MilPDS down until March 23

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  • By Airman 1st Class Jason Wiese
  • 90th Missile Wing Public Affairs
F. E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. --  As of March 4, the Military Personnel Data System will be offline for 23 days to allow the Air Force Personnel Operations Agency to upgrade and transfer military personnel data to the Defense Information Systems Agency Defense Enterprise Computing Center, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.

MilPDS is the primary records database for personnel data and actions that occur throughout every total force Airman's career. The system is also used to initiate Airman pay actions, maintain Air Force accountability and strength data and support a host of interactions with other Air Force processes and systems that rely on personnel data.

Planning and preparation for the upgrade has been ongoing for over a year as systems specialists worked to develop an implementation plan and test transfer actions before beginning the full-transfer, said Anthony Delgado, AFPOA MilPDS functional Manager.

"The upgrade is going to improve the security and integrity of the database, and it will improve the user-friendliness of the system for the personnel who work on it," said Staff Sgt. Leah Barron, 90th Force Support Squadron Force Management NCO-in-charge. "It's the first time they have upgraded it since 2001."

The average person will not be able to tell there is a difference once the system is back up and running, she added.

While the database is down, most actions taken with MilPDS must be postponed until the system comes back online March 27.

"We're able to process the paperwork if it's something that affects pay," she said. "AFPC will work with us to get the paperwork processed."

For more information, contact the Force Management office at 773-2109.