AFI 36-2301 - Air Force E-Publishing

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topics as foundational, expeditionary and organizational leadership. Students do not receive
any PME or DE credits for completion. Also, these credits cannot be transferred into AU
degree programs.
9.5.1. Officers may enroll in LDP courses via a self-enrollment DL process. Enrollees
will have 6 months in which to complete a course or they will be disenrolled.
Completion will not appear anywhere in a member‘s record but will appear on the
member‘s AU transcript.
9.5.2. AF Reserves, Air National Guard and AF Civilians may enroll in LDP courses via
the self-enrollment process.
10. DE Resident Equivalency Credit.
10.1. Officers who have attended, are currently attending, or who have been selected to
attend programs where they were competitively selected by the AF (Table 4), may be
considered for IDE/SDE Equivalency credit. DE requests for equivalency credit will be
made via the ADP during the annual nomination call from AFPC. Senior Raters must
nominate the officer for equivalency credit. DTs will evaluate the quality of the requesting
member to determine if members‘ records are of commensurate quality with those being
forwarded for DE attendance to the DEDB. If requesting members meet the DT quality
review, they then must be approved by the DEDB. To receive resident DE credit, officers
must also complete the appropriate level of AF PME by DL or seminar. JPME I credit can
be earned by completing ACSC via DL, seminar or through the online master‘s degree
program. JPME I credit is required for officers in order to continue towards obtaining Joint
Qualification Officer status. Once members are approved for resident IDE or SDE credit,
they are not eligible to compete for another DE program at the same level. Furthermore, if a
member receives IDE equivalency credit, that same program cannot be applied to SDE
credit.
10.1.1. If an officer is outside the annual DE nomination timeline but still in their
eligibility window, they may request credit by forwarding their request through their
senior rater, to AFPC/DPA, who will forward to the respective DT, then to AF/A1D for
approval. Out of cycle requests are for extenuating circumstances only and/or will only
be considered for those officers that were unable to compete during the normal DE
Nomination cycle. Out of cycle credit requests are not designed for an additional ―look‖.
10.1.2. Because officers must also complete ACSC via DL, seminar or the online
master‘s degree program in order to earn JPME I credit, the completion date for resident
credit will reflect in the system to show the later completion date of the two programs. If
credit is awarded for a program completed in 2005, however JPME I is not completed
until 2010, then in residence completion will reflect a 2010 date in the system.
10.1.3. In order to obtain SDE equivalency credit, officers must complete AWC by DL
or seminar. If credit is awarded for a program completed in 2008, however AWC by DL
or seminar is not completed until 2012, then resident completion will reflect a 2012 date
in the system. Please note, JPME II credit can only be earned by resident attendance at
JFSC, other National Defense University schools, and accredited senior-level Service
colleges.