BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 36-2113
11 JUNE 2020
Personnel
THE FIRST SERGEANT
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available for downloading or ordering on the
e-Publishing website at www.e-publishing.af.mil.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: HQ USAF/CCC
Supersedes: AFI36-2113, 18 Nov 2014
Certified by: HQ USAF/CCC
(CMSAF Kaleth O. Wright)
Pages: 60
This Air Force (AF) instruction (AFI) provides guidance for management of first sergeants and
implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 36-21, Utilization and Classification of Air Force
Military Personnel. This AFI is applicable to Regular Air Force (RegAF), Air National Guard
(ANG) and the Air Force Reserve (AFR). In collaboration with the Chief of Air Force Reserve
and the Director of the Air National Guard, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel
and Services develops policy for the Air Force First Sergeant Program. This publication may be
supplemented at any level; all supplements must be routed to the Office of Primary Responsibility
(OPR) of this publication for coordination and must be approved by the Human Resource
Management Strategic Board prior to certification and approval in accordance with AFI 36-8101,
Total Force Human Resource Management (HRM) Domain Governance. Refer recommended
changes and questions about this publication to the OPR using the AF Form 847, Recommendation
for Change of Publication; route AF Forms 847 from the field through the appropriate functional
chain of command. The authorities to waive wing/unit level requirements in this publication are
identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) number following the compliance statement. See
AFI 33-360, Publications and Forms Management, for a description of the authorities associated
with the Tier numbers. Submit requests for waivers through the chain of command to the
appropriate Tier waiver approval authority, or alternately, to the requestor’s commander for non-
tiered compliance items. Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this
publication are maintained in accordance with Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 33-363, Management
of Records and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records Information Management
System.
