Appendix I
Acronyms and Abbreviations
1st LT | First Lieutenant |
2d LT | Second Lieutenant |
AAD | Advanced Academic Degree |
AB | Airman Basic |
AC | Active Component |
ACA | Airman’s Comprehensive Assessment |
ACE | Aerospace Connections in Education |
ACE | Aviation, Character and Education |
ADSC | Active Duty Service Commitment |
AERA | American Educational Research Association |
AETC | Air Education and Training Command |
AF | Air Force |
AFB | Air Force Base |
AFCENT | Air Forces Central Command |
AFCFM | Air Force Career Field Manager |
AFCOOL | Air Force Credentialing Opportunities On Line |
AFHRL | Air Force Human Research Laboratory |
AFI | Air Force Instruction |
AFIT | Air Force Institute of Technology |
AFJROTC | Air Force Junior ROTC |
AFMA | Air Force Manpower Analysis Agency |
AFMAN | Air Force Manual |
AFOMS | Air Force Occupational Management Squadron |
AFOQT | Air Force Officer Qualifying Test |
AFPC | Air Force Personnel Center |
AFQT | Armed Force Qualification Test |
AFRL | Air Force Research Laboratory |
AFROTC | Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps |
AFRS | Air Force Recruiting Service |
AFSB | Air Force Studies Board |
AFSC | Air Force Specialty Code |
AFSOC | Air Force Special Operations Command |
AFSVA | Air Force Services Agency |
AFWIC | Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability |
AF/A1 | USAF Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services |
AF/A1P | Director of Military Force Management Policy |
AF/A1PT | Air Force Personnel Research, Accession and Training Management Division |
AF/WIN | Air Force Work Interest Navigator |
AI | Aptitude Index |
AIM | Assignment Interactive Module |
APA | American Psychological Association |
ARC | Air Reserve Component |
ASVAB | Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery |
A1 | Airman First Class |
BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
BMT | Basic Military Training |
BOHSI | Board on Human-Systems Integration |
CAP | Civil Air Patrol |
Capt. | Captain |
CAT | Computer Adaptive Test |
CBO | Congressional Budget Office |
CCAF | Community College of the Air Force |
CDC | Career Development Course |
CFETP | Career Field Education and Training Plan |
CLD | Causal Loop Diagrams |
CMSgt | Chief Master Sergeant |
Col. | Colonel |
COVID-19 | Coronavirus Disease 2019 |
CPI | Continuous Process Improvement |
CRS | Congressional Research Service |
CSAF | Chief of Staff of the Air Force |
DACMPT | Defense Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing |
DBASSE | Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education |
DCAPES | Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning Execution Segments |
DE | Developmental Education |
DEOMI | Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute |
DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
DL | Distance Learning |
DLAB | Defense Language Aptitude Battery |
DMDC | Defense Manpower Data Center |
DoD | Department of Defense |
DOPMA | Defense Officer Personnel Management Act |
EDPT | Electronic Data Processing Test |
EFDP | Enlisted Forced Distribution Panel |
EPR | Enlisted Performance Report |
EQUAL | Enlisted Quarterly Assignments List |
EWI | Education with Industry |
FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
FFRDC | Federally Funded Research and Development Center |
FS | Force Support |
FSS | Force Support Squadron |
FY | Fiscal Year |
GED | General Educational Development |
GTEP | Guaranteed Training Enlistment Program |
HCM | Human Capital Management |
HR | Human Resources |
HRIS | Human Resource Information Systems |
HumRRO | Human Resources Research Organization |
IFSOC | Initial Force Support Officer Course |
ISC | Interservice Separation Codes |
IT | Information Technology |
JAMRS | Joint Advertising Market Research and Studies |
JPME | Joint Professional Military Education |
KSA | Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities |
KSAO | Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics |
KSB | Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviors |
Lt. Col. | Lieutenant Colonel |
MAGE | Mechanical, Administrative, General, and Electronics |
Maj. | Major |
MAPWG | Manpower Accessions Policy Working Group |
MEPCOM | U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command |
MEPS | Military Entrance Processing Station |
MFA | Major Command Functional Advisors |
MLDC | Military Leadership Diversity Commission |
MSgt | Master Sergeant |
NASEM | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
NCME | National Council on Measurement in Education |
NCO | Non-commissioned Officer |
NCOA | Non-Commissioned Officer Academy |
NDS | National Defense Strategy |
NRC | National Research Council |
OEMA | Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis |
OPA | Office of People Analytics |
OPR | Officer Performance Report |
OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
OTS | Officer Training School |
PAF | Project Air Force |
PAST | Physical Ability and Stamina Test |
PCSM | Pilot Candidate Selection Method |
PERSCO | Personnel in Support of Contingency Operations |
PhD | Doctor of Philosophy |
PME | Professional Military Education |
PULHES | Physical ability: physical condition, upper extremities, low extremities, hearing, eyes, and psychiatric |
QTP | Qualification Training Package |
Res | In-Residence |
ROTC | Reserve Officer Training Corps |
SAF/MR | Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs |
SARC | Sexual Assault Response Coordinator |
SAT | Standard Aptitude Test |
SD | System Dynamics |
SEJPME | Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education |
SIOP | Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology |
SMSgt | Senior Master Sergeant |
SNCOA | Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Academy |
SPEED | Special Experience Exchange Duties |
SPTY | Specialty Training |
STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine |
TAPAS | Tailored Adaptive Personality Assessment System |
TBAS | Test of Basic Aviation Skills |
TDY | Temporary Duty |
TRNG | Training |
TSgt | Technical Sergeant |
USAF | United States Air Force |
USAFA | United States Air Force Academy |
USAFR | United States Air Force Reserves |
USAFRS | United States Recruiting Service |
USAFR/ANG | United States Air Force Reserve/Air National Guard |
U.S. | United States |
U.S.C. | United States Code |
USD P&R | Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel & Readiness |
WAPS | Weighted Airman Promotion System |
WWII | World War II |
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