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DAFMAN 36-2114

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MANAGEMENT OF THE AIR FORCE RESERVE INDIVIDUAL RESERVE (IR) AND FULL-TIME SUPPORT (FTS) PROGRAMS

Reviewed by Guilherme Correia, active-duty U.S. Air Force

DAFMAN 36-2114, "MANAGEMENT OF THE AIR FORCE RESERVE INDIVIDUAL RESERVE (IR) AND FULL-TIME SUPPORT (FTS) PROGRAMS", is a Department of the Air Force publication, dated May 24, 2021.

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DAFMAN 36-2114 — index record

NumberDAFMAN 36-2114
TitleMANAGEMENT OF THE AIR FORCE RESERVE INDIVIDUAL RESERVE (IR) AND FULL-TIME SUPPORT (FTS) PROGRAMS
PublishedMay 24, 2021
Certified currentMay 24, 2021
Office of primary responsibilityAF/RE
Issued byHeadquarters, Department of the Air Force
Status on the indexCurrent
Source indexAir Force e-Publishing
Index last readOctober 20, 2026

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Purpose, in the publication’s words

This publication implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 36-21, Utilization and Classification of Military Personnel and AFPD 36-26, Total Force Development and Management. It provides guidance and procedures on the administrative management of the individual reserve (IR), pre-trained individual manpower (PIM) pool, and full-time support (FTS) programs of the Air Force Reserve (AFR). This publication applies to civilian and uniformed members of the Regular Air Force, the United States Space Force (SF), the Air Force Reserve, and the Civil Air Patrol who are supported by or provide support to IR and FTS personnel. This publication requires the collection and maintenance of information protected by the Privacy Act of 1974 authorized by Title 10, United States Code Section 9013 (10 USC § 9013), Secretary of the Air Force, and Executive Order 9397, as amended by Executive Order 13478. The applicable Privacy Act System of Records Notices F036 AFPC C, Military Personnel Records Systems, F036

Summary of changes, as printed

This is a new publication and must be completely reviewed to most effectively guide the management and support of AFR personnel.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1—OVERVIEWp. 7
  2. Section 1A—Overviewp. 7
  3. Section 1B—General Guidancep. 7
  4. Chapter 2—IR MANAGEMENTp. 10
  5. Section 2A—Overviewp. 10
  6. Section 2B—Individual Reserve (IR)p. 10
  7. Section 2C—Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA)p. 10
  8. Section 2D—Participating Individual Ready Reserve (PIRR)p. 11
  9. Section 2E—Administrative Controlp. 11
  10. Section 2F—IR Production Management – HQ ARPCp. 14
  11. Section 2G—IR Production Management - HQ RIO Detachmentsp. 17
  12. Section 2H—IR Production Management – Supported Organization Force Support Unitsp. 21
  13. Section 2I—IMA Mobilizationp. 23
  14. Section 2J—IR Assignmentsp. 25
  15. Chapter 3—PEACETIME MANAGEMENT OF THE AIR FORCE PIM PROGRAMSp. 26
  16. Section 3A—Overviewp. 26
  17. Section 3B—Composition of the Air Force PIM Poolp. 26
  18. Section 3C—Production Management – PIM Poolp. 27
  19. Section 3D—Management of the Non-Participating Individual Ready Reservep. 28
  20. Section 3E—Management of the Standby and Retired Reservep. 29
  21. Section 3F—Screening of the PIMp. 30
  22. Section 3G—IRR Muster Exercisep. 31
  23. Section 4A—Overviewp. 33
  24. Section 4B—Program Management – FTSp. 33
  25. Section 4C—Determining Statusp. 34
  26. Section 4D—Administrationp. 36
  27. Section 4E—Special Categoriesp. 36
  28. Section 4F—Managing FTS Personnelp. 37
  29. Section 5A—Overviewp. 39
  30. Section 5B—Production Management – ARTp. 39
  31. Section 5C—Filling ART Vacanciesp. 40
  32. Section 5D—Reduction-in-Forcep. 41
  33. Section 5E—Restoration Rights for Combat-Related Injuriesp. 41
  34. Section 5F—Position Management and Classificationp. 42
  35. Section 5G—Labor-Management Relationsp. 42
  36. Section 5H—Employee-Management Relationsp. 43
  37. Section 5I—Conduct, Performance, Discipline, Appeals, and Grievancesp. 43
  38. Section 5J—ART Career Developmentp. 44
  39. Section 5K—Defense Civilian Personnel Data Systemp. 44
  40. Section 5L—Benefits and Entitlementsp. 44
  41. Section 5M—Time and Attendancep. 45
  42. Section 5O—Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Actp. 45
  43. Section 5P—ART Deploymentp. 45
  44. Section 6A—Overviewp. 46
  45. Section 6B—Production Management - AGRp. 46
  46. Section 6C—AGR Assignment Eligibilityp. 48
  47. Section 6D—Assignment Processingp. 49
  48. Section 6E—AGR Deploymentsp. 60
  49. Section 6F—AGR Career Programp. 61
  50. Section 6G—AGR Continuation Decision (ACD) Programp. 62
  51. Section 6H—Benefits and Entitlementsp. 63
  52. Section 6I—Promotionsp. 64
  53. Section 6J—Reenlistments and Extensionsp. 65
  54. Section 6K—Education and Trainingp. 65
  55. Section 6L—Standards of Conductp. 66
  56. ATTACHMENT 2—UNIT AGR INVOLUNTARY CURTAILMENT LETTER EXAMPLEp. 83
All 109 contents entries
  1. Chapter 1—OVERVIEWp. 7
  2. Section 1A—Overviewp. 7
  3. Section 1B—General Guidancep. 7
  4. 1.1. Overviewp. 7
  5. 1.2. Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 7
  6. Chapter 2—IR MANAGEMENTp. 10
  7. Section 2A—Overviewp. 10
  8. Section 2B—Individual Reserve (IR)p. 10
  9. Section 2C—Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA)p. 10
  10. 2.1. Overviewp. 10
  11. 2.2. IRp. 10
  12. 2.3. IMAsp. 10
  13. Section 2D—Participating Individual Ready Reserve (PIRR)p. 11
  14. Section 2E—Administrative Controlp. 11
  15. 2.4. PIRRp. 11
  16. 2.5. Administrative Controlp. 11
  17. Section 2F—IR Production Management – HQ ARPCp. 14
  18. 2.6. Production Managementp. 14
  19. Section 2G—IR Production Management - HQ RIO Detachmentsp. 17
  20. 2.7. HQ RIO Detachment Production Managementp. 17
  21. Section 2H—IR Production Management – Supported Organization Force Support Unitsp. 21
  22. 2.8. Production Management - Supported Organization Force Support Unitsp. 21
  23. Section 2I—IMA Mobilizationp. 23
  24. 2.9. IMA Mobilizationp. 23
  25. Section 2J—IR Assignmentsp. 25
  26. 2.10. IR Assignmentsp. 25
  27. Chapter 3—PEACETIME MANAGEMENT OF THE AIR FORCE PIM PROGRAMSp. 26
  28. Section 3A—Overviewp. 26
  29. Section 3B—Composition of the Air Force PIM Poolp. 26
  30. 3.1. Overviewp. 26
  31. 3.2. Composition of the Air Force PIM Poolp. 26
  32. Section 3C—Production Management – PIM Poolp. 27
  33. 3.3. Production Management - PIM Poolp. 27
  34. Section 3D—Management of the Non-Participating Individual Ready Reservep. 28
  35. 3.4. Management of the Non-participating Individual Ready Reservep. 28
  36. Section 3E—Management of the Standby and Retired Reservep. 29
  37. 3.5. Management of the Standby and Retired Reservep. 29
  38. Section 3F—Screening of the PIMp. 30
  39. 3.6. Screening of the Pre-trained Individual Manpowerp. 30
  40. Section 3G—IRR Muster Exercisep. 31
  41. 3.7. IRR Muster Exercisep. 31
  42. Section 4A—Overviewp. 33
  43. Section 4B—Program Management – FTSp. 33
  44. 4.1. Overviewp. 33
  45. 4.2. Program Management – FTSp. 33
  46. Section 4C—Determining Statusp. 34
  47. 4.3. Determining Statusp. 34
  48. Section 4D—Administrationp. 36
  49. Section 4E—Special Categoriesp. 36
  50. 4.4. Administrationp. 36
  51. 4.5. Special Categoriesp. 36
  52. Section 4F—Managing FTS Personnelp. 37
  53. 4.6. Managing FTS Personnelp. 37
  54. Section 5A—Overviewp. 39
  55. Section 5B—Production Management – ARTp. 39
  56. 5.1. Overviewp. 39
  57. 5.2. Production Management - ARTp. 39
  58. Section 5C—Filling ART Vacanciesp. 40
  59. 5.3. Filling ART Vacanciesp. 40
  60. Section 5D—Reduction-in-Forcep. 41
  61. Section 5E—Restoration Rights for Combat-Related Injuriesp. 41
  62. 5.4. Reduction in Forcep. 41
  63. 5.5. Restoration Rights for Combat-Related Injuriesp. 41
  64. Section 5F—Position Management and Classificationp. 42
  65. Section 5G—Labor-Management Relationsp. 42
  66. 5.6. Position Management and Classificationp. 42
  67. 5.7. Labor-Management Relationsp. 42
  68. Section 5H—Employee-Management Relationsp. 43
  69. Section 5I—Conduct, Performance, Discipline, Appeals, and Grievancesp. 43
  70. 5.8. Employee-Management Relationsp. 43
  71. 5.9. Conduct, Performance, Discipline, Appeals, and Grievancesp. 43
  72. Section 5J—ART Career Developmentp. 44
  73. Section 5K—Defense Civilian Personnel Data Systemp. 44
  74. Section 5L—Benefits and Entitlementsp. 44
  75. 5.10. ART Career Developmentp. 44
  76. 5.11. Defense Civilian Personnel Data Systemp. 44
  77. 5.12. Benefits and Entitlementsp. 44
  78. Section 5M—Time and Attendancep. 45
  79. Section 5O—Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Actp. 45
  80. Section 5P—ART Deploymentp. 45
  81. 5.13. Time and Attendancep. 45
  82. 5.14. The ART Officer MSD Program and Enlisted HYT Program:p. 45
  83. 5.15. Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Actp. 45
  84. 5.16. ART Deploymentsp. 45
  85. Section 6A—Overviewp. 46
  86. Section 6B—Production Management - AGRp. 46
  87. 6.1. Overviewp. 46
  88. 6.2. Production Management-AGRp. 46
  89. Section 6C—AGR Assignment Eligibilityp. 48
  90. 6.3. AGR Assignment Eligibilityp. 48
  91. Section 6D—Assignment Processingp. 49
  92. 6.4. Assignment Processingp. 49
  93. Section 6E—AGR Deploymentsp. 60
  94. 6.5. AGR Deploymentsp. 60
  95. Section 6F—AGR Career Programp. 61
  96. 6.6. AGR Career Programp. 61
  97. Section 6G—AGR Continuation Decision (ACD) Programp. 62
  98. 6.7. AGR Continuation Decision (ACD) Programp. 62
  99. Section 6H—Benefits and Entitlementsp. 63
  100. 6.8. Benefits and Entitlementsp. 63
  101. Section 6I—Promotionsp. 64
  102. 6.9. Promotionsp. 64
  103. Section 6J—Reenlistments and Extensionsp. 65
  104. Section 6K—Education and Trainingp. 65
  105. 6.10. Reenlistments and Extensionsp. 65
  106. 6.11. Education and Trainingp. 65
  107. Section 6L—Standards of Conductp. 66
  108. 6.12. Standards of conductp. 66
  109. ATTACHMENT 2—UNIT AGR INVOLUNTARY CURTAILMENT LETTER EXAMPLEp. 83

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