BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER
AIR FORCE RESERVE COMMAND
AIR FORCE RESERVE COMMAND
MANUAL 36-2004
26 MARCH 2021
Personnel
AIR FORCE RESERVE RECRUITING
AND ACCESSIONS
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: HQ AFRC/RSO
Certified by: HQ AFRC/RS
(Colonel Eugene B. Smith III)
Pages: 183
This publication implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 36-20, Recruiting Programs and
Accession of Air Force Military Personnel; AFPD 36-21, Utilization and Classification of Air
Force Military Personnel; AFPD 36-26, Total Force Development and Management; AFPD 36-
30, Military Entitlements; AFPD 36-35, United States Air Force Academy; and AFPD 52-2,
Accommodation of Religious Practices in the Air Force; Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 36-2032,
Military Recruiting and Accessions; and implements applicable portions of Department of Defense
Instruction (DoDI) 1304.02, Accession Processing Data Collection Forms; DoDI 1304.32,
Military Services Recruiting Related Reports; DoDI 1304.35, Military Marketing; DoDI 1312.03,
Entry Grade Credit for Commissioned Officers and Warrant Officers; and DoDI 1320.04, Military
Officer Actions Requiring Presidential, Secretary of Defense, or Under Secretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness Approval or Senate Confirmation. This instruction is applicable to all of
Air Force Reserve Command. Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in
this publication are maintained IAW AFI 33-322, Records Management and Information
Governance Program, and disposed of IAW Air Force Records Information Management System
(AFRIMS) Records Disposition Schedule (RDS). 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 Form 847s from the field through Major
Command (MAJCOM) publications/forms managers. This publication may be supplemented at
any level, but all supplements that directly implement this publication must be routed to the OPR
for coordination. 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
