Air Force print news (Feb. 20, 2008); New Web-based assignment application debuts March 3.RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE Randolph Air Force Base (Randolph AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force located in Universal City, Texas, near San Antonio. Randolph AFB was dedicated in June 20, 1930, as a flying training base and continues in that mission today. It serves as headquarters of the U. , Texas -- The power to apply for your next home-basing and follow-on (HB/FO) assignment will soon be literally at your fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. . Starting March 3, all active duty enlisted members and officers, lieutenant colonel and below, who are slated to serve an unaccompanied un·ac·com·pa·nied adj. 1. Going or acting without companions or a companion: unaccompanied children on a flight. 2. Music Performed or scored without accompaniment. tour of 15 months or less will have the ability to submit Web-based applications from any location worldwide, 24/7. The new self-service application A software application that allows a user to obtain information or complete a business transaction on the computer that has traditionally required the help of a human representative. Voice response systems and Web sites are widely used for self-service applications. See kiosk. process is part of Air Force leadership's ongoing commitment to personnel services delivery transformation. "This change will help streamline the application process by eliminating paperwork and unnecessary trips to the military personnel element," said Letty Inabinet, chief of the assignment programs and procedures branch at the Air Force Personnel Center. "Starting March 3, an airman will be able to fill out the application online, and if eligible, the system will validate it on the spot and send it to AFPC AFPC Air Force Personnel Center AFPC American Foreign Policy Council AFPC Alliance de la Fonction Publique du Canada (Public Service Alliance of Canada; union) AFPC Advanced Financial Planning Certificate AFPC Air Force Personnel Council for consideration." Even though the HB/FO assignment program will be Web-based, the benefits remain the same. "The program continues to be a win-win for the Air Force," Inabinet said. "It helps reduce stress among our airmen who don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. where their next duty station will be after they serve the unaccompanied tour, and it provides stability for our Air Force families." Home-basing assignments offer airmen an assignment back to the same continental U.S. location, or long-tour location in Alaska or Hawaii, from where they left. Follow- on assignments offer airmen assignment consideration to a preferred CONUS location or the overseas long-tour location of their choice. Airmen can choose up to eight CONUS locations and up to eight overseas choices. For convenience and accessibility, the application will be made available March 3 at the Virtual Military Personnel Flight. The program's guidelines are outlined in Air Force Instruction 36-2110, Assignments. Applicants are encouraged to thoroughly read the sections on entitlements and restrictions before submitting their application. For more information about the program, visit AFPC's "Ask" Web site and search for "Follow On." The 24-hour Air Force Contact Center (toll free 1-800-616-3775, DSN DSN - Digital Switched Network 665-5000) is also available to answer questions. |
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