AFI 36-2301 - Air Force E-Publishing

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event, who do not want to participate in the event and/or do not want the associated ADSC
must sign AF Form 63 to decline the ADSC and submit a request for separation in
accordance with AFI 36-3207, Separating Commissioned Officers, or request for retirement
in accordance with AFI 36-3203, Service Retirements. AF/JA may waive this paragraph for
LAF-J officers.
8.3. Alternates. IDE and SDE alternates who are designated to attend DE will receive an
ASD effective upon notification of attendance. If notification is made more than 120 days
prior to the Report Not Later than Date the provisions contained in AFI 36-2110,
Assignments apply. Officers notified of attendance with l20 or less days of notice may
decline attendance without prejudice.
8.4. Removal for non-prejudicial reasons. AFPC/CC approves individual declinations and
requests for mission-essential and humanitarian removal from the DE designation list for
lieutenant colonels and below. If an officer is in his or her last year of eligibility and cannot
attend IDE/SDE because of mission reasons or an approved Humanitarian or Exceptional
Family Member Program (EFMP) deferment IAW AFI 36-2110, attachment 25,
AFPC/DPAPF will prepare a letter stating the officer was selected for IDE/SDE but was not
made available to attend in his or her final year of eligibility. This letter is to be permanently
filed in the officer‘s selection record and the officer will have (QQ QR) code placed in
MilPDS. A copy of the letter will be sent to the member and Senior Rater.
8.4.1. IDE and SDE (lieutenant colonels and below), ―selects‖ who are delayed or
removed from DE designation lists for mission essential, humanitarian, or other nonprejudicial
reasons will be scheduled for attendance in the second or subsequent year
following the deferment, once the DT and DEDB re-validate the select‘s designation as
long as they continue to perform. IDE/SDE ―selects‖ will only re-compete for a specific
IDE/SDE program, as they are guaranteed a seat. IDE and SDE ―candidates‖ deferred
from school attendance with IDE/SDE eligibility remaining will be required to recompete
for designation during the following year‘s DEDB. ―Candidates‖ will have to
re-compete for both designation and for a specific program, as they are no longer
guaranteed either from one year to the next. The Senior Rater will need to re-recommend
a deferred candidate to school during the annual call for IDE/SDE nominations, and the
nomination will be evaluated by the DT. Lieutenant colonels that were designated a SDE
―select‖ but have not yet attended, and are then designated as a colonel or colonel-select,
might not attend the SDE they were designated for as a lieutenant colonel. AF/DPO will
designate officers in this situation as best meets Air Force strategic requirements and
developmental requirements for the officer as a colonel.
8.5. Removal for cause. When a request from the Senior Rater, management level, or DT to
remove an officer from a DE designation list is approved by AF/A1, the officer will be
permanently removed from the nomination list. This results in the loss of select status which
will appear on the officers SURF, DQHB, and OSB. A letter will be permanently filed in the
Officer Selection Record (OSR) and officers will be permanently ineligible for any future
resident DE. It is the commander‘s and Senior Rater‘s responsibility to monitor the
performance and standards of DE selects and alternates. Should the propriety of any
designee's attendance become questionable, the Senior Rater should notify appropriate
management level A1 (e.g., MAJCOM, DRU, FOA) and HQ AFPC/DPAPF immediately.