ANGI 36-101 - Air Force Link

54 ANGI36-101 3 JUNE 2010
13.3. Controlled Grade Ceilings. AGRs are managed within the congressionally mandated
end-strength authorizations for Senor Master Sergeant, Chief Master Sergeant, Major, Lieutenant
Colonel, and Colonel IAW Title 10 U.S.C., Sections 12011 (officers) and 12012 (enlisted).
These ceilings are approved upon the signature of the National Defense Authorization Act.
Assignment or promotion to these controlled grades cannot exceed the annually established
military duty end-strength or grade ceilings.
13.3.1. NGB/A1M is responsible for allocating controlled grades to NGB, all States and
Territories.
13.3.2. NGB, States, and Territories must adhere to their controlled grade limits as
established by NGB/A1M. The controlled grade ceilings by grade are the maximum
available on any given day.
13.3.3. All restorations, promotions, new hires, occasional and AGR deployment backfill
personnel (not on MPA Man-day program) must be accommodated within the controlled
grade ceiling on any given day to adhere to approved OSD end-strength accounting rules.
13.3.4. All colonel controlled grades are centrally managed by NGB for each State or
Territory.
13.3.4.1. All AGR colonel promotion nominations will be submitted by each State or
Territory as a Certificate of Eligibility (COE) IAW ANGI 36-2504, Federal Recognition
of Promotion in the Air National Guard (ANG) and as a Reserve of the Air Force Below
the Grade of General Officer.
13.3.4.2. Prior written approval from NGB/A1M for O-6 accessions is mandatory.
13.3.4.3. All AGR colonel grades once vacated are automatically returned to NGB/A1M
for redistribution.
13.4. Occasional Tours and AGR Deployment Backfills.
13.4.1. Occasional Tours. Occasional Tours will be for a minimum of 31 consecutive days
but less than 179 days to fulfill validated full-time workload already documented on the
UMD as full-time requirements (duty AFSC and grade on full-time UMD must match).
Occasional tours support full-time requirements on the UMD and need not be advertised
through normal announcement procedures as referenced in paragraph 4.1.2. However, the
selectee must meet all AGR program accession requirements IAW Chapter 5 and Chapter 12.
The intent of an occasional tour is to temporarily fill a full-time requirement short term while
that requirement is being advertised and hired. Vacant AGR resources will not be filled by
continuous occasional tours being served by multiple Airmen or the same Airman.
13.4.1.1. There is no authority to unilaterally establish new workload requirements for
AGRs. Operational Readiness Inspection/Unit Compliance Inspection (ORI/UCI)
preparation is considered organic workload to existing documented full-time
requirements on the UMD and not additional or temporary workload.
13.4.1.2. The maximum tour length is 179 days. Airmen must have at least a 31 day
break in AGR service to be put on a second occasional AGR tour. All occasional tours