BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
POLICY DIRECTIVE 36-20
3 MARCH 2023
Personnel
RECRUITING PROGRAMS AND
ACCESSION OF MILITARY
PERSONNEL
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: AF/A1PT Certified by: SAF/MR
Senior Coordinator USSF
(SF/S1, Todd Remington)
Supersedes: AFPD36-20, 19 February 2019 Pages: 7
This policy implements the applicable portions of the following Department of Defense Directives
(DoDDs) and Instructions (DoDIs): DoDD 1145.02E, United States Military Entrance Processing
Command (USMEPCOM); DoDI 1145.01, Qualitative Distribution of Military Manpower; DoDI
1205.13, Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Program; DoDI 1215.08, Senior Reserve
Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Programs; DoDI 1215.17, Educational Requirements for
Appointment to a Grade Above First Lieutenant or Lieutenant (Junior Grade) in a Reserve
Component; DoDI 1300.04, Inter-Service and Inter-Component Transfer of Service Members,
DoDI 1300.28, In-Service Transition for Transgender Service Members, DoDI 1304.02, Accession
Processing Data Collection Forms, DoDI 1304.12E, DoD Military Personnel Accession Testing
Programs; DoDI 1304.23, Acquisition and Use of Criminal History Record Information for
Military Recruiting Purposes; DoDI 1304.24, Use of Directory Information on Secondary School
Students for Military Recruiting Purposes; DoDI 1304.25, Fulfilling the Military Service
Obligation; DoDI 1304.26, Qualification Standards for Enlistment, Appointment, and Induction;
DoDI 1304.28, The Appointment of and Service of Chaplains; DoDI 1304.31, Enlisted Bonus
Program, DoDI 1304.32, Military Services Recruiting Related Reports, DoDI 1310.02, Original
Appointment of Officers; DoDI 1312.03, Entry Grade Credit for Commissioned Officers and
Warrant Officers, DoDI 1322.22, Service Academies; DoDI 1327.07, Career Intermission
Program for Service Members, DoDI 1332.28, Discharge Review Board (DRB) Procedures and
Standards, and DoDI 6000.13, Accession and Retention Policies, Programs, and Incentives for
Military Health Professions Officers (HPOs). This directive provides policies to ensure the Air
