New Air Force lieutenant colonels selected for SDE Published Aug. 7, 2006 RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- The lieutenant colonel central selection board held at the Air Force Personnel Center here has identified senior developmental education "selects." Officers identified as selects join a resource pool of officers who will be considered for future attendance at in-residence SDE. SDE enhances the professional military competence of Air Force officers through a program of education designed to broaden perspectives, increase knowledge and prepare officers to assume higher levels of command and staff duties and responsibilities, officials said. The primary focus of SDE is to provide officers a universal foundation based upon air and space competencies in the following areas: character, leadership, operations, organization, strategy, technology and perspective. The lieutenant colonel promotion board chose the best-qualified officers to be selects for in-residence SDE level schools. Approximately the top 280 promotees with the highest scores from the promotion order of merit list are chosen to become selects for school attendance. The number of promotees selected fluctuates slightly each year depending upon year group sizes. The actual SDE selection and designation process is four-fold: initial selection by the promotion board; nomination by the senior rater during an officer's SDE eligibility window; review by their development team, and designation for school attendance by the U.S. Air Force Developmental Education Designation Board. Officers promoted at this board are eligible to meet the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Developmental Education Designation Boards. Each spring, AFPC publicly releases a message containing specific actions and timelines for officers wishing to be considered for school selection for the following academic year. (Courtesy of Air Force Personnel Center News Service)