ÿþ<html> <HEAD> <TITLE>Assignment System</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <P> <CENTER><a name="Top"><strong><font face="Tahoma">ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM</font></strong></a><strong><blockquote> <P><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 11pt"><a name="Top">What should maximum/minimum tour lengths be?</a> How many COTs are too many? RHIP or DAS/overseas returnee which carries more weight?</font></strong></blockquote> </CENTER> <HR> <P> <strong><FONT FACE="Tahoma" style="font-size: 11pt"> Senior Enlisted Leader Resource Guide<br>Compiled by SNCOA Library Staff </FONT></strong><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><em><br>This page was last updated on <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%m/%d/%Y %I:%M %p" startspan -->07/20/2010 03:26 PM<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="26303" --> </em></font> <P> <font face="Tahoma" size="2"><em>The appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Air Force of target web sites or the information, products, or services contained therein.&nbsp; For other than authorized activities such as military exchanges and morale, welfare and recreation sites, the U.S. Air Force does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at those locations.&nbsp; Such links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this DoD web site.</em></font><HR> <Font face="Arial"> <a name="#per"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Tahoma"> <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Resource guide binders with contents in paper format for photocopying are available in the SNCOA Library Reference Room. Passwords may be required for remote access to some resources. Please ask SNCOA Library staff for password handout and assistance in locating resources.</span></font></p> <div class="Section1"> <HR align="left"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">Air Force Instruction (AFI) 36-2110. </span><span style="font-family:Tahoma"> <a href="http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/shared/media/epubs/AFI36-2110.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; font-style: italic">Personnel Assignments</a>, 20 April 2005.&nbsp;**</span></p> </FONT> <Font face="Tahoma"> <p class="MsoNormal">Cavallaro, Gina. &quot;Homeland Tours.&quot; <em>Army Times </em>69, no. 8 (8 September 2008): 8-9.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Cavallaro, Gina. &quot;Pack Your Bags.&quot; <em>Army Times </em>68, no. 32 (25 February 2008): 14-15.**</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Cox, Matthew and Jim Tice. &quot;Casey Again Pushes for Shorter Tours.&quot; <em>Army Times&nbsp; </em>68, no. 34 (10 March 2008): 10.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Faram, Mark D. &quot;A Predictable Path.&quot; <em>Navy Times </em>57, no. 49 (1 September 2008): 14-16.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Harris, Kent and Teri Weaver. &quot;Growing Number of Airmen Extending Tours Overseas.&quot; <em>Stars &amp; Stripes, </em>18 February 2008. <a style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none; text-line-through: none" href="http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=52579"> http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&amp;article=52579</a> (accessed 19 March 2009). **</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Hoffman, Michael. &quot;New Perks and Policies for Yearlong Deployers.</FONT><Font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Tahoma">&quot; <em>Air Force Times </em>68, no. 29 (4 February 2008): 16. **&nbsp;</span></p> <p> <span style="font-family: Tahoma">Holmes, Erik. &#8220;<a href="http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AFNB:AFTB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1151D205B2354198&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0F56A02D68496F45" style="text-decoration: none">Slowing PCS</a>.&#8221; <em>Air Force Times</em> 67, no. 14 (23 October 2006): 8. **&nbsp;</span></p> <p> <span style="font-family: Tahoma">Jans, Nicholas and Judy Frazer-Jans. &#8220;<a href="http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=13281651&site=ehost-live" style="text-decoration: none">Career Development, Job Rotation, and Professional Performance</a>.&#8221; <em>Armed Forces and Society</em> 30, no. 2 (Winter 2004):255-277. **&nbsp;</span></p> <p> <span style="font-family: Tahoma">Jordan, Bryant. &#8220;Transforming Assignment Changes.&#8221; <em>Air Force Times&nbsp; </em>67, no. 47 (11 June 2007): 10. ** </span></p> <p> <span style="font-family: Tahoma">Jowers, Karen. &#8220;Reducing Overseas Force Has Minuses, Analysts Say.&#8221; <em>Army Times</em>&nbsp; 65, no. 10 (27 September 2004): 22. **&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:27.0pt"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma">McHugh, Jane. &#8220;3-Year Tours.&#8221; <em>Army Times </em>65, no. 39 (18 April 2005): 10. **&nbsp;</span></p> <p> <span style="font-family:Tahoma">Nicolls, Boone.&nbsp; <em>Airman&#8217;s Guide</em>. 7th ed. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2007.</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma">&nbsp;[SNCOAL R 358.4002373 V168a 2007]</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma"> PCS Changes.&quot; <em>Air Force Link, Senior Leader Viewpoints,&nbsp; Airman's Roll Call</em>, 2-8 February 2007. <a style="color: blue; text-decoration: none; text-underline: single" href="http://www.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070202-029.pdf"> http://www.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070202-029.pdf </a>(accessed 6 March 2008).**</span></p> </FONT> <Font face="Tahoma"> <p class="MsoNormal">Rolfsen, Bruce. &quot;It Pays to Stay.&quot; <em>Air Force Times </em> 69, no. 2 (28 July 2008): 26.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tan, Michelle. &quot;Audit: Millions Spent on &#39;Unjustified&#39; Moves.&quot; <em>Air Force Times </em>71, no. 2 (26 July 2010): 17.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tan, Michelle. &quot;Check Your Orders: 12-month Tours Are Back.&quot; <em>Army Times </em>68, no. 40 (21 April 2008): 12.</p> </FONT> <Font face="Arial"> <p> <span style="font-family: Tahoma">Williams, Cindy, ed. <em>Filling the Ranks: Transforming the U.S. Military Personnel System</em>. 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