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recommendation to designate officers to a specific IDE program. Selection for IDE overrides
other pending assignments.
7.2.1. AF/JA will convene an annual selection board for judge advocate (LAF-J) officers
competing for resident IDE. AF/JA will submit the officers identified for IDE attendance
and their designated program to AF/A1 for approval during the DEDB.
7.3. SDE. For colonels (and selects), AF/DPO conducts an annual selection process,
approved by the AF/A1, to designate a particular DE program for the eligible SDE selects.
The board will review the officer‘s personnel record, personnel brief, and MAJCOM
recommendation. For lieutenant colonels (and selects) the annual DEDB is convened at
AFPC to designate active duty line and non-line officers for resident SDE. Selection for
SDE overrides other pending assignments.
7.3.1. AF/JA will convene an annual selection board for judge advocate (LAF-J) officers
competing for resident SDE. AF/JA will submit the officers selected for SDE attendance
and their designated school to AF/A1 for approval during the DEDB.
7.4. Due to the deliberate nature of the DE selection process, IDE and SDE attendance takes
precedence over deployment when the individual has been selected for school prior to
selection for deployment. Furthermore, DE attendance will take priority over deployments
for all officers in their last year of eligibility. All other individuals will be evaluated on a
case by case basis with requests from the SR, routed through the DT, and sent to AFPC/CC
for approval.
7.5. For Air Force Reserve, refer to AFMAN 36-8001 and for ANG, refer to ANGI 36-2301.
8. Declinations, Deferments, and Removal.
8.1. IDE/SDE. Officers designated as IDE or SDE ―selects‖ from the promotion board may
decline select status at any time prior to being designated for attendance. The declination
results in the loss of select status and replacement of AA or AB codes with the DM code
(PME declination with prejudice), with an indefinite expiration date, on the officers SURF,
Duty Qualification History Brief (DQHB), and OSB. The declination will be visible to
future promotion boards. It will also result in ineligibility for any future IDE/SDE
opportunity. The officer shall be counseled by his/her commander and shall submit the
declination in writing, with the commander‘s counseling statement attached, endorsed by the
senior rater, to either HQ AFPC/DPA or AF/DPO, as appropriate. For lieutenant colonels
and below, the AFPC/CC will send a letter to the member and Senior Rater informing them
that the declination letter and counseling statement will be retained permanently in the
officers OSR (cc sent to MAJCOM A1) along with the letter from the AFPC/CC to the
member and Senior Rater. For Colonels (and selects), AF/DPO will send a letter to the
member, the Senior Rater, and the Management Level to inform them of the permanent
declination. The notification letter and the counseling statement will be retained permanently
in the officer‘s OSR.
8.2. Assignment implications. Officers designated to attend DE will receive an Assignment
Selection Date (ASD) effective the date of release of the DEDB results message. Officers
who decline DE post DEDB message release are subject to the provisions contained in AFI
36-2110, Assignments, Table 2.9, Seven-Day Option Separation and Retirement Dates.
Officers with an indefinite DOS selected for education and training, an ADSC-incurring