If the Staff Judge Advocate determines an administrative line of duty is more appropriate after AF Form 348 has been completed, to which office is the AF Form 348 returned through MPF/DFMPEP?

• A. Investigating officer
• B. LOD-MFP
• C. Appointing authority
• D. Unit commander

Answer: (B)

The key idea is how line-of-duty determinations are routed when the decision shifts to an administrative path. AF Form 348 records a line-of-duty finding, and when the Staff Judge Advocate decides that an administrative line of duty is more appropriate, the form is sent back through the MPF/DFMPEP to the LOD office that handles these administrative determinations. That office, LOD-MFP, specializes in processing administrative LOD actions, updating records, and coordinating follow-up within the personnel system. The other offices aren’t the designated path for this administrative route: an investigating officer handles the factual investigation, while the appointing authority and unit commander are involved in other decision-making steps, not the administrative LOD processing route.