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WAPS Promotion Information

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Everything you wanted to know about your WAPS promotion

Afraid of technology? Don't trust those pesky calculators? Grab a pencil & paper and sit down to compute what you need to make for that next stripe like those old guys use to. This section discusses calculating your score for promotion to SSgt, TSgt, and MSgt.

Calculating Points and Factors for Promotion
EPR Computation
Decorations and Awards
Time in Grade Computation
Time in Service Computation
PFE & SKT Points
Cutoff Score | The final cut
Tallying it all up

1. Calculating Points and Factors for Promotion Top


If the factor is	then the maximum score is
PFE	100 points. PFE score is doubled if testing PFE only.
SKT	100 points.
EPR Score	135 points.
Decorations/Awards	25 points. Assign the point value based on the decoration’s order of precedence.
Time-in-Grade (TIG)	60 points. Credit one-half point for each month in current grade, based on DOR, up to 10 years, computed as of the first day of the last month of the promotion cycle.
Time-in-Service (TIS)	40 points. Credit two points for each year of TAFMS, up to 20 years, computed as of the last day of the last month of the promotion cycle.

2. HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR EPR POINTS Top

Step 1	List each EPR (most recent on top) that closed out within 5 years of the PECD, not to exceed 10 reports. Multiply this by the time-weighted factor for that specific report. (See Notes 1 & 2)
Step 2	Multiply the product in the “Subtotal” column by the conversion factor (See Note 3)
Step 3	Add ONLY the TW factors used to obtain a “TW factor total” (See Note 4)
Step 4	Add the total value of each report for the “Sum of Reports”
Step 5	Divide that sum by the TW factor total for the “Performance Score”

NOTES:

Time-weighting factor (TW factor) begins with 50 for the most recent report and decreases in increments of 5 for each report being used (50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, & 5).
Periods of performance not evaluated for some reason (break in service, report removed through appeal process, etc.) are not counted in the computation. For example, an EPR string of 5B, 4B, 5B, XB, is computed the same as 5B, 4B, 5B.
Conversion factors: 27 for EPRs. Repeat this for each report.
For example, if 4 reports were used, then you would add 50, 45, 40, & 35 for a “TW factor total”.

Step 1 Step 2
EPR Sequence	EPR Rating		TW Factor		Subtotal		Conversion Factor		Report Value
1		x	50	=		x		=
2		x	45	=		x		=
3		x	40	=		x		=
4		x	35	=		x		=
5		x	30	=		x		=
6		x	25	=		x		=
7		x	20	=		x		=
8		x	15	=		x		=
9		x	10	=		x		=
10		x	5	=		x		=
STEP 3: TW FACTOR TOTAL: STEP 4: SUM OF REPORTS:

Step 5	SUM OF REPORTS	DIVIDED BY	TW FACTOR TOTAL	=	PERFORMANCE SCORE

Example:

Step 1 Step 2
EPR Sequence	EPR Rating		TW Factor		Subtotal		Conversion Factor		Report Value
1	5B	x	50	=	250	x	27	=	6750
2	4B	x	45	=	180	x	27	=	4860
3	5B	x	40	=	200	x	27	=	5400
4	5B	x	35	=	175	x	27	=	4725
5	5B	x	30	=	150	x	27	=	4050
6	5B	x	25	=	125	x	27	=	3375
7		x	20	=		x		=
8		x	15	=		x		=
9		x	10	=		x		=
10		x	5	=		x		=
STEP 3: TW FACTOR TOTAL: 225 STEP 4: SUM OF REPORTS: 29160

Step 5	29160 / 225 = 129.60

3. DECORATIONS AND AWARDS Top

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DECORATION / AWARD	VALUE
Medal of Honor	15
Air Force Cross	11
Navy Cross	11
Defense Distinguished Service Medal	9
Distinguished Service Medal	9
Silver Star	9
Legion of Merit	7
Defense Superior Service Medal	7
Distinguished Flying Cross	7
Airman’s/Soldier’s/Navy-Marine Corps/Coast Guard/Bronze Star/Defense Meritorious Service Medal/Meritorious Service Medal	5
Purple Heart	5
Air/Aerial Achievement Medal	3
Air Force Commendation Medal	3
Army Commendation Medal	3
Navy Commendation Medal	3
Joint Service Commendation Medal	3
Coast Guard Commendation Medal	3
Air Force Recruiter Ribbon	2
Air Force Achievement Medal	1
Navy Achievement Medal	1
Coast Guard Achievement Medal	1
Joint Service Achievement Medal	1

Add up the total points you have from the medals you have earned. Cannot exceed 25 points.

Example: 3 Air Force Achievement Medals (3 points), 2 Air Force Commendation Medals (6 Points) and 2 Air Medals (6 points) = 15 points

4. TIME-IN-GRADE COMPUTATION Top

COMPUTING YOUR SCORE: Subtract the day, month, and year of your date of rank from the first day of the last month of the promotion cycle. Multiply the total months by ½ to obtain TIG points. Round off to the nearest whole month.

Maximum of 60 points allowed
15 days or more count as a whole month
Less than 15 days are not counted

For example:

	Year	Month	Day
First Day of the Last Month of the Promotion	2010	(7) July	01
Cycle Minus Date of Rank	2005	(1) Jan	01
	5	6	0

5 years x 12 months = 60 months + 6 months = 66 total months x ½ = 33 TIG points

5. TIME-IN-SERVICE COMPUTATION Top

COMPUTING YOUR SCORE: Subtract the day, month, and year of your TAFMSD from the last day, month, and year of the promotion cycle. Allow 1/6 point per month for each month on active service up to 20 years. The TIS score is truncated to 2 decimal points.

Maximum of 40 points allowed
15 days or more count as a whole month
Less than 15 days are not counted

For example:

	Year	Month	Day
Last Day of Last Month of Promotion Cycle	2010	(7) July	31
TAFMSD	1997	(2) Feb	01
	13	5	31

13 years x 12 months = 156 months + 5 month = 161 total months x 1/6 (.166666667) = 26.83 TIS points

6. PFE & SKT Points Top

The PDG & SKT are worth 100 points each. This is what makes or breaks you when it comes to promotion. You won't know this up front and will have to wait until your WAPS score notice is released. The Excel WAPS calculator will guestimate what you need to make on these tests using an estimated cutoff score.

7. Cutoff Score Top

There is no way to tell this until after the promotion cycle. This is what is used to make the cut for those to get promoted. The best way to gauge what your cutoff score is to use last years cutoff score. For more information on cutoff scores click here. To view last years cutoff scores open up the WAPS calculator and select the year and rank you will be testing for.

8. Tallying it all up Top

1.	EPR Points	129.60	Last years cutoff	320.81
2.	Decoration Points	15	- Sum (total to left)	204.83
3.	Time in Grade Points	33	=	115.98
4.	Time in Service Points	26.83	Divide 115.98 by two (57.99) and this is the score you must make on each test in order to get promoted. Remember, this is based off last years cutoff scores.
Sum		204.83

Last Updated: 10-feb-10

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