by Master Sgt. Timm Huffman
HQ RIO Public Affairs
1/9/2015 - BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Reserve
officers who have served in a joint environment at the strategic level
may apply for joint service credit through the Headquarters Air Reserve
Personnel Center's Joint Officer Management program.
"By having joint qualified officers in the Air Force Reserve, we are
able to deploy or work in joint environments without a lot of spin up
time," said Sara Simms, JOM service manager. "The officer can report to
duty and be ready to go; not have to learn the language of the other
services prior to accomplishing the mission."
In order to be eligible for joint service credit, the Reserve officer
must perform duty that meets the definition of joint matters, which are
matters related to the achievement of unified action by integrated
forces. Along with experience in the joint environment, to become a
Joint Qualified officer, they must also complete their Joint
Professional Military Education (JPME) I and II.
There are two established tracks for completing qualifying duty:
Experience based Joint Duty Assignment and Standard Joint Duty
Assignment.
The E-JDA is an experience-based path. This track is accomplished when
the officer performs strategic planning and command and control duties
in a multi-service, multi-agency environment where they led strategic or
command and control operations. An example of this type of work is a
deployment to a combatant command and the officer would need to
demonstrate how their duty fulfilled the strategic or C2 role.
To earn credit on the E-JDA track, the Reserve officer must
self-nominate their experience within a year of the end date of that
experience thru the Joint Manpower Information System. An officer must
accumulate 36 points total and complete JPME I and II to become a Joint
Qualified Officer. A self-nomination must be for 30 or more days, where
30.4 AD duty days are equivalent to one joint point. These 36 points can
be earned in several different experiences, or one.
The second track, S-JDA, is accomplished by filling one of the 306
Individual Reserve positions on the Joint Duty Assignment List. These
positions are already identified as meeting the requirements and
definitions of joint matters. In order to qualify for joint credit in
these positions, the member must work three years and perform a minimum
of 36 days per year in their billet. They must also accrue ten
experience points during that time period. The officer can earn joint
credit in two years, working 36 days per year, however, they must earn
18 experience points. Those additional points can be earned either
before or after the JDAL assignment. Officers may combine S-JDA
experience with the E-JDA path.
Officers who would like to self-nominate their experience for joint
credit must do so within one year of ending that experience. In order
to have the best chance of receiving credit, submitters should consider
these five points:
1. Clearly write what and how the work led to a unified action.
2. Ensure most duties were performed at the strategic level. Operational
and tactical level work, such as feeding of troops, does not qualify
for joint credit.
3. Review and follow the JOM Handbook when writing packages.
4. Provide all required supporting documents, which may include relevant
orders, reconciled travel vouchers, award citations, officer personnel
records, and letters of evaluation.
5. Understand the definition of joint matters. Receiving a joint award
or working in a joint environment does not necessarily meet that
definition. Positions meeting the definition of joint matters are those
the strategic decision making level.
Brig. Gen. Samuel C. Mahaney, ARPC Commander, encouraged officers to
pursue opportunities that would allow them to perform at the joint
strategic decision-making level. He said that from his own career
experience, working in the joint environment was a great and eye opening
experience.
"As the Air Force Reserve joins the Air Force and Department of Defense
in a future of increasingly joint operations, we expect leaders to
embrace joint and to expand their horizons in the decision-making
process," he said.
Members who believe they qualify for joint service credit can learn more about the self-nomination process by visiting the Total Force Joint Officer Management MyPers page and reviewing the Total Force Joint Officer Management Handbook and
the how to Submit discretionary points link. Members may also contact
the ARPC JOM office by calling 720-847-3413 or emailing afrc.dpajjom@us.af.mil.
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