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DAFMAN 36-3805

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PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

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

DAFMAN 36-3805, "PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT", is a Department of the Air Force publication, dated January 14, 2026.

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January 14, 2026

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NumberDAFMAN 36-3805
TitlePERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
PublishedJanuary 14, 2026
Certified currentJanuary 14, 2026
Office of primary responsibilityAF/A1
Issued byHeadquarters, Department of the Air Force
Status on the indexCurrent
Last index actionCorrection, October 2, 2026
Source indexAir Force e-Publishing
Index last readOctober 20, 2026

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Summary of changes, as printed

The interim change revises DAFMAN 36-3805 by (1) updating terminology within this instruction to align with the new Department of War religious affiliation codes guidance, (2) update to the additional duty and leave status code table. A margin bar (|) indicates newly revised material.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1—PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM MANAGEMENTp. 5
  2. Chapter 2—UNIT LEVEL PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAMSp. 6
  3. Chapter 5—REPORTING LOST TIMEp. 25
  4. Chapter 6—APPELLATE REVIEW LEAVE PROCEDURESp. 27
  5. Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 54
  6. Attachment 2—DUTY STATUS CODES, PERSTEMPO, AND TDY REPORTINGp. 67
  7. Attachment 3—PERSTEMPOp. 72
  8. Attachment 4—RELIGIOUS PREFERENCES FOR IDENTIFICATION TAGSp. 77
  9. Attachment 5—UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCEp. 85
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  1. Chapter 1—PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM MANAGEMENTp. 5
  2. 1.1. Overviewp. 5
  3. Chapter 2—UNIT LEVEL PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAMSp. 6
  4. 2.1. Overviewp. 6
  5. 2.2. Use of Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System (AFPAAS)p. 6
  6. 2.3. Strength Accounting Duty Status Program (SADSP)p. 9
  7. 2.4. Personnel Tempo (PERSTEMPO)p. 12
  8. 2.5. Tempo Management Tracking System (TMTS)p. 13
  9. 2.6. Synchronized Predeployment & Operational Tracker (SPOT)p. 15
  10. 3.1. Overviewp. 16
  11. 3.2. Absent Without Leave (AWOL)p. 16
  12. 3.3. Deserterp. 16
  13. 3.4. Roles and Responsibilities for Reporting Unauthorized Absencep. 17
  14. 3.5. Return to Military Control (RMC)p. 21
  15. 3.6. Commander’s Determination upon Return to Military Control (RMC)p. 21
  16. 3.7. After-The-Fact Reportingp. 22
  17. 4.1. Overviewp. 23
  18. 4.2. Unit Confinement Reportingp. 23
  19. 4.3. Confinement Sentenced Prisonerp. 24
  20. 4.4. Correctional Custodyp. 24
  21. Chapter 5—REPORTING LOST TIMEp. 25
  22. 5.1. Reporting Lost Timep. 25
  23. 5.2. Updating Lost Timep. 25
  24. 5.3. Officer Only Lost Timep. 26
  25. Chapter 6—APPELLATE REVIEW LEAVE PROCEDURESp. 27
  26. 6.1. Overviewp. 27
  27. 6.2. Involuntary Appellate Review Leavep. 27
  28. 7.1. Overviewp. 28
  29. 7.2. IPR Operations and Proceduresp. 28
  30. 7.3. IPRp. 28
  31. 7.4. IPR Personnel Accountabilityp. 29
  32. 7.5. IPR deployment processingp. 30
  33. 7.6. Deploying DAF Civiliansp. 31
  34. 7.7. Deploying Contractor Personnelp. 32
  35. 7.8. Contingency, Exercise, And Deployment (CED) Ordersp. 32
  36. 7.9. NATO Travel Orderp. 38
  37. 7.10. PDF Operations and Proceduresp. 39
  38. 7.11. Identification Tagsp. 40
  39. 8.1. Overviewp. 42
  40. 8.2. PERSCO Teamsp. 42
  41. 8.3. PERSCO Team Planning Factors for the Component Commandp. 42
  42. 8.4. Pre-Deployment Actionsp. 43
  43. 8.5. Utilization of PERSCO Teamsp. 44
  44. 8.6. Execution Phasep. 44
  45. 8.7. Initial Set-up Actionsp. 44
  46. 8.8. Reception Control Center (RCC)p. 45
  47. 8.9. Establishing a PERSCO Operating Locationp. 46
  48. 8.10. Sustainment Operations and Actionsp. 47
  49. 8.11. Rotation and Redeployment Actionsp. 49
  50. 8.12. Forward Deployment Processp. 50
  51. 8.13. Reconstitution Actionsp. 50
  52. 8.14. Combined/Joint Force Operation Planning Factorsp. 51
  53. 8.15. Contingency Reportsp. 52
  54. 8.16. Casualty Reportingp. 52
  55. Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 54
  56. Attachment 2—DUTY STATUS CODES, PERSTEMPO, AND TDY REPORTINGp. 67
  57. Attachment 3—PERSTEMPOp. 72
  58. Attachment 4—RELIGIOUS PREFERENCES FOR IDENTIFICATION TAGSp. 77
  59. Attachment 5—UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCEp. 85

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