MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 36085 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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?<div><br></div><div>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.</div> 2014-01-10T21:00:46-05:00 MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 36085

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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?<div><br></div><div>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.</div>

2014-01-10T21:00:46-05:00 2014-01-10T21:00:46-05:00 SFC James Baber 36087

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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.

2014-01-10T21:06:09-05:00 2014-01-10T21:06:09-05:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 36097

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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.<div><br></div><div>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.  </div>

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