New majors selected for IDE Published June 17, 2005 RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- The P0404A Major Central Selection Board recently held at the Air Force Personnel Center here selected officers for promotion and identified those selected for intermediate developmental education.Officers selected will join a resource pool of officers who will be considered for future attendance at in-residence intermediate level schools. A complete list of Airmen selected will be available by 9 a.m. CDT on June 20 at www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/fdso/DPAFE.htm.The purpose of IDE is to enhance the professional military competence of Air Force officers through an education program designed to broaden perspectives, increase knowledge and prepare them to assume higher levels of command, staff duties and responsibilities.The primary focus 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 board chose officers with the highest scores from the promotion order of merit list to become selects for school attendance. The percentage of promotees selected fluctuates slightly each year depending upon year group sizes and class quotas.The actual school process is three-fold after initially being chosen by the promotion board: nomination by the senior rater, a review and validation by the individual's developmental team, and designation for school attendance by the USAF Developmental Education Selection/Designation Board.Officers promoted are eligible to meet the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Developmental Education Designation Boards. Each spring, AFPC officials will publicly release a message containing specific suspense actions and timelines for eligible officers wishing to be considered for school selection for the following academic year. (Courtesy of AFPC News Service)