1. THIS IS A TOTAL FORCE COORDINATED MESSAGE. AFI 36-2406, OFFICER AND ENLISTED EVALUATION SYSTEMS, DOES NOT ADDRESS PME COMMENTS IN EPR'S. AS A RESULT, INCLUDING PME COMMENTS HAS BECOME STANDARD PRACTICE. COMMENTS SUCH AS PROMOTE TO SMSGT AND SEND TO SNCO ACADEMY IN MSGT EPR'S HAVE BECOME ROUTINE. PME COMMENTS IN EPR HAVE NO INFLUENCE ON THE SELECTION PROCESS. EFFECTIVE 14 OCT 05, THE ONLY PERMISSIBLE PME COMMENTS IN EPRS WILL BE THOSE REFERENCING SELECTIONS FOR AN OFFICIAL PME AWARD AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4 OF THIS MESSAGE. THIS POLICY CHANGE APPLIES TO TOTAL FORCE USING ENLISTED PERFORMANCE REPORTS, AF FORM 910 AND 911. IT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE ANG FORM 26, ANG ACTIVE DUTY PERFORMANCE RATING. THE 14 OCT 05 EFFECTIVE DATE IS TO PRECLUDE REACCOMPLISHMENT OF REPORTS CURRENTLY BEING PROCESSED.

2. ENLISTED IN-RESIDENT PME IS REQUIRED FORMAL TRAINING REQUIRED FOR PROMOTION (AIRMAN LEADERSHIP SCHOOL FOR SSGT, NCO ACADEMY FOR MSGT AND SNCO ACADEMY FOR CMSGT). AIRMEN ARE SCHEDULED TO ATTEND AIRMAN LEADERSHIP SCHOOL AND NCO ACADEMY BASED ON PROJECTED GRADE, DATE OF RANK AND AVAILABILITY WHILE ALL SMSGT SELECTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR IN-RESIDENCE SNCO ACADEMY ATTENDANCE.

3. COMMENTS REFERENCING IN-RESIDENT SNCO ACADEMY SELECTION FOR MSGTS NOT SELECTED FOR PROMOTION TO SMSGT ARE ALSO PROHIBITED. SELECTION IS BASED ON BOTH BOARD AND TEST SCORES, WHICH CHANGE ANNUALLY, AND COMMENTS ADD NO VALUE IN REGARDS TO PERFORMANCE OR PROMOTION POTENTIAL. ALSO, 70 PERCENT OF STUDENTS CURRENTLY ATTENDING SNCO ACADEMY ARE MSGTS AND FUTURE GOAL IS 100 PERCENT ATTENDANCE OPPORTUNITY.

4. THE OFFICIAL PME AWARDS ARE: JOHN LEVITOW AWARD, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE, COMMANDANT (NCO ACADEMY AND SNCO ACADEMY) AND LEADERSHIP (AIRMAN LEADERSHIP SCHOOL). RECEIVING A PME AWARD IS A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT AND IS APPROPRIATE FOR COMMENT IN EPR. ALL OTHER COMMENTS, TO INCLUDE RECOMMENDATION FOR PME AND SELECTION FOR PME ATTENDANCE, ARE IRRELEVANT AND ARE PROHIBITED.

5. COMPLETION OF PME, WITH METHOD OF COMPLETION MASKED, WILL CONTINUE TO BE REFLECTED ON THE SNCO EVALUATION BRIEF REVIEWED BY EVALUATION BOARD MEMBERS.

6. THIS IS A TOTAL FORCE COORDINATED MESSAGE.