Air Force Personnel Center to conduct force shaping board Published Dec. 10, 2007 By Air Force Personnel Center Headquarters AFPC RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- The next force shaping board is scheduled to convene March 31 at Randolph Air Force Base for certain lieutenants in the designated 2005 year group. The board's objective is to shape the future force by retaining Air Force officers and developing future leaders. The board will make its determination based on information contained in the officers' central selection record and their retention recommendation form. The board will evaluate active duty line officers in overage career fields in the 2005 accession year group, except for officers in the intelligence, security forces, civil engineer and public affairs career fields. Retention recommendation forms must be completed for all board eligible officers with more than two years extended active duty as of March 31, 2008, and less than 15 years total active federal service as of Aug. 31, 2008. The RRF will include senior rater recommendations to retain or separate and must be forwarded to the AFPC by Feb. 4. Board eligible officers may elect to apply for voluntary separation until March 20. Separation dates will not be scheduled past Aug. 31, but officers may apply for an earlier date. The central selection record consists of an officer selection brief, officer performance reports, decorations, a letter to the board and a retention recommendation form. Eligible officers may submit a letter to the force shaping board to provide additional information not included in any other documents in the central selection record that may be relevant to the decision process. The first O-6 or GS-15 in the officer's chain of command will write a nine-line narrative and make a recommendation. The senior rater will review the form and either concur or nonconcur with the initial reviewer's recommendation. The senior rater will also provide a mandatory ranking on all officers in their unit by accession-year-group and Air Force Specialty Code. Eligible permanent change of station students, such as those attending the Air Force Institute of Technology, will have a narrative-only RRF completed by the host wing or AFIT commander outlining the officer's training program and performance. Two items have been added to the officer selection brief for this year's board: the pre-selection brief, which shows an officer's language proficiency, and the stratified medical assignment limitation code, if applicable. These items are scheduled for removal before the force shaping board convenes in March 2008. A voluntary force shaping program is still in place for interested officers. The following separation options may also include a waiver for recouping education costs: - Limited Active Duty Service Commitment waivers (this program allows individuals to separate before the expiration of certain active duty service commitments) - Air Force Reserve Palace Chase - Air National Guard Palace Chase - Army Blue to Green These voluntary initiatives will close to board-eligible officers March 20, 2008. Airmen may also apply and continue to serve their country through federal civilian employment. For more information about the force shaping board and volunteer separation opportunities, visit AFPC's Force Shaping Web site at http://ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil/forceshape/fsb08.asp.