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Photo by Senior Airman Eric DonnerRANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas(AFPN) – In an effort to maintain a qualityenlisted force and meet mandated endstrength, the Air Force will accelerate thedate of separation for certain Airmen,based on their years of service and reenlistmenteligibility or assignment availabilitycodes.Under DOS Rollback, Airmen who willhave fewer than 14 years of total activefederal service as of March 15 or morethan 20 years service as of March 31 willhave to separate or retire if they have thefollowing codes assigned as of Oct. 30.However, commanders may lift codes 2X,4H and 4I to retain members on activeJet48NewsDate-of-separation rollback for enlisted AirmenNice and cleanTime to fall backFall daylight-saving time takes effect Sunday at 2 a.m.Daylight-saving time was first mentioned by Benjamin Franklin in a letter to the journal of Parisin 1784. It was first adopted in Germany and then in the U.K. in 1916. The U.S. followed suit twoyears later.Remember to set clocks back one hour.duty.2X — Denied re-enlistment3D — Declined permanent change ofstation retainability, commanders maynot change3E — Declined training, commandersmay not change4H — Serving suspended punishmentpursuant to Article 154I — Serving on a control rosterAAC09 — Airman declined toextend/re-enlist for retainability forPCS/temporary duty, commanders maynot changeAAC10 — Denied re-enlistmentAirmen with these codes will be separatedMarch 15 or retired April 1.Retirement-eligible Airmen will be affordedthe opportunity to voluntarily retire viathe online process through the virtualMilitary Personnel Flight. The requestedretirement date must be no later than April 1.Airmen separated or retired under the DOSRollback are authorized transition assistance.Those separated with more than six years totalactive federal service are eligible for one-halfthe amount of involuntary separation pay butmust sign an Individual Ready ReserveAgreement.For more information about the DOSRollback program, including eligibility criteria,visit the Air Force Personnel Center’s ForceShaping Website.Photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica SnowAirmen from the 48th Civil Engineering Squadron check Airman 1st Class Ryan Keller, 48th Aerospace Medical Squadron,for contamination during an exercise here Oct. 20. The radiological exercise was a joint endeavor between the CES andBioenvironmental Squadron. The exercise focused the squadrons interaction to accomplish both missions and to measuretheir capabilities and responses of each.OCT. 27, 2006 JET 48 MAGAZINE PAGE 15