1/25/2011 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- Air Force officials are extending the application period for nonrated line officers in overmanned Air Force specialties to voluntarily apply for cross flow into undermanned career fields until Feb. 4, as part of a newly formalized program announced in January.
Air Force leaders announced the implementation of a competitive officer cross-flow program as an enduring measure for managing the force by balancing officer skills across the active-duty component.
Eligible officers include those in the 17D, 21A, 21M, 31P, 38F, 61A/B/C and 65F specialties in select year groups between 2002 and 2007, as well as 38F force-support officers in the 2000 and 2001 year groups. Officers can compete to cross flow into the 13D/L, 14N, 35P, 62E and 63A career fields.
Officers can identify up to three Air Force specialties for consideration in their application packages.
Air Force Personnel Center officials here said that all of the gaining specialties remain available for officers to apply.
A panel of five officers in the grade of O-6 will convene Feb. 14 at Randolph Air Force Base to select officers to cross-train into the targeted career fields. Force management officials at the air staff said an involuntary selection process may be implemented if a sufficient number of officers in the targeted specialties are not selected to meet the program's goal.
For more information about cross-flow opportunities and program criteria, visit the Air Force personnel services website at http://gum.afpc.randolph.af.mil, or call the Total Force Service Center at 800-525-0102.
(Courtesy of Air Force Personnel, Services and Manpower Public Affairs)
Comments
1/27/2011 2:24:43 PM ET I feel for you guys. I was force shaped back in '06. I wonder if they will ever get it right.
NB, Illinois
1/27/2011 9:26:54 AM ET R same here. They announced that there would be cross-flow opportunities last March but it never happened. When I looked into it last summer and tried to cross-train I was told no. None of this process has made sense from the beginning. Especially looking at the manning charts and seeing how many are retirement eligible in the next two years that were not taken into account when determining the overage numbers.
SW, OK
1/27/2011 8:22:09 AM ET I begged to retrain into a stressed career field but was ordered to involuntarily separate.
R, Unemployment Line
1/26/2011 12:22:53 PM ET They already kicked all of us out...
J, FL
1/26/2011 9:10:58 AM ET More indecisiveness on how to manage our officer corps. This program was just announced and already being extended. Why didn't they just make it Feb 4th to begin with? This usually means they are not getting applicants. BTW, three of the available career fields have requirements. 13DL have stringent application and selection processes that take several months and have at least an 80 percent washout rate and 62E requires an engineering degree. That leaves you with only three options anyway... security forces, intel or acquisitions.
