AFROTC INSTRUCTION 36 2011, VOLUME 3 - jpecarin/36-2011 GitHub Wiki

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COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY

ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the Maxwell Publications and Forms Management Office AF Portal Web page for downloading.

RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.

OPR: AFROTC/DO, RR Certified by: AFROTC/CC (Col Christopher L. Bennett)

Supersedes: AFROTCI 36-2011, 22 June 2018; Pages: 150

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This instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 36-20, Accession of Air Force Military Personnel. It establishes the life cycle for cadets from initial contact through commissioning or disenrollment. This instruction requires collecting and maintaining information protected by the Privacy Act of 1974. The authorities to collect and maintain the records prescribed in this publication are 10 U.S.C. 2103-2107, 2110, and 8013. System of Records Notices F036 Air Education and Training Command (AETC) I, Cadet Records, and F036 AETC J, Four-Year Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Scholarship Program Files, apply. Certifying and Approving authorities of implementing publications must ensure that local guidance does not conflict with nor is less restrictive than guidance contained within this publication. Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 33-363, Management of Records, and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records Information Management System (AFRIMS) Records Disposition Schedule (RDS). Refer recommended changes and/or corrections to this publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) using the AF Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication, through your chain of command. The OPR has the authority to waive requirements as identified in this publication. This instruction applies to AFROTC Headquarters, Regions, and Detachments. The use of the name or mark of any specific manufacturer, commercial product, commodity, or service in this publication does not imply endorsement by the Air Force.

This document has been substantially revised and was streamlined in order to remove excess process and directive information and to align with the AFROTC Commander’s intent. The document should be reviewed in its entirety.

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CHAPTER 1 – POLICY, ROLES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Section 1 – Policy

1.1. General

1.2. Professional Relations

1.3. Recruit, Recruiter, Trainer, and Trainee

1.4. Cadets and Applicants

1.5. Cadet Relations with Subordinates

1.6. Fund Raising Events

1.7. Military Decorum

1.8. Prohibitions

Section 2 – Roles and Responsibilities:

1.9. AFROTC Commander (AFROTC/CC)

1.10. AFROTC Director of Operations (AFROTC/DO)

1.11. AFROTC Registrar (AFROTC/RR)

1.12. Region Commander (Region/CC)

1.13. Detachment Commander (Det/CC)

CHAPTER 2 – RECRUITING

2.1. General Information

Section 1 – Roles and Responsibilities

2.2. Recruiting Branch (AFROTC/RRR)

2.3. National Call Center (RRRN)

2.4. Targeted Recruiting Section (RRRT)

2.5. Advertising Section (RRRM)

2.6. AFROTC/Recruiting Working Group

2.7. Gold Bar Diversity Recruiters (GBR)

2.8. Recruiting Officers (RO)

Section 2 – Recruiting Operations

2.9. Lead Management

2.10. Recruiting O&M Funds

2.11. Recruiting Advertising & Promotion (A&P) Funds

2.12. Funding Restrictions

2.13. Center of Influence (COI) Events

2.14. Printing Sources

2.15. Travel and Temporary Duty (TDY) Management

CHAPTER 3 – ENROLLMENT

Section 1 – Enrollment Requirements

3.1. General Information

3.2. Liability and Insurance

 Figure 3.1. AFROTC Student Life Cycle

3.3. Participating Student

3.4. Applicants

3.5. Cadets

3.6. Pursing Cadet

3.7. Family Member Prohibition

3.8. Non-US Citizens

 Figure 3.2. Citizenship Statement of Understanding

3.9. Cadet Classifications

 Table 3.1. Cadet Classifications

3.10. Abbreviated Programs

3.11. Substance Abuse and Drug Demand Reduction Policy

Section 2 – Application Procedures

3.12. Applicant Actions

 Table 3.2. Age Requirements

3.13. Detachment Actions

3.14. Waiver of Disenrollment from Previous Officer Training

3.15. GMC/POC Accreditation

 Table 3.3. GMC/POC Accreditation

CHAPTER 4 – SCHOLARSHIPS

4.1. General Information

4.2. Scholarship Programs, Types, and Categories

 Table 4.1. Scholarship Types
 Table 4.2. Scholarship Categories

4.3. Scholarship Eligibility and Activation

 Table 4.3. Scholarship Eligibility and Activation Requirements
 Table 4.4. FA Requirements for Scholarship Nominations & Activations
 Table 4.5. Scholarship Terms of Entitlement

4.4. Scholarship Entitlements

4.5. Additional Terms of Entitlement

4.6. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) and Foreign Language Requirements

4.7. High School Scholarship Program (HSSP)

4.8. The In-College Scholarship Program (ICSP)

4.9. Scholarship Suspension

Figure 4.1. Scholarship Suspension

4.10. Scholarship Temporary Inactivation

Figure 4.2. Scholarship Temporary Inactivation

4.11. Scholarship Suspension

Figure 4.3. Scholarship Termination

4.12. Scholarship Withdrawal

4.13. Authorized Tuition and Fee Entitlements

Figure 4.4. Authorized Reimbursement Figure 4.5. Unauthorized Reimbursement

4.14. Payment or Termination of Scholarship Entitlements

4.15. Scholarship Cost Entry into WINGS

4.16. Invoices

=Figure 4.6. Commander’s Certification

CHAPTER 5 – STANDARDS

5.1. Academic Retention Standards

Table 5.1. Minimum GPA and Enrollment Status Requirements

5.2. Military Retention Standards

5.3. FA, Body Mass Index (BMI), and Body Fat Standards

5.4. Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) Requirements

Table 5.2. Minimum ECL/OPI Scores

5.5. Date of Commission (DOC) Changes

5.6. Academic Major Changes

5.7. EA/Category

5.8. Conditional Event (CE)

5.9. Probation

Table 5.3. Academic Conditional Event Table 5.4. Military Conditional Event

CHAPTER 6 – CIVIL INVOLVEMENTS (CI)

6.1. General

6.2. Reportable Involvement

6.3. Timeline

6.4. Cadet Statements

6.5. Corroboration

6.6. Adjudication

Table 6.1. CI Waiver Authorities

6.7. Post Adjudication Actions

CHAPTER 7 – CADET ACTIONS

7.1. General Information

7.2. Detachment Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO)

7.3. Commander Retention Review (CRR)

7.4. Waivers

7.5. Period of Non-Attendance (PNA)

7.6. Transfer of AFROTC Cadets

CHAPTER 8 – MEDICAL

8.1. General Information

8.2. Detachment Responsibilities

8.3. Validity Periods

8.4. Rated Physicals

8.5. Medical Waiver Requests

8.6. Medical Recheck Status (MRS) (Contracted Cadets only)

8.7. Change in Medical Status (Non-Contact Cadets)

8.8. Upgrading Medical Examinations

8.9. Pregnancy

CHAPTER 9 – EDUCATION

9.1. General Information

9.2. Education Officer (EO)

9.3. AS Courses

9.4. Academic Instructor Course (AIC)

9.5. Course Catalogs

9.6. Curriculum

9.7. Lesson Objectives

9.8. Grades

9.9. GPA Standards

9.10. Syllabus

9.11. Cadet Counseling

9.12. Term Counseling

9.13. Cadre Training

9.14. EOT Survey/Critique Program

9.15. Academic Records

9.16. University Academic Records

9.17. Cross-Town and Detachment Websites

9.18. Academic Degree Accreditation Requirements

CHAPTER 10 – TRAINING

10.1. General Information

10.2. Detachment Operations Flight Commander (OFC)

10.3. Practical Military Training

10.4. Non-PMT Activities

10.5. Leadership Laboratory (LLAB)

10.6. Physical Training (PT)

10.7. Organization

10.8. Field Training (FT)

10.9. Professional Development Training (PDT)

CHAPTER 11 – ENLISTMENT

11.1. General Information

11.2. Authority

11.3. Eligibility to Enlist

11.4. Enlistment Processing

11.5. Effective Date of Enlistment

11.6. Eligible ECP Selectees (ASCP, POC-ERP, and SOAR)

11.7. Ineligible ECP Selectees

11.8. AF Form 1056, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Contract

11.9. Enlistment

11.10. Reserve ID Card

11.11. Members of the Reserve Forces

11.12. Erroneous Enlistment

11.13. Fraudulent Enlistment

11.14. Administrative Error

CHAPTER 12 – POC SELECTION PROCESS

12.1. General Information

12.2. Purpose

12.3. Selection Boards

12.4. PSP Nomination Period

12.5. Nurse Non-Line Selection Board

12.6. PSP Criteria

Table12.1. PSP Order of Merit (OM) Factors

12.7. Notification to Detachments

12.8. Cadet Not Receiving an EA during PSP

12.9. Out-of-Cycle (OOC) EA Process

CHAPTER 13 – SECURITY CLEARANCE

13.1. General Information

13.2. Submission Timeline

13.3. Responsibilities

13.4. Completing Investigation Requests

13.5. Tracking

13.6. Inquiries

13.7. Investigations for Prior-Service

13.8. Security Clearances

CHAPTER 14 – CATEGORIZATION

14.1. General Information

14.2. US Space Force 13S Officer Board

Table 14.1. Space Operations Officer Order of Merit

14.3. Rated Categorization Board

Table 14.2. Minimum AFOQT Scores (non-waivable for rated duty) Table 14.3. Rated Order of Merit

14.4. Non-Rated Line of the Air Force (LAF) Classification and Accession

14.5. Non-Line and Battlefield Airmen Selection Process

14.6. Medical

14.7. Personnel Reliability Assurance Program (PRAP)

14.8. AFIT-Sponsored Fellowships, Scholarships, and Grants

14.9. Educational Delays

14.10. Administrative Delays

CHAPTER 15 – RECOGNITION

15.1. General Information

15.2. DG Program

15.3. Awards and Decorations Program

15.4. Valor Awards

15.5. FT Awards

Table 15.1. Field Training Cadet Awards

15.6. Detachment-Level Cadet Awards

Table 15.2. Detachment-Level Cadet Awards

15.7. Annual Detachment Award Categories (Team)

15.8. Organization Sponsored Awards

CHAPTER 16 – DISENROLLMENT

16.1. General Information

16.2. Authority

16.3. Purpose

16.4. Types of Disenrollment

16.5. Administrative Release

16.6. Disenrollment Investigation

16.7. Disenrollment Procedures

16.8. Personal Appearance

16.9. The Report of Investigation (ROI)

16.10. Detachment Actions after AFROTC Decision

16.11. Termination of AFROTC Scholarship Recoupment of Prior Disenrolled Cadets

16.12. Termination of AFROTC Scholarship Recoupment for Reenlisted/Contracted Cadets

16.13. Rescind Call to EAD for Reenlisted Cadet

16.14. Appealing the Disenrollment

16.15. Release of Cadet Records

CHAPTER 17 – COMMISSIONING

17.1. General

17.2. Program Completion

17.3. Commissioning Actions

17.4. Detachment Post-Commissioning Actions

17.5. Commissioning at Location Other Than Detachment

17.6. Mock Commissioning

17.7. Fraudulent and Erroneous Commissions and Administrative Errors

17.8. Post-Commissioning Responsibilities

17.9. Air Force Appointment of AFROTC Graduates from another Service

CHAPTER 18 – ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS

18.1. General Information

18.2. Active Duty Status

18.3. Detachment Responsibilities

18.4. In-Processing

18.5. Tuition Guidance

18.6. SL ECP and NECP Removal

18.7. SL ECP Classification

18.8. Graduation Guidance

18.9. Commissioning Guidance

Attachment 1, Glossary of References and Supporting Information

Attachment 2, Scholarship Program Statement of Understanding

Attachment 3, Academic Plan for Foreign Language or Technical Requirement for Non-Technical Scholarship Cadets

Attachment 4, Secretary of the Air Force (SAF)-Approved 5-Year Majors

Attachment 5, Drug Demand Reduction Program MOU

Attachment 6, AF Form 1056 – Instructions and Change Pages

Attachment 7, Non-Line Position Consideration Memorandum

Attachment 8, Degree Certification Letter

Attachment 9, Security Clearance Statement of Understanding

Attachment 10, AFROTC Cadet Nursing SL ECP/NECP Commissioning Process

Attachment 11, Memorandum of Appointment

Attachment 12, Commissioning Reserve Appointment Order

Attachment 13, Source of Commissioning Codes

Attachment 14, Commissioning Memorandum of Instruction

Attachment 15, Health Insurance Statement

Attachment 16, Cross-Commissioning Release Request

Attachment 17, Cadet Counseling Table

Attachment 18, Scholarship Recoupment Action Termination Request

Attachment 19, Request to Rescind Involuntary Call to Extended Active Duty