JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. –
Are you an Airman who is currently or about to be within 13 months of your Date of Separation? If so, you will be required to complete a Career Job Reservation and a commander's recommendation in order to reenlist in today's Air Force.
Recently, Air Staff released a list of Air Force Specialty Codes that will have limited to no CJRs approved for Airmen whom enter into their CJR window between Feb. 1 Feb and Aug. 31. If you are in an AFSC that is not on the following list or if you already hold one of the affected AFSCs but have entered into your CJR window prior to Feb. 1, you will still receive your CJR.
The following is a list of AFSCs affected by this program and the remaining Fiscal Year 2012 numbers of Airmen who will receive their CJR across the Air Force:
1P0- 16 3D1X1- 8
2A0X1S- 8 3E7X1- 80
2A6X1 -8 3M0X1 - 0
2A6X2- 8 3N0X4- 8
2A6X4- 16 3P0X1- 160
2A7X3- 16 4A1X1- 8
2S0X1- 8 4A2X1- 8
2T0X1- 8 4Y0X1- 16
2T1X1- 44
If you fall under one of these affected AFSCs, the Air Force Personnel Center will "rack and stack" you in the following order: Unfavorable Information File, last three Enlisted Progress Reports, current grade, projected grade, date of rank, and Total Air Force Military Service Date. They will then send you, your supervisor and your commander, a monthly update on where you rack and stack. You can also go to Virtual Military Personnel Flight, self-service actions, reenlistment and then click on CJR to verify where you stand.
Historically if you have not received your CJR by the third month, you most likely will not earn a CJR. The squadron commander also has the option to apply for a commander override and request a CJR for their Airmen, but that process should be left up to their most highly deserving Airmen and must be approved by the wing commander and the AFPC commander has the final approval.
If you do not receive a CJR, you have two options: retrain or separate. If you want to retrain, then you need to view vMPF, self-service actions, retraining, request retraining and then view the retraining advisory to view the jobs that are open for you to apply for. You must then review your record to ensure you qualify for the job and submit your eligibility and application and wait to see if you are selected for that AFSC.
I realize this process can be confusing and stressful, so if you have questions or would like to schedule an appointment to discuss your options, contact me at 963-2768.
You can also view the Joint Base Charleston Professional Enhancement Center's Community of Practice where valuable information about the CJR Constraint program and Retraining are available to view. Good luck in your future and make sure you fully understand all of your options prior to committing to any of them.