{"id":19871,"date":"2018-11-09T00:36:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T00:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/09\/airmen-going-on-year-long-deployments-can-now-apply-for-next-assignments-early\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:27:41","slug":"airmen-going-on-year-long-deployments-can-now-apply-for-next-assignments-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/11\/09\/airmen-going-on-year-long-deployments-can-now-apply-for-next-assignments-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Airmen going on year-long deployments can now apply for next assignments early"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For years, airmen on extended year-long deployments<\/a> \u2014 and their families \u2014 have had a hard time planning for their next assignment after they return to the States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now, a new policy aims to make their lives easier by allowing them to request their follow-on assignments before they even go overseas<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Nov. 1, active-duty airmen who have been selected for a 365-day extended deployment<\/a> can apply for an advance assignment up to 16 months before the projected date by which they\u2019re expected to report to their follow-on assignment, the Air Force announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new policy means that before airmen go overseas for a year, they can have their permanent change-of-station orders finished and in hand, the Air Force said. That allows their family members, if they want, to move early to the next assignment location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will also give airmen time to out-process from the base that is losing them, and give them the option to request to move directly from their deployed location to their new assignment, without having to return to their old unit first.<\/p>\n\n\n\t