Fellow veterans, I have noticed there are a lot of military members and families here that have a lot of questions and need help.  While I am by no means an expert on the subject; I would like to keep this topic reserved for specifics links to regulations, instructions, and any other official information that will be useful.  I will reserve the first few posts for TRICARE, VA, Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines specific instructions and links.  Please post or send me a PM with any information (official only) that you feel will be helpful.  I feel that this will be a great way to support each other since there is a lot of information scattered out on this site and it would be a good idea to consolidate the facts in one thread.  Please let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions.  

Thank you for your time,

Frodo



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AFI 36-2110, Personnel, ASSIGNMENTS
AFI 41-210, Health Services, PATIENT ADMINISTRATION FUNCTIONS
AFP 47-103, VOLUME 2, Dental, DENTAL LABORATORY, TECHNOLOGY—FIXED AND SPECIAL PROSTHODONTICS
AFI 44-157, Medical Service, MEDICAL EVALUATION BOARDS (MEB) AND CONTINUED MILITARY SERVICE
AFI 48-123, Aerospace Medicine, MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AND STANDARDS
AFI 48-123, VOLUME 1, Aerospace Medicine, MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AND STANDARDS
VOLUME 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
AFI 48-123 VOLUME 2, Aerospace Medicine, MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AND STANDARDS, VOLUME 2-ACCESSION, RETENTION, AND ADMINISTRATION
AFI 48-123, VOLUME 3, Aerospace Medicine, MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AND STANDARDS VOLUME 3-FLYING AND SPECIAL OPERATIONAL DUTY
AFI 48-123, VOLUME 4, Aerospace Medicine, MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AND STANDARDS
VOLUME 4—SPECIAL STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS



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Some usefull information for USAF vets with ALC "C".  Sorry for the long post but it might be of some help.  

UNCLAS

311310Z AUG 06

FROM: HQ AFPC RANDOLPH AFB TX//DPA//

TO: AL 8106

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

SUBJECT: ASSIGNMENT LIMITATION CODE (ALC) "C" STRATIFICATION IMPACT ON PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION (PCS) ASSIGNMENTS AND TDY DEPLOYMENTS (NOT APPLICABLE TO THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD OR AIR FORCE RESERVE)

THIS MESSAGE IS IN FOUR PARTS.
  
PART I - GENERAL INFORMATION

1. IN MAR 06, THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY PUBLISHED AN INTERIM CHANGE (IC) TO AFI 41-210, PATIENT ADMINISTRATION FUNCTIONS, ANNOUNCING ASSIGNMENT LIMITATION CODE (ALC) "C," MEDICAL ASSIGNMENT LIMITATION STRATIFICATION.
THE INTENT OF THE STRATIFICATION WAS TO ALLOW AIRMEN TO SERVE ON EXTENDED ACTIVE DUTY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. ALC "C" AIRMEN ARE CURRENTLY BEING STRATIFIED INTO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

C-1 - DEPLOYABLE/ASSIGNABLE TO GLOBAL DOD FIXED INSTALLATIONS WITH INTRINSIC MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES (MTF).
  
C-2 - DEPLOYABLE/ASSIGNABLE TO CONUS INSTALLATIONS WITH INTRINSIC FIXED MTFS (TRICARE NETWORK AVAILABILITY ASSUMED).
  
C-3 - NON-DEPLOYABLE/ASSIGNMENT LIMITED TO SPECIFIC CONUS INSTALLATIONS BASED ON MEDICAL NEEDS.
  
FOR MORE DETAILS PERTAINING TO EACH CODE, REFER TO AFI 41-210 AT WWW.E-PUBLISHING.AF.MIL/PUBFILES/AF/41/AFI41-210/AFI41-210.PDF.

2. DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF STRATIFICATION, AIRMEN MAY BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENT CONSIDERATION AND/OR DEPLOYMENT IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONAL ENDEAVORS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ADDRESSES HOW THE ALC "C" STRATIFICATION WILL IMPACT PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION (PCS) ASSIGNMENTS AND DEPLOYMENTS.


PART II - PCS ASSIGNMENTS:
  
1. EFFECTIVE 1 SEP 06, AFPC ASSIGNMENT OFFICERS/NCOS WILL CONSIDER AIRMEN WITH AN ALC "C" FOR PCS, PROVIDING THEY MEET ALL OTHER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE AIRMEN WITH AN ALC "C" TO UPDATE THEIR ASSIGNMENT PREFERENCES AS SUGGESTED IN THE JUN 06, AIR FORCE PRINT NEWS ARTICLE, ASSIGNMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXPAND FOR CODE C AIRMEN, LOCATED AT . ASSIGNMENT OFFICERS/NCOS WILL IDENTIFY MEMBERS WITH AN ALC "C" WHO ARE VULNERABLE FOR A PCS AS EITHER THE MOST ELIGIBLE VOLUNTEER OR NON-VOLUNTEER AND COORDINATE WITH AFPC/DPAMM (MEDICAL
STANDARDS) FOR STRATIFICATION PRIOR TO ASSIGNMENT CYCLES FOR ENLISTED AND DURING FOR OFFICERS. DPAMM WILL CONDUCT A REVIEW IN LIEU OF (RILO) MEDICAL EVALUATION BOARD (MEB) WITHIN 10 - 30 CALENDAR DAYS TO DETERMINE STRATIFICATION. DPAMM WILL ADVISE THE ASSIGNMENT OFFICER/NCO OF STRATIFICATION OUTCOME AND QUALIFICATION FOR THE PCS.

    A. IF THE AIRMAN IS QUALIFIED FOR PCS SELECTION BASED ON THE ALC "C" STRATIFICATION, THE ASSIGNMENT OFFICER/NCO WILL LOAD THE PCS IN MILPDS. THE PCS NOTIFICATION WILL THEN BE PROCESSED IAW AFI 36-2110, PARA 2.32.
    
    B. IF THE AIRMAN IS NOT QUALIFIED FOR PCS SELECTION BASED ON THE ALC "C" STRATIFICATION, THE ASSIGNMENT OFFICER/NCO WILL NOT LOAD THE PCS. IN THIS INSTANCE, NOTIFICATION OF A PCS WILL NEVER OCCUR BECAUSE THE AIRMAN WAS NOT SELECTED. AIRMAN WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR SUBSEQUENT PCS' FOR WHICH HE OR SHE IS QUALIFIED
    
    C. IF DPAMM IS UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE STRATIFICATION PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF AN ASSIGNMENT CYCLE FOR ENLISTED OR DURING A CYCLE FOR OFFICERS, THE AIRMAN WILL BE BYPASSED UNTIL STRATIFICATION IS COMPLETE.
THE AIRMAN WILL BE PRIORITIZED AND CONSIDERED DURING THE SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNMENT CYCLE.

2. CURRENTLY, MILPDS RESTRICTS ALCS TO A ONE DIGIT, ALPHA CHARACTER FIELD. THEREFORE, IN THE INTERIM, THE ALC "C" WILL REMAIN AS AN OCCURRENCE IN MILPDS AND ANOTHER ALC OCCURRENCE WILL APPEAR AS X AND Y.
THIS ALLOWS AFPC/DPAMM TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY AND CODE AIRMEN WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN STRATIFIED UNDER THE ALC "C" STRATIFICATION INITITIVE. A SYSTEM CHANGE TO MILPDS HAS ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED TO INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL SYSTEM EDITS, BUT THE CHANGES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE NEXT MILPDS RELEASE; PROJECTED MARCH 07. ONCE MILPDS IS MODIFIED, STRATIFIED AIRMEN WILL RECEIVE ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ALCS IN MILPDS:
ALC X = C-1, ALC Y = C-2, ALC C = C-3.

3. IN THE FUTURE AND IN SOME CASES, WHEN AIRMEN ARE STRATIFIED WITH ONE OF THE ALCS MENTIONED ABOVE, ASSIGNMENT OFFICERS/NCOS WILL BE ABLE TO SELECT/LOAD PCS' WITHOUT PRIOR COORDINATION WITH AFPC/DPAMM.

PART III - DEPLOYMENTS

1. AIRMEN WILL ONLY BE SELECTED FOR DEPLOYMENT AFTER ALC "C"
STRATIFICATION IS COMPLETE. AIRMEN STRATIFIED WITH AN ALC X OR Y, WITH A DEPLOYMENT AVAILABLITY (DAV) CODE 41, MAY BE ABLE TO DEPLOY TO SOME LOCATIONS IF APPROVED BY APPROPRIATE WAIVER AUTHORITY. THESE AIRMEN MUST BE MEDICALLY CLEARED IMMEDIATELY FOR DEPLOYMENT, VERSUS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF PROJECTED DEPARTURE DATE (PDD) AS NORMALLY REQUIRED. INDIVIDUALS WITH AN ALC "C," AND DAV CODE 48, WILL NOT BE DEPLOYABLE.

2. THE PERSONNEL READINESS FUNCTION (PRF) WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IDENTIFYING MEMBERS WITH AN ALC X OR Y SELECTED FOR DEPLOYMENT. PRFS WILL NOTIFY THE MEMBER'S UNIT DEPLOYMENT MANAGER (UDM) AND HAVE THEM CONTACT THE PHYSICAL EVALUATION BOARD LIASON OFFICER (PEBLO) AT THE LOCAL MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITY (MTF) FOR EVALUATION.

3. THE PEBLO WILL SUBMIT A RILO TO AFPC/DPAMM. AFPC/DPAMM WILL REVIEW THE RILO AND ADVICE IF MEMBER CAN PROCESS/PROCEED TO THE TDY LOCATION ALONG WITH ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AS DEEMED NECESSARY.

PART IV - POINTS OF CONTACT:

1. ALC "C" STRATIFICATION PROCEDURES: E-MAIL:
AFPC.DPAMM@RANDOLPH.AF.MIL; DSN: 665-2246.

2. PCS ASSIGNMENTS: E-MAIL: AFPC.DPAPP@RANDOLPH.AF.MIL
DSN: 665-3815.

3. TDY DEPLOYMENTS: E-MAIL: AFPC.DPFROM@RANDOLPH.AF.MIL
DSN: 665-2246.


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Frodo wrote:

Fellow veterans, I have noticed there are a lot of military members and families here that have a lot of questions and need help.  While I am by no means an expert on the subject; I would like to keep this topic reserved for specifics links to regulations, instructions, and any other official information that will be useful.  I will reserve the first few posts for TRICARE, VA, Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines specific instructions and links.  Please post or send me a PM with any information (official only) that you feel will be helpful.  I feel that this will be a great way to support each other since there is a lot of information scattered out on this site and it would be a good idea to consolidate the facts in one thread.  Please let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions.  

Thank you for your time,

Frodo

I think a separate forum might be best as there are many discussions related to the issues. A sticky with FAQs might also help.

JohnP

Great idea John,  I will try and find out if that is possible.

Frodo


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It is difficult to reserve threads.  Sometimes it would be nice because occassionally someone will pop in with a concern so unrelated we are afraid it will be missed and not answered.  I'll run the sticky idea by the other moderators and forum administrators though.

The is such an important topic and there is clearly evidence that this information is needed.  Frodo, thanks for helping out our amazing military members who need every ounce of our support and we honor your service.

Vicki


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Thank you very much Vicki,

I was going to wait till I got home and send PMs to the Mods; I thought you all were sleeping :).  I think that it would be very helpful because there are so many regulations and they vary from each branch of the military.  Even though we have the same health problems as civilians, the military is a different world.  Medical care, insurance, doctors, paperwork and dealing with your boss are all different from location to location and especially overseas.   The other issue is most vets do not know their benefits and I would hate to see someone lose out on money or specific health care.  It seems that every vet has to research the information from scratch every time.  The more we can educate each other the better.  That way we will know the right questions to ask.  I know there are some military members deployed that should not be and if they new what questions to ask and had specific references, they would be getting the proper medical care they need.  Thank you again for your help,

Frodo

Thank you! Thank You! Thank You! for starting this thread.  I am going thru the VA to get my XPAP  (just prescribed Tuesday) and could really use some resources for finding out about the process.  

Kattitude