Section 8B--Promotion Cycles Flashcards
Why does the USAF establish promotion cycles?
a) To ensure timely periodic promotions
b) to permit accurate forecasting of vacancies
c) To balance the promotion administrative workload
d) To provide promotion eligibility cutoff dates (PECD)
What are some factors for promotion eligibility?
-Proper skill level
-Sufficient time in grade, time in serivice
-Commander recommendation
-Completion of PME
-Completion of a college degree
-Cumulative years of enlisted service
-High year of tenure
What is the time in grade requirement Airman may be promotion eligible to Airman First Class?
10 months
When are Airmen initially enlisting for a period of six years promoted from Airman Basic to Airman First Class?
Upon completion of either technical training or 20 weeks of technical training after graduation from basic military training (whichever occurs first)
What is the time in service and time in grade requirement for Senior Airmen to be promotion eligible to Staff Sergeant?
Three years of time in service and six months of time in grade
What the promotion eligibility cutoff dates (PECD) and required skill level in primary AFSC for promotion to Technical Sergeant?
PECD is 31 Jan and 7-level
NOTE: Test cycle is feb-mar
What is the time in service and time in grade requirement for Technical Sergeants to be promotion eligible to Master Sergeant?
Eight years of time in service and 24 months of time in grade
What is the time in service and time in grade requirement for Master Sergeants to be promotion eligible to Senior Master Sergeant?
11 years of time in service and 20 months of time in grade
What is the promotion eligibility cutoff dates (PECD) and required skill level in primary AFSC for promotion to Senior Master Sergeant?
PECD is 30 September and 7 level
What is the time in service and time in grade requirement for Senior Master Sergeants to be promotion eligible to Chief Master Sergeant?
14 years of time in service and 21 months of time in grade
How many years of service retainability and active duty service commitment (ADSC) from the effective date of promotion must Chief Master Sergeant-selects acknowledge and obtain and incur to qualify for non-disability retirement?
Three years of service retainability and incur a three-year active duty service commitment (ADSC)
The Air Force Personnel Center assigns promotion sequence numbers to Airmen selected for promotion to Staff Sergeant through Chief Master Sergeant. On what are promotion sequence numbers based?
Date of rank
Total Active Federal Military Service (TAFMS)
Date of Birth
When may Airmen decline promotion in writing by submitting a letter to the military personnel flight (MPF)?
Any time prior to the promotion effective date
True or False? When individuals are ineligible for promotion, they a) cannot test, b) cannot be considered if already tested, and c) the projected promotion, if already selected, will be canceled.
True
