BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 36-2644
19 AUGUST 2014
Certified Current 17 April 2020
Personnel
SELF-AID AND BUDDY CARE TRAINING
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-Publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering.
There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AFMSA/SG3XT
Supersedes: AFI 36-2644, 2 April 2012
Certified by: AF/SG
(Lieutenant General Thomas W. Travis)
Pages: 15
This Instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 36-26, Total Force
Development. It outlines guidance and requirements for Self-Aid and Buddy Care (SABC)
Training. This Instruction applies to all Air Force (AF), Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)
and Air National Guard (ANG) units. Note: Guidance in this instruction applicable to Major
Commands (MAJCOMs) also applies to Headquarters Air Force (HAF), National Guard Bureau
(NGB), Geographically Separated Units (GSU), and Limited Scope Facilities. The term GSU
includes detachments and operating locations. All references to wings include installations and
bases. 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 (IAW) the Air Force Records Disposition Schedule (RDS)
located at https://www.my.af.mil/afrims/afrims/afrims/rims.cfm. This instruction may be
supplemented at any level but all supplements must be coordinated with the Office of Primary
Responsibility (OPR) before publication. Refer recommended changes to the OPR using AF
Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication. 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,
Table 1.1 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 Publication OPR for non-tiered compliance items.
