AFI 36-2301 - Air Force E-Publishing

14 AFI36-2301 16 JULY 2010
3.14.2. Advises officer, civilian, and enlisted members of fitness requirements to attend
resident PME. They will appoint a unit representative (if other than the unit first
sergeant) to verify fitness test scores. Officer and enlisted members must have a passing
current AF Fitness Test prior to attending any resident PME. For officer and enlisted
members attending any resident PME course that is less than 6 months in duration, a
passing AF Fitness Assessment must be current through course completion. (Exceptions:
members medically exempt, deployed and unable to complete a Fitness Assessment prior
to attendance as approved by the Commandant of the school the officer falls under).
3.14.3. Counsels all individuals who are considering declination of resident DE
attendance. Commanders will emphasize the positive benefit completing DE and
implications of declining.
3.14.4. Processes deferment requests in accordance with AF and ETCA procedures.
3.15. Superintendents/supervisors: Actively and deliberately plan subordinates‘ activities
(i.e., deployments, TDYs, training, leave, etc.) to ensure the earliest PME attendance for
eligible military airmen.
3.16. Selected Individuals
3.16.1. Immediately identify mission-related, medical, or personal hardship
circumstances, which may require deferment or student change action.
3.16.2. Initiate paperwork to obtain (or renew) a Secret, Top Secret, or SCI security
clearance, as appropriate, upon notification of selection to attend a resident DE course.
See ETCA for the applicable security clearance required (applies to US military and US
civilians only).
3.16.3. Comply with DE school prerequisites and guidelines for school attendance.
3.16.4. Coordinate appropriate medical profile documentation to their respective wing
training manager and obtain approval to attend EPME school NLT 35 days prior to CSD.
Provide the appropriate fitness or medical profile documentation to respective EPME
school upon arrival.
Section B—Officer DE
4. Architecture. The Air Force officer DE Program is central to the CoL that spans an officer‘s
professional career. Beyond pre-commissioning education, which constitutes the first level of
the CoL, there are four subsequent levels of officer DE: Basic, Primary, Intermediate and
Senior. The Air University Catalog and ETCA online catalog (https://etca.randolph.af.mil)
provides additional details on DE programs. Changes to AU catalog and AU courses listed in
the ETCA must be processed through the AU Office of the Registrar. DE programs are listed by
level (BDE, PDE, IDE, and SDE) in Attachment 2.