In 2017, Ms. Thomas sent out a memo standardizing duty titles for FM Officers and Enlisted Airmen in an effort to provide consistency among the various organizations in which we serve. Since that memo was signed, there have been some changes in the requirements for our duty titles and in the promotion systems for both Officers and Enlisted. Because of these changes, Mr. Hartley signed the attached duty title memo. This memo updates approved duty titles to include officers serving in the acquisition community, where we have lacked standardization up to this point.
Standardized duty titles allow us to quickly describe career paths to promotion and other cross-functional boards that may not have any FM representation on them. Today, we have 541 O-5s and below in FM, with 327 unique duty titles in use – over half the career field. The numbers aren’t better on the enlisted side.
Because of this need, the attached memo requires all members have a compliant duty title by 28 February 2020. Please work with your local CSS/MPS staff to review your records, and those of your Airmen, to ensure their duty titles match those on the approved duty title memo. If you have any specific questions, please contact the Officer Assignment Team (Officer Duty Titles) or your MAJCOM Chief Enlisted Managers (Enlisted Duty Title).
- Source: SAF/FM
- As of Date: 27 January 2020
