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SNCO Board criteria to expand

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  • By Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace
  • 436th AW Public Affairs
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. --  The Senior NCO evaluation board brief will soon be changed to reflect members' deployment and assignment history starting with the chief master sergeant board meeting in October. 

Information on the last six Contingency Exercise Deployments, at least 45 days long, completed before promotion eligibility cut-off dates will now be included. 

CED information will also be reflected on Data Verification Rips on the Virtual Military Personnel Flight Web site. Airmen are urged to be proactive and ensure the accuracy of their information at all times, said Headquarters Air Force officials. 

"Providing this snapshot information to board members will allow them to more efficiently review records and evaluate information that is already being considered," stated Air Force officials. "However, we understand that not every SNCO in the Air Force has the opportunity to deploy. Evaluation board members will be advised to consider this information in context of the entire record and deployment information must not be viewed as a pass-fail." 

This change will simplify the board process and capture the individual's deployment history on the promotion brief, said Chief Master Sgt. Bruce Blodgett, 436th Airlift Wing command chief. However, board members have always been able to determine this information from enlisted performance reports. This simply places all this information in a quick, easily discernable format. 

It is imperative that supervisors at all levels ensure that their Airmen's temporary duty accomplishments and decorations be included in performance reports, cited Air Force officials. 

"We are an expeditionary Air Force," stated Air Force officials. "Successful performance in the deployed environment can provide information regarding future potential for increased responsibility." 

Chief Blodgett tells Airmen to do the right things at the right time in their career, study the Promotion Fitness Examination reference materials and promotions will come. 

"The key to a successful Air Force career is to have a well-rounded career; not to be afraid to step up to different challenges inside and outside of your Air Force Specialty Code," said Chief Blodgett. "Of course, deployments are a part of our Air Expeditionary Force mindset and are also important, but not a necessary discriminator for promotion." 

Promotion boards consider the entire career of each individual meeting a promotion board and consider their record in its entirety. 

For that reason, Chief Blodgett urges all Airmen to make every effort to expand their experiences and reach the maximum potential for their grade. 

Headquarters Air Force officials agree the new evaluation format will help Air Force leadership effectively evaluate which potential senior NCOs have deployment experience, though they recognize that all potential members will not have it. 

The bottom line is Airmen will continue to be promoted based on their accomplishments and merits, though it will now be easier to also view their deployments.