{"id":34987,"date":"2019-05-08T19:36:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T19:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/08\/shorter-officer-promotion-forms-take-effect-in-september\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:04:46","slug":"shorter-officer-promotion-forms-take-effect-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/05\/08\/shorter-officer-promotion-forms-take-effect-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Shorter officer promotion forms take effect in September"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Air Force said Wednesday that it will begin using a streamlined promotion recommendation form for officers beginning this September..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The narrative portion of the form, which has been nine lines, will now be reduced to two lines. Promotion boards will also be given more guidance for stratifying officers<\/a>, or how officers are judged<\/a> against their peers, and for crafting comments used in the stratification process, the Air Force said in a release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the release, Shon Manasco, the service\u2019s assistant secretary for manpower and reserve affairs, said the form and stratification guidance will provide senior raters \u201ca simple and effective mechanism\u201d to share their thoughts about an officer\u2019s potential<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air Force personnel chief Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly told reporters last month that the old, nine-line version of Air Force Form 709 had unintended effects. Senior raters felt pressured to write more to fill up all nine lines, Kelly said, and ended up sending unintentional messages with their word choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\t