Next step in promotion quotas comes Jan. 31

The next phase in the rollout of the Air Force's new enlisted evaluation system will come this month, when staff sergeants will face quotas limiting how many can get the top promotion recommendations.

Staff sergeant enlisted performance reports close out Jan. 31. This will be the first time E-5s hoping to be promoted to technical sergeant have faced the new system of quotas, which the Air Force calls forced distribution. Quotas first launched for tech sergeants up for promotion to master sergeant when their EPRs closed out Nov. 30.