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Air Force Dream Sheet: How to Update

Active duty service members have wanted to influence where they get stationed since the beginning of the modern United States Military. In the United States Air Force, we have a “dream sheet” or a list of preferred military bases that is taken into consideration when the Air Force Personnel Center gives out assignments. 

It is important to make sure that you keep your dream sheet up to date, and to refresh it at the right time if you want to maximize your chances of getting an assignment. Whether you hate your first assignment, you just wouldn’t mind a change of scenery, or just want to have a say in your next assignment, this guide will tell you step for step, how to update your dream sheet in the Air Force. 

SKIP TO: 

Air Force Portal  

Air Force Personnel Center 

Assignment Management System  

Virtual Military Personnel Flight 

Tips for Updating Your Dream Sheet  

Basic Training Dream Sheet.

Air Force Portal 

The first step to updating your dream sheet is to log on to the Air Force Portal . This will be the home page where you navigate your way around most things in the Air Force. 

To navigate where we need to go, we need to hover over the Career and Training tab. Under the selections that we are given, we will click on AFPC secure. 

AFPC is used to navigate everything administrative wise that relates to assignments, records, and promotions. For the purpose of updating our dream sheet we will need to open two links through the main menu. The AMS link and the vMPF link. I recommend right clicking to “open in a new tab.” 

Assignment Management System 

The AMS link will bring you to the Assignment Management System. We use this website to see which bases we can go to with our assigned career fields or AFSC. You want to know this information because there would be no point in putting a location on your dream sheet if you cannot even go there because of your AFSC. 

The reason not every AFSC can go to every Air Force base is because there are different weapons systems and aircraft at every base.

To find out which bases you can go to hover over the Enlisted Assignments tab, and click Enlisted Authorized. 

In the next page, find your AFSC in the drop down tab. If you have a “shred” make sure you include the last letter of your AFSC. 

Now, select your Skill Level. If you are a new airman at your first base, you’ll be a 3 level. After that, click the Get Authorizations button. 

A list should populate telling you where you are authorized an assignment at. You’ll use these to update your dream sheet.

Virtual Military Personnel Flight 

Now that we know the locations we can actually go to, we’ll go to the vMPF website through the AFPC site we used earlier. The vMPF website is used to keep all of your military records consolidated in one place.  

Once you get logged on click the Self-Service actions button. 

Under the Self-Service Actions menu, click the Assignments link. 

Now, we’ll be in an Assignment Applications menu. Click on the Assignment Preference (EAP) link. 

After clicking this link, you’ll be brought to a page with an introduction to assignment preferences. Click on View/Change Assignment Preferences.  

Now, you are finally in the menu where you can update your dream sheet! There’s two boxes where you can make selections. The top box is for CONUS bases, and the bottom box is for OCONUS bases. 

Scroll through the list on the left, click the base you like, and select the right arrow between the two boxes to move it over to your assignment preferences box. You can adjust the priority of them by clicking your selection, and clicking the up or down arrows on the right. 

The OCONUS assignments are all overseas locations. You’ll notice some verbiage you may be unfamiliar with such as short tour, long tour, and extended long tour. 

Short tour is any location in which an accompanied tour is not authorized or a location in which unaccompanied tour length is less than 18 months and the accompanied tour length is 24 months. This is hard on military families. 

If you put a short tour on your dream sheet, it’ll jump ahead of your OCONUS priority. It doesn’t matter if you have it in the last position or the first, if there’s an opening and you’re qualified to go, you’ll be selected. 

Long tour is any location in which both accompanied and unaccompanied tour is authorized. If you want your dependents to come, make sure they are documented in DEERs and they are on your orders when you get them. 

Long tours are 18 months or more. There’s the option for standard tours and extended tours. Standard tours means you just complete the standard amount of time that the assignment is normally given. 

Extended means add a year to your assignment. For example, when I was given an assignment to Japan, I was on an extended long tour, which since I was married meant 3 years plus 1 year. I did not understand this upon accepting the assignment. 

The benefit of extended tours is that you should receive assignment consideration ahead of those who only volunteer for a standard tour. That means you’ll be more likely to get selected for an assignment if you want to go overseas. The main difference is that you have a higher priority, but you’ll be locked in for an extra year.  

After you make your selections and you’re happy with your prioritization, select the submit button at the bottom. 

Make sure you go to the next screen and verify that you have a success notification. 

If you have the success notification then congratulations! You have successfully updated your dream sheet. 

Tips for Updating Your Dream Sheet

You are responsible for keeping your dream sheet current. Make sure that you date your assignment preferences whenever you need to to include getting married or completing a PCS. 

You will not be released from an assignment because your preferences are out of date or you have made no preference selections. It takes very special circumstances for an assignment to be canceled.

In the AMS website there are some listings to make note of. There’s the Overseas listing and the Overseas Returnee/CONUS Mandatory Mover listing. These general cycles get updated regularly throughout the year, and if you update your dream sheet based on these listings, you will increase your odds of getting an assignment.

The available slots are normally most abundant during the spring cycle because it is peak PCS season.

The Overseas listing in AMS advertises available slots at overseas USAF bases. There is a somewhat short period of this window that you should review the available assignments overseas and refresh your dream sheet if you want one of the positions.

The best bet is to refresh it one time at the beginning on the window and don’t touch it anymore because if you continually refresh it every day your name goes to the bottom of the pile.

If you really want an  overseas assignment , make sure you put extended long tours and short tours on your dream sheet. This will increase your odds of going overseas. 

Don’t leave your dream sheet completely blank just because you do not want to receive an assignment. At a minimum, make your dream sheet in order of preference for CONUS locations. If you do not want to go overseas, then don’t put overseas assignments on your dream sheet. 

The entire process of updating your dream sheet is a little out of date, and the websites are old and terrible. Be patient with the systems and knock it out.

Basic Training Dream Sheet

In Basic Military Training , you should have the opportunity to create a dream sheet for selection first duty assignment. This will happen when you are granted an AFSC. If you know what your Air Force Specialty Code is going into basic, then I highly recommend having your recruiter look up the bases that you can go to before you ship out to BMT.

If they do not know how, reference the Assignment Management System section of this article. Create your own “dream sheet” by looking at the bases that you can go to with your assigned career field and have an idea of your preferred location before you go to basic.

When you create your dream sheet in basic training, that’ll be used to generate you an assignment while your in tech school. From the training pipeline, you’ll go to your first permanent duty station

If you do not know your specific AFSC going into basic training. At a minimum, brush up on your high school geography before you ship out. For example, if you want to stay on the west coast, brush up on all of the west coast bases in the Air Force so you can recognize them in BMT.

Enlisted Experience

Military life is hard, and not knowing where you’ll be in a year or two is tough. Updating your dream sheet to reflect your assignment preferences is the best way to have a little clarity in a murky general assignment process.

The bottom line is that the needs of the Air Force comes first. But, the good news is that your preferences are taken into consideration so make sure that your Dream Sheet is up to date.

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5 G5 Teams With The Least Returning Production In 2024

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This offseason, transfer portal departures, the NFL Draft, and graduation have left Group of Five rosters without many of the game's most prolific contributors from last season. For a few G5 programs in particular, they'll need to rely on newer and/or younger faces to get back to winning ways.

ESPN's Bill Connelly released his calculations for the percentage of returning production each FBS team will have at their disposal this fall. While not every G5 team is starting from scratch, a few will clearly need to make sure they find those new leaders by the fall. These five are the teams who stick out the most in that regard.

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Air Force (25% Returning Production)

Air Force having one of the smallest pools of returning players with lots of returning production shouldn't come as much of a surprise. None of the three major service academies make a habit of putting freshman and sophomores in starring roles. As a result, graduation can primarily be blamed for a lot of that attrition. However, running back John Lee Eldridge and tight end Caleb Rillos are notable transfer portal losses.

Louisiana-Monroe (33% Returning Production)

The Warhawks are entering a new era with Bryant Vincent as the head coach. A handful of players have followed Vincent to the East from his previous stop as the offensive coordinator at New Mexico. Maybe a completely fresh start isn't such a bad thing after a 2-10 season in 2023.

Troy (35% Returning Production)

The back-to-back Sun Belt champions are also starting anew under head coach Gerad Parker, who joins after a stint as the offensive coordinator at Notre Dame. 2023 Sun Belt offensive player of the year Kimani Vidal was drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers this spring and standout defender Javon Solomon was also drafted by the Buffalo Bills. Several of Troy's younger standouts also followed former head coach Jon Sumrall to Tulane.

Temple (36% Returning Production)

EJ Warner was the American's leading passer at Temple in 2023, but he has since made the move to Rice. Temple's leading tackler Jordan Magee is now a member of the NFL's Washington Commanders. There are opportunities for new faces to grow into some of Drayton's main pieces on both sides of the ball.

San José State (36% Returning Production)

Another team replacing their head coach, San José State brought in Ken Niumatalolo to replace now-Arizona head coach Brent Brennan. They lost roughly 22 players to the transfer portal, including five that followed Brennan to Tucson. The running game is particularly concerning with last year's top two rushers both gone in Kairee Robinson and Quali Conley.

JOE LONDERGAN

Joe covers college sports from the Group of Five ranks and beyond. He has worked in the sports industry since 2008, earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Louisville, and a Master's degree from Seattle University.

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Sidewalk video ‘Portal’ linking New York, Dublin by livestream temporarily paused after lewd antics

The video screen “Portal” that lets people in New York and Dublin peer into life on opposite sides of the Atlantic in real time has been a source of whimsical delight, but also a magnet for boorish behavior that’s prompted officials to hit pause for now

NEW YORK -- The video screen “Portal” that lets people in New York and Dublin peer into life on opposite sides of the Atlantic in real time has been a source of whimsical delight for sidewalk crowds in the two cities, but also a magnet for boorish behavior that’s prompted officials to hit pause for now.

The livestreaming public art installation known as “ The Portal ” made its North American debut on May 8, with a circular screen set up below New York City’s iconic Flatiron Building and a companion screen on Dublin, Ireland's main thoroughfare, O’Connell Street, with city landmarks including the Spire in the backdrop.

Exhibit organizers touted the interactive display as a unique way to “embrace the beauty of global interconnectedness.”

“Portals are an invitation to meet people above borders and differences and to experience our world as it really is —united and one,” said Benediktas Gylys, the Lithuanian artist who conceived the installation, when the screens were unveiled to fanfare.

But just days into a run that was to have continued into the fall, the portals were shut down Monday night after videos spread on social media of people behaving badly — from an OnlyFans model in New York baring her breasts to Dubliners holding up swastikas and displaying images of New York’s Twin Towers burning on 9/11.

The screens, which only broadcast video with no audio, were back up Tuesday morning but were to be powered down again Tuesday evening, according to officials in New York and Dublin.

Michael Ryan, a spokesperson for the Dublin City Council, said exhibit organizers are looking into “possible technical solutions” to address the inappropriate behavior. The displays are expected to return later in the week, he said.

“Dublin City Council had hoped to have a solution in place today, but unfortunately the preferred solution, which would have involved blurring, was not satisfactory,” Ryan wrote, declining to elaborate. “The Portals.org team is now investigating other options.”

Zac Roy, a spokesperson for the Flatiron NoMad Partnership, a local Manhattan business group, stressed the “overwhelming majority” of people interacting with the city’s portal have behaved appropriately. Roy said there’s been around-the-clock security and barriers in place at the New York location since the exhibit launched.

Gylys, meanwhile, didn’t respond to messages seeking comment on Tuesday, but his organization Portals has said it encourages people to be respectful.

“Our goal is to open a window between far away places and cultures that allows people to interact freely with one another,” the group, which also has installed similar exhibits between Vilnius, Lithuania and Lubin, Poland, wrote.

On Tuesday morning, crowds on both sides of the portals were mostly behaved. Some gave a friendly wave or made heart signs with their hands. Most took a selfie.

But on the Dublin side, a man stood behind a crowd of school children in uniform and extended two middle fingers.

Later, a woman on the New York side held up a sign imploring folks in Dublin to join her in a TikTok dance. When the crowd didn’t comply, she did the lighthearted dance anyway, while a friend recorded the routine on their phone.

Killian Sundermann, a 30-year-old from Dublin who was in New York on a visit, held his phone to his ear as he waved and spoke to his girlfriend watching from the Dublin side.

At one point, he approached the security barrier and jokingly attempted to impersonate someone going down an escalator. The Irish crowd didn’t seem amused, so he walked back into the crowd.

Sundermann said many of his countrymen have taken the kerfuffle over the on-camera antics to heart, even as he questioned the wisdom of placing the Dublin screen in such a busy stretch of that city's downtown.

“I don’t think you could have picked a worse spot for late-night drinking crowds,” he said. “I don’t know what I would have done as a young lad walking past it after I’ve had a few too many pints.”

Joe Perez, a 46-year-old Manhattan resident who held up his sizeable pitbull Virgil for the Dublin crowd to see, shrugged off the bad behavior.

“No one is getting hurt. It’s fine. It’s all peace,” he said. “A middle finger doesn’t hurt me.”

Nearby, Lynn Rakos waved and blew a kiss toward the screen.

“I think it’s sweet, as long as we all behave,” said the 60-year-old Brooklyn resident, who lived for a time in Dublin. “We have all these connections on our phone and Facebook, but here it’s unscripted. You don’t know who is there and you’re just saying hi.”

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Clemson coach Dabo Swinney explains why Tigers took no players from the transfer portal

Clemson joined Army, Navy and Air Force as the four Bowl Subdivision programs to not land a transfer in the 2024 cycle.

The problem is the three service academies don't take transfer. The Tigers can.

Coach Dabo Swinney attempted to add an offensive lineman during the winter cycle, pursuing four of them, but all chose different schools. Clemson lost 10 players in the winter cycle, including starting wide receiver Beaux Collins and defensive back Andrew Mukuba, and two underclassmen in the spring.

In an appearance Wednesday on ACC PM on the ACC Network, Swinney was asked about being among those four schools.

"Well, it wasn't really necessarily like an intentional thing," Swinney said. "There were a couple guys we looked at. They gotta love you, too. … And honestly, every player is technically a transfer. We just signed a whole class of guys transferring from high school, so we like our guys. We like our starters. ...

"We had 127 players go through spring, and 125 are still on our roster post-portal."

LOOKING AHEAD: SEC dominates Top 25 teams in post-spring rankings

The Tigers' incoming freshman class ranks 11th in the country, according to 247Sports, and features two five-star recruits and 11 four-star players. They have leaned into their freshmen being impact players, like TJ Parker, Peter Woods and Khalil Barnes last season.

Swinney cited the graduation success rate for Clemson, pointing out the Tigers have the highest in all of college football in the last 20 years.

Still, Clemson failed to reach double-digit wins for the first time since 2010 last season and missed the College Football Playoff for the third straight year.

A potential need it could have addressed via the portal was offensive line since there is no starter for the center position yet and how the divided unit performed in its spring game in April. Both teams' running backs rushed for a combined 74 yards on 34 attempts, and the offensive lines allowed nine sacks. To avoid injuries to the quarterbacks, Swinney gave them non-contact status and quickly whistled a sack whenever a defender got within arms' length of the quarterbacks.

The Tigers open their 2024 season against Georgia on Aug. 31 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.