RDTM

[I don't exist]

In reference to my SURF, I don't know what this acronym stands for, or what it is for. Any ideas?

[Toro]

Rated Distribution and Training Management

Can't get to AFPC from here (there's an acronym page on there somewhere), but here's a geocities link

a. Career specialty: The Air Force associates all officers with a given career specialty (or AFSC). Support and non-rated operational officers are given a Core AFSC, meaning that AFSC is the primary AFSC they are identified with. Rated officers are associated by their Major Weapons System (MWS) with a Rated Distribution and Training Management (RDTM) code. Due to the ever increasing cost of training officers in a career specialty, and the requirement to build officers with depth and breadth of experience in their specialty, opportunities to cross-train to other specialties will be limited and based on the needs of the Air Force at any given time. Officers need to understand their assignment options will be constrained by the needs of their specialty and their development within that specialty.

[Jughead]

Any ideas?

What Toro said.

Also, for future reference, I've found the DVB Guide (glossary) under the Data Verification Brief in vMPF to be very helpful in figuring out what the hell all those various fields are. [i assume this is the acronym list to which Toro refers.]

Can't post a link (that will work) into vMPF here, so here's the goods:

DVB Glossary

#

#DEP: Number of dependents.

#SHORT TRS: Number of short tours completed.

1

1405 DT: Date used to determine years of service for computing a member's retired pay.

1ST ASGN: First Assignment. Will be either Yes or No.

2

2AFSC: Second AF Specialty Code.

3

3AFSC: Third AF Specialty Code.

A

AAC EXP: Assignment Availability Code Expiration Date.

AAN: Assignment Action Number. Each assignment will have a unique number.

ACQ-CORPS ID: Acquisition Corps ID; 1 indicates member is in acquisition corps; 2 indicates member is eligible to be in acquisition corps.

ADSC: Active Duty Service Commitment.

ADSC RSN: Reason for Active Duty Service Commitment.

ADSCD: Active Duty Service Commitment Date.

AERO RATING: Aeronautical Rating for Pilot or Navigator. Applies to rated officers only.

AFIT: Armed Forces Institute of Technology.

AFIT SP: AFIT specialty; areas of study AFIT considers member qualified to pursue.

AFR SECT ID: Air Force Reserve Section ID.

AFSC: Air Force Specialty Code.

AGR: Active Guard/Reserve.

AIRCRAFT: Aircraft qualified in. Applies to rated officers only.

ALC EXP: Assignment Limitation Code Expiration Date.

ANG TECH ID: Air National Guard Technician ID (1=Technician; 2=Traditional; 3=AGR).

APDP-FLD & LVL: Acquisitions Professional Development Field and Level.

API: Aircrew Position Identifier. Applies to rated officers only.

APPR UNIT: HQs that approved award of decoration/award.

APPROVAL DT: Date award/decoration was approved for awarding.

ART: Air Reserve Technician.

ASC CD/DT: Aviation Service Code/Date. Applies to rated officers only.

ASD: Assignment Selection Date. Date member is selected for an assignment or date put on the Vulnerable to Move List (VML).

ASG AVL CODE: Assignment Availability Code.

ASG BLK: Assignment Block.

ASG BLK DT: Assignment Block Date.

ASG LIM CODE: Assignment Limitation Code.

A-STAT: Overseas assignment status of officer selected. Codes are

AUTH #: Order number of the order awarding the decoration, if applicable.

AVSD: Aviation Service Date. Date went on active flying status. Applies to rated officers only.

B

BASE: Current base of assignment.

BTZ: Below The Zone promotions; also referred to as Below Promotion Zone (BPZ).

C

CITIZENSHIP: Nature of Citizenship.

CIV ART ID: Civilian Air Reserve Technician ID (R=ART; I=AGR).

CIV GRD: Civilian Pay Plan and Grade (i.e., GS-07, WG-11).

CLOSE DATE: End date of the period for which an award/decoration was received.

CLR DT: Date of security clearance.

CMD: Major Command.

CODE: Code that corresponds to academic specialty.

COMBAT HRS: Self-explanatory. Applies to rated officers only.

COMM SRC: Commissioning Source.

COMMAND: Current Major Command of assignment.

CONUS: Continental United States.

CORE ID: Core AFSC; identifies main specialty. Applies to officers only.

CRIT ACQ BIL: Identifies if member is in a critical acquisition billet.

D

DAFSC: Duty Air Force Specialty Code.

DAS: Date Arrived Station. Date signed into current duty location.

DDA AFSC/RSN/DATE: Directed Duty AF Specialty Code, Reason, Date.

DDLDS: Date Departed Last Duty Station.

DECORATION: Name of medal/ribbon.

DEROS: Date Eligible To Return From Overseas.

DIERF: Date Initial Entry Reserve Forces.

DIEUS: Date Initial Entry Uniformed Service.

DLAB DATE: Date of Defense Language Aptitude Battery Test.

DLAB SCORE: Score on Defense Language Aptitude Battery Test.

DOB: Date of Birth.

DOR: Date of Rank.

DOS: Date of Separation. Last day member will be on active duty.

DUTY PHONE: Self-explanatory.

DUTY STATUS: Duty status availability for a member.

DUTY TITLE: Duty title associated with Duty AFSC.

E

EAD: Extended Active Duty. Last date entered active duty without a break in service.

EDD: Effective Duty Date. Date assumed listed duty.

EDLVLSEL: Education Level(s) Selected. AFIT determines the level of advanced degree eligible for.

ELIG-INEL STAT: Eligible or ineligible for AFIT.

ENTRY-DT: Entry Date to begin AFIT program.

EPR: Enlisted Performance Report.

EXP: Experience. (Applies to rated officers only).

F

FAC: Flying Activity Code. Applies to rated officers only.

FUNCT CAT: Functional Category.

FY-IND: Fiscal Year Indicator. Year eligible to attend AFIT program.

G

G.O.: Reflects if the officer has attained the General Officer qualification (full JDA or waiver).

GATES: Number of months on flying status. Used to compute eligibility for flight pay. Applies to rated officers only.

GPA: Grade Point Average. Usually from undergraduate degree.

J

J FLAG: Used to flag officers currently in a JDA.

JDA: Joint Duty Assignment.

JNT: Indicates Joint Duty position. JC is for joint critical and JD is for a joint duty position.

JOIN SP INTENT: Join Spouse intent.

JPME/DATE: Year and month member graduated from Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Phase II. This PME is either listed as Armed Forces Staff College (AFSC) or Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC).

JSO-JSONOM: Joint Specialty Officer (JSO) nominee status.

JT-TOURS: Joint Duty Assignment (JDA) billet as reflected on the JDty, respectively.

L

LANG-2ND: Second language spoken.

LANG-BEST: Best language spoken.

M

MAR STAT: Marital status.

N

NAME: Self-explanatory.

NEI: Nuclear Experience Identifier. "E" = 2 or more years experience with nuclear related duties and "I" = initial certification in nuclear related duties or less than 2 years experience in nuclear related duties.

NO: Occurrence number of the award/decoration; for instance, 2=2nd award .

O

ODSD: Overseas Duty Selection Date. Date returned from last overseas assignment.

OFFICE SYMBOL: Office symbol of current position member is occupying.

OPR: Officer Performance Report.

OPR REASON: Reason codes for OPRs.

ORGANIZATION: Self-explanatory.

OSC: Occupational Specialty Code. All AFSCs are broken into short titles.

OVERSEAS HISTORY: Overseas tour history.

P

PAFSC: Primary AF Specialty Code.

PAS: 8 digit alphanumeric code designating unit of assignment. Each unit has a unique code.

PAYDT: Pay date.

P-CAT-C: Promotion Category Current. Promotion category that an officer will compete in during next central selection board.

P-CAT-H: Promotion Category Historical. Promotion category that an officer competed in during a past central selection board.

PGRADE: Projected Grade if on promotion list but not pinned on yet.

PLSD: Promotion List Service Date.

PP: Permanent Promotion.

PRP STAT: Personal Reliability Program Status.

PSN#: Air Force position number member is filling.

R

R/C/MON: JDA Departure Reason /JDA Tour Credit in months.

R/R: Retention/Retirement Date

RANK: Self-explanatory.

RDTM: Rated Distribution Training Mgmt. Identifies individual’s weapon system, applies to rated officers only.

REASON: Reason for award/decoration. Reason codes

RECORD STATUS: Status of personnel record.

REGAF DT: Date member received regular commission.

REL PREF: Religious preference.

RET/SEP: Last day on active duty for a projected retirement or separation.

RNLTD: Report Not Later Than Date for a member reporting to new base.

RSSP: Retirement/Separation Reason.

RT RTD: Rated Return Date. Date must return to fly to meet 3rd Gate. Applies to rated officers only.

RTFB: When an officer is eligible for a Return to Fly Board. Applies to rated officers only.

S

SAFSC: Shipping AFSC when assignment is loaded.

SAT SVC: Satisfactory Service; number of years member accumulated at least 50 points (ANG/Reserve).

SEC CLR: Security clearance.

SEX/RACE/ETH: Sex, race and ethnic group of member.

SPECIAL EXPERIENCE ID (SEI): Indicates unique experience or training.

SPOUSE SSAN: Social Security Number of member’s spouse, if military.

SPOUSE STATUS: Indicates if spouse is a military member.

SSAN: Social Security Account Number.

ST/CNTY: State/Country code for location.

STRD: Short Tour Return Date.

SVC COMP: Service component affiliated with – Regular, Guard, or Reserve.

T

TAFCSD: Total Active Federal Commission Service Date.

TAFMS: Total Active Federal Military Service.

TAFMSD: Total Active Federal Military Service Date.

TFCSD: Total Federal Commission Service Date.

TOTAL/JET: Total hours/Hours classified as jet time. Applies to rated officers only.

T-TYPE: Possible assignment tour types officer could select while assigned to a JDA.

TYPE CLR: Type of security clearance.

TYSD: Total Years Service Date.

TYSD/PLSD: Total Years Service Date/Promotion List Service Date.

U

UIF: Unfavorable Information File.

W

WMP: Weight Management Program status.

Y

YRS/HRS: Last year flown/Hours in aircraft. Applies to rated officers only.

Edited June 26, 2009 by Jughead

[Guest rotorhead]

The RDTM code is most useful to folks (like AFPC flesh peddlers) to do searches and reporting on types of personnel (lets say pilots in this discussion). (Disclaimer...I have since forgotten all the RDTMs I knew, but let's say JA is for HH-60G...It might not be, but it's close).

If you go to the "big computer" and search for AFSC's "Who are the 11H3E folks?" you will only get folks who are currently "coded" in billets as H-60 aircraft commanders (whether they are or are not qualified as such). You will not get H-60 copilots, instructors, weapons folks, or folks that are in staff positions, general pilot billets, etc. Also, unit personel weenies are notorious for not keeping pilots in the right positions/AFSCs, so the list is always wrong. SO, if the question is "Who are the JA RDTM folks?" you'll get a response of everyone who is or was last qualified in HH-60G (regardless of current AFSC). Alternatively, if you want to know who all the helicopter folks are, you search for J* (J wildcard) and get the JA JB JC JH JK (etc.) folks, reflecting all of the rotorheads (regardless of their current duty).

Bottom line: Your AFSC changes all the time, based on upgrades and job position/title...but your RDTM does not change and always follows you UNTIL you qualify in another aircraft as your primary. In this example, (if he did not cross-train airframes) the H-60 dude that becomes a new copilot gets the JA RDTM, and retains that JA until retirement, even though his AFSC might change 20 times in 20 years.

[I don't exist]

I appreciate the info so far. What happens if mine is blank? I've been qualified in two MWS's since graduating from UPT.

[Guest rotorhead]

I appreciate the info so far. What happens if mine is blank? I've been qualified in two MWS's since graduating from UPT.

Send an email to your functional manager at AFPC and tell him your RDTM is blank. I'm pretty sure the local lieutenant personnel weenie cannot make the change without a retina scan/dna sample/anal probe of you.