Promotion study guides hit streets in May
by 1st Lt. Denise Burnham
Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs
4/28/2005 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- The latest edition of enlisted promotion study guides will hit the streets by the end of May, Air Education and Training Command officials here said.
Both the Promotion Fitness Examination and the U.S. Air Force Supervisory Examination, officially known as Volumes 1 and 2 of Air Force Pamphlet 36-2241, are used by senior airmen through senior master sergeants to study for promotion.
“The PFEs are shipped overseas first and then throughout the United States with final distribution on the East Coast since the distribution center is located there,” said Master Sgt. Gary Billington, the Air Force manager for the PFE study guide at the Air Force Occupational Measurement Squadron, which writes the PFE. “This helps ensure everyone has the book in hand at approximately the same time.”
The goal, Sergeant Billington said, is to have study materials in the hands of promotion-eligible Airmen by July 1. The material will be distributed with the following priority:
-- Senior master sergeants testing in cycle 05E9.
-- Master sergeants testing in cycle 06E8.
-- Staff and technical sergeants testing in cycle 06E6 and 06E/7.
-- Senior airmen testing in cycle 06E5.
-- All remaining enlisted Airmen.
The electronic version of both guides will be available online by July 1 at www.e-publishing.af.mil/.
Unit Weighted Airmen Promotion System monitors will distribute the study guides to assigned Airmen, whether at home station or deployed. It is the WAPS monitor’s responsibility to send the guides to Airmen deployed, Sergeant Billington said.
A significant change is that Volume 2 now includes Volume 1. In the past, master and senior master sergeants received both study guides. Senior airmen, staff sergeants and technical sergeants will continue to receive Volume 1 only.
Both guides contain a compact disk located on the back cover that includes an electronic version and a five-minute video about AFOMS and how promotion tests are developed.
Updated information about counseling, communication and Air Force organizations is included in the PFE. Sergeant Billington said they placed more emphasis on enlisted contributions in Air Force history and added new information about military benefits, the virtual military personnel flight and nutrition.
Changes to the supervisory guide include new information about contingency warfare planning and critical thinking, and chapters on staff-level communication and civilian personnel management.
Changes to the study guides begin more than two years before they are published.
“We are already developing the 2007 PFE,” said Chief Master Sgt. Michael O’Neill, the AFOMS professional development flight chief.
“Beginning 29 months before the new PFEs hit the streets, (Airmen) are asked to participate in an online survey,” Sergeant Billington said. “The survey results are then used to revise the study guides and ultimately write promotion tests based on feedback from the field.
“Many people don’t know that these surveys are a way for Airmen in the field to make their input on future promotion tests,” he said.
Once ready, the guides are approved by the Air Force personnel director for final release. Unlike a standard Air Force instruction, once the PFE is final, changes are made only when the document is reviewed and republished every two years, Sergeant Billington said.
To provide feedback on the new PFE, send an e-mail to pfesg@randolph.af.mil. (Courtesy of AETC News Service) |
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