UNITED STATES DEFENSE FORCE
Regulation 9: Activity Points and SoW
INDEX
| Chapter | Chapter and Subsection Title |
| 1 | Standard of Work |
| Subsection 1. General Information | |
| Subsection 2. Submission Tracking | |
| Subsection 3. Office and Council Guidelines | |
| Subsection 4. Standard of Work Pay | |
| Subsection 5. Top Performers | |
| 2 | Activity Points |
| Subsection 1. General Information | |
| Subsection 2. High Achievers | |
| 3 | Payment Programs |
| Subsection 1. In The Spotlight Initiative | |
| Subsection 2. Service Time Rewards | |
| Subsection 3. Additional Rewards | |
| Subsection 4. Performance Badge Information and Display | |
| Subsection 5. Branch Donor Badge Information |
CHAPTER 1. STANDARD OF WORK
Subsection 1. General Information
USDF utilizes the Standard of Work (SoW) to evaluate the performance of JNCOs, SNCOs, and CWOs on a weekly and monthly basis. All personnel are expected to do their best to reach this standard. Some offices use successful completion of SoW to determine whether or not someone should be promoted each week.
- Personnel must be in an office to be eligible to claim SoW.
- Personnel are exempt from SoW during their first week in an office to allow for training and orientation.
- Personnel are eligible to claim duties only after being accepted into an office.
- Weekly SoW requirement is 25 points (3-4 hours of work) for active duty and 12 points for R1.
- SoW requirements must be met by the Sunday of every week, at 11:59pm EDT.
- Personnel are entitled to 1 SoW exemption every rolling month. For example, if a member of your office requests an exemption on 30 MAR 24, they must wait until 30 APR 24 to request another. This is the only way an exemption may be applied.
- Upon completing a qualifying duty personnel must submit their points via the PTS Work Tracker Submission page.
- HQ duties must be confirmed by one officer O1+ or two CWOs (BHNCOs and OHNCOs count as 1 CWO confirmation).
- Officer Selectees with FEAT {Z} count as full confirmations, while OCS candidates count as 1 CWO confirmation.
- Skipping the verification step will result in the submission being voided and potentially disciplined for falsification.
- Personnel eligible by rank to confirm shifts must first obtain FEAT {Z}.
- All confirmations, regardless of the method, should be made in .5 increments. HQ duties may not be confirmed in more than 1 hour increments for a singular duty session; submissions that do not follow this rule will be voided.
- Personnel are recommended to save screenshots as evidence of filling a qualifying HQ duty.
- Your screenshots must clearly show the time at which you took up the position, the time at mid-point of your shift, and the time at which you stood down, with timestamps included (chat history and system clock).
- Screenshots may be posted in the #duty-confirmation channel on Discord. Only Commissioned Officers may confirm via screenshots
- SoW for trainings is awarded by the number of sessions hosted, not the number of attendees
- For example, hosting FEAT {R} with 3 attendees warrants only one FEAT {R} submission on the PTS, not three.
- Eligible personnel should use their own discretion when confirming shifts and may decide against confirming someone who has been consistently inactive during their shift.
- Commissioned Officers may void shifts for personnel being consistently inactive at their discretion. Disciplinary action may also be taken in severe cases.
It is of paramount importance that forms are filled accurately and carefully, so nobody loses their points or faces disciplinary action due to simple error. Any questions regarding this should be directed to office command.
Subsection 2. Submission Tracking
The PTS work tracker page is linked here for convenience: Global Work Tracker
- The work tracker is automatically updated and is monitored by each respective office's Assistant Directors.
- Points will update immediately but will be removed if found questionable or unconfirmable.
- If you believe your points are incorrect, kindly follow the chain of command within your office to reach a solution.
- Personnel are encouraged to keep track of their SoW points on a piece of paper, or in a word processor (Ms Word, Ms Excel, notepad...) so that when point inconsistency is discussed, they have a record of their work.
- Without an external record of your SoW points, we may be unable to award you any missing points.
- You cannot earn points for un-submitted work you've done in a previous SoW week
FORGING OR FALSIFYING POINTS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND IS A PUNISHABLE OFFENSE UNDER THE UCMJ.
All E4+ personnel are given a unique PTS account that they must use when submitting their SoW points. This will be given to any personnel upon joining an office. This unique account given to you must be treated with the utmost care and protection. Compromisation or sharing of this account is punishable by the UCMJ.
Subsection 3. Office and Council Guidelines
- Directors may set SoW with NSC approval according to the duties and requirements of their office.
- SoW standards must be easily available to all office members.
- Directors may grant bonus SoW points for office-related duties without prior approval.
- Directors are responsible for making sure these duty records are kept and updated on a weekly basis.
- Members on approved leave are exempt from completing office duties.
- Directors, at their discretion, may remove members who repeatedly fail to meet their office duties, even after counseling and assistance.
- This authority may not be delegated to anyone else in the office
SoW points can also be claimed for completing duties within respective Branch Councils, such as planning and hosting a USDF-wide event, administrative and Google Drive work and Career Counseling & Personnel Development (both in client and sending letters). There is no point requirement for branch council work to remain in the council or point-linked penalty; however, each branch command reserves the right to set guidelines as they see fit, with NSC approval. Points must be confirmed by either of the following members:
- One member of Branch Command (BHNCO, SWOA or SEAC)
- Respective Division Director, or Assistant Director
- Branch Chief, or Vice Branch Chief
Failure to meet SoW requirements for any week will result in actions determined by their Office AD+. All the strikes mentioned below remain on official record for 30 active days from the date of issuance, meaning if the member goes on leave, the 30 day countdown will pause and resume when the member returns.
| 1st Offense | Formal warning |
| 2nd Offense | One-on-One plan of action/Issued demerit |
| 3rd Offense | Removal from the Office |
These offenses do not have to be in consecutive order. The Director of an office may remove a member at any given time. There is an information graphic that shows you a plethora of ways to reach SoW found here.
Further information on utilizing the Standard of Work System can be found here.
Subsection 4. Standard of Work Pay
- Standard of Work will earn personnel coins at a 10:2 conversion rate. This means that 10 SoW points are equal to 2 coins.
- Pay is issued on the first weekend of every month.
- The top 5 ranked personnel in the SoW system are considered Top Performers.
Subsection 5. Top Performers Program
The top 5 performers in the SoW system, as recorded on the global work tracker, will be deemed Top Performers and awarded an additional bonus along with their standard pay. Attached table illustrates bonus rewards for top performers.
CHAPTER 2. ACTIVITY POINTS
Subsection 1. General Information
Incentives are given for members who go above and beyond while employed in USDF. Some of these incentives are:
- Activity Points are given to personnel in HQ for demonstrating pro-activity and pro-social behaviour.
- Activity Points may be issued by BHNCOs, Warrant Officers and Commissioned Officers who have obtained FEAT {Z}. BHNCOs and Warrant Officers may only award points to lower ranking personnel, whereas Commissioned Officers may award APs to all personnel, excluding other officers.
- BHNCOs and Warrant Officers may issue a total of 10 APs per day.
- Commissioned Officers may issue a total of 20 APs per day.
- Activity Points may only be awarded for HQ Performance. Office and Council contributions may not be rewarded with Activity Points.
- Behavior that merits an Activity Point is determined at the discretion of the Commissioned/Warrant Officer issuing the points.
- Recipients must be announced outloud in the HQ. Both parties (awarder and awardee) are required to be present in the HQ at the time of APs being distributed.
- Warrant Officers must use the non-HC blue chat color while announcing AP recipients. Commissioned Officers must use the HC blue chat color.
- Commissioned Officers without HC are authorized to use non-HC blue chat as an alternative.
- The DDO is encouraged, but not required to echo AP being awarded.
- You can award each person only once a day.
- Personnel awarding Activity Points are required to log their AP on the PTS Work Tracker Submission page.
- Officers adding Activity Points should log in to the PTS and submit them via the "Insert Records" Page.
- Warrant Officers adding Activity Points should log in to the PTS and submit them via "Add Points to Someone Else". This can be found on the top-right of the Main Work Tracker page here. Additionally, the AP multiposter tool may be used to add points for multiple personnel at once.
- In The Spotlight Initiative
- Service Time Rewards
PLEASE NOTE THAT USDF IS A US TIMEZONE BASED MILITARY.
THIS MEANS THAT THE DAY ENDS AT 23:59 PM EST/EDT, AT WHICH POINT THE ACTIVITY POINTS AN INDIVIDUAL MAY AWARD ARE RESET.
THIS MEANS THAT THE DAY ENDS AT 23:59 PM EST/EDT, AT WHICH POINT THE ACTIVITY POINTS AN INDIVIDUAL MAY AWARD ARE RESET.
Subsection 2. High Achievers
The top 5 performers in the Activity Point system on the global work tracker will be recognized as High Achievers. The table below outlines the bonus rewards for these performers.
CHAPTER 3. PAYMENT PROGRAMS
Subsection 1. In the Spotlight Initiative (Performance Based)
Personnel who are recognized and selected by Senior Command are awarded non-HC medal ribbon for the month and the [USDF] Distinguished Service badge. More information about the initiative can be found here.
Subsection 2. Service Time Rewards (Non-performance Based)
All personnel are able to claim a "bonus" from their Branch Chief when they achieve certain Service Stripes and must be collected within 7 days of being awarded their service stripe. Personnel are only eligible to claim this bonus once throughout their career.
| 1 Year Service Stripe | 20c Bonus |
| 2 year Service Stripe | 50c Bonus |
| 3 Year Service Stripe | 75c Bonus |
Subsection 3. Additional Rewards
In addition to the above regulated Payment and Rewards Programs, command will continue to give out random pay when outstanding service is shown. Additionally, military clothing (medals, covers, boots, etc) will be given for free when earned/qualified. Any member ranked E4+ may request for uniform items, office accessories, appropriately regulated hairstyles (within reason) or reparations for items lost in a banned or compromised account through the Joint Services Support (JSS). More information about the program can be found here.
Subsection 4. Performance Badge Information and Display
| Badge Name | Badge Display | Description |
| [USDF] Top Performer |  | Any top performer or high achiever is permitted to join the [USDF] Top Performer badge on Habbo. Membership on the badge will remain until employment in USDF is finished. Personnel who have attained the badge and are promoted to O-1 are also permitted to stay on the badge. Personnel who have resigned and returned are allowed to join the badge again. The badge is allowed to be displayed in HQ over the Personnel ID badge. The badge may be found on the USDF_HQ account. |
| [USDF] Platinum Service Badge |  | Any member of the Officer corps who was within the Top #3 for Officer Points for the month is permitted to join the [USDF] Platinum Service Badge on Habbo. Membership on the badge will remain until employment in USDF is finished. Personnel who have resigned and returned are allowed to join the badge again. The badge is allowed to be displayed in HQ over the Personnel ID badge. The badge may be found on the USDF_HQ account. |
| [USDF] Distinguished Service |  | Any In The Spotlight recognized service member is permitted to join the [USDF] Distinguished Service badge on Habbo. Membership on the badge will remain until employment in USDF is finished. Personnel who have resigned and returned are allowed to join the badge again. The badge is allowed to be displayed in HQ over the Personnel ID badge. The badge may be found on the USDF_HQ account. |
Subsection 5. Branch Donor Badge Information
| Badge Name | Badge Display | Description |
| [USDF] Donor - Navy |  | Donor badge for personnel who donated at least 25c to the Navy branch. Donations can be made to the following entity: Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) |
| [USDF] Donor - Marines |  | Donor badge for personnel who donated at least 25c to the Marines branch. Donations can be made to the following entity: Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) |
| [USDF] Donor - Army |  | Donor badge for personnel who donated at least 25c to the Army branch. Donations can be made to the following entity: Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA) |
| [USDF] Donor - Air Force |  | Donor badge for personnel who donated at least 25c to the Air Force branch. Donations can be made to the following entity: Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF) |
Personnel and Civilians (Who are not Dishonorably Discharged and/or do not have the Never Rehire Status) can get the respective branch donor badges by donating 25c+ to the respective Branch Chiefs:
The branch donor badge funds will be allocated to branch events where possible however, where necessary, may be used as emergency funds for OSD.
Signed,
Controllable.
Secretary of Defense
Edited:
P.P. (Per Procurationem)
Office of Strategy, Plans and Capabilities
This legislation is subject to change by the SecDef without warning or notice. Furthermore, the SecDef reserves the right to issue "Standing Orders" which overrule the Legislation when deemed appropriate.
