The award name exactly as it appears in the award call.
DAF 1206: Nomination for Award
The current (20240313) DAF 1206: nominee and commander data, then Specific Accomplishments written as performance statements IAW DAFMAN 36-2806.
Every block on the DAF Form 1206
Laid out block for block like the official NOMINATION FOR AWARD (20240313 edition), with the instruction for each block. Name, rank, and unit prefill from your service profile.
Form details
- Award
- Category (If Applicable)
Airman, NCO, SNCO, CGO, FGO, civilian category, team, etc., as the call defines them.
- Award Period
- Rank/Name of Nominee (First, Middle Initial, Last)
Rank first, then First, Middle Initial, Last.
- MAJCOM, FLDCOM, FOA or DRU
- DAFSC/Duty Title
- Nominee's Telephone (DSN & Commercial)
- Unit/Office Symbol/Street Address/Base/State/Zip Code
- Rank/Name of Unit Commander (First, Middle Initial, Last)/Commander's Telephone (DSN & Commercial)
Specific accomplishments (Use Performance Statements IAW DAFMAN 36-2806)
- Heading 1 — Leadership and Job Performance in Primary Duty (or Executing the Mission and Leading People)
Use the heading your award call specifies and type it in capitals above the statements. Write standalone performance statements, each with an action and its impact or result. The call sets the maximum number of lines; headings count against it.
- Heading 2 — Significant Self-Improvement (or Whole Airman Concept)
Education, PME, certifications, and professional development during the award period. Give credit hours, GPA, and completion dates.
- Heading 3 — Base or Community Involvement
Volunteer work, base events, private organizations, mentoring. Quantify the people served and hours given, and state the effect.
Draft / worksheet aid. Prepare it here, then transcribe into your unit's awards program (routed through the squadron/wing awards monitor or myFSS/SharePoint per the award call). This is not an official submission. Check it against the current official DAF Form 1206 before use.
How to fill out the DAF Form 1206
The DAF Form 1206 is the standard nomination for quarterly, annual, and functional awards from flight level up to HAF. The 13 Mar 2024 edition replaced the AF Form 1206 (2017) and now says to write Specific Accomplishments as performance statements IAW DAFMAN 36-2806, not the old bullet format. When: When your unit issues an award call (quarterly and annual awards, functional awards, Athlete of the Year, etc.). Start drafting from your evaluation notes as soon as the award period closes.
Step by step
- Read the award call. It sets the category, the award period, the headings, the maximum number of lines, and the suspense.
- Fill the header blocks: award, category, award period, nominee, MAJCOM/FLDCOM, DAFSC and duty title, phone, unit address, and the unit commander.
- Under each heading the call specifies, write performance statements: one standalone sentence each, with an action and its impact or result.
- Put your strongest, most quantified statement first under each heading.
- Spell out acronyms the way DAFMAN 36-2806 allows, then check the whole package fits the page and line limit the call sets (headings count against the limit when used).
- Route it through your supervisor and the unit awards monitor before the suspense.
What a strong one looks like
- Performance statement = action + impact/result, in a full sentence. "Led a six-Airman team through 212 aircraft generations during AGILE FLAG 26-2, sustaining a 94 percent mission-capable rate for four fighter squadrons."
- Quantify scope (people, dollars, sorties, hours) and scale the impact up: flight to squadron to wing to Air Force.
- Balance the headings. Boards read a lopsided package (all job, no self-improvement) as a weaker Airman.
- Use the award period only. Anything outside the dates gets struck by the board.
Common mistakes
- Old-style dash bullets packed with semicolons and abbreviations. The current form calls for performance statements.
- Going over the page or line limit in the award call. Many boards disqualify an over-length package.
- Unexplained acronyms and local jargon a wing- or MAJCOM-level board won't know.
- Using the AF Form 1206 (2017) instead of the DAF Form 1206 (20240313).
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