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advanced academic information, board certification, joint duty and acquisition corps data and
award and decoration information.
Embedded Evaluations—an evaluation that is attached to the annual evaluation at the SCOD.
Evaluations—A general reference to the Airman Comprehensive Assessment (AF Forms 724,
931, and 932), OPR (AF Form 707), PRF (AF Form 709), Education/Training Report (AF Form
475), Letter of Evaluation (DAF Form 77), and the General Officer Promotion Recommendation
(AF Form 78), and EPR (Forms 910, 911 and 912).
Evaluator—Any individual who signs a performance report in a rating capacity.
Field Grade Officer—Officers in the grade of major through colonel.
Final Evaluator/Higher Level Reviewer—The evaluator in the rating chain who closes out an
OPR or EPR (Officer) -- The senior rater will be the final evaluator/higher level reviewer
(Exception: See paragraph 1.6.5). (Enlisted)—For MSgt selects, MSgts, SMSgt selects and
SMSgts, the last evaluator to endorse the AF Form 911 will be the final evaluator (Section IX).
The Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy (SNCOA) Commandant is designated as the Final
Evaluator when the AF Form 911 is not endorsed/stratified by the Senior Rater or the SNCO is
non-promotion eligible. The SNCOA Commandant is also authorized to sign Section IX of DAF
Form 910 for non-promotion eligible Airmen or Guardians or if an enlisted force distribution is
not warranted. Furthermore, if a ratee is not promotion eligible, or if a Senior Rater endorsement
and/or stratification is not warranted, the SNCOA Commandant may act as the final evaluator on
MSgt and SMSgt EPRs within their direct rating chain and/or scope of responsibility. For CMSgts
and CMSgt selects, the senior rater will be the final evaluator (AF Form 912). When the rater is
an O-6 or above, or a civilian (GS-15 or above) and qualifies as a single evaluator (see definition
of single evaluator) and they may close out the evaluation at their level as a final evaluator, unless
they refer the evaluation. When the rater/additional rater is a O-6 or civilian (GS-15 or above) who
works directly for the senior rater, and the ratee is not TIG eligible for senior rater endorsement,
the EPR will be closed out by the rater/additional rater [deputy evaluator]. When the rater is a
senior rater or the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, the EPR will close-out at their level.
Final Out—The day before an individual's departure from the member’s station for PCS,
retirement, separation, terminal leave, leave in conjunction with PCS, or unit PCA.
Forced Distributor (FD) (also referred to as FDID authority)—The evaluator designated to
complete the Promotion Recommendation section of the DAF Form 910. For
wing/delta/group/squadron- level organizational structures, the FD will be the G-series orders
commander or civilian director (delegable to section commander or equivalent only for non-
TIG/TIS eligibles). For wings, the FD is the vice commander, delegable to the Director of Staff.
Within MAJCOMs, FLDCOMs, CCMDs, FOAs, DRUs, NAFs, and Centers, the FD will be the
military or civilian director. For MAJCOM, FLDCOM, and CCMD commanders, the FD will be
the vice commander. When there is a subordinate organization/unit below the director and the
subordinate organization’s unit commander is on G- Series orders, the subordinate organization’s
commander will serve as the FD, not the parent organization commander/director. Note: If the
officer in one of these positions is from a sister- service, they must be an O-5 or higher to serve as
a FD.
Forced Distributor Identification—A nine-digit code (first two digits is the Management ID; the
third, fourth and fifth digits are the Senior Rater code; sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth digits are