Service dates and dates of rank - Air Force E-Publishing

12 AFI36-2604 2 DECEMBER 2004
Table 1. Explanation of Service Dates.
R
U
L
E
A B C
If service date to be and individual is
computed is
then this date includes
1 total active Federal
military service date
(TAFMSD)
2 total active Federal
commissioned service
date (TAFCSD)
3 total Federal
commissioned service
date (TFCSD)
enlisted, officer, or
warrant officer
all periods of active Federal military service in
commissioned, warrant, flight officer, or
enlisted status. When there is no break in AD
from date of original entry on such duty,
TAFMSD is the date of original entry on AD.
When there is a break in AD, TAFMSD is later
than the date of original entry on AD by a period
equal to the break or breaks. Does not include
AD while a student at Uniformed Services
University of Health Sciences (USUHS) or
Health Professions Scholarship Program
(HPSP). Includes concurrent enlisted cadet
status and solely cadet status at a service
academy for airmen only.
an officer all periods of AD Federal commissioned
service. When there is no break in AD
commissioned service from original date of
entry on AD in such status, TAFCSD is the date
of original entry on AD in commissioned status.
When there is a break, TAFCSD is later than the
date of original entry on AD in commissioned
status by a period equal to the break or breaks.
Does not include AD while a student at USUHS
or HPSP.
an officer all periods of Federally recognized
commissioned service, whether active or
nonactive duty. When there is no break in
commissioned service from date of acceptance
of original commission or from date of original
Federal recognition, TFCSD is the date of
acceptance of original commission or the date of
Federal recognition, as appropriate. When there
is a break, TFCSD is later than the date of
acceptance of original commission or the date of
original Federal recognition by a period equal to
the break or breaks.