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8G000/B/C/D Premier Honor Guard

All 8G000/B/C/D Premier Honor Guard personnel were directed to convert indirectly to 8G011D (Helper, Drill Team). Other appropriate designations required manual updates to 8G011 (unsuffixed, B or C), 8G031 or 8G051 (unsuffixed or B/C/D), 8G071, 8G091, or 8G000, retained as Premier Honor Guard, Manager.

Codes named in this history

Other history records

These source identifiers have archive pages. Their availability does not establish current service use or retirement.

Codes without a directory match

  • 8G011D stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 8G011B stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 8G011C stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 8G011 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 8G031B stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 8G031C stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 8G031D stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 8G031 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 8G051B stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 8G051C stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 8G051D stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 8G051 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 8G071 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 8G091 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.

Documented history

Premier Honor Guard

The conversion guide is for 30 April 2025, but the directory's Summary of Revisions prints 30 April 2024 as the implementation date. No effective date or completion deadline is stated specifically for this conversion, leaving that conflict unresolved.

Sources and limitations

  • The instructions do not explain how to choose among the manually assigned designations.
  • The table labels unsuffixed 8G031 as Journeyman but its B/C/D variants as Apprentice.
Source notes

CS&CIG source assertion (Indirect): 2. All 8G000/B/C/D personnel will indirectly convert to 8G011D. Personnel that should be designated to the options 8G011B, 8G011C,8G011,8G031B, 8G031C,8G031D,8G031,8G051B,8G051C, 8G051D 8G051,8G071,8G091,8G000 will be manually updated. Conversion instructions: MPS: 2, 5, 8. AFPC: 2, 5, 8, 9. Manpower: 2, 5, 8, 10. Ordered successor options preserve the source table order.

Source documents (2)

Reviewed September 23, 2026 against reference 2.

  1. Air Force Enlisted Classification Directory (AFECD), 30 April 2025

    Source date: April 30, 2025

    Location: embedded Attachment 1 CS&CIG page 31

    Original publication (opens in a new tab)

    Air Force Enlisted Classification Directory (AFECD), 30 April 2025 · event transcription

    Location: docs/legacy-data/usaf-afecd-modernization.jsonl:195; embedded Attachment 1 CS&CIG page 31

  2. Air Force Enlisted Classification Directory (AFECD), 30 April 2025, embedded Attachment 1 Change Summary and Conversion Instructions Guide

    Location: embedded Attachment 1 CS&CIG page 31 (table row with Current AFSC 8G000/B/C/D)

    Used in the reviewed explanation.

    Original publication (opens in a new tab)

    AFECD 30 April 2025, main guide Summary of Revisions and CS&CIG title banner

    Location: main PDF page 2 (SUMMARY OF REVISIONS); embedded Attachment 1 CS&CIG page 1 title banner

    Used in the reviewed explanation.

    Attachment 1, PDF page 1 (opens in a new tab)PDF page 2 (opens in a new tab)

Historical information is drawn from the sources linked above. Classification dates are not personal service dates. Spot an error? Let us know.