseas, and those at ports of entry and other CONUS locations, must
be ready to respond to requests for help from evacuees. (T-2). Installations will coordinate with
their MAJCOM A4/Air Component to determine their reception/repatriation role. (T-2).
MAJCOM A4 will coordinate with NORTHCOM/J3/5 and the appropriate Air Component to
ensure installations plan for reception/repatriation. Coordination with other government agencies
(such as the Department of State, Department of Health and Human Services, and applicable state
offices) may be required to develop reception/repatriation procedures. Appropriate DoD, Joint
Staff, and AF offices will be contacted prior to Service-level interagency coordination. (T-2).
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CHAPTER 8

DESERTION AND UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCE

8.1. Unauthorized Absence.

8.2. Purpose. The AF Strength Accounting Duty Status Program exists to enhance personnel
accountability and improve crisis responsiveness. Unauthorized Absences are pay-effecting
actions and also directly impact a unit’s personnel accountability/readiness; therefore, it is
imperative that commanders and supervisors act promptly when a member is not present for duty.
This instruction establishes guidance, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures designed
to reduce Unauthorized Absences of military personnel.
8.3. Objective: The objective of the Strength Accounting Duty Status Program is to capture and
report all changes in a member’s duty status to ensure these changes, regardless of length are
reported immediately. Specifically, this instruction defines procedures for the accurate and timely
reporting of AF absentees and to support apprehension efforts of military and civilian law
enforcement authorities.
8.4. When Unauthorized Absences Begins and Ends. The commander, first sergeant, and/or
supervisor will investigate a member’s absence to determine whether or not the absent is voluntary
or involuntary. (T-2). An Unauthorized Absence is when an Airman voluntarily absences
themselves from where they are ordered or otherwise required to be present. An Unauthorized
Absence ends when the absentee or deserter returns to military control. An Unauthorized Absence
of 24 hours or less is classified administratively as “failure to go”. Note: If the commander
determines the member’s absence may be involuntary, contact the FSS Casualty Assistance
Representative immediately for possible Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown reporting in
accordance with AFI 36-3002, Casualty Services. (T-2). Further, these admistrative statuses are
separate and distinct from the criminal offenses of desertion or AWOL under the UCMJ. For
further information, reference Articles 85 and 86, UCMJ.
8.4.1. When to classify as AWOL. A voluntary Unauthorized Absence of more than 24 hours
and less than 30 days is classified administratively as “absence without leave” or AWOL
(UCMJ, Article 86). (T-1).
8.4.2. When to classify as a Deserter. A member who has been AWOL for more than 30
consecutive days will be classified administratively as a deserter (UCMJ, Article 85). (T-1).
Example: AMN Doe has been AWOL since 1 Jan 2018. He remains AWOL through 2400
on the 30th consecutive day and his status is changed to Deserter on the 31st day (10th day
during times of National Emergency or war declared by the President or Congress) with an
effective date and time of 31 January 2018 at 0001. Note: An absentee does not have to be
placed in AWOL status prior to being classified as a Deserter status if the member is absent
without authority, regardless of the length of the absence, and meets any of the eligibility
criteria listed below.
8.4.2.1. The commander has determined that the member remains absent from his or her
unit, organization, or place of duty with no intention of returning.
8.4.2.2. Is under the duty or travel restrictions that DoDMAN5200.02_AFMAN 16-1405,
Air Force Personnel Security Program, imposes.
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8.4.2.3. Has had access in the past 12 months to Top Secret information or other classified
information that requires special access authority (see paragraph 8.7.8). Note: Do not
classify a person who appears to be a casualty as a deserter solely because the person has
had access to classified material described herein.
8.4.2.4. Has gone to, or stayed in, a foreign country and, while there, has asked for or taken
any type of asylum or resident permit from that country or its governmental agencies.
8.4.2.5. Has action pending on a previous Unauthorized Absence that has not been
completed.
8.4.2.6. Is an escaped prisoner.
8.4.2.7. Is under investigation for violating the UCMJ or against whom charges for any
offense have been referred to any level of court-martial.
8.4.2.8. Is believed likely to commit violent acts, or may harm themselves or the general
public.
8.4.2.9. AFPC/DPFC has determined member is a deserter.
8.5. Reporting Unauthorized Absences.
8.6. Reporting Responsibilities. Unauthorized Absences must be reported immediately. (T-1).
Supervisors must promptly notify the chain of command of all Unauthorized Absences. Unit
commanders have the primary responsibility to determine the cause of absence and to find and
return the individual to military control.
8.7. Duty Status Reporting. The Case Management System is used to report all Duty Status
Changes requests for AWOL and Deserter as well as when the member is returned to military
control (i.e., Present for Duty, confinement, etc.). Specific processing guidelines can be found in
the Personnel Service Delivery Guide – Strength Accounting Duty Status Program on the AFPC
myPers webpage.
8.7.1. A new Duty Status Change request in Case Management System is required for each
Duty Status Change (e.g., one Case Management System case to place the member in AWOL
status; a second Case Management System case to return inactive the member Present for
Duty). (T-1).
8.7.2. Commanders will initiate the Duty Status Change request in Case Management System
within 1 duty day of the commander’s conclusion of the member’s voluntary absence. (T-1).
The date the Case Management System case is initiated is considered the date of the
commander’s determination of status regardless of the effective date of the member’s
AWOL/Deserter status date. Only a G-series commander may sign/approve the Duty Status
Change request in Case Management System. If the member’s commander is unavailable to
sign due to TDY, deployment, or leave, the section commander (if on G-series orders) or next
level G-series commander may sign/approve in their place.
8.7.2.1. For Air Reserve Component members, commanders contact ANGSC/MPP (for
ANG members), or Headquarters AFRC/A1K (for AFR members), and ask for
instructions. For ANG record types AG/BG, after updating the duty status, no transaction
flows from MilPDS to FSO to update the member’s Master Military Pay Account.
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8.7.3. Unit Commander's 72-Hour Status Report. When a member has been absent for 72-
hours, the commander reports information related to the member’s absence and status of
investigation to local leadership and AFPC/DPFCM. (T-3). The unit commander ensures a
copy of the letter is sent to AFPC/DPFCM and the installation’s chief of security forces. (T-
3). The 72-hours begins the first day of the member’s absence. (See Air Force Personnel
Services Delivery [PSD] guide for detailed instructions for completing this report).
8.7.4. Next of Kin Letter. The unit commander writes a Next of Kin Letter to family members
and payees of allotments (e.g. former spouse receiving alimony or child support allotments)
about the Unauthorized Absence when evidence shows the absentee planned or spoke to others
of a plan to leave without authorization, or the unit commander administratively declares an
absentee a deserter, or when the Unauthorized Absence has lasted 10 consecutive days. (T-3).
(See PSD guide for detailed instructions for completing this letter.)
8.7.5. The 31-and 60-Day Status Reports. On the 31st and 60th days of absence, the unit
commander submits status reports, in writing, to AFPC/DPFCM. (T-3). (See PSD guide for
detailed instructions for completing these reports.)
8.7.5.1. On the 31st day of AWOL, the commander notifies the MPF Force Management
Office or CSS (if applicable) to initiate a new Duty Status Change Request in Case
Management System to change the member’s status from AWOL to Deserter. (T-2).
8.7.5.2. Upon receipt of the Duty Status Change Request, the commander logs into Case
Management System to approve the request and refer Case Management System case to
AWOL/Deserter Program Manager (AFPC/DPFCM). (T-2).
8.7.6. DD Form 553, Deserter/Absentee Wanted by the Armed Forces. Upon determination
of deserter status, the commander, with assistance from the MPF/CSS, Security Forces
Squadron (SFS), and AFPC/DPFCM (if needed), immediately prepares and distributes a DD
Form 553 to place member in deserter status. (T-0). (See PSD guide for detailed instructions
for completing this form.)
8.7.7. Action in Cases Involving Security. When an absentee is administratively classified as
a deserter for a reason in paragraph 8.4.2.3, the unit commander will:
8.7.7.1. Refer the case for investigation to the AF OSI unit servicing the absentee's
installation. (T-1).
8.7.7.2. As soon as possible, account for classified material that the absentee had access
to and notifies AFOSI of any missing material. (T-1).
8.7.7.3. As soon as possible, assess how much damage to national security could result
from unauthorized disclosure of the information, and provides assessment to
AFOSI/ICON/ICW. (T-1).
8.7.7.4. Consider appointing an inquiry officer under DoDI 5200.48, Controlled
Unclassified Information if the absentee had access to classified information. (T-1).
8.7.8. War and Mobilization Absence without Leave (AWOL) Reporting Procedure. When
Congress or the President declares a National Emergency or war, reporting procedures are
accelerated to involve law enforcement agencies to assist in returning absent members to the
military. this occurs, immediately prepare and distribute DD Form 553 on the 10th day of
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AWOL, not the 31st day. (T-1). Also due on the 10th day are the Notice to Next of Kin
Letter(s) and 31-Day (10-Day) Status Report. (T-1).
8.7.9. Upon determination of Deserter status, the commander notifies the FSO of the duty
status change and retrieves all dependent Identification (ID) card(s) (ref: AFI 36-3026_IPV1,
Identification Cards for Members of the Uniformed Services, Their Eligible Family Members,
and Other Eligible Personnel, Table 8.3). (T-3).
8.7.10. On the 180th day of the member’s Unauthorized Absence, ensures the CSS or MPF
obtains the member’s medical and dental records and forwards them to AFPC/DPFCM. (T-
2).
8.8. After-The-Fact Reporting. Commanders ensure timely reporting of absentees to expedite
their return to military control as well as for pay-affecting transactions in MilPDS. (T-2). If
circumstances result in reporting unauthorized absentees after the member has been returned to
military control, the commander must submit a memorandum to AFPC/DPFCM explaining the
circumstances of the absence, return to military control, and reasons for delayed reporting. (T-2).
The memorandum includes (but is not limited to):
8.8.1. Circumstances of the absence. (T-2).
8.8.2. Explanation of actions taken to locate and return the absentee, including circumstances
of absentees return to military control. (T-2).
8.8.3. Reason for late reporting. (T-2).
8.9. General Apprehension Information and Cooperation with Civil Authorities.
8.9.1. Apprehension Procedures. Commanders start investigating the case and begin
apprehension efforts as soon as an Unauthorized Absence occurs. (T-2). These efforts not
only assist in returning absentees to the military sooner, they also deter others from
Unauthorized Absence.
8.9.2. Who Has Authority To Apprehend:
8.9.2.1. Military law enforcement personnel and commissioned, warrant, petty, and non-
commissioned officers may apprehend absentees and deserters. See Article 7, UCMJ, and
Rules for Courts-Martial 302(b)(1) and 302(b)(2). Commanders should consult the
servicing Staff Judge Advocate (SJA) and SFS concerning apprehension authority.
8.9.2.2. Civil officers authorized to arrest offenders under federal and state laws may arrest
a deserter and deliver the offender into the custody of the Armed Forces (see Article 8 of
the UCMJ and the Rules for Courts-Martial 302[b][3]). These officers may also arrest
absentees at the request of military or federal authorities.
8.9.3. United States authorities may arrest absentees and deserters in foreign countries only:
8.9.3.1. When an international agreement with the country authorizes it.
8.9.3.2. Under an agreement with appropriate local authorities that does not violate an
existing international agreement.
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8.9.3.3. In these cases, carefully consider and consult with the servicing SJA about
possible international implications and adverse foreign relations.
8.9.3.4. If apprehension is impossible, or in any case of unclear apprehension authority,
report the facts to AF/JAO at DSN 225-9631 or 703-695-9631 to expedite submission to
the Assistant Secretary of the AF for Manpower and Reserve Affairs for resolution.
8.10. Notice of Air Force Deserters to Civil Authorities:
8.10.1. Within the Jurisdiction of the United States. The unit commander, working with
security forces and the MPF, if needed, promptly sends DD Form 553 for a member
administratively classified as a deserter to Armed Forces and civilian law enforcement
agencies most likely to help apprehend the absentee. (T-1). AFPC/DPFCM sends notices to
AFOSI/ICON and to the Department of State in certain cases (i.e., those in which others know
or strongly suspect the absentee has gone to a foreign country). (T-1).
8.10.2. Outside the Jurisdiction of the United States. MAJCOMs act as needed, respecting the
primacy of international agreements to secure cooperation in apprehending absentee and/or
deserted members.
8.11. Investigations, Apprehension, and Cooperation with Civilian Law Enforcement
Authorities:
8.11.1. Unit commanders work closely with local security forces and AF OSI field units to
pursue every avenue possible to locate and ensure the apprehension of absentees. (T-1). Leads
developed as to the location of absentees shall be conveyed as expeditiously as possible to
appropriate civilian law enforcement authorities who shall be asked to assist in the return of
such persons to military control. (T-1).
8.11.2. In cases where the member has been dropped from unit rolls, AFPC/DPFCM and
AFOSI/ICON work together to resolve the case. (T-1). AFOSI/ICON and local field units
establish liaison and maintain a level of coordination with civilian law enforcement agencies
necessary to encourage active participation in apprehension efforts. (T-1). AFPC/DPFCM
provides any leads to AFOSI/ICON for further pursuit. (T-1).
8.11.3. Absentees detained by civilian law enforcement authorities. In some cases,
AFPC/DPFCM and/or AFOSI/ICON may be the first AF agencies contacted by civilian law
enforcement authorities regarding the apprehension of an AF absentee. (T-1). If
AFPC/DPFCM is the first agency contacted, they will notify AFOSI/ICON (if a deserter) and:
8.11.3.1. Contact the nearest AF installation SFS within 1 duty day of the apprehension to
expedite the absentee’s return to military control. (T-1). The SFS coordinates with civilian
law enforcement as well as other military law enforcement, as necessary, to expedite the
absentee’s return to the closest military installation with appropriate facilities. (T-1).
8.11.3.2. For members absent for less than one year, AFPC/DPFCM contacts the unit
commander within one duty day of the apprehension in order to coordinate with security
forces to expedite the absentee’s return to military control. (T-1).
8.11.4. Civilian law enforcement authorities arrest and hold absentees to assist military
departments. (T-1). The commander of the installation nearest where the absentee is being
detained is responsible for taking custody of the absentee from civilian law enforcement
authorities. (T-1).
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8.11.5. Do not ask civilian law enforcement authorities to hold absentees longer than
necessary. (T-1). Make every attempt to pick up absentees within 48 hours after civilian law
enforcement authorities agree to their release. (T-1). Consult with the JA if clarification is
needed.
8.11.6. If foreign authorities hold the absentee, consult with the JA before acting. (T-1).
8.11.7. Pick up all absentees, regardless of Service, from civilian law enforcement authorities
in the CONUS.
8.11.7.1. Take absentees or deserters to the nearest military installation having facilities to
process them. (T-1).
8.11.7.2. Inter-Service agreements will be used to facilitate the transfer of custody of
absentees and deserters of all Military Services. (T-1).
8.11.8. If Air Force officials cannot pick up any absentees or deserters from another Service
who are being held by civilian law enforcement authorities, notify the relevant Services of
those individuals remaining in civilian custody before leaving the confinement facility. (T-3).
8.12. Rewards and Reimbursements:
8.12.1. Any authorized communication, oral or written, from a military or federal law
enforcement official or agency, requesting active cooperation in apprehending or delivering to
military control an absentee or deserter wanted by a military department constitutes the basis
for a reward. After this communication, the AF rewards or reimburses (but not both) persons
or agencies apprehending, detaining or delivering absentees, deserters, escaped military
prisoners, or parole violators to military control under an AF Centrally Managed Allotment
Account. If a non-AF military absentee/deserter/escapee is brought to an AF installation and
a reward or reimbursement is due, the apprehendee’s parent military department Military
Personnel Pay Account pays, not the AF Centrally Managed Allotment.
8.12.1.1. Payment of a reward shall not exceed that named in 10 USC § 956. (T-0).
Contact the base FSO for specific guidance. (Reference AFI 65-601, Volume 1, Budget
Guidance and Procedures.)
8.12.2. To request reward or reimbursement, persons or agencies must submit DD Form 553
to the FSO where the deserter is returned to AF control. (T-1). The remarks section of DD
Form 553 must include the name, address and phone number for the persons or agencies
requesting reward or reimbursement. (T-1).
8.13. Actions Taken When an Absentee Returns to Military Control.
8.14. Notice of Return to Military Control. The unit CSS, MPF, or commander at the AF
installation taking initial control of the absentee must notify AFPC/DPFCM immediately of the
apprehension. (T-1). In accordance with AFMAN 31-115V1, Department of the Air Force
Corrections System, installation commanders maintain the capability to house pretrial detainees
and adjudged inmates with sentences up to 1 year, through organic confinement facilities, adjacent
DoD facilities, civilian contracts, or a combination of organic, Support Agreement, or contract
derived bed space.
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8.15. Where Absentees Return to Military Control:

8.15.1. At any military installation staffed by AD personnel, immediately transfer an
individual to the nearest installation of the individual's branch of military Service that has
facilities to process absentees. (T-1). Military authorities will take absentees and deserters
being detained temporarily in the hands of civil authorities into custody within 48 hours after
receiving notification of the absentee’s or deserter’s place of detention. (T-1).
8.15.2. In foreign countries, military attachés, the chief of the Military Assistance Advisory
Group, or similar organizations, may not help an absentee who asks to return to military control
unless the US is directly responsible for the individual's presence in the country. (T-1).
8.15.2.1. Generally, these organizations advise such absentees to report, at their own
expense, to a proper US military installation in the US or overseas.
8.15.2.2. Unless absentees are citizens of the country in which US assistance is requested,
they must be reported to the country’s proper authorities with a view toward deportation.
(T-1).
8.15.2.3. If the individ ual leaves or is deported from the foreign country, the military
attaché or chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group arranges for the individual's
custody upon arriving in a territory where US military officers have arresting authority.
(T-1).
8.16. Defining an Absentee’s Return to Military Control. An absentee in the hands of civilian
law enforcement authorities is no longer considered to be at large when AF authorities lodge a
detainer with civil authorities. A detainer is a written or verbal request to hold the member for AF
authorities when his or her presence is no longer required by civilian law enforcement authorities.
The detainer ensures civilian law enforcement authorities inform military authorities when they
are ready to release the absentee.
8.16.1. An absentee’s return to military control occurs at the date and hour that:
8.16.1.1. An absentee surrenders to, is delivered to, or is apprehended by military
authorities.
8.16.1.2. A civilian law enforcement authority informs the military that it holds the
absentee for some reason other than the military's request.
8.16.1.3. An absentee otherwise comes under the control of military personnel.
8.17. Disposition of Absentee Returned to Military Control:
8.17.1. Absentees gone for less than 1 year are returned to the unit they were assigned to at
the time of their Unauthorized Absence. (T-1).
8.17.2. Members absent for 1 year or more are transferred to the nearest AF installation with
facilities to handle the case. (T-1).
8.17.3. For members in a permanent change of station status, refer to AFPC/DPFCM
procedural guidance.
8.17.4. In some cases, the rules outlined above (paragraph 8.17.1 through 8.17.3) may not be
appropriate. Under these circumstances, contact AFPC/DPFCM for further guidance and
determination of unit of assignment. (T-1).
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8.17.5. The detaining unit contacts AFPC/DPFCM to make notification of the return of a
deserter to military control. (T-1).
8.17.6. For deserters requiring escort, do not release the deserter except to identify escort(s).
(T-1). See paragraph 8.18 for escort delineation.
8.17.7. For deserters who do not require escorts, the detaining security forces unit will issue a
DD Form 460, Provisional Pass, and the member will travel to their duty station. (T-1).
8.17.8. In accordance with AFI 65-601, Volume 1, paragraph 12.7.4, the Air Force may
furnish military personnel who are in an absent-without-leave, desertion, or escaped-military-
prisoner status (under apprehension) the necessary transportation and meal tickets to return to
their duty station or as determined in paragraph 8.17.1 through paragraph 8.17.4. (T-1).
Contact the local FSO for specific guidance.
8.17.9. The detaining unit processes a one-way TDY order or memorandum for the deserter
in accordance with AFI 65-103, Temporary Duty/Special Orders, Table 2.1 and the Joint
Travel Regulation. (T-1). In the Remarks section (Block 16), type the following statement:
“Member is a deserter returned to military control.” (T-1).
8.18. Escorts. The action unit commander coordinates with security forces to determine if
absentees need escorts. (T-1). Use security forces escorts only when an armed escort is needed
as determined by the installation chief, Security Forces. (T-1). Prisoners not considered being a
threat to themselves or the general public can be escorted by unarmed personnel such as
supervisors and first sergeants. The commander authorizes escorts for members detained outside
their country of assignment only after consulting the servicing JA. (T-1).
8.18.1. Generally, use escorts if the member:
8.18.1.1. Escaped from prison. (T-1).
8.18.1.2. Has been charged with other serious offenses. (T-1).
8.18.1.3. Was apprehended by civil authorities. (T-1).
8.18.1.4. Is a repeat offender. (T-1).
8.18.1.5. Has a history of disciplinary infractions. (T-1).
8.18.2. To ensure the absentee’s prompt return, on-duty escorts must not take leave or delay
en-route. (T-1).
8.18.3. Transportation and travel expenses for AF personnel acting as guards or escorts of AF
or other Military Service absentees, deserters or escaped military prisoners are provided in
accordance with AFI 65-601, Volume 1, Budget Guidance and Procedures, paragraph 12.7
and 12.8. Contact the local FSO for specific guidance.
8.19. Actions Taken After an Absentee is Returned to a Servicing Air Force
Installation. The following items are an integral part of an absentee’s return to the AF:
8.19.1. Notification of return of absentee to the military. The unit CSS or commander with
the assistance from the MPF immediately notifies AFPC/DPFCM of the member’s return to
military control. (T-2).
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8.19.2. DD Form 616, Report of Return of Absentee (Applies to Deserters when a DD Form
553 was processed). The unit commander, with CSS, MPF and SFS assistance as needed,
completes and forwards the DD Form 616 (refer to myPers) to AFPC/DPFCM and all agencies
in receipt of the associated DD Form 553 within 1 duty day of the member’s return to military
control. (T-2).
8.19.3. AFOSI/ICON/ICW removes the member’s name from the National Crime Information
Center upon receipt of the DD Form 616 confirming the member’s return to military control.
(T-2).
8.19.4. The unit CSS, commander or MPF immediately prepares a Duty Status Change
Request using Case Management System reporting the member’s returned to military control.
(T-2).
8.19.5. Deserters dropped from unit rolls (i.e., deserter for 180 days or more) are assigned to
an AFPC personnel accounting symbol code. Upon notification of return to military control,
AFPC/DPFCM coordinates with the MPF to determine the unit of assignment based on
duration of deserter status (see paragraph 8.17.1 through 8.17.3) and reassign the member to
the appropriate unit personnel accounting symbol code. (T-2).
8.19.5.1. Once the personnel accounting symbol code is updated in MilPDS, the unit
commander, CSS, or MPF completes processing a HR Type Personnel Program
Application-Duty Status Change (AWOL/Deserter) Case Management System case to
AFPC/DPFCM to update the member’s duty status in MilPDS accordingly. (T-2).
8.19.5.2. AFPC/DPFCM forwards the returned deserter’s medical and dental records to
the assigned MPF. (T-2). If the member’s personnel record is not in Automated Records
Management System Office, AFPC/DPFCM will forward the Unit Personnel Record
Group to the MPF. (T-2).
8.19.5.3. MPF forwards the medical and dental records to local military treatment facility
for filing. (T-2).
8.19.6. Financial Service Office will coordinate with Defense Finance and Accounting
Service to have member’s Master Military Pay Account updated accordingly. (T-1).
8.20. Commander’s Determination. The action unit commander:
8.20.1. Takes responsibility for disposition of Unauthorized Absence. (T-1).
8.20.2. Reviews case circumstances and consults with JA to determine if the absence was
avoidable or unavoidable. (T-1).
8.20.3. A commander who finds that an absence was:
8.20.3.1. Avoidable, consults with JA and takes appropriate disciplinary action as
warranted. (T-1).
8.20.3.2. Unavoidable, the commander excuses the absence. The period of absence does
not count as lost time to be made good. (T-1). Charge it to leave if not authorized for
another reason (ref: AFI 36-3003, Military Leave Program). A new HR type Personnel
Processing Application AWOL/Deserter Case Management System case is required to
revoke the Unauthorized Absence report. (T-3). Examples of excused absences not
charged to leave include, but are not limited to:
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8.20.3.2.1. When a member's lack of mental capacity causes the absence.

8.20.3.2.2. When civilian law enforcement authorities hold, try and acquit a member.
8.20.4. If a member dies during an Unauthorized Absence, the commander of the unit of
assignment makes a new status determination. (T-2). After considering all available facts, the
commander determines if the member was in duty status, absent on leave, absent without leave,
or a deserter. (T-2).
8.21. Erroneous Reports of Unauthorized Absence. When a commander determines that a
desertion or Unauthorized Absence was reported in error, contact AFPC/DPFCM immediately to
revoke the absence and remove the associated documents from the member’s Master Personnel
Record. (T-1).
8.21.1. If DD Forms 553 and 616 were distributed, another DD Form 616 must be
accomplished. Provide a full explanation of the error in item 9, remarks section, and forwarded
to AFPC/DPFCM. (T-1).
8.21.2. The commander sends new letters explaining the error to the next of kin, dependents,
and others notified of the Unauthorized Absence. (T-1).
8.21.3. An HR type Personnel Processing Application AWOL/Deserter Case Management
System case must be accomplished revoking or changing the HR type Personnel Processing
Application AWOL/Deserter Case Management System case placing member into or
removing Unauthorized Absence. (T-1).
8.21.4. Only AFPC/DPFCM can delete or change duty status codes of 06 (Deserter) and 07
(AWOL).
8.21.5. Financial Services Office will coordinate with Defense Finance and Accounting
Service to have member’s Master Military Pay Account updated accordingly. (T-1).
8.22. Special Requirements for ANG and AFR Members.
8.23. General. This section applies to ANG or AFR members ordered to extended active duty
voluntarily or involuntarily per AFI 36-2110, Total Force Assignments.
8.23.1. When an extended active duty order calls an Air Reserve Component (ARC) member
to active duty, the active duty unit the member is temporarily assigned to processes the absentee
only after coordination with the unit of assignment. (T-1).
8.24. Determining Unauthorized Absences. An ARC member voluntarily or involuntarily
called or recalled to active duty or active duty for training who fails to report is an absentee if
strong evidence exists that the member received the orders (Title 10 orders).
8.24.1. Per DODI 1215.13, Ready Reserve Member Participation Policy, when members of
the Selected Reserve are ordered to active duty for training or transferred to the Individual
Ready Reserve because of unsatisfactory participation, copies of the orders will be furnished
to the Service member. (T-0). Military Services will obtain acknowledgment of receipt, either
written or electronic, and maintain a trackable record. (T-1).
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8.25. Reporting Unauthorized Absences. The unit to which the member is attached for active
duty coordinates with the home unit before processing the AWOL/Deserter action. (T-1). If
Special Activities Branch (AFPC/DP3SP) or Headquarters USAF Academy, Cadet Accessions
(AFA/A1A) ordered the member to extended active duty, contact the appropriate office
immediately to determine if substantial proofs of delivery of orders exist before taking any
Unauthorized Absence action. (T-1). The unit of assignment completes appropriate actions.
Include the Military Personnel Division, National Guard Bureau, NGB/A1PR (for ANG members)
and the Personnel Utilization Branch, AF Reserve Command, AFRC/A1KK (for AFR members)
on the distribution of all reports and the DD Form 553 when classifying a member ordered to active
duty for training as a deserter. If questions arise, contact AFPC/DPFCM. (T-1).
8.26. Return to Military Control Responsibilities. When an ARC member ordered to active
duty for training returns to military control, actions in paragraphs 8.9 and 8.13 apply, except
paragraph 8.17 The detaining unit:
8.26.1. Contacts AFPC/DPFCM and the member’s respective headquarters: Military
Personnel Division, National Guard Bureau, NGB/A1XR (for ANG members); or Personnel
Utilization Branch, AF Reserve Command, AFRC/A1KK (for AFR members). (T-1).
8.26.1.1. Gives the member a non-chargeable transportation request if no escort is used.
(T-1).
8.26.2. Disposition Instructions:
8.26.2.1. Absentees gone for less than 180 days are returned to their unit of assignment or
to another unit with court-martial jurisdiction as determined by the unit of assignment
commander. (T-1).
8.26.2.2. Absentees gone for 180 days or more are no longer carried on unit rolls and are
sent to the nearest AF installation with facilities for handling the case. (T-1).
8.26.2.3. In some cases, the rules outlined above may not be appropriate. Under these
circumstances, contact AFPC/DPFCM for further guidance.
8.26.3. The commander of the disposition unit takes the actions outlined in paragraph 8.13.
(T-1). When completing the DD Form 616, include as information addressees: the Military
Personnel Division, National Guard Bureau, NGB/A1XR (for ANG members); or the
Personnel Utilization Branch, AF Reserve Command, AFRC/A1KK (for AFR members). (T-
1).
8.27. Special Instructions for the United States Army, United States Navy, or United States
Marine Corps Members Who Are Returned to or Surrender to An Air Force Installation.
8.28. Instructions for a Service Member’s Return or Surrender: Upon notification of the
return or surrender of an Army, Navy, or Marine Corps AWOL member or deserter to an AF
installation, detain the member by any means available (coordinate with SFS and JA regarding the
use of force). (T-1). The disposition of the member will be determined by their respective
Service’s Deserter Information Point. (T-1). The respective Deserter Information Point will
provide fund cities and take all of the necessary actions to return the member to appropriate control
in the most expedient fashion. (T-1).
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8.29. United States Army: Immediately contact the Army Deserter Information Point, Fort
Knox, Kentucky (DSN 536-3711/3712/3713 or Commercial: 502-626-3711/3712/3713). (T-1).
8.30. United States Navy: Immediately contact the Navy Deserter Information Point, Naval
Station Great Lakes, Great Lakes, Illinois (DSN: 882-2522 or Commercial: 901-874-2522 or 1-
877-663-6772). (T-1).
8.31. United States Marine Corps: Immediately contact the Marine Corps Deserter Information
Point, Arlington, Virginia (DSN 664-3667/0395 or Commercial: 703-604-3667/0395). (T-1).
8.32. United States Air Force Deserter Information Point: If you are unable to reach the other
Service Deserter Information Point, contact AFPC/DPFCM (1-800-525-0102) or Commercial:
(210) 565-3325/3752 or 1-800-531-5501. (T-1).
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CHAPTER 9

IDENTIFICATION TAGS

9.1. Issuance of Identification Tags. Issue identification tags:

9.1.1. Upon entrance into Regular AF or Air Reserve Component. (T-2).
9.1.2. When information contained on identification tags are invalid or identification tags are
missing. (T-2).
9.1.3. Upon notification of deployment for civilian personnel. (T-2).
9.2. An Identification Tag Set. Will be comprised of two tags, one long-length neck chain, and
one short-length chain. (T-2).
9.3. Red Medical Alert Tags. Home station Medical Treatment Facilities will provide deploying
personnel, with a documented medical allergic condition, a Red Medical Alert ID tag. (T-1).
9.4. Reissuing Limitations.
9.4.1. Reissue identification tags only to replace lost tags or to correct changed or erroneous
data. (T-2). Do not reissue identification tags to correct administrative errors. (T-2).
9.5. Wear of Identification Tags.
9.5.1. Wear identification tags (regular or medical) around the neck, underneath the
appropriate garment, unless such wear creates a valid safety problem. (T-1). Identification
may be carried in the pocket when safety factors preclude wear around the neck.
9.5.2. One tag is placed on the longer length necklace and one tag on the shorter chain. The
shorter chain with tag is suspended from the longer length necklace with tag.
9.6. Information on Identification Tags. Each tag will consist of five lines of type:
9.6.1. First line – Last name.
9.6.2. Second line – First name and middle initial.
9.6.3. Third line – DoD ID Number/Electronic Data Interchange Personal Identifier.
9.6.4. Fourth line – Blood type.
9.6.5. Fifth line - Religious preference. Authorized preferences are listed in Attachment 4.
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Chapter 10 (Added)

*(ADDED) NON-CONTINGENCY TDY STRENGTH ACCOUNTING DUTY STATUS

REPORTING PROCEDURES, MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES, AND PERSTEMPO
TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT

10.1. (Added) Purpose. The Strength Accountability Duty Status Program (SADSP) is the unit
commander’s responsibility; it is event-oriented which encompasses numerous and varied types
of strength accounting duty status conditions. Information in this chapter is provided to assist in
the management and update of non-contingency TDY strength accounting duty status conditions
and conditions not clearly reflected in Attachment 5. Strength Accountability Duty Status
reporting is the keystone of the PERSTEMPO reporting, tracking, and management process. The
PERSTEMPO Events listed in Attachment 6 can and must be reported via the Strength
Accounting Duty Status Program in the personnel system.
10.2. (Added) Background. The National Defense Authorization Act of 2000 requires all
Military Services to track, manage, and report high-deployment events. Service secretaries are
directed to pay service members high-deployment per diem of $100 per day for each day a member
is deployed in excess of 401 days out of the previous 730-day period. (T-0). In addition, the
Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) requires commanders to report and track activities that
do not count for high-deployment per diem, but still keep members away from their homes for 24
hours or more (e.g., individual training, hospitalization, confinement). The primary means to track
high PERSTEMPO events is through accurate and timely strength accounting duty status
reporting. Attachment 6 provides a list of PERSTEMPO Deployment and Non-deployment
Events. Only PERSTEMPO Deployment Events qualify for high-deployment pay. Event tracking
began on 1 October 2000. Note: Effective 8 October 2001, the Deputy Secretary of Defense
suspended the accumulation of deployment days for the purpose of determining eligibility for high
deployment per diem until further notice.
10.3. (Added) Non-Contingency Strength Accounting Duty Status Procedures:.
10.3.1. (Added) Strength accounting duty status conditions are reported when an individual
is or will be projected to be in a strength accounting duty status other than Present for Duty
(PFD) for more than 24 hours. Most Temporary Duty (TDY) strength accounting duty status
conditions are updated prior to the event via Personnel Data System. The idea is to set up the
information-gathering process and then use the information to make timely and accurate duty
status updates. Contingency TDYs (strength accounting duty status Codes 20 or 21) are
updated by the Military Personnel Flight Installation Personnel Readiness (IPR) only.
10.3.2. (Added) Members will out-process through their unit Strength Accounting Duty
Status Program manager the duty day prior to departure for their TDY location. (T-1). The
duty day after the member returns to home station from the TDY location, the member must
in-process though their unit. (T-1).
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10.3.3. (Added) When a member is projected for a TDY, it is imperative the TDY is updated
in a timely and accurate manner. Be sure to use the appropriate codes when updating TDYs
for individuals. These codes will indicate whether a particular TDY will be a PERSTEMPO
deployment or PERSTEMPO non-deployment event. If a code is erroneously updated, it will
affect the calculation of days for the PERSTEMPO threshold. Use Attachment 5 to determine
which duty status code to update.
10.3.4. (Added) Sick in Quarters, strength accounting duty status Code 08, will be used when
a member has been placed in quarters by the Medical Treatment Facility. (T-1). If the
expiration date is unknown, use the best estimate based on the facts available. When future
hospitalization or sick in quarters information is known, project the strength accounting duty
status by using future dates. (T-1). Exception: The Medical Treatment Facility updates
strength accounting duty status Code 13, for members assigned to the hospital in patient status.
10.4. (Added) After-the-Fact Strength Accounting Duty Status Updates. TDY history data
is extremely important to the member and to the Air Force for tracking PERSTEMPO; it is used
to determine entitlements for high-deployment pay. TDY history and the data used to measure
PERSTEMPO are derived from strength accounting duty status. If, for some reason, a TDY
strength accounting duty status was not updated via strength accounting duty status reporting and
the member has subsequently returned from TDY, the data in his/her TDY history record must still
be updated. For contingency TDY history updates, one of the following source documents must
accompany a completed travel voucher to verify the validity of the deployment and a deployment
in support of a named operation:
10.4.1. (Added) Certified Contingency, Exercise, and/or Deployment (CED) Order.
10.4.2. (Added) Certified non-CED Order (e.g., Defense Travel System (DTS) travel order,
DD Form 1610, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Travel Order).
10.4.3. (Added) Approved decoration.
10.4.4. (Added) Performance report.
10.4.5. (Added) Finalized letter of evaluation.
10.4.6. (Added) Unit commander/deployed commander (squadron level or higher) letter
providing justification. Note: All source documents must identify the individual and state the
named operation supported for the duration of the TDY. Source documents must also include
the total inclusive period for the supported deployment, e.g., TDY departure date from home
station, TDY arrival date in theater AOR, TDY departure date from the final deployed location,
and TDY return date to home station. EXAMPLE: “In support of Operation
ENDURING/IRAQI FREEDOM.” After-the-fact TDY History inquiries and requests should
be coordinated through the member’s Military Personnel Flight first. For requests not meeting
the above criteria, the IPR obtains approval from the Force Support Squadron (FSS) Operations
Officer (FSS/OPSO) to update the TDY History. The FSS/OPSO has approval authority;
however, AFPC/DPA or ARPC/DPA (for ARC) are the final disapproval authority.
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10.5. (Added) Personnel Tempo (PERSTEMPO) and Tempo Management Tracking

System (TMTS):
10.5.1. (Added) PERSTEMPO Events reported though the Duty Status Reporting Program
and from travel voucher data are compiled at AFPC and made part of the Personnel Data
System record. AFPC/DP2W is required to provide this data to the Defense Manpower Data
Center (DMDC) and others upon request. Duty status data input at base level is collected at
AFPC as part of the military Personnel Data System record –often referred to as the TDY
History File.
10.5.2. (Added) Duty status data is augmented with travel voucher data provided to AFPC
by the AF financial services offices. Travel voucher data comes from three travel systems and
is used to build a TDY entry into the personnel record when a duty status entry was not
received, to adjust the start and stop dates for the duty status entries with overlapping dates,
and to adjust service date periods for TDYs served overseas.
10.5.3. (Added) Travel systems have been modified to collect and forward TEMPO codes to
AFPC. These codes can be used to determine if the trip does or does not count towards the
PERSTEMPO threshold.
10.5.4. (Added) AFI 65-103, Temporary Duty/Special Orders, has been changed requiring
TEMPO codes be added to TDY orders. Travel computations systems have been changed to
collect and forward these codes to AFPC.
10.5.5. Travel data is provided to AFPC after the PERSTEMPO Events have been terminated.
PERSTEMPO management must be done before the event occurs. MPF or CSS must use the
Duty Status Reporting program to report the SADS change.
10.5.6. (Added) PERSTEMPO Events data received by AFPC will be available on AFPC
Secure via the Tempo Management and Tracking System (TMTS). (T-0). This data will serve
as the official record of accumulated threshold days and the data sources used to manage
individual PERSTEMPO. Data displayed in this application was received from CSS and MPF
duty status updates and from travel voucher data received from the Air Force financial services
offices.
10.6. (Added) Permissions. There are six distinct user groups authorized access to TMTS.
10.6.1. (Added) All military personnel. This group includes all Regular Airmen and
Guardians, Reserve and Guard personnel. They are authorized access to their accumulated
PERSTEMPO Events information. If they find errors in the data, they can have it changed by
their CSS or MPF, by providing a source document showing the data is incorrect (e.g., paid
travel voucher).
10.6.2. (Added) Commander’s Support Staff and Military Personnel Flight personnel.
Individuals assigned to a CSS or MPF with permissions to Personnel Data System are
authorized to view, add, change, and delete individual PERSTEMPO Events in TMTS. The
records you have access to in TMTS are the same ones you have access to on your Personnel
Data System access. Note: you should verify PERSTEMPO Events data against source
documents (travel vouchers, TDY orders, etc.) before making additions, deletions, or changes
to the PERSTEMPO Events. Changes made to events in TMTS will alter the service member’s
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Personnel Data System record. All changes to these events will be registered in a log file and
will include identification of the person who made the change. (T-1).
10.6.3. (Added) Personnel assigned to the Air Staff. All individuals assigned to the Air Staff
will be able to see PERSTEMPO Events for all Regular Airmen and Guardian records in
TMTS.
10.6.4. (Added) Personnel assigned to MAJCOM or Field Command Staffs. Individuals
assigned to MAJCOM or Field Command staffs are authorized to read the PERSTEMPO
Events data for Regular Airmen and Guardian personnel assigned within their MAJCOMs.
Personnel assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command staff will have read access to the TMTS
records for all unit Reserve personnel. (T-1).
10.6.5. (Added) Personnel assigned to the Air National Guard Headquarters. Individuals
assigned to the Air National Guard Headquarters (MAJCOM ID “21”) are authorized read
access to the TMTS records of all Air National Guard personnel.
10.6.6. (Added) Trusted Users. This group was created to provide read permissions to TMTS
records for personnel who are assigned “outside” the Air Force where it is necessary to
centrally manage PERSTEMPO. Agencies requiring Trusted Users should advise
AFPC/DP2WR and include the names of the Trusted Users and the Personnel Accounting
System (PAS) codes for the individuals they need TMTS record access to.
10.7. (Added) Tempo Management Tracking System (TMTS) Capabilities. TMTS offers a
number of capabilities to help commanders and their support staffs determine who will exceed or
have exceeded the PERSTEMPO threshold policy. These capabilities include various inquiries to
show the PERSTEMPO Events for one, some, or all individuals assigned. Individuals assigned to
CSSs and MPFs with access to the Personnel Data System have the capability to add, delete, or
change/update PERSTEMPO Events.
10.7.1. (Added) TDY Calculator. This feature provides the capability to determine if a
future/projected PERSTEMPO Event will cause an individual to cross the threshold. The
process works by adding the number of days to the future trip to the number of days already
accumulated and computing the total accumulation on a 365-day calendar from the end of the
projected event. If the threshold will be crossed, the unit must acquire the concurrence of a
general officer before the member proceeds on the trip.
10.7.2. (Added) Individual Inquiry. Using this capability, the user can see and add, change,
or delete PERSTEMPO Events of one individual. Indicate the name of the individual record
you wish to see and a screen will appear showing a row for each PERSTEMPO Event. The
screen will show all events (those that count toward the threshold and those that do not). If
there are no events on file, the screen will appear, but there will be no PERSTEMPO data
shown. Those with the update capabilities can add PERSTEMPO Events that for some reason
were not reported via duty status reporting.
10.7.3. (Added) Group Inquiry. Provides the user PERSTEMPO Event data on all records
they have access to. This feature has several subordinate capabilities to help the user focus on
individuals who have crossed the PERSTEMPO threshold.
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10.7.4. (Added) Add PERSTEMPO Events. CSS and MPF personnel use this capability to
add a PERSTEMPO Event that was not previously reported. To add a PERSTEMPO Event,
click the Add Data button at the bottom of TMTS Individual Data screen and the Add Data
screen will appear. Fill in the duty status, TDY Start Date, TDY Stop Date, Travel Voucher
Number, and the Travel Order Number blocks, and then click the Submit button to add the
event. TMTS will add the event and calculate the total number of days for this individual. The
duty status code used when adding a PERSTEMPO event determines if the event counts
towards the threshold days.
10.7.5. (Added) Delete a PERSTEMPO Event. CSS and MPF personnel use this capability
to delete PERSTEMPO Events from a member’s record. To use this feature, merely click on
the delete button next to the event you wish to delete. Once clicked, you will receive a notice
asking for confirmation to delete. By answering “OK,” the event will be permanently deleted
from the record.
10.7.6. (Added) Update a PERSTEMPO Event. CSS and MPF personnel use this capability
to make updates/changes to individual PERSTEMPO Events. To use this function, click the
Update Data button at the bottom of the Individual Data screen. Next, a screen listing all
PERSTEMPO Events will appear. Click the button labeled “Update” which is next to the
PERSTEMPO Event you wish to change. Once clicked, the Update Data screen will be
displayed. On this screen, you can change the duty status reason, TDY Start, and TDY Stop
Dates, Travel Voucher Number, and the Travel Order Number. Changes made through this
process will instantly update the PERSTEMPO Event.
10.8. (Added) Add, Update or Delete Events in TMTS. TMTS was developed to track all Air
Force PERSTEMPO events. It is a total force web-based application that displays all events
reported through strength accounting duty status updates and travel vouchers sent by finance
offices. This tracking system has the capability to pinpoint individuals who accumulate high-
deployment management/pay thresholds. TMTS also allows Military Personnel Sections (MPS)
and units to add, update, and delete events that were or were not captured by a strength accounting
duty status update. Strength accounting duty status updates are imperative to the success of
tracking events through TMTS and key to helping commanders comply with Burdensome Tempo
management policies. Without the initial update from the personnel community, commanders at
all levels have no way to monitor the availability of their personnel. In addition, without these
updates, TMTS becomes an historical database instead of a real-time monitoring tool. TMTS
displays all TDY related events to include contingency deployment TDYs, (strength accounting
duty status Codes 20 and 21); only non-contingency deployment TDYs can be updated, corrected,
or deleted by using TMTS. Contingency deployment TDYs can only be updated by FSS/IPR
personnel through Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments and Personnel
Data System. Every person of every component of the USAF can view their own TDY history in
TMTS by visiting the AFPC secure web site at AFPCSecure 4.0 - Check Portal
10.9. (Added) Special Access. Special TMTS access can be granted to commanders, strength
accounting duty status managers, MAJCOMs, Field Commands, etc., on a case-by-case basis by
e-mailing the AFPC/DP2WR inbox at afpc.dp2wr.workflow@us.af.mil. Special access is
usually reserved for personnel, whose duties include verifying, tracking, updating, correcting, and
deleting TDY events in TMTS that do not have access to Personnel Data System. T hree different
types of special access are available. They are Unit level access (View and Update) capability;
MPS level access (View and Update) capability; and Command level access (View/Inquiry Only)
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capability. When submitting requests for special access users must supply their: full name, access
level required, unit(s) PAS code(s) required or MPS/MAJCOM or Field Command ID, and a brief
explanation/justification of duties required for TMTS access support.
10.10. (Added) Leave in Conjunction with Another Strength Accounting Duty Status.
10.10.1. (Added) Leave in Conjunction with a Routine TDY. Adjust the start date and/or
number of days if a member was projected for a TDY of which the leave will be taken outside
the local area at the beginning or end of the TDY. If leave is to be taken within the local area,
follow procedures outlined in AFI 36-3003.
10.10.2. (Added) Leave in Conjunction with a Contingency TDY. IPR will follow
appropriate combatant commander guidance for processing leave in conjunction with a
contingency TDY. (T-1). If leave will be taken within the local area prior to deployment,
follow procedures outlined in AFI 36-3003. If leave is taken within the local area upon
completion of the deployment, follow procedures outlined by individual MAJCOMs in Post
Deployment Stand-down Policy.
10.10.3. (Added) Consecutive Overseas Tour (COT) and In-Place COT (IPCOT) leave.
Personnel who do not use COT leave during their permanent change of station must use this
leave within 1 year. A DD Form 1610 is used to facilitate this process. Unlike ordinary leave,
when an AF Form 988, Leave Request/Authorization, is processed by the local financial service
office (FSO), COT leave is not processed by the local FSO until after the leave has been taken.
This creates a situation where the member is in strength accounting duty status Code 00, PFD,
when they are, in fact, on leave. Commanders’ support staffs will update strength accounting
duty status Code 14, Not PFD -Other, on personnel taking COT/IPCOT leave not in
conjunction with their PCS move. (T-1). Upon return from COT/IPCOT leave and subsequent
filing of the travel voucher, the member’s leave will be charged.
10.10.4. (Added) Convalescent Leave. Authorized personnel going on convalescent leave
for prescribed recuperation are not in a chargeable leave status. When an AF Form 988 is
accomplished, units will update the member’s strength accounting duty status Code to 14. (T-
1).
10.10.5. (Added) Emergency Leave from Overseas. Use AF Form 972, Request and
Authorization for Emergency Leave Travel, in accordance with AFI 36-3003, and Defense
Finance and Accounting System (DFAS) Defense Entitlement Manual (DEM) 7073-2, Unit
Leave Procedures, Chapter 7, for members authorized funded emergency travel. Emergency
leave is travel-generated leave processed after the fact on an AF Form 985, Report of Travel
Time/Leave, and accomplished by the local FSO travel section. In addition, units or MPS will
update strength accounting duty status Code 14 in these instances to maintain accountability.
(T-1).
10.10.6. (Added) Not PFD at Home Station (strength accounting duty status Code 14). For
personnel attending professional military education (PME), performing resource augmentation
(READY) or correctional custody duty, on a contingency pass (days off as a result of a
deployment), or another event which makes a person not PFD within their assigned unit at their
home station, update strength accounting duty status Code 14. Strength accounting duty status
Code 14 does not impact the TDY history or accumulator files and is not counted towards
high-deployment pay. Note: Strength accounting duty status Code 14 should only be updated
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as a current change in the person’s strength accounting duty status and not projected. If
strength accounting duty status Code 14 is projected, it will not consummate on the effective
date.
10.11. (Added) Management of PERSTEMPO. It is the commander’s responsibility to
manage PERSTEMPO within their units by using the tracking system available on AFPC Secure.
They must ensure all TDYs are reported to CSS personnel so they can be updated in the Personnel
Data System and flowed into the calculator.
10.11.1. (Added) Commanders must make every effort to avoid sending members on TDYs
that count towards the threshold that would ultimately prevent them from supporting AF Force
Generation (AFFORGEN) requirements. (T-0). Not only will commanders have accessibility
to the tracking system, members will also be able to check their own PERSTEMPO record on
AFPC Secure. This is a key link in the data validation process.
10.11.2. (Added) Threshold Waiver Authorities. A waiver of the threshold will be requested
prior to a member exceeding the threshold days. (T-0). The Secretary of the Air Force may
grant waivers to the threshold. Approval authority for waivers may be further delegated in
writing by not below the level of a one-star general, flag officer, or senior executive service-
equivalent (SES), in the member’s chain of command.
10.11.3. (Added) Threshold. DoD established a uniform, DoD-wide PERSTEMPO
deployment event threshold of 400 days out of the preceding 730 days. An Airman’s or
Guardian’s commander must request and obtain approval from the first general officer or SES
in the chain of command to allow a member to cross that threshold. (T-1).
10.11.3.1. (Added) Commanders are responsible for timely and accurate information
ensuring members do not proceed on TDYs over the threshold without appropriate general
officer/SES approval. (T-0).
10.11.3.2. (Added) TDY orders will not be processed for individuals crossing the
threshold until appropriate approval is received. (T-0).
10.11.4. (Added) Documentation and Disposition of Threshold Letters. Copies of all
threshold approval letters will be distributed by the CSS to the member, unit commander, any
intermediate general officer authority, and respective finance office (for pay level only). (T-
0). The CSS will also be place a copy in the member’s Personnel Information File (PIF) at the
unit for AF Inspection Agency or Audit Agency reviews. (T-0). PERSTEMPO information
from the PIF must be forwarded to the member’s gaining unit upon reassignment by the CSS.
(T-0).
10.11.5. (Added) Verification Procedures. To ensure PERSTEMPO events are recorded
properly, Airmen and Guardians must follow paragraph 10.3.2. (T-1). If the projection for
the TDY is updated in MilPDS and the member files their completed travel voucher, the system
edits will validate the TDY. If the voucher is filed without a projection in MilPDS, this creates
what is called an “X” record and a remark will appear on the daily transaction register in the
MPF and/or unit. The MPF and/or unit will work with the member to correct the information
in MilPDS following the steps outlined in paragraph 10.8. (T-1).
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10.11.6. (Added) Appeals of threshold data. Onus of accuracy of PERSTEMPO data is upon
the member and they must provide documentation to support any changes to MilPDS.
Documentation can be but are not limited to TDY orders, voucher and/or decoractions.
Members will provide these documents to the MPF and/or unit. (T-1). The MPF and/or unit
will follow the steps outline in paragraph 10.7.4, paragraph 10.7.5, or paragraph 10.7.6.
(T-1).

JOHN A. FEDRIGO
Acting Assistant Secretary
(Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
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Attachment 1
GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION

References
10 USC § 956, Deserters, prisoners, members absent without leave: expenses and rewards
10 USC § 991, Management of deployments of members and measurement and data collection of
unit operating and personnel tempo
10 USC § 101(a)(13)(B), Definitions
10 USC § 12319, Ready Reserve: muster duty
37 USC § 436, High-deployment allowance: lengthy or numerous deployments; frequent
mobilizations
DoDD 1100.4, Guidance for Manpower Management, 12 February 2005
DoDD 3025.14, Evacuation of US Citizens and Designated Aliens from Threatened Areas
Abroad, 26 February 2013
DoDI 1215.13, Ready Reserve Member Participation Policy, 5 May 2015
DoDI 1325.02, Desertion and Unauthorized Absence, 16 November 2012
DoDI 1336.07, Management of Personnel Tempo, 28 December 2020
DoDI 1340.26, Assignment and Special Duty Pays, 25 September 2017
DoDI 3001.02, Personnel Accountability in Conjunction with Natural or Manmade Disasters, 3
May 2010
DoDI 5200.48, Controlled Unclassified Information, 6 March 2020
DoDI 5400.11, DoD Privacy and Civil Liberties, 29 January 2019
DoDI 6025.18, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule
Compliance in DoD Health Care Programs, 13 March 2019
Uniform Code of Military Justice
Joint Publication 1-0, Joint Personnel Support, 1 December 2020
Joint Publication 3-07.3, Peace Operations, 1 March 2018
Joint Publication 3-68, Noncombatant Evacuation Operations, 18 November 2015
Joint Travel Regulations (JTR), Uniformed Service Members and DoD Civilian Employees,
Current Version
DFAS-DEM 7073-2 - Defense Finance and Accounting System (DFAS) Defense Entitlement
Manual (DEM), Unit Leave Procedures
DAFPD 10-2, Readiness, 20 May 2021
AFPD 34-1, Air Force Services, 11 October 2018
AFPD 36-26, Military Force Management, 18 March 2019
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AFPD 36-29, Military Standards, 11 April 2019

AFPD 36-38, Force Support Readiness, 8 June 2021
AFI 10-201, Force Readiness Reporting, 22 December 2020
DAFI 10-401, Operations Planning and Execution, 13 January 2021
AFI 10-403, Deployment Planning and Execution, 17 April 2020
AFI 10-404, Base Support and Expeditionary (BSA&E) Site Planning, 24 July 2019
AFI 10-405, Expeditionary Readiness Training Program, 24 September 2018
AFI 24-301, Ground Transportation, 22 Oct 2019
AFI 33-332, Air Force Privacy and Civil Liberties Program, 10 March 2020
DAFI 33-360, Publications and Forms Management, 1 December 2015
DAFI 36-2110, Total Force Assignments, 2 August 2021
DAFI 10-2501, Emergency Management Program, 10 March 2020
AFI 36-3002, Casualty Services, 4 February 2021
AFI 36-3003, Military Leave Program, 24 August 2020
AFI 36-3026_IPV1, Identification Cards for Members of the Uniformed Services, Their Family
Members and Other Eligible Personnel, 4 August 2017
AFI 65-103, Temporary Duty/Special Orders, 15 Aug 2019
AFI 65-106, Appropriated Fund Support of Morale, Welfare, and Recreation and
Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities (NAFIS), 15 January 2019
DoDMAN5200.02_AFMAN 16-1405, Air Force Personnel Security Program, 1 August 2018
AFMAN 31-115V1, Department of the Air Force Corrections System, 22 December 2020
AFMAN 38-102, Manpower and Organization Standard Work Processes and Procedures, 4
September 2019
AFMAN 65-116 Vol 1, Defense Joint Military Pay System Active Component (DJMS-AC)
Financial Management Flight (FMF) Procedures, 23 October 2019
AFPAAS Personnel Services Delivery Guide, 12 July 2011

Prescribed Forms
AF Form 2098, Duty Status Change
AF Form 3847, Deployment Processing TDY Checklist

Adopted Forms
DD Form 460, Provisional Pass
DD Form 553, Deserter/Absentee Wanted By the Armed Forces
DD Form 616, Report of Return of Absentee
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DD Form 1610, Request and Authorization for TDY Travel of DoD Personnel
DD Form 2585, Repatriation Processing Center Processing Sheet
AF Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication
AF Form 972, Request and Authorization for Emergency Leave Travel
AF Form 973, Request and Authorization for Change of Administrative Orders
AF Form 985, Report of Travel Time/Leave (JUMPS)
AF Form 988, Leave Request/Authorization

Abbreviations and Acronyms

AD—Active Duty
ADSW—Active Duty for Special Work
AEF—Air and Space Expeditionary Force
AEFI—Air and Space Expeditionary Force Indicator
AF/A1XO—AF Force Support Career Field Management and Readiness Division
A&FRC—Airmen and Family Readiness Center
AFFORGEN—AF Force Generation
AFI—Air Force Instruction
AFIMSC—AF Installation and Mission Support Center
AFMAN—Air Force Manual
AFOSI—Air Force Office of Special Investigations
AFPC—Air Force Personnel Center
AFPAAS—Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System
AFPD—Air Force Policy Directive
AFR—Air Force Reserve
AFRC—Air Force Reserve Command
AFSVC—Air Force Services Center
AFVA—Air Force Visual Aid
ANG—Air National Guard
ARC—Air Reserve Component
AWOL—Absent Without Leave
CED—Contingency, Exercise and Deployment
C-MAJCOM—Component MAJCOM
CONUS—Continental United States
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COT—Consecutive Overseas Tour

CSS—Commander’s Support Staff
DAFPD—Department of the Air Force Directive
DD Form—Department of Defense Form
DMDC—Defense Manpower Data Center
DoD—Department of Defense
DoDM—DoD manual
DSC—Duty Status Code
FAM—Functional Area Manager
FBI—Federal Bureau of Investigation
FSO—Financial Services Office
FS—Force Support
FSS—Force Support Squadron
GCCS-AF—Global Command and Control-Air Force
GSU—Geographically Separated Unit
AF—Headquarters Air Force
HP—Home Port
HQ—Headquarters
HR—Human Resources
IADT—Inactive Duty for Training
ID—Identification
IPCOT—In-Place Consecutive Overseas Tour
IPR—Installation Personnel Readiness
JA—Judge Advocate
MAJCOM—Major Command
MILPDS—Military Personnel Data System
MPF—Military Personnel Flight
MPS—Military Personnel Section
NAF—Non-Appropriated Funds
NATO—North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NEO—Noncombatant Evacuation Operation
NGB—National Guard Bureau
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OPR—Office of Primary Responsibility

PAS—Personnel Accounting System
PDS—Permanent Duty Station
PERSCO—Personnel Support for Contingency Operations
PERSTEMPO—Personnel Tempo
PFD—Present for Duty
PIF—Personnel Information File
PSD—Personnel Services Delivery
RED HORSE—Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers
RegAF—Regular Air Force
SFS—Security Forces Squadron
SJA—Staff Judge Advocate
TDY—Temporary Duty
UCMJ—Uniform Code of Military Justice
UDM—Unit Deployment Manager
USC—United States Code
UTC—Unit Type Code

Terms
295 Special Experience Identifier—Signifies completion of “Deliberate and Crisis Action
Planning and Execution Segments Wing Level Operators Course” and updated in MilPDS.
Abroad—In a foreign area; outside the United States, its territories, or possessions. (DoDD
3025.14)
Absentee—Any member of the Armed Forces not administratively classified as a deserter who is
absent without authority from the assigned unit, organization, or other place of duty where the
member is required to be. This does not include confinement.
Absent without Authority—The status of a member absent from the assigned unit, organization,
or other place of duty where the member is required to be.
Absent Without Leave (AWOL)—See Absent Without Authority.
Accounted For—Personnel are considered “accounted for” when any of the following occur: 1)
The individual is physically present, 2) The individual has been contacted or has made contact
(e.g. by telephone or other means), or 3) The individual is in an official status of Unauthorized
Absence, desertion, deceased, or missing.
Action Unit—For administration of Unauthorized Absence, the unit of assignment. After the
absentee returns to the military, the organization that makes disposition of the Unauthorized
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Absence. The action unit for the absence is not necessarily the action unit for disposition of the
Unauthorized Absence.
Active Duty for Training—A tour of active duty used to train members of the Air Reserve
Components to provide trained units and qualified persons to fill the needs of the Armed Forces
in time of war or national emergency and other times as national security requires. The member
is under orders which provide for return to non-active duty status when the active duty for training
is completed. It includes annual training, special tour of active duty for training, school tours, and
the initial duty for training performed by no prior service enlistees.
Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF)—The United States Air Force methodology for
organizing, training, equipping and sustaining rapidly responsive air and space forces to meet the
defense strategy requirements. Through the Air and Space Expeditionary Force, the Air Force
supports defense strategy requirements using a combination of both permanently assigned and
rotational forces. The Air Force organizes Air and Space Expeditionary Task Forces to meet
defense strategy requirements using both Continental United States-based and forward-stationed
units. AETFs are capability based to generate desired effects and sized to meet the mission.
AETFs are assigned or attached to a combatant commander through the Joint allocation scheduling
process, Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan, Forces for Combatant Commanders Memorandum or
Deployment Order.
Air Force Elements—Administrative devices designed solely to account for Air Force
authorizations and personnel serving in non-Air Force activities, such as defense agencies, joint
and unified commands, international activities and government agencies worldwide.
Air Reserve Component (ARC) Members—Members of the Air National Guard of the United
States (ANG) or the United States Air Force Reserve (AFR).
Beddown—The provision of expedient facilities for troop support to provide a platform for the
projection of force. From the Force Support perspective, beddown includes reception processing,
accountability, providing meals and temporary lodging according to Combatant Commander plans
and policies.
Casualty—Any person lost to the organization by reason of having been declared dead, duty
status-whereabouts unknown, missing, ill, or injured (JP 1-02) (AFI 36-3002).
Component Command—One of the subordinate organizations that constitute a Joint force.
Normally a Joint force is organized with a combination of Service and functional components.
Concept of Operations—A verbal or graphic statement, in broad outline, of a commander’s
assumptions or intent in regard to an operation or series of operations. The concept of operations
frequently is embodied in campaign plans and operation plans, in the latter case, particularly when
the plans cover a series of connected operations to be carried out simultaneously or in succession.
The concept is designed to give an overall picture of the operation. It is included primarily for
additional clarity of purpose; it is also called a commander’s concept.
Contingency—An emergency involving military forces caused by natural disasters, terrorists,
subversives, or by required military operations. Contingencies require plans, rapid response, and
special procedures to ensure the safety and readiness of personnel, installations, and equipment.
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Contingency Operations—Operations involving the use of US military forces to achieve US

objectives, usually in response to an emerging or unexpected crisis. Contingency operations may
evolve into sustained military operations.
Defense Manpower Data Center—Collects and maintains an archive of automated manpower,
personnel, training, and financial databases; operates personnel programs and conducts research
and analysis.
Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments—The Air Force standard
automated data processing subsystem of the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System,
which is used by operations, logistics, manpower and personnel planners at all command levels to
develop and maintain force packages and task requirements for Operation Plan Time-Phased Force
Deployment Data.
Deployment—The relocation of forces to designated areas of operations.
Deserter Information Point (DIP)—A central focal point each military Service establishes to
control, account for and pass on information about deserters and unauthorized absentees.
Desertion under Aggravated Circumstances—Desertion cases in which the individual is an
officer, is wanted for offenses punishable under the UCMJ, or had access to classified defense
information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize United States security.
Designed Operational Capability—A mission for which a measured unit has been equipped,
organized, designed, tasked, and trained.
Designed Operational Capability (DOC) Statement—The document prepared by the parent
Major Command that outlines each measured unit’s DOC and contains the unit’s identification,
mission tasking narrative, mission specifics, and measurable resources.
Detaining Unit—The unit that accepts an absentee's return to the military. To return, absentees
may surrender to or be apprehended by military authorities, the FBI, or other civilian authorities.
Disposition of the Unauthorized Absence—Administrative actions taken when an Unauthorized
Absence ends. Includes selection of the action unit, decisions about the member's status during
the absence, and administrative or punitive action against the member, when appropriate.
Drilling Unit Reservists—Unit members who participate in unit training activities on a part-time
basis.
Dropped from the Rolls (DFR) of the Organization—An administrative procedure that removes
a member from the unit of assignment and reduces the unit's strength. It does not end the member's
military status.
Duty Status-Whereabouts Unknown—A transitory casualty status, applicable only to military
personnel, that is used when the responsible commander suspects the member may be a casualty
whose absence is involuntary but does not feel sufficient evidence currently exists to make a
definite determination of missing or deceased.
Employment Requirements Manning Document—A product providing total manpower
requirements to be employed at a Temporary Duty location.
Evacuation—Withdrawal from a threatened area. Evacuation normally consists of four phases
(departure, safe haven reception, safe haven support, and return). (DoDD 3025.14)
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Exercise—A category of PERSTEMPO deployment events. Includes joint or combined exercises,

Service exercises, and NATO exercises. See the “unit training” definition for exercises that have
not received an official designation.
Failure to Go—An Unauthorized Absence of 24 consecutive hours or less.
Family Member—Family members who are enrolled in Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting
System in an active file status. For Department of Air Force and Non-appropriated Fund
employees, family members should be accounted for if they are receiving evacuation entitlements.
Force Module—A force module is a planning and execution tool that provides a means of
logically grouping records, which facilitates planning, analysis and monitoring. Force modules
may include both forces and sustainment.
Geographical Area of Interest (GAOI)—Continental United States or overseas area of concern
affected by the disaster or national emergency.
Global Command and Control System (Air Force)—A system providing the planning
community the ability to share the workload among computer centers and rapidly query programs
and data files at remote locations, update and transfer files remotely, send messages and already-
formatted data, and teleconference.
Hardship Duty Pay—Special duty pay, not to exceed $500 per month, designed to recognize
extended or excessive amounts of time outside of a Service member’s permanent duty station in
accordance with DoDI 1340.26, Assignment and Hardship Duty Pays.
Individual Mobilization Augmentee—An individual filling a military billet identified as
augmenting the active component structure of the Department of Defense [DoD] or other
departments or agencies of the US Government.
Installation Deployment Officer—The individual acting for the installation commander in the
overall direction and control of deployments from a base.
Lead/Follow—References a lead team that establishes a location and a follow team is a team of
supplemental support for the original lead team.
Limiting Factor—A factor or condition that either temporarily or permanently impedes mission
accomplishment (e.g., transportation network deficiencies, lack of in-place facilities, mal traffic
positioned forces or materiel, extreme climatic conditions, distance, transit or overflight rights,
political conditions, etc. [Joint Pub 1-02]).
Major Command (MAJCOM)—A subdivision of the Air Force that is assigned a major part of
the Air Force mission. Major commands report directly to AF. Includes MAJCOM of assignment
for the absentee and the MAJCOM of the servicing MPF, unless otherwise specified. For purposes
of this instruction, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), a field operating
agency, is treated as a MAJCOM.
Military Personnel Flight (MPF)—The flight within the Force Support Squadron that services
the action unit, unless otherwise specified.
Mission Capability—A short paragraph that describes the mission capabilities that planners
expect of a specific UTC at execution. The statement usually contains pertinent information such
as the type of base where commanders will deploy the unit, the unit’s functional activities, and
other augmentation requirements necessary to conduct specific missions.
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National Crime Information Center—A computerized information system established by the

FBI to serve law enforcement agencies. Using computers, data transmission over communication
lines and terminal devices, it makes timely and complete information about deserters available to
law enforcement agencies.
National Emergency—A condition declared by the President or the Congress by virtue of powers
previously vested in them that authorize certain emergency actions to be undertaken in the national
interest. Action to be taken may include partial, full, or total mobilization of national resources.
Natural Disaster—All domestic emergencies except those created as a result of enemy attack or
civil disturbance.
Noncombatant—In accordance with (DoDD 3025.14), US citizens who may be ordered to
evacuate by competent authority include: Civilian employees of US Government agencies and
their dependents, except Civilian employees of US Government agencies and their dependents,
who are legal residents in the country concerned but have expressed the willingness to be
evacuated. Military personnel of the US Military Services specifically designated for evacuation
as noncombatants. Dependents of members of the US Military Services.
Noncombatant Evacuation Operation—Operation directed by the Department of State whereby
noncombatants are evacuated from areas of danger overseas to a safe haven.
Operation—A category of PERSTEMPO deployment events. Includes contingency, counterdrug,
law enforcement, US domestic civil, humanitarian, peacekeeping or peace, surveillance, and
forward-presence operations
Operation Plan—Any plan for the conduct of military operations prepared in response to actual
and potential contingencies. A complete and detailed joint plan containing a full description of
the concept of operations, all annexes applicable to the plan, and a time-phased force and
deployment data. (JP 5-0)
Ordered Departure—Mandatory departure of some or all categories of personnel and dependents
(such as military dependents, nonessential DoD civilian employees and their families, families of
essential DoD civilian employees, and DoDDS staff and faculty) to designated safe havens is
directed by DoS, with implementation of the theater evacuation plan. Historically, DoS
accomplishes most ordered evacuations using commercial transportation (scheduled or chartered),
without the use of military personnel or assistance. However, DoS may request a DoD-assisted
Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (using DoD organic or chartered transportation assets) based
on the nature of the threat or the lack of availability of alternative forms of transportation. (JP 3-
68)
Overseas—All locations, including Alaska and Hawaii, outside the continental United States.
Personnel Accountability—The accurate accounting for personnel at all times regardless of
location.
*PERSTEMPO—Defined in Section 991(f)(3) of Title 10, USC The term “personnel tempo”
means the amount of time members of the armed forces are engaged in their official duties at a
location or under circumstances that make it infeasible for a member to spend off-duty time in
the housing in which the member resides. If a member of a Reserve Component who is
performing active service pursuant to orders that do not establish a permanent change of station,
said housing is any housing, including the member’s residence, that the member usually occupies
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during off-duty time when on garrison duty at the member’s permanent duty station (PDS) or
home port (HP). PERSTEMPO events include PERSTEMPO deployment and PERSTEMPO
non-deployment events.
*PERSTEMPO Deployment Event—Events that fall under operations, exercises, unit training,
mission support temporary duty, home station training, or hospitalization not at or near the
Service member’s PDS or HP. A member of the Military Services is in a PERSTEMPO
deployment event on any day on which, pursuant to orders, the member is performing one of the
identified deployment events at a location or under circumstances that make it impossible or
infeasible for the member to spend off-duty time in the housing in which the they reside when on
garrison duty at their PDS or HP. Reserve Component members are in a PERSTEMPO
deployment event on any day on which, pursuant to orders that do not establish a permanent
change of station, they are performing active duty or full-time National Guard duty, as defined in
Sections 101(d)(1) and 101(d)(5) of Title 10, USC, at a location or under circumstances that
make it infeasible for a member to spend off-duty time in the housing, which may include the
member’s residence, that the member usually occupies during off-duty time when on garrison
duty at the member’s PDS or HP.
*PERSTEMPO Non-deployment Event—PERSTEMPO non-deployment events fall under
individual training, duty in garrison near the Service member’s PDS or HP, hospitalization near
the Service member’s PDS or HP, disciplinary events, Reserve Component inactive duty
training, muster duty, or funeral honors duty. A Service member is in a PERSTEMPO non-
deployment event when they are at a location or under circumstances that make it impractical for
them to spend off-duty time in the housing in which they normally reside and the member is
performing one of the identified non-deployment events.
Repatriation—Procedure whereby American citizens and their families are officially processed
back into the United States subsequent to an evacuation. Evacuees are also provided various
services to ensure their well-being and onward movement to their final destination. (DoDD
3025.14)
Replacement accountability—Tracking of replacement actions in accordance with applicable
instructions when necessary to replace a deployed individual that departs prior to completing the
specified tour length.
Replacements—Personnel required to take the place of others who depart a unit (Joint Pub 1-02).
Return to Military Control—End of an Unauthorized Absence.
Safe Haven—Designated area(s) to which noncombatants under the US Government’s
responsibility may be evacuated during an emergency. A location within or outside the United
States to which noncombatants are authorized to travel for the purpose of temporarily remaining
there until they are authorized to return to the location from which evacuated, or until they are
authorized to travel to their final destination. Safe havens are normally designated by DoS, in
coordination with DoD. (DoDD 3025.14)
Selected Reserve—Those units and individuals within the Ready Reserve designated by their
respective services and approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff as so essential to initial wartime
missions that they have priority over all other Reserves. All Selected Reservists are in active
status. The Selected Reserve also includes persons performing initial Regular Air Force training.
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Servicing Security Forces—The military police unit servicing the action unit, unless otherwise
specified.
Stop Movement—DoD issues an order to stop forward movement of military members, their
dependents, nonessential DoD civilian employees and their families, families of essential DoD
civilian employees, and DoDDS staff and faculty. (JP 3-68)
Strength accountability—Accountability of all personnel on the ground, including transients, at
their deployed and designated geographically separated locations, regardless of status, in
accordance with component command policies.
Supervisor—A person, military or civilian, who oversees another’s work. Unless otherwise
specified, a member reports to the immediate supervisor for duty each workday.
Supported Component Command—The command having primary responsibility for all aspects
of a task assigned by the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan or other Joint operation planning
authority. In the context of Joint operation planning, this term refers to the commander who
prepares operation plans or operation orders in response to requirements of the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. The supported command receives assistance from another commander’s
force or capabilities, and is responsible for ensuring that the supporting commander understands
the assistance required.
Supporting Command—The command that provides augmentation forces or other support to a
supported commander or who develops a supporting plan. Includes the designated combatant
commands and Defense agencies as appropriate. The supporting command aids, protects,
complements, or sustains another commander’s force, and is responsible for providing the
assistance required by the supported commander.
Tasked Wing Accountability—Responsibility of unit commanders and IPR Elements to maintain
accountability over their deployed personnel until they have returned to home station.
Threatened Areas—Includes areas facing actual or potential danger from natural or manmade
disaster, civil unrest, imminent or actual terrorist activities, hostilities, and similar circumstances,
as declared by competent authority. (DoDD 3025.14)
Total Force—For the purpose of this instruction, Total Force includes Regular Air Force, Air
Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Department of the Air Force and Non-appropriated Fund
civilians, Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System enrolled family members, family
members of Department of Air Force and Non-appropriated Fund employees (when receiving
evacuation entitlements), and contractors and their family members when employed outside the
continental United States.
Transient Accountability—Tracking of personnel that spend at least one night at a location but
their final duty location is elsewhere.
Transient Personnel—Military member, Department of Defense civilian, or Department of
Defense contractor who spend at least one night at a location but their final duty location is
elsewhere.
Unit Training—A category of PERSTEMPO deployment events when all or part of a unit is
accomplishing training objectives at a location other than the permanent duty location. Unit
training includes training at a combined training center or at a designated training area. Unit
training also includes exercises that have not received an official designation.
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US (and non—US) citizens—Citizens who may be authorized or assisted in evacuation (but not
necessarily ordered to evacuate) in accordance with (DoDD 3025.14), by competent authority.
Includes civilian employees of US Government agencies and their dependents who are legal
residents in the country concerned, but have expressed the willingness to be evacuated; private US
citizens and their dependents (Note: Private US citizens cannot be ordered to evacuate.); military
personnel and dependents of members of the US Armed Forces outlined in subparagraph a (3)
of DoDD 3025.14, short of an ordered evacuation; designated others—including dependents of
civilian employees of US Government agencies and their dependents (except civilian employees
of US Government agencies and their dependents, who are legal residents in the country
concerned, but have expressed the willingness to be evacuated); military personnel of the US
Military Services specifically designated for evacuation as noncombatants; and dependents of
members of the US Military Services, as prescribed by DoS.
Unauthorized Absence—See Absent Without Authority.
Unit accountability—Tracking of deployed assigned and/or attached unit personnel. This
accountability includes knowing where assigned personnel are at any given time, where they live
and work.
Unit Commander—An officer in command of the action unit.
Unit of Assignment—The organization to which a member belongs and contributes strength, or
the organization to which a member once belonged to and has now been dropped from rolls (DFR).
Unit Type Code—A Joint Chiefs of Staff developed and assigned code, consisting of five
characters that uniquely identify a “type unit.” (JP 1-02). A potential capability focused upon
accomplishment of a specific mission that the military Service provides. It can consist of
manpower force element (MFE) only, equipment (Logistics Detail) only, or both manpower and
equipment . (AFI 10-401)
United States—The 50 states and all territories and possessions of the United States, including all
waters and airspace subject to the territorial jurisprudence of the United States.
United States Civil Authorities—Those elected and appointed public officials and employees
who constitute the governments of the 50 states, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, United States possessions and territories, and political subdivisions thereof.
War and Mobilization Plan—The Air Force supporting plan to the Joint Strategic Capabilities
Plan. The War and Mobilization Plan provides current planning cycle policies and planning factors
for the conduct and support of wartime operations. It establishes requirements for development of
mobilization and production planning programs to support sustained contingency operations.
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Attachment 2
FORCE SUPPORT SUPPLY AND DEMAND PYRAMID

Figure A2.1. Force Support Supply and Demand Pyramid.

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Attachment 3
FORCE SUPPORT FORCE MODULE (FY21-23)

Figure A3.1. Force Support Force Module (FY21-23).

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Attachment 4
AUTHORIZED RELIGIOUS PREFERENCES FOR IDENTIFICATION TAGS

Table A4.1. Authorized Religious Preferences for Identification Tags.

Religious Preference
ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
ADVENTIST CHURCHES
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH
AGNOSTIC
AMERICAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES
AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES IN USA
AMERICAN BAPTIST CONFERENCE
AMERICAN BAPTIST CONVENTION
AMERICAN COUNCIL CHRISTIAN CHURCH
AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
ANGLICAN CHURCH IN AMERICA
ANGLICAN CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA
ANGLICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC
ASATRU
ASBURY BIBLE CHURCHES
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
ASSOCIATED GOSPEL CHURCHES
ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
CHURCHES
ASSOCIATION OF FREE LUTHERAN CONGREGATIONS
ATHEIST
BAHA'I
BAPTIST BIBLE FELLOWSHIP
BAPTIST CHURCHES
BAPTIST GENERAL CONFERENCE
BAPTIST GENERAL CONVENTION OF TEXAS
BAPTIST MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
BIBLE CHURCHES CHAPLAINCY
BIBLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BIBLE PROTESTANT CHURCH
BRETHREN CHURCH
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BRETHREN IN CHRIST FELLOWSHIP

BUDDHISM
CATHOLIC CHURCHES, OTHER
CENTRAL BIBLE CHURCH
CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)
CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND CHURCHES OF CHRIST
CHRISTIAN CRUSADE
CHRISTIAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE (1ST CHURCH CHRIST
SCIENTIST)
CHRISTIAN, NO DENOMINATIONAL PREFERENCE
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CHURCH OF GOD
CHURCH OF GOD (ANDERSON IN)
CHURCH OF GOD (CLEVELAND TN)
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
CHURCH OF GOD IN NORTH AMERICA
CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST-LATTER DAY SAINT
CHURCH OF LIVING GOD INTERNATIONAL
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
CHURCH OF THE SPIRAL TREE
CHURCH OF THE UNITED BRETHREN CHRIST
CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN CHRISTIAN UNION
CHURCHES OF GOD GENERAL CONFERENCE
CHURCHES OF THE NEW JERUSALEM
COMMUNION OF EVANGELICAL EPISCOPAL
CHURCHES
COMMUNITY OF CHRIST
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES
CONGREGATIONAL METHODIST CHURCH
CONSERVATIVE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
CONSERVATIVE CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN
CONFERENCE
CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM
COOPERATIVE BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
DEISM
DIAN WI (DIANIC WICCA)
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DRUID
EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES
EASTERN RELIGIONS, OTHER
ECKANKAR
ELIM FELLOWSHIP
ELIM MISSIONARY ASSEMBLIES
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
EPISCOPAL/ANGLICAN CHURCHES, OTHERS
EUROPEAN FREE CHURCHES, OTHER
EVANGELICAL CHURCH ALLIANCE
EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA
EVANGELICAL CHURCHES OTHER
EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH
EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH IN AMERICA
EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH OF AMERICA
EVANGELICAL FRIENDS ALLIANCE
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA
EVANGELICAL METHODIST CHURCH
EVANGELICAL METHODIST CHURCH OF AMERICA
EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
FELLOWSHIP OF GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH
FREE METHODIST CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA
FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCHES, OTHER
FREE WILL BAPTIST, NC STATE CONVENTION
FRIENDS (QUAKERS)
FULL GOSPEL
FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP CHURCH/MINISTRIES
INTERNATI
FULL GOSPEL PENTECOSTAL ASSOCIATION
FUNDAMENTAL BIBLE CHURCHES
FUNDAMENTAL METHODIST CHURCH INC.
FUNDAMENTALIST CHURCHES, OTHER
GARD WI (GARDNERIAN WICCA)
GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL BAPTISTS
GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULAR BAPTIST
CHURCHES
GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE BRETHREN CHURCH
GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE SWEDENBORGIAN
CHURCH
GRACE GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
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HEATHEN
HINDU
HOLINESS CHURCHES, OTHER
HUMANIST
IGLESIA NI CHRISTO
INDEPENDENT ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST BIBLE MISSION
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCHES
INDEPENDENT CHURCHES AFFILIATED
INDEPENDENT DENOM ENDORSING AGENCIES
INDEPENDENT FUNDAMENTAL BIBLE CHURCHES
INDEPENDENT FUNDAMENTAL CHURCHES OF
AMERICA
INDEPENDENT LUTHERAN CHURCHES
INTERNATIONAL CHURCH OF THE FOURSQUARE
GOSPEL
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNION OF THE
CHARISMATIC EPISCOP
ISLAM
ISRAELITE
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
JUDAISM
KANSAS YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS
KINSWAY FELLOWSHIP
KOREAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF AMERICA
LIBERTY BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP
LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA
LUTHERAN CHURCH, MISSOURI SYNOD
LUTHERAN CHURCHES, OTHER
LUTHERAN COUNCIL IN THE USA
MAGICK AND SPIRITUALIST
MESSIANIC
MESSIANIC JUDAISM
METHODIST CHURCHES, OTHER
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH
MILITANT FUNDAMENTAL BIBLE CHURCH
MISSIONARY CHURCH
MISSIONARY CHURCH ASSOCIATION
MORAVIAN CHURCHES
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONGREGATIONAL
CHRISTIAN C
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FREE WILL BAPTISTS
NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION OF AMERICA
NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION USA INC.
NATIVE AMERICAN
NEW AGE CHURCHES
NO PREFERENCE
NO RELIGION
NONE PROVIDED
NORTH AMERICAN BAPTIST CONFERENCE
OHIO YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS
OPEN BIBLE STANDARD CHURCHES INC.
ORTHODOX CHURCHES, OTHER
ORTHODOX JUDAISM
ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
OTHER RELIGIONS
PAGAN
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD
PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES OF GOD OF AMERICA, INC.
PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES, OTHER
PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH
PLYMOUTH BRETHREN
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA)
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL FOR CHAPLAINS AND
MILITARY PE
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH
PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH
PROTESTANT, NO DENOMINATIONAL PREFERENCE
PROTESTANT, OTHER CHURCHES
REFORMED AND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES, OTHER
REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA
REFORMED CHURCH IN THE USA
REFORMED CHURCHES
REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH
REFORMED JUDAISM
REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, EVANGELICAL
SYNOD
REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GENERAL
SYNOD
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REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF

LATTER DAY S
RESTORATION CHURCHES, OTHER
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
ROSICRUCIANISM
SACRED WELL CONGREGATION
SALVATION ARMY
SCHWENKFELDER CHURCHES
SEAX WI (SEAX WICCA)
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS
SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST GENERAL CONFERENCE
SHAMAN
SIKH
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
SOUTHERN METHODIST CHURCH
SOUTHWIDE BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP
TIOGA RIVER CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE
TROTH
UKRAINIAN EVANGELICAL BAPTIST CONFERENCE
UNCLASSIFIED RELIGIONS
UNION MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATIONS
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
UNITED CHRISTIAN CHURCH
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH INTERNATIONAL
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE USA
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, EVANGELICAL
SYNOD
UNKNOWN
WESLEYAN CHURCH
WICCA
WORLD BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP
ZOROASTERIAN PROTESTANT
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Attachment 5
STRENGTH ACCOUNTABILITY DUTY STATUS TABLE

Table A5.1. Strength Accountability Duty Status Table.

Duty TDY
Status Type
Code Definition Code Definition
00 Present for Duty NA
Deceased (Reported by attached unit for Duty
01 Status Code [DSC] 20 and 21 only) NA
02 Missing NA
03 Ill/Injured (Casualty Reported) NA
04 Civil Confinement (under arrest, pending trial) NA
Civil Confinement (sentenced prisoner30 days
05 or more) NA
06 Deserter NA
Absent without Leave (AWOL) - Includes
07 Non-locatee-ANG NA
08 Hospital, Sick in Quarters NA
09 Leave-Excluding delay en route NA
Assigned Transit - Departed PCS or Terminal
Leave-Including Reserve transitioning to new
10 unit NA
Assigned but not Joined, TDY En route,
Reserve awaiting entry-Initial Active Duty
11 Training NA
Accessed not Joined, TDY En route, Reserve
12 awaiting entry-Initial Active Duty Training NA
13 Hospital, patient NA
14 Not Present for Duty - Other NA
En route Assigned Station From Deployed
15 Station (DSC 20,21) NA
Military Confinement (under arrest, pending
16 trial) NA
Military Confinement (sentenced prisoner30
17 days or more) NA
TDY-ARC-Permanent Training Site, Training TDY-ARC-Home station
19 at Active Duty A Active Duty
20 TDY - Contingency/Rotational/Exercise 1 Contingency Deployment
PALACE Trip Manning Assistance
21 Contingency or Exercise 2 Exercise Deployment
22 TDY - School 3 School
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TDY Permissive - Bootstrap, House hunting,

23 etc. 4 Bootstrap
24 TDY - Other CONUS-CONUS 5 Other CONUS-CONUS
25 TDY - Other CONUS-Overseas 6 Other CONUS-Overseas
26 TDY - Other Out of Country 7 Other Out of Country
27 TDY - Other In Country 8 Other In Country
Pending Separation/under Investigation
28 including ARC in or awaiting IADT NA
29 TDY - Overseas-CONUS 9 Overseas-CONUS
30 Whereabouts Unknown NA
Home station Local Area
31 Home Station Local Training W Training
40 AFR Mobilization Resource NA
Return to Military Control from Drop From
Rolls-Pending Disciplinary Instructions from
42 Higher Headquarters NA
Reassigned to undergo separation out-
43 processing/awaiting administrative discharge NA
52 Leave - Appellate Review NA
53 Parole NA
Civil Confinement - Sentenced Prisoner - Less
56 than 30 days NA
Military Confinement - Sentenced Prisoner -
59 Less than 30 days NA
ANG Runway Alert over 30 days - Champus
60 Eligible NA
61 TDY-ARC-Conversion B TDY-ARC-Conversion
TDY-ARC-Home station
TDY - ARC - Home station Active Duty in Active Duty in Support of
62 Support of Contingency C Contingency
TDY-ARC-
Counterdrug/Inter-diction
63 TDY-ARC-Counterdrug/Interdiction CONUS D CONUS
TDY-ARC-Management Support/ADSW TDY-ARC-Management
64 (Active Duty for Special Work) E Support/ADSW
TDY-ARC-Mission
65 TDY-ARC-Mission Support F Support
TDY-ARC-Operational
66 TDY-ARC-Operational Training G Training
TDY-ARC-Natural
67 TDY-ARC-Natural Disaster/Emergency H Disaster/Emergency
Contingency Deployment -
Non Deployment
70 TDY - Contingency/Rotational/Exercise I PERSTEMPO
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PALACE Trip Manning Assistance Exercise Deployment - Non

71 Contingency or Exercise J Deployment PERSTEMPO
72 TDY-ARC-Operational Training T ARC-Operational Training
CONUS-CONUS - Non
73 TDY - Other CONUS-CONUS K Deployment PERSTEMPO
CONUS-Overseas - Non
74 TDY - Other CONUS-Overseas L Deployment PERSTEMPO
TDY - Other Out of Country Overseas Out of Country - Non
75 personnel only M Deployment PERSTEMPO
TDY - In Country-Overseas Overseas In Country-Overseas - Non
76 personnel only N Deployment PERSTEMPO
Overseas-CONUS - Non
77 TDY - Overseas-CONUS O Deployment PERSTEMPO
ARC-Conversion - Non
78 TDY - ARC Conversion P Deployment PERSTEMPO
ARC-Drug Interdiction -
Non Deployment
79 TDY - ARC Counterdrug/Interdiction Q PERSTEMPO
ARC-Management Support
- Non Deployment
80 TDY - ARC - Management Support/ADSW R PERSTEMPO
ARC-Mission Support -
Non Deployment
81 TDY - ARC - Service Mission/Mission Support S PERSTEMPO
ARC-Natural
Disaster/Emergency - Non
82 TDY - ARC - Natural Disaster/Emergency U Deployment PERSTEMPO
Permanent Training Site, Not Present for Duty
83 (Non Deployment PERSTEMPO) NA
84 ARC Individual Training with Travel NA

85 ARC Funeral Honors Duty NA

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Attachment 6
PERSTEMPO EVENT TABLE

Table A6.1. Perstempo Event Table.

Type Category Name Definition
Deployment Operation Contingency In accordance with Joint
Operation Publication 1-0, a military
operation that: (a) is
designated by the
Secretary of Defense as an
operation in which
members of the Military
Services are or may
become involved in
military actions,
operations, or hostilities
against an enemy of the
United States or against an
opposing force or (b) is
created by definition of
law. (See Section
101(a)(13)(B) of Title 10,
USC, for conditions in
which a contingency
operation exists.)

Counterdrug A military action taken to

Operation detect, monitor, counter
the production, trafficking,
and use of illegal drugs.

Forward Presence The visible posture of US

forces and infrastructure
strategically positioned in
or near key regions around
the globe to contribute to
the stability, continuity,
and flexibility that protects
US interests.

Humanitarian Conducted to relieve or

Operation reduce the results of
natural disasters, disasters
caused by people, or other
regional conditions such
as human pain, disease,
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Type Category Name Definition

hunger, or hardship that
might present a serious
threat to life or result in
great damage to or loss of
property. Assistance
provided under these
provisions can include: (a)
medical, dental, and
veterinary care provided in
a country’s rural areas; (b)
construction of
rudimentary surface
transportation systems; (c)
well drilling and
constructing basic
sanitation facilities; and
(d) rudimentary
construction and repairing
public facilities.

Law Enforcement Supports law enforcement

Operation authorities to counter
international criminal
activities and suppress
regional rebellion in
foreign countries.

Peacekeeping In accordance with Joint

Operation Publication 3-07.3, Peace
Operations, this operation
consists of military
operations undertaken
with the consent of all
major parties to a dispute,
designed to monitor and
facilitate implementation
of an agreement (cease-
fire, truce, or other such
agreement) and support
diplomatic efforts to reach
a long-term political
settlement.

Surveillance The systematic

Operation observation of aerospace,
surface or subsurface
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Type Category Name Definition

areas, places, persons, or
things, by visual, auditory,
electronic, photographic,
or other means.

US Domestic Civil Activities and measures

Operation taken by the DoD to foster
mutual assistance and
support between the DoD
and any civil US
Government agency in
planning, preparing, or
applying resources for
border patrol
augmentation and in
response to the
consequences of civil
emergencies or attacks,
including national security
emergencies.

Exercise Joint or A non-North Atlantic

Combined Treaty Organization
Exercise (NATO) military
maneuver or simulated
wartime operation
involving planning,
preparation, and
execution. It is performed
for training and evaluation
purposes. A joint exercise
involves more than one
branch of the US Military
Services. A combined
exercise involves one or
more branches of the US
Military Services and one
or more allies.

NATO Exercise A combined military

maneuver or simulated
wartime operation
conducted by forces of
two or more allied NATO
nations acting together for
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Type Category Name Definition

accomplishing a single
mission.

Service Exercise A military maneuver or

simulated wartime
operation of a single
branch of the US Military
Services involving
planning, preparation, and
execution, carried out for
the purpose of training and
evaluation.

Home Station Training Home Station or Training conducted within

Local Operating the limits of an
Area of a Ship or installation, base, or local
Vessel Training operating area of a ship or
vessel. Appropriate
authorities predetermine
and document this area.

Hospitalization (Not at or Hospitalization The formal admission to a

near permanent duty medical treatment facility
station(PDS)/homeport(HP)) that is not near the Service
member’s PDS or HP.

Mission Support Temporary Mission Support Duties that include

Duty Temporary Duty meetings, conferences,
staff visits, staff
augmentation, and medical
appointments that do not
occur at or near the
Service member’s PDS or
HP.

Unit Training Unit Training at a One or more Services

Combined conduct training at a
Training Center combined training center
to meet specific training
requirements, test new
methodologies, and
receive independent
training evaluations.
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Type Category Name Definition

Unit Training at a Unit training is conducted
Designated in an installation, a city
Training Center area or other public land,
or a body of water.

Non- Disciplinary Disciplinary The confinement of a

Deployment Event Service member restricting
him or her from
performing normal duties.

Duty in Garrison Duty in Garrison Home station or HP duty

performed at the
permanent location that
the member’s unit
occupies when not
committed to an operation
that makes it infeasible for
a member to spend off-
duty time in the housing in
which the member resides.

Funeral Honors Duty Funeral Honors The rendering of military

Duty honors to a deceased
military member by
Reserve Component
members.

Hospitalization (At or near Hospitalization The formal admission to a

PDS/HP) medical treatment facility
that is at or near the
Service member’s PDS or
HP.

Inactive Duty Training Inactive Duty Training performed under

Training orders by a member of a
Reserve Component, not
on active duty or active
duty for training, not
performed at the
permanent training site.
Inactive duty training
consists of regularly
scheduled unit training
assemblies, additional
training assemblies,
periods of appropriate
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Type Category Name Definition

duty or equivalent
training, and any special
additional duties
authorized for Reserve
Component personnel.

Individual Training Individual Institutional training

Training conducted by a
centralized, DoD, or
single-Service training
organization in a school or
training center.

Muster Duty Muster Duty The personnel status

accounting of Ready
Reserve Service members
attached to a Reserve
command, pursuant to
Section 12319 of Title 10,
USC