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BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE

AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 36-2406

14 NOVEMBER 2019 Personnel

OFFICER AND ENLISTED EVALUATIONS SYSTEMS

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OPR: AFPC Supersedes: AFI36-2406, 8 November 2016

Certified by: SAF/MR (John A. Fedrigo, SES)

Pages: 291

This publication implements Air Force Policy Directive 36-24, Military Evaluations. It applies to all Regular Air Force (RegAF), Air Force Reserve (AFR), and Air National Guard (ANG) members. It provides guidance and procedures for implementing Air Force Officer and Enlisted Evaluation Systems. It also describes how to prepare, submit, and manage forms. Ensure all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with Air Force Manual 33-363, Management of Records, and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule located in the Air Force Records Information Management System. Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) using the AF Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication: route AF Form 847s from the field through Headquarters (HQ) AFPC Promotions, Evaluations and Recognitions Policy Branch (AFPC/DP3SP), 550 C, JBSA-Randolph, TX 78150 or afpc.dp3sp.workflow@us.af.mil. In collaboration with the Chief of Air Force Reserve (AF/RE) and the Director of the Air National Guard (NGB/CF), the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel, and Services (AF/A1) develops personnel policy for officer and enlisted evaluations. Field agencies will not publish supplements that change basic policies/procedures or merely duplicate the text of these instructions. Supplements initiated at MAJCOM-level or below require AF/A1PP and HQ AFPC/DP3SP approval before publication. Send published copies of approved supplements to AF/A1PP, HQ AFPC/DP3SP, and HQ ARPC/PB. Field agencies must get a HQ AFPC/DP3SP and AFDPO/PPP approval before using locally created version of the AF Forms prescribed by this instruction. The authorities to waive wing/unit level requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier ("T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3") number following the compliance statement. See Air Force Instruction (AFI) 33-360, Publications and Forms Management, for a

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description of the authorities associated with the Tier numbers. Submit requests for waivers through the chain of command to the appropriate Tier waiver approval authority; for non-tiered items AFPC/DP3SP is the approval authority. This publication requires the collection and or maintenance of information protected by Title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.), ? 552a, The Privacy Act of 1974, and authorized by Title 10, U.S.C., ? 8013. The applicable System of Records Notices, F036 AF PC A, Effectiveness/Performance Reporting Systems, and F036 AFPC T, Officer Performance Report /Enlisted Performance Report Appeal Case Files, are available at . Any requests for records or documents contained in these System of Records Notices will be processed under the Freedom of Information Act guidelines outlined in DOD Manual 5400.07_AF Manual 33-302, Freedom of Information Act Program, and/or the Privacy Act guidelines outlined in Air Force Instruction 33-332, Air Force Privacy and Civil Liberties Program.

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

This document has been substantially revised and needs to be completely reviewed. Major changes include. Elimination of A1C and below EPRs, except for Directed By Commander at no earlier than 20 months; Maximum of 2 lines on the Promotion Recommendation Form for Lieutenant Colonels and below; Stratification rules on Promotion Recommendation Forms; Senior Rater endorsement education requirement to completion of an Associate's or higher degree from a nationally or regionally accredited academic education; Prohibit Airmen with approved High Year of Tenure Retirement prior to first day promotions not eligible for Senior Rater endorsement and completion of EPR optional; Senior Enlisted Leaders at the Enlisted Forced Distribution Panels no longer voting members; Forced Distributors may delegate final signature authority for non Time-In-Grade and Time-In-Service promotion eligible Airmen; Commanders may designate nonrated periods for unique personal hardships; "Met Some But Not All Expectation" ratings no longer requires EPR to be referred; Authorize "Whole Airmen Concept" may be completed for referral EPRs; Allow Air Force Element Commander (AFELM/CC) in joint organizations to sign AF Form 910s in lieu of Forced Distributors only after the Forced Distributor awards/signs the promotion recommendation. Senior Raters may utilize EFDP panel process or develop their own guidance to determine SNCO stratification; Expand SNCO Senior Rater endorsement/stratification for joint organizations as an additional qualifier; Deputy evaluators may return EPRs to lower level for final endorsement.

Chapter 1--GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

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1.1. Purpose. ..................................................................................................................

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1.2. Forms - Purpose and Utilization. .............................................................................

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1.3. General Guidelines. ................................................................................................. 10

1.4. Preparing and Processing Evaluations. .................................................................... 11

1.5. Evaluator Requirements........................................................................................... 17

1.6. Roles and Responsibilities. ...................................................................................... 19

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1.7. Rating Chain Deviations and Evaluator Changes. ................................................. 26

1.8. Evaluator's Mandatory Considerations.................................................................... 30

1.9. Disagreements.......................................................................................................... 32

1.10. Referral Evaluations. ............................................................................................... 33

1.11. Mandatory Comments. ........................................................................................... 39

1.12. General Prohibited Evaluator Considerations and Comments. .............................. 40

1.13. Policy Deviations and Waiver Requests. ............................................................... 44

1.14. Missing, Late and Removed Performance Evaluations. ........................................ 45

1.15. Wartime or National Emergency Provisions. .......................................................... 46

Figure 1.1. Example Referral Memorandum.............................................................................. 47

Table 1.1. Mailing Addresses for Correspondence................................................................... 49

Table 1.2. Missing and Late Evaluations (See Notes 1 and 2). ................................................ 52

Chapter 2--AIRMAN COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT

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2.1. Purpose. .................................................................................................................. 54

2.2. Responsibilities. ....................................................................................................... 54

2.3. Who Requires an Airman Comprehensive Assessment. ........................................ 55

2.4. Guidance for Conducting Airman Comprehensive Assessments Sessions. ........... 55

2.5. When to Conduct Documented Airman Comprehensive Assessment Sessions. ... 55

2.6. The Airman Comprehensive Assessment Notice..................................................... 56

2.7. Airman Comprehensive Assessment Forms. ........................................................... 56

2.8. Preparing the Airman Comprehensive Assessment Worksheet. ............................ 56

2.9. Disposition and Access. ........................................................................................... 56

2.10. Failure to Conduct or Document an Airman Comprehensive Assessment Session. ................................................................................................................................. 57

2.11. Tracking Airman Comprehensive Assessments Sessions. ..................................... 57

Table 2.1. Airman Comprehensive Assessment Requirements. ............................................... 58

Table 2.2. Preparing AF Form 931, Airman Comprehensive Assessment (AB thru TSgt)...... 60

Table 2.3. Preparing AF Form 932 (MSgt - CMSgt) Airman Comprehensive Assessment..... 64

Table 2.4. Preparing AF Form 724 (Lt thru Col) Airman Comprehensive Assessment........... 68

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Chapter 3--OFFICER PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS (OPRS)

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3.1. General Guidelines. ............................................................................................... 71

3.2. Purpose..................................................................................................................... 71

3.3. Who Requires an OPR. ............................................................................................ 71

3.4. Who Does Not Require an OPR. ............................................................................. 71

3.5. When to Submit an OPR.......................................................................................... 72

3.6. Annual Reports. ..................................................................................................... 73

3.7. Change of Reporting Official Reports (including emergencies or no-notice departures). .............................................................................................................. 73

3.8. Directed by HAF, NGB, or Commander (MAJCOM, wing, group, or squadron, as appropriate).......................................................................................................... 73

3.9. 365-day Extended Deployment OPRs. .................................................................. 73

3.10. "FROM" Dates. ..................................................................................................... 78

3.11. "THRU" Dates. ...................................................................................................... 79

3.12. Number of Days of Supervision. ............................................................................. 79

3.13. Airmen Comprehensive Assessment /Performance Feedback................................. 80

3.14. Reviewer. ................................................................................................................. 80

3.15. Prohibited Evaluator Considerations and Comments. ........................................... 81

3.16. Inappropriate Recommendations Referring to Aviation Bonus, Separation/Retirement, Civilian Employment, Assignments, Developmental Education /Professional Military Education and Advanced Academic Degrees. .... 84

3.17. Extensions of Close-Out Dates. ............................................................................... 86

Table 3.1. Instructions for Preparing AF Form 707, Officer Performance Report. .................. 88

Table 3.2. When to Prepare OPRs for RegAF and ANG Officers (Lieutenant thru Colonel). . 100

Table 3.3. When to Prepare OPRs on AFR Officers (Lieutenant thru Colonel)....................... 102

Chapter 4--ENLISTED PERFORMANCE REPORTS (EPRs)

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4.1. General Guidelines. ................................................................................................. 104

4.2. EPR Forms. .............................................................................................................. 104

4.3. When to Accomplish an EPR. ................................................................................. 104

4.4. Evaluations not Authorized. ................................................................................... 105

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4.5. When to Submit an EPR. ......................................................................................... 105 4.6. "FROM" Dates. ..................................................................................................... 106 4.7. "THRU" Dates. ........................................................................................................ 106 4.8. Number of Days of Supervision. ............................................................................. 107 4.9. Completing Evaluations. ........................................................................................ 108 4.10. Promotion Time-In-Grade (TIG)/Time-In-Service (TIS) eligibility (AF Form 910

only). ........................................................................................................................ 108 4.11. Time-In-Grade (TIG)/Senior Rater Stratification/Endorsement Eligibility (AF

Form 911 only). ....................................................................................................... 108 4.12. Final Evaluator's Position and Single Evaluators.................................................... 110 4.13. Airmen Comprehensive Assessment /Performance Feedback................................. 112 4.14. Forced Distributor, (Section IX, AF Form 910) Unit Commander/Military or

Civilian Director/Other Authorized Reviewer, (Section VIII, AF Form 911)......... 112 4.15. Evaluator Considerations and Comments. ............................................................. 113 4.16. Inappropriate Comments Referring to Separation/Retirement, Civilian

Employment, and Professional Military Education. ................................................ 113 4.17. Ratee's Acknowledgement. ..................................................................................... 114 4.18. Forced Distribution (AF Form 910 only)................................................................. 115 Table 4.1. Enlisted Forced Distribution Panel Scale. ............................................................... 123 Table 4.2. When to Submit EPRs for RegAF, Active Guard Reserve, and Stat Tour. ............ 123 Table 4.3. When to submit EPRs for ARC Non-AGR.............................................................. 126 Table 4.4. Static Close-out Date Chart for RegAF, Active Guard Reserve, and Stat Tour. ..... 127 Table 4.5. Static Close-out Date Chart for ARC Non-AGR. .................................................... 127 Table 4.6. Accounting Dates for Static Close-out Date Evaluations. ....................................... 128 Table 4.7. Forced Distribution Allocation Table (SrA). ........................................................... 129 Table 4.8. Forced Distribution Allocation Table (SSgt and TSgt). ......................................... 130 Table 4.9. Instructions for AF Forms 910, Enlisted Performance Report (AB-TSgt). ............. 131 Table 4.10. Instructions for AF Form 911, Enlisted Performance Report (MSgt- SMSgt). ....... 139 Table 4.11. Time-in-Grade (TIG) Senior Rater Eligibility Chart. ............................................. 147 Table 4.12. Instructions for AF Form 912, CMSgt Enlisted Performance Reports.................... 149

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