Who has been affected by the Air Force Retention Boards?

Maj Walter Kilar — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 23:59:33 -0400

Has anyone here been affected by the Air Force Retention Boards? I just found out that one of my sharpest E-6s will be asked to retire early. I should find out in the morning how many Airmen will be involuntarily separated.

I know of one unit that will lose nearly all of its captains to voluntary and involuntary separations.

Response by Capt Brandon Charters made Sep 3 at 2014 11:37 AM

Capt Brandon Charters — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:37:03 -0400

Maj Walter Kilar I know this is a hot issue amongst many of my close active duty friends. I remember the Force Shaping that went on a few years ago. I'm sure you might've seen that in 2006-2008. How are the latest set of reductions different? I'm hearing a lot of folks applying for VSP and then getting turned down. Any help in understanding the current AF reductions would be greatly appreciated.

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 3 at 2014 11:50 AM

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:50:26 -0400

Sir, though I haven't been affected, but our finest E7 board has. They were affected some 2-3 years ago, but apparently it's happening again:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/18/navy-chiefs-continuation-boards/14223129/

So it goes across entire DoD spectrum

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 25 at 2014 10:16 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 22:16:29 -0400

A lot of good guys got their pink slips... I was part of it, but my unit became exempt suddenly... not sure why, but upset at some of the guys on the list.

Response by Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 15 at 2014 6:41 AM

Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 06:41:27 -0500

We pulled back a Lt Col Weapon Systems Officer (WSO) who has been out of the airplane for almost a decade because we are so short on WSOs...then we RIF'd 3 WSOs in a different year group, including one with six deployments, on evaluator orders.

Response by Maj Walter Kilar made Dec 16 at 2014 10:11 PM

Maj Walter Kilar — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:11:49 -0500

So far the tally from this latest RIF in terms of people I know:
- 1 TSgt (my little brother) - involuntary separation at 16.5 years (right after the birth of his daughter)
- 1 Captain (my co-worker) - involuntary separation at 5 years.
- 3 Majors (one was CGO of the year before he PCS'd) - involuntary separation at 10+ years.