How to Decode and Read an EPR
EPRs are required to be written in a format peculiar to the U.S. Air Force. When accomplishments are listed in an annual performance report, they are almost always limited to a single line. This means that a feat that may have taken months of planning and effort must be fully described in one line. To accomplish this practically impossible task, supervisors have resorted to all sorts of abbreviations in order to shoehorn an event into 80 spaces. And this practice, which has evolved over the years, has made EPRs harder and harder to decipher and read, especially by anyone outside the writer's career field.
There is no official guidance. Any word may be abbreviated in any manner desired. Below is a table with the most commonly used abbreviations with their corresponding meaning.
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< -less than > -more than + -over/more than & -and / -in, and, with, per 1st -first accts -accounts a/c -aircraft acft -aircraft add'l -additional AF -air force amn -Airmen appts -appointments awd -award bldg -building cape -capability cc -commander CDR -commander cert'd -certified cgo -cargo civ -civilian cmbt -combat cmd -command cmd's -command's coor'd - coordinated crs, crse -course |
dev'd -developed dir'd -directed dmg -damage emer -emergency ex -exercise exer -exercise f/ -for fab'd -fabricated flt -flight gp -group grp -group hrs -hours id'd -identified incr -increased insp -inspection insp'd -inspected int'l -international jt -joint K -thousand lbs -pounds ldr -leader ldrshp -leadership lvl -level |
mbr -member med -medical mgr -manager min -minute mng'd -managed mo -month msl -missile msn -mission mtg -meeting muns -munitions mvmt -movement mx -maintenance ofc -office ops -operations org'd -organized pers -personnel poss -possible prgm -program prods -products psnl -personnel pt -patient QoL - quality of life qual -qualification |
r2'd -removed and replaced rcv'd -received rds -rounds rdy -ready rqmts -requirements req'd -required rt -rate rtn'd -returned SA - situational awareness spt -support spt'd -supported sq - squadron srts -sorties std -standard svc -service sys -system tm -team tng, trng -training trans -transportation veh -vehicle vol'd -volunteered vs -versus wg -wing wg's -wing's w/ -with w/o -without wpn -weapon wx -weather yr -year |