Posted on Jan 10, 2014
Any comments/concerns about the FY14 Air Force Force Management programs? Are you safe, or under the gun?
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Everyone should have heard about the Force Management programs for FY14 and for the enlisted force many of them are new. I am lucky enough to be safe, but how is everyone else faring? Safe, under the gun, scared, not worried? Do you support the programs, or are you against them?
Personally, I am hopeful that the ERB is able to separate some of the people who might not be 'problem' airmen, but aren't really worth keeping in the AF for 20+ years.
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My biggest concern for anyone in the Air Force is the manner in which the AF conducts their Force Management programs. I commissioned into the Air Force in 2003 and faced one Force Shaping board and 2 Reduction in Force Boards. I survived all three but still elected to go into the Army because of the consistently poor way I saw the AF manage their personnel, particularly on the officer side.
Biggest thing (at least from the officer side when I was in it) is to educate yourself and keep a firm grasp on everything going before the board. I had a chain of command that was trying everything they could to screw me, but I put a lot of time into my Retention Recommendation Form (RRF) and could back everything up with my OPRs. So even though they didn't like me, they couldn't do anything but sign it after I showed it to them.
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MSgt (Join to see)
CPT,
What has most of the enlisted force nervous right now is the lack of details on what the retention criteria will be. It sounds similar to the E8/E9 promotion boards with the ERB looking at the last 10 EPR's, Decs, Art. 15's, Etc. But there hasn't been any specific guidance on how the board will be conducted.
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Capt Jason Minnich
I can assure you that the lack of details on the officer side is just as nerve wracking. Even with the release of the latest revisions of the PSDMs (24 Jan 2014 last I saw), there are a lot of unspoken things regarding the RIF and FSB. Specifically there is no discussion regarding active duty service commitments and who is "eligible".
It's great that they are trying to be transparent about the process, but when they are not sure themselves on what the process is supposed to do... It makes job security a very real, very nerve wracking issue.
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I think this is across the board for all the services as each is implementing their own various items to look at and for in the process of the boards. It is not only the enlisted side, they are looking at the officers as well, no one is safe, and you may also want to consider you may be safe for this round, but they could come up with new requisites if they don't get the right numbers and have to go back to the drawing board for a second or third round of cuts and reductions of force.
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SFC Baber,
Ack all, but I am specifically asking about the FY14 Enlisted Force Management Programs for the Air Force right now...
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