Humanitarian Reassignment and Deferment Program
This program is designed to provide stability to airmen who have problems more severe than those normally encountered by other Air Force members. The problem must be able to be resolved within a reasonable period of time (usually 12-18 months, or in a case of a terminal illness, 24 months). For approval, a vacancy must exist at the requested duty location if PCS is required.
Circumstances which normally warrant approval are:
- recent death of spouse or child
- spouse abandons children while member is serving an unaccompanied tour overseas;
- authorized state or local agency places the child into home for adoption purposes and deferment is necessary to comply with state laws to complete the adoption
- a family advocacy problem exists
- a serious financial problem exists, not a result of the member's over-extension of personal income (natural disaster, fire, and theft, are examples of what might qualify)
Circumstances which normally warrant disapproval are:
- a threatened separation/divorce action
- psychoneurosis of a family member incident to family separation
- a housing shortage or home ownership problem
- financial problems resulting from member's over-extension of personal income to include bankruptcy
- climatic conditions or geographic locations adversely affecting health of a family member (exception: when the condition is clearly life threatening)
- financial or management problem related to off-duty employment, spouse's employment, or private business activities
- sole parent's desire to make or facilitate either short or long term child care arrangements
- normal pregnancy, threatened miscarriage, breech birth, or cesarean section
- passport or visa problems involving newly acquired dependents in the overseas area
