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Air Force implements automated evaluation,

decoration processing via myPers

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                                                                                          the ARPC commander. “vPC is a tried and true                                        timately, personnel specialists will be able to
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X S G D W H  D V V L J Q P H Q W  S U H I H U H Q F H V   X S G D W H  W K H L U    opment team at ARPC.”                                                               XDWLRQVWKURXJKP\3HUVZLOOEHPDQGDWRU\IRU                                           Total Force Service Center.
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information and perform transactions electron-
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will further improve Airmen’s access to per-                                              will include the Meritorious Service Medal,
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sonnel processes, she explained.                                                          Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force                                                                                                                                     E\HQWHULQJ³Y3&´LQWKHVHDUFKZLQGRZ

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May for active duty, supervisors will be able                                             is signed by the ratee, the military personnel sec-                                                                                                                         personnel topics and has hundreds of informa-

to initiate Airmen’s evaluations and route them                                           tion will be able to receive and forward it to AFPC                                                                                                                         tive articles on military and civilian personnel
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