HQ AFRC/A1 Email 17-150A
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The purpose of stratification on the AF Form 912 is to nominate those assigned CMSgts who are ready for Command Chief duty, this allows those members the ability to meet the current year Command Chief Screening Board. Senior raters will ONLY stratify CMSgts receiving a "READY NOW" higher responsibility and a primary recommended future role of "Command CMSgt (CCM)"(see screen shot). CMSgts being nominated will be stratified against all CMSgts, to include sitting Command Chiefs, under the senior rater's purview, not just those CMSgts being nominated for CCM duty, (AFI 36-2406, Table 4.6, Rule 22). For example: If there are 20 CMSgts assigned under the Senior Rater the stratification would look like #1 of 20, #2 of 20, #3 of 20.
Stratification is "prohibited" for those CMSgts not receiving a nomination for the current year Command Chief Screening Board, meaning a CMSgt did not receive a READY NOW higher responsibility and a primary future role of Command CMSgt (CCM). CCM nominations must be accompanied by a "READY NOW" recommendation. CMSgts not receiving a "READY NOW" recommendation for higher responsibility are not eligible for a primary future role of CCM.
Current sitting Command Chiefs will not receive a numerical stratification. Current Command Chiefs may receive a recommendation for future Command Chief assignments via a "READY NOW" higher responsibility, future role of "OTHER", and filling in the "Describe Other" block to identify the higher level, for example; NAF Command Chief or Large Wing CCM (reference screen shot).
As a standard process with the Command Chief Screening Board, all sitting Command Chiefs will be added to the final approved listing, therefore a stratification on the AF Form 912 is not authorized as it is intended for nominating CMSgts for the Command Chief Screening Board.
Additionally, as noted in AFI 36-2406, stratification quotas (%) do not apply to the AF Form 912.
Questions regarding this message can be sent to the following POCs:
- Air Force Reserve Command CMSgt Screening Board - AFRC/A1KO (afrc.a1kO@us.af.mil)
- Evaluations - AFRC/A1KK (afrc.a1kk@us.af.mil)