bennynova Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Very interesting that APZ was lower this year than last i thought with the new direction to promote best qualified regardless of promotion zone would have led to higher APZ numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitman Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 370 IDE Selects, 2067 Selected Major LAF: 17.9% selects. My Pers shows March clearing out the 2005 Majors. Is 200/month safe to assume for the 2006 Maj Selects pinning on starting April? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stract Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 not if Congress has any say. My year group, the first 3 months (Oct-Dec) of pin-on it went like clockwork (250/mo). In Jan that came to a screeching halt "DOPMA grade ceiling blah blah blah" and suddenly only 112/mo. Delayed my pin-on by 4 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanePhlyer Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Hopefully since they pushed up the '07 boards by a couple of months things will stay on track. Next boards PRFs are already being written in my sqdn. I'm hoping my line number of 1766 happens sooner than next Jan. Here's to hoping anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennynova Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) Man, that's rough mine is top 5. Edited January 28, 2016 by bennynova Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_Vezencuando Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Is anyone headed to the FY16 Lt Col board... 1APZ and/or from an embassy-type assignment? Curious to hear feedback from PRF's routed through another service (ie Navy-rating-Air Force) O-6. All the best this year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnapLock Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 On 1/27/2016 at 2:54 PM, Whitman said: 370 IDE Selects, 2067 Selected Major LAF: 17.9% selects. Picked up this board, but no school. Out of curiosity, how many are going to IDE in-res each year? Anyone know the guidance right now on candidates and the chances of candidates getting picked up by their 3rd look? I know just a couple of years ago it was virtually impossible to get picked up as a candidate, but it seems to have gotten a little better recently. I'm 99% sure I'm going to punch, but am interested to see what the consensus is here for what the future of a candidate is looking like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homestar Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I saw a brief at A/TA that said 25% of in-res spots would go to candidates this year. My wing had it's #1 Wg/CC candidate push get picked up on his 3d look. I'd say the chances of going in-res today are much better than they've been in the past 3-4 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brabus Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Our Wg/CC said the "new idea" is to have more candidates go and less selects. Maybe they finally realized selects are bailing at a high rate and they shouldn't put so many of their eggs in the "this guy's going to be a 4 star!" basket. We'll see if it holds true, but sounds like candidates are in better shape than previously. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I think it is because they are tired of getting embarrassed when their Golden Children Selects turn down school and then promptly separate. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brabus Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 It's an easy game: give people some semblance of family life ability and don't waste their time on bullshit taskers, deployments, stuff that has absolutely zero to do with their job, etc. Keep doing that shit and 95% of the "golden children" will keep punching. A few incentives go a long way, but the AF has apparently zero capability to pull its cranium out of its ass and see that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAFPLT Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Question for anyone that might now, I found out I'm a school select on this past majors board, I'll have more than 2 year TOS by Sep 2017. Historically speaking if you're a school select and meet the TOS requirements can I corny to go on 1st look? I know with the killer ops tempo, my cc would prefer to keep me as long as he can, but from what I hear AFPC doesn't care too much about ops defer requests... Lemme know what you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntledemployee Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Tell your boss you want to go 1st look, that it's best for your career and such. Isn't that why the AF selected you? Build your case and fire away. The worst is the cc says no. Let us know how it works out for you. Out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homestar Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 May as well go first look and get it over. I know that over the past few years there has been a push to get guys into IDE on earlier looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brabus Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Have a buddy who was a select, said "don't send me to school" on the form whatever, all CC's concurred for ops requirements...got school on 1st look. All he wanted was to not leave on his 1st look and have another year - completely reasonable. Fast forward and the AF has lost another great dude from a 7 day opt. Good job AF, you're doing a great job managing people, keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17D_guy Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 1 minute ago, brabus said: Have a buddy who was a select, said "don't send me to school" on the form whatever, all CC's concurred for ops requirements...got school on 1st look. All he wanted was to not leave on his 1st look and have another year - completely reasonable. Fast forward and the AF has lost another great dude from a 7 day opt. Good job AF, you're doing a great job managing people, keep it up. But.. how else will we get officers to develop? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zach braff Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 SRs are generally required to nominate all eligible selects unless they have a really good excuse (mission critical/hardship/etc), so expect a nom if you're a select and meet TOS requirements and stuff - the school nom PSDM will have the details. He/She can still make comments about not sending you yet, but clicking the nominate box will be mandatory in all likelihood. zb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muscle2002 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 SRs are generally required to nominate all eligible selects unless they have a really good excuse (mission critical/hardship/etc), so expect a nom if you're a select and meet TOS requirements and stuff - the school nom PSDM will have the details. He/She can still make comments about not sending you yet, but clicking the nominate box will be mandatory in all likelihood. zb Even if the SR doesn't nominate, folks can still be tagged to go. Previous squadron had two who were not nominated due to manning yet both are going. this summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brabus Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 What Muscle said is what happened to my buddy. 50% manned/he's mission critical, so SR said don't send because of that. AFPC: "Sounds good, here's his rip for school." Here's an idea, what if we weren't obsessed with useless PME, or at the min just did it all via distant learning. This BS we call an "education" is certainly doable via distant learning at the 100% rate. In res is a jobs program for AU. The only caveat is MAYBE the small opportunities like sending a guy to a civilian school. He gets a great education, BUT much of the time I still question how useful that masters is to the AF/that officer during their AF career. The friends I have going to those opportunities are guys who will do just as well in their continued career without the additional masters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKAWTG Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Big blue has decided that the folks with the best records need to be pulled out of their communities as soon as possible to check the boxes for Wg/CC. The assumption is they need to fit in school, staff, Sq/CC, school, OG/CC or CV, and maybe another staff. The earlier they start, the better chance they have of completing the Air Force's self imposed hurdles within some arbitrary time-frame. Unfortunately, ops tempo, manning, joint spouse and the select's own wishes have taken a back seat to making this happen. It boggles the mind that the Air Force puts their future leaders in positions where they strongly consider 7 day opting. And it skews the pool toward the career driven, everything-else-be-damned types. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guineapigfury Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 3 hours ago, NKAWTG said: Big blue has decided that the folks with the best records need to be pulled out of their communities as soon as possible to check the boxes for Wg/CC. The assumption is they need to fit in school, staff, Sq/CC, school, OG/CC or CV, and maybe another staff. The earlier they start, the better chance they have of completing the Air Force's self imposed hurdles within some arbitrary time-frame. Unfortunately, ops tempo, manning, joint spouse and the select's own wishes have taken a back seat to making this happen. It boggles the mind that the Air Force puts their future leaders in positions where they strongly consider 7 day opting. And it skews the pool toward the career driven, everything-else-be-damned types. In their eyes this is likely a feature and not a bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danvgalhb Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Okay, so I know asking a question like this is like asking a car mechanic to tell me if I should/shouldn't be concerned about my car without letting the mechanic inspect the car (i.e., my records). However, I figure there's no harm in asking my question anyways. So, I got my PRF (for the upcoming 0-5 board) and I didn't get a 'DP' in the box (got a 'P' in the box instead) but my 0-9 gave me a "#3/36 I/A/BPZ" 0-4s strat. I have a good pile of "#1" strats/awards reflected in my OPRs (and in my PRF) but no overall FGO quarterly/annual awards (I don't volunteer for anything (e.g. community service) and just get stuff done). I was told my record did go to the MLR but apparently didn't have enough stuff to earn a 'DP' in the box. I have heard from others that I should be "thrilled" with such a PRF bottom line but I have mixed feelings. I know a #3/36 0-4s sounds encouraging but since I didn't get the 'DP' in the box checked, am I right not to get excited about the PRF bottom line? For anyone who has sat on a board, I'd definitely appreciate your thoughts but all inputs are welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
di1630 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Are you in the zone? Having an O-9 write your PRF is a plus, it might come down to DP allocation rates for the year. Anyone have info on that #? Sounds like a solid PRF, I wouldn't sweat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danvgalhb Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 DI: Yes, I'm IPZ this year. Thanks for the inputs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ Kind Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 All the more reason our promotion system is jacked up and based on dubious messages. Dude is a Lt Gen's #3 eligible in a sizable pool and he doesn't know what to think with regard to his chances because of conflicting messages on the PRF. Nonsense. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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