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PEOPLE 33 regular Air Force, one Guard and one online “Décor 6” forms, automatic updates functional managers. AF e-Learning wikis
FIRST Reserve Airman. The 35 selected included to the Military Personnel Data System and have the potential to create a great source
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Editor’s Note: The “People First” section is women and 17 men. collaboration on training resources.
compiled from information from the Air Force A process for active-duty evaluations was
Personnel Center, TRICARE, 56th Force Support http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/ implemented in vPC in May. http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/
Squadron, Airman and Family Readiness Flight, Article/600730/career-intermission-program- Article/602024/enhanced-e-learning-for-cyber-
9HWHUDQV$IIDLUVWKHFLYLOLDQSHUVRQQHORIÀFHDQG application-window-opens-july-1.aspx http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/ airmen.aspx
armed forces news services. For the complete story, Article/602634/decorations-processing-now-initi-
go to the web address listed at the end of the story. Decorations processing AF begins enlisted PME
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Career intermission program
application window now open Supervisors of active-duty Airmen can Cyber Airmen e-learning takes The Air Force Personnel Center has
now use the virtual Personnel Center via leap forward with upgrade initiated a phased approach to notify ap-
The Air Force Career Intermission Pro- myPers to initiate and track decorations proximately 83,000 Airmen of the require-
gram application window opened July 1 for throughout the review and approval pro- Air Force cyber Airman training takes a ment to enroll in the applicable enlisted
eligible Airmen interested in taking one to cess. giant leap forward with the latest enhance- professional military education distance
three years off active duty for personal or ment to AF e-Learning. learning course. AFPC will notify 20,000
professional needs. “The online application allows for auto- Airmen at the beginning of each month
mated routing and approval, in addition The upgrade allows Air Force supervi- XQWLODOOPHPEHUVKDYHEHHQQRWLÀHG
Applications must reach the Air Force to prepopulating certain personnel data sors and trainers to facilitate better skill-
Personnel Center no later than Aug. 31, in the forms,” said Christine Stingley, the level upgrade and on-the-job training with In July 2014, the Air Force announced
with the total force selection panel sched- military future operations branch require- customizable learning programs that can the new EPME model, which introduces
uled to convene Sept. 29. ments and testing chief. “vPC also allows EHXSGDWHGRQWKHÁ\WRUHPDLQFXUUHQWDV Airmen to appropriate institutional com-
for the electronic review and processing into technology changes. SHWHQFLHVDWVSHFLÀFPLOHVWRQHVWKURXJKRXW
The program, in its second year, allows a members record.” their career. The new program still includes
up to 40 top-performing regular Air Force Computer-based training courses typi- three levels of PME, but now incorporates
and career status active Guard or Reserve Active-duty decorations will be initiated, cally cover few training tasks and take distance learning course completion as a
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tivated and transferred to the Individual plication dashboard. Initially, automated training managers and the Air Force cyber 1&2DFDGHP\DWWHQGDQFH
Ready Reserve, receiving partial pay for processing will include the Meritorious training team at Keesler Air Force Base,
up to three years, before returning to ac- Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Mississippi, can drill down using modules, Airmen should complete their distance
tive duty. Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, Aer- chapters and videos to focus cyber Airmen learning course within 12 months of the
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lar Air Force, Guard and Reserve Airmen Service Medal. ing while allowing them to learn in a way course with a completion date agreement
were approved to participate. They included that works best for their learning style. with Air University should complete their
Adding automated decoration processing course by the original agreement date.
on myPers through the vPC improves Air- Keeping pace with social media trends,
men’s access to personnel processes. It also wiki and blog capabilities are also now avail- http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/
saves members time since it includes pre- able in the AF e-Learning environment. AF Article/601318/af-begins-enlisted-professional-
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