AFI 36-2301 - Air Force E-Publishing

BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 36-2301
16 JULY 2010
Personnel
DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available for downloading or ordering on the
e-Publishing website at www.e-publishing.af.mil/.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AF/A1DL
Supersedes: AFI 36-2301, 27 June 2002;
AFI 36-2025, 9 May 2003
Certified by: AF/A1DL
(Colonel James E. Miner)
Pages: 74
This Instruction implements AFPD 36-23, Military Education. This Instruction rescinds AFI 36-
2025, Air Force Intern Program, and incorporates program guidance into this Instruction.
Source and governing documents also include the DODI 1300.19, DOD Joint Officer
Management Program; DODI 1322.06, Fellowships, Scholarships, Training With Industry, and
Grants for DOD Personnel; the CJCSI 1800.01, Officer Professional Military Education Policy
– OPMEP; and the CJCSI 1805.01, Enlisted Professional Military Education Policy - EPMEP.
Developmental Education (DE) includes: Professional Military Education (PME), Joint PME
(JPME), International PME, resident and distance learning programs, as well as AF-sponsored
Advanced Academic Degree (AAD) programs, Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Naval
Post-graduate School (NPS), National Defense Intelligence College (NDIC), Advanced Study of
Air Mobility (ASAM), the AF Intern Program (AFIP) and the AF Fellows (AFF) Program for
AF military and civilian employees. This AFI governs Developmental Education (DE)
attendance, eligibility, selection, and removal criteria. It also provides procedures for inclusion
of international officers in PME programs. Ensure that all records created as a result of
processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with AFMAN 33-363,
Management of Records, and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records Disposition
Schedule (RDS) located at https://www.my.af.mil/gcss-af61a/afrims/afrims/.
Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the Office of Primary
Responsibility (OPR) using the AF Form 847, Recommendation for Change of a Publication;
route AF Forms 847 from the field through the appropriate functional‘s chain of command.
Field activities publishing implementation guidance must route those to higher headquarters
functional OPR for review and coordination before publishing. This publication applies to Air
National Guard (ANG) and Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) as well as Air Force civilian