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AFI 36-2113 — The First Sergeant

AFI 36-2113 is listed as current Current
in the AF e-Publishing catalog as of our last index refresh (2026-08-23). Status is mirrored from that catalog, re-checked weekly — every change is logged. Note: its publication date is 2020-06-11 — 6.2 years old — so check for newer interim changes before citing it.

Branch	U.S. Air Force
Series	AFI
Publication date	2020-06-11 (6.2 years ago)
Status	Current
Proponent / OPR	AF/CV
Source of record	AF e-Publishing

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What changed in this edition

This document is substantially revised and must be completely reviewed. Major changes include the responsibilities of the first sergeant position, functional manager position and command chief master sergeants (CCMs). Clarifications were made to the selection process, 4-year tenure, subsequent tours and return to career field for RegAF personnel. Air Reserve Component (ARC) - specific instructions have been integrated within the applicable subject chapters
— Summary of Changes, AFI 36-2113, quoted from the official PDF

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Publications that cite AFI 36-2113

AFI 1-1 — Air Force Standards Current 2 mentions
DAFI 36-2903 — Dress and Personal Appearance of Department of the Air Force Personnel Current 1 mention

If AFI 36-2113 changes, these are the documents that point at it. Extracted from the publications' own text, so it reflects what we have read, not a complete dependency map. Every publishing office validates its own document; nobody validates the seams between them.

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Nearby in the AFI series

AFI 36-202 — Civilian Mobility Not in the current catalog
AFI 36-2109 — Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Senior Enlisted Leadership Management and Air Force Enlisted Council Current
AFI 36-2112 — Materiel Management Enlisted Career Broadening Program Current
AFI 36-2119 — Detail of Air Force Personnel to Duty Not in the current catalog
AFI 36-2122 — Interservice Officers On Exchange Duty With United States Air Force Current

This is an unofficial index built from the public catalog. The controlling copy is always the one on AF e-Publishing — verify there before citing AFI 36-2113 in an official product.