1. CY15B Reserve School Selection Board Out-brief
Brig Gen Stephen Linsenmeyer, Jr.
Board President
27 Aug 2015

2. Overview Purpose and Authority Board Membership Board Tasking
Board President Tasks
Overall Board Results
Statistics
Course Placement Results
Board Observations
Board Recommendations

3. Purpose and Authority Purpose:
Selection of Air Force Reserve Officers for Developmental Education, Joint, and Professional Development courses
RSSB courses are Short Resident, Seminar, or Blended
CY15B courses start Nov 2015 – Nov 2016 timeframe
Authority:
AFI Developmental Education
AFI V2 Reserve Personnel Training
AFRCI Executing AFR Force Development
AF/RE “Charge to the Board” dated 13 Jul 2015

4. Board Membership Board President
Brig Gen Stephen Linsenmeyer, Jr. 5 AF/MA Yokota AB, Japan
Board Members
Col Teresa Ryan HQ METC Ft Sam Houston, TX
Col Kelvin McElroy 22 AF A4/A7 Dobbins ARB, GA
Col Holly Thompson 618 AOC, IMA to Dir Crnt Ops Scott AFB, IL
Col Augusto Casado 94 MXG/CC Dobbins ARB, GA
Col Ann Knabe NDU/PA Ft McNair, DC
Col Thomas Pemberton RIO Det 4/CC Scott AFB, IL
Col Gretchen M. Wiltse 433 MXG/CC JBSA Lackland, TX
Col Deborah Cricklin OUSD, Intel Pentagon, DC
Col Ruth Meyer AF Safety Center Kirtland AFB, NM
Col Tammy McKone FGC- Chf, Spt Div Robins AFB, GA
Col Oba Vincent 459 ASTS/CC JB Andrews, MD
Col Jacqueline Powell AFSOC/A3 Hurlburt Field, FL
Col Stephanie Green HQ/DR Ft Lee, VA
Col Lee E. Merkle OG/CC JBSA Lackland, TX
Col Audra Griner HAF/A1 JB Andrews, MD

5. Board Membership Board Members
Col Gregory Lee FW/DS Homestead ARB, FL
Col Hiram P. Gates III ARW/CV Grissom ARB, IN
Col Constance JohnsonCage NGA/HDMR NGA Springfield, VA
Col Scott Reed AFNORTH Reg EPLO Tyndall AFB, FL
Col Roberta Ernest HAF- Chf, HRM-ES Pentagon, DC

6. Technical Advisors HQ ARPC Force Development HQ AFRC
Lt Col Belinda Petersen – Chief, Force Development
SMSgt Brian Marr – Supt, Force Development
Maj Dixie Duke – Chief, Board Operations
MSgt Sean Landing – Supt, Board Operations
MSgt Ronald Brown – Board Ops Technician
TSgt Paul Wiggins – Board Ops Technician
TSgt Sabrina Napue – Board Ops Technician
TSgt Robert Van Ghle – Board Ops Technician
SSgt Ashley Jalbert – Boards Ops Technician
SrA Timothy Duran – Board Ops Technician
HQ AFRC
Maj Kerya Reyes AFRC/A1KO Robins AFB, GA

7. Board Tasking Total Applicants: 774 Total Quotas to Fill
Primary: 211
Alt: 84
Total Primary Quotas by School Category:
Officer Professional Development (OPD): 20
Developmental Education (DE): 62
Joint: 120
CIOR: 9
*Note: Members are eligible to apply for multiple courses, but will not be selected for more than one course

8. Board President Tasks Waivers processed: 49 Waivers approved: 48
Fitness: 4 processed / 4 approved
MSD: 13 processed / 12 approved
Participation: 32 processed / 32 approved

9. Overall Board Results RSSB Comparison CY14A Feb 14 CY15A Feb 15 CY14B
Jul 14
CY15B
Jul 15
School Categories 3 4
Board Members 16 17 20
Total Applicants
810
743
942
774
Courses Offered 12 11
Total Selected
186
143
379
201
Total Alternates 54 70 96 77
Unused Quota
5 (Alt RODE)
10 (OLMP)
7 (OLMP Alts) 9

10. Demographics Rank / Reserve Category
Applicants
Colonel
Lt Col
Major
Captain
1Lt & 2Lt
Total
Percent of Total
AGR 14 47 46 6
113
(15%)
ART 20 34 56 16 1
127
(16%)
CAT E 2
(<1%)
IMA 32 57 61 26 3
179
(23%)
TRAD 22 78
121
109 23
353
(46%)
Total (%): 88
(11%)
216
(28%)
286
(37%)
157
(20%) 27
(4%)
774
(100%)
Selects
1Lt &
2 Lt 4 9 31 10 12 11 39
(19%)
(0%) 8 13 7 41
(21%) 18 53 90
(45%) 21
(10%) 79
(40%)
(1%)
201

11. Demographics Race/Gender
Applicants
Selects
Total AFR Officer Composition %
White/Caucasian
640
83%
167
82%
Black/African American 48 6% 11 7%
Alaska Native/American Indian 9 1% 3
Asian/Pacific Islander 37 5% 7 3%
Other 40 13
Gender
Applicants
Selects
Res Officer %
MALE
558
72%
142
71%
73%
FEMALE
216
28% 59
29%
27%

12. Functional Breakdown Functional Category TOTAL DE JOINT OPD % Sel by
APPLIED 774
Sel
Alt
ACQUISITIONS (61*-63*) 30 - 3
10%
CHAPLAIN (52*) 18 7 1
44%
CIVIL ENGINEER (32*) 16 4 2
31%
CONTRACTING (64*)
33%
CYBER (17*) 5
50%
FINANCIAL MGT (65F*)
INTEL (14N*) 96 6 15 9
25%
JUDGE ADVOCATE (51J*)
20%
LOGISTICS (21*) 70 12
29%
MAF/CAF (10*, 12*, 13*, 18*)
222 17 38
26%
MEDICAL (40*-48*) 73
22%
OSI (71S*)
PERSONNEL (30*, 38P*) 44 8
18%
PUBLIC AFFAIRS (35P*) 13
23%
SDNC (16XX*, 8XX*, 9XX*)
126 33 10
30%
SECURITY FORCES (31P*)
SPACE (13S*) 20
WEATHER (15W*) 0%

13. Course Placement Results
Course Name
Applicants
Quota
Selects
Alternates
Unused Quota
Squadron Officer School (SOS) 86 62 20
Online Master’s Program (OLMP) 13 10
10 Pri
+7 Alt
Advanced Joint Professional Military Education
142 53 15
NATO Senior Officer Policy Course 66 2 4
Naval Joint Maritime Operations
134 6
Naval Theater Security & Decision Making
244

14. Course Placement Results Cont’d
Course Name
Applicants
Quota
Selects
Alternates
Unused Quota
Reserve Component National Security Course (RCNSC)
196 45 10
CIOR- Language Academy 80 2 4
CIOR- Military Competition 32
CIOR- Reserve Foreign Military Exchange (Ger/UK)
238 3
CIOR- Young Reserve Officers Workshop 90

15. Board Recommendations
AF/RE
Close Hold Release: 01 Sep 15
Public Release: 03 Sep 15

16. Questions
Questions?