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Career Intermission Program application window
By Debbie Gildea
Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH,
Texas — The Air Force Career Intermission Pro-
gram application window opens July 1 for eligible
Airmen interested in taking one to three years
off active duty for personal or professional needs.
Applications must reach the Air Force Person-
nel Center no later than Aug. 31, with the total
force selection panel scheduled to convene Sept.
29.
The program, in its second year, allows up to
40 top-performing regular Air Force and career
status Active Guard or Reserve officers and en-
listed members to be inactivated and transferred
to the Individual Ready Reserve, receiving partial
pay for up to three years, before returning to ac-
tive duty.
During the 2014 pilot program, 35 regular Air
Force, Guard and Reserve Airmen were approved
to participate. They included 33 regular Air
Force, one Guard and one Reserve Airman. The
35 selected included 15 officers and 20 enlisted
personnel; 18 women and 17 men.
The Career Intermission Program allows par-
ticipants to retain full medical and dental benefits be available July 1.
for themselves and their dependents, as well as
exchange and commissary benefits. Participants
also receive a stipend of 1/15th of their monthly
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basic pay. In addition, members will be allowed
an Air Force-funded permanent change of station
move to anywhere in the U.S. when entering the
program, and a move to their base of assignment
when they complete the program.
Return to duty following a Career Intermission
Program intermission is the key to the program.
Top performers with bright futures won’t have to
separate to take care of personal or other profes-
sional concerns, and once they return to active-
duty service, those Airmen will bring greater
experience, education, knowledge, commitment
and passion to their career, said Col. Arch Bruns
the AFPC Personnel Services director.
While participating in Career Intermission
Program, Airmen will be required to maintain all
Air Force standards, including health and fitness
and be ready to fully resume their duties.
Airmen approved for CIP will incur a service
commitment of two months for every one month
of CIP participation.
General information and complete eligibility
criteria are available on the myPers website. Select Course 15, NCO Academy Distance Learning Course, or Course 14
the appropriate component and corps from the
drop down menu and enter “Career Intermis-
sion Program” in the search window. Links to
component specific application procedures will
For more information about Air Force person-
nel programs go to myPers.
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AF begins enlisted professional military
education enrollment notifications
By Debbie Gildea
Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas—Last
week, the Air Force Personnel Center initiated a phased approach
to notify approximately 83,000 Airmen of the requirement to
enroll in the applicable enlisted professional military education
distance learning course. AFPC will notify 20,000 Airmen at the
beginning of each month until all members have been notified.
In July 2014, the Air Force announced the new EPME model,
which introduces Airmen to appropriate institutional compe-
tencies at specific milestones throughout their career. The new
program still includes three levels of PME, but now incorporates
distance learning course completion as a prerequisite for in-
resident NCO and senior NCO academy attendance.
Airmen should complete their distance learning course within 12
months of the AFPC notification message. Airmen who are already
enrolled in a distance learning course with a completion date agree-
ment with Air University should complete their course by the origi-
nal agreement date. Of note, the AFPC notification does not extend
the 12-month completion window for Airmen already enrolled in
Version 6, Senior NCO Academy Distance Learning Course.
When circumstances, such as deployment, prevent Airmen
from completing the course within 12 months, they may request
an exception to policy. Requests must include wing commander
or equivalent concurrence.
For more information about Air Force personnel programs,
go to the myPers website.