BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 36-2113
18 NOVEMBER 2014
Manpower and Personnel
THE FIRST SERGEANT
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
Publications and forms are available for downloading or ordering on the
There are no releasibility restrictions on this publication.
OPR: HQ USAF/CCC
(USAF First Sergeant Special Duty
Manager)
Supersedes: AFI 36-2113, 19 Dec 2007
Certified by: HQ USAF/CCC
(CMSAF James A. Cody)
Pages: 61
This instruction sets the policy for management of first sergeants and implements AFPD 36-21,
Utilization and Classification of Air Force Military Personnel. It applies to all Air Force
personnel. This instruction is applicable to RegAF, Air National Guard (ANG) and the Air
Force Reserve (AFR). However, selected sections of this publication apply to only specific
components as indicated. 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 First Sergeant. This publication may be supplemented at any level; all
supplements must be routed to the OPR of this publication for coordination and must be
approved by the Human Resource Management Strategic Board (HSB) prior to certification and
approval. Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the Office of
Primary Responsibility (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. Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication
are maintained in accordance with (IAW) Air Force Instruction 33-322, Records Management
Program, and disposed of in accordance with the Air Force Records Distribution Schedule
(RDS). This publication requires the collection and/or maintenance of information protected by
the Privacy Act (PA) of 1974. The authorities to collect and or maintain the records prescribed
in this publication are Title 10, United States Code Section 8013, and Executive Order 9397.
Forms affected by the PA have an appropriate PA statement. System of records notice F036 AF
A, Biographical Data and Automated Personnel Management System (November 18, 2004, 69
FR 67550) applies. 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
