Combat Wing Org

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Combat Wing Org Log Readiness Officer
Update
Col Dawn C. Hodge Force Management
Organization Div AF/ILGF October 2004
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Overview

• AF/ILGF Logistic Readiness Force Management
• Officers, Enlisted, Civilians
• Combat Wing Organization
• 2002 to Present
• LRO Roadmap
• 2002 to Present
• LRO Force Development

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Overview

• AF/ILGF Logistic Readiness Force Management
• Combat Wing Organization
• 2002 to Present
• LRO Roadmap
• 2002 to Present
• LRO Force Development

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Logistics Readiness Force Development ILG
Organization
AF/ILG Director of Logistics Readiness
Force Management Organization/ ILGF
Distribution Traffic Management/ ILGD
Materiel Management/ ILGM
Combat Support Operations/ ILGC
ACS, Strategies, Concepts Doctrine/ILGX
AF Logistics Management Agency (AFLMA)
Joint Personal Property Shipping Office--Northeast
Joint Personal Property Shipping Office--San
Antonio
Joint Personal Property Shipping Office--CO
Springs
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Logistics Readiness Force Development ILG
Organization
AF/ILGF Chief, Force Management Org Division
Training Organization
LRO Enlisted Force Development
Civilian Force Development
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Overview

• AF/ILGFWho we are/what we do
• Combat Wing Organization
• 2002 to Present
• LRO Roadmap
• 2002 to Present
• LRO Force Development

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History CSAFs Logistics Review (CLR)

• CSAF directed Top to Bottom review
• Address guidance, process and alignment issues
  across Logistics complex
• CLR Purpose
• Identify wing-level operations and logistics
  support issues
• Strengthen processes to fix disconnects / gaps
• Provide policy, procedures, training, discipline,
  and enforcement
• Improve combat readiness in EAF
• CLR Focus Areas
• Technical training and officer development
• Material management
• Contingency planning
• Sortie production / fleet management

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CWO Driven Organizational Changes

• Created Logistics Readiness Officer (LRO)
• Retired supply, trans, log plans officer
• Merged Supply Trans SQs and Log Plans into
  Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS)
• New Combat Wing Org Structure
• Establish stand alone Ops Group (OG)
• Establish stand alone Maintenance Group (MXG)
• Establish Mission Support Group (MSG)

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CWO Objectives...

• Provide long-term fleet health for all weapon
  systems
• Strong mentorship for all maintainers and
  logisticians
• Minimize the seams between processes
• Develop strong leaders
• Minimize disruption and cost to the AF
• Integrate the synergies of the logistics processes

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CWO Objectives...LRS PAD Changes

• Released first major PAD update in Feb 04
• Air and Ground Transportation combined under the
  Traffic Mgt Flight
• Realigned Traffic Mgt functions from the LRS to
  the Aerial Ports where applicable
• Pending Release
• Establish Vehicle Operations as an independent
  Flight
• Designate Vehicle Maintenance as the Vehicle
  Management Flight

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One-Year Review
We had a zero percent chance of getting this 100
percent right. With one year of the CWO behind
us, it is time to look back and assess its
impact.
--
Gen John Jumper

• AF/IL directed a General Officer Steering Group
  to assess
• CWO achieves CSAF vision of organizing and
  training as we fight
• Need to continue gathering OEF / OIF lessons
  learned work to correct
• MSG functionality absolutely critical to success
  of MXG operations
• Force module construct to deliver open the base
  capabilities in first hours
• Ensures combat support functions required to
  support MXG generate the mission are available
  before aircraft arrive
• Result of assessment Stay the Course with the
  CWO

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Overview

• AF/ILGFWho we are/what we do
• Combat Wing Organization
• 2002 to Present
• LRO Roadmap
• 2002 to Present
• LRO Force Development

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The Genesis of LRO

• The LRO will be the expert at opening the
  base and expeditionary support requirements.
• Develop highly skilled operational logisticians
  competent in the following wartime skills
• Mobilization Deployment
• Beddown Sustainment
• Combat Employment Redeployment
• Reconstitution Command
  and Control

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LRO Development
ROTC Academy OTS Cross Flow
Material Mgt Distribution Contingency
Fully Qualified
Minimum 1 Year Experience in each Core
Competency
11 Week Logistics Readiness Officer Course
4 - 6 years from career field entry
21R3/4
21R1
Logistics Readiness Officer
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Career Field Focus-Education and Experience

• Education
• Accession LROs attend the LRO basic course
• Roundout officers complete modular exportable
  courses
• Completion date for exportables extended to 30
  April 2005
• Officers failing to complete all exportables will
  receive letter advising of consequences and be
  downgraded to a 21R1
• Majors and major selects attend ALROC or ELROC
• Experience
• Roundout officers must complete second core
  competency NLT Nov 05
• Accession officers must gain experience in three
  core competencies

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Overall Progress Towards Completion
Total Round-out Population 1206
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LRO Education Basic Course

• Purpose Provide tactical level training
• Participants New accessions
• Course Stats
• 1-Year Validation Report Completed
• Length Decreased from 64 to 54 academic days
• Instruction blocks are integrated vice separated
• Identified need for culmination exercise

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Expeditionary LRO Course(ELROC)

• Purpose Provide operational training emphasis
  on C2 expeditionary operations
• Participants 100 of Maj and Maj (sel)
• Course Stats
• Programmed Class Size 28
• Course offerings per year - 14
• Length 10 academic days
• Status
• Training Planning Team (TPT) met Jun 14-18
• MAJCOMS providing SME support to develop lesson
  plans
• 15-27 May 05 is the first class start date

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Advanced LRO Course(ALROC)

• Purpose Graduate LROs well versed in the Agile
  Combat Command and Control needs of our Air
  Expeditionary Forces at Staff, Joint, and
  deployed leadership levels
• Graduates are identified as the Premier USAF
  Logistics C2 Experts
• Receive "D" prefix to their AFSC
• Assigned to critical Joint or Staff C2 billet for
  a at least one assignment
• ALROC Eligibility
• Captain/Major with minimum of eight and maximum
  of twelve years TAFCS upon graduation date
• Highly competitive and rewarding opportunity!

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LRO Developmental Opportunities

• Continuing Education
• AFIT Log x99-Series and other AFIT courses
• Civilian Institution Courses
• Career Broadening
• OSD Fellows (formerly Professional Enhancement
  Program)
• AF Intern Program (Air Staff)
• Education with Industry

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Logistics Career Broadening Program

• Two-year program (FY05) open to 21X, 63A, 64P,
  65F
• Added 61/62 AFSCs (Scientists/Engineers)
• Official AF Training Program
• Rotation through ALC for two years
• Participants attend courses achieve Level I
  Certification in Life Cycle Logistics
• Target audience is 5-8 yr Captains at the
  beginning of program
• Exploring method to identify follow-on positions
  ala AFIT Masters Programs
• Annual AFMC central selection board led by AFMC/LG

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Overview

• AF/ILGFWho we are/what we do
• Combat Wing Organization
• 2002 to Present
• LRO Roadmap
• 2002 to Present
• LRO Force Development

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Leadership Doctrine

• Abilities of a leader- derived from innate
  capabilities- built from experience,
  education, training- improved upon through
  deliberate development
• Core Values
• Ability to conceptualize becomes increasingly
  important
• Emphasis on mission

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Chief Of StaffForce Development Vision
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What Force Development Means To You

• Deliberate Development Strategic Career
  Planning
• Targeted assignments
• Expanded / improved education opportunities
• Targeted to specific learning goals
• Better preparation for future assignments
• More realistic personal expectations
• Enhanced communication / feedback
• You still need to be involved in your development
• Keep your T-ODP current!!

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Structure
SECAF / CSAF
Force Development Council
Functional Authority/IL Lt Gen Wetekam
Functional Manager/ILG Maj Gen Rasmussen
Career Field Manager Col Dawn Hodge

• Functional Mgr (Chair)
• Career Field Manager
• Assignment Team Rep
• MAJCOM Rep

Development Team
Assignment Team/AFPC
Individual / Chain-of-Supervision
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DT Impact on Developing the Force

• Functional communities have direct selection
  input for Developmental Education and the IDE/SDE
  school they will attend for first time ever!
• Working to standardized SQ/CC board through DT
• Functional senior leader impact on experience
  development through assignment vectors
• Increased DT involvement with AF Special Programs
  selection through vectors
• Education with Industry
• AFIT opportunities (outside of IDE)

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USAF SDE EligibilityCY05

• AF Senior Development Education (SDE)
• 84-87 Lt Col Promotion Year Groups
• 775 total Selects / 4445 Candidates
• Approximately 260 slots available in AY 05-06

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CY 05 LRO SDE Recommendations

• 21R SDE Info
• DT considered 67 nominees third look selects and
  senior rater candidates
• Prioritized top 20 nominees (ILG ceiling) to be
  considered by Development Education Designation
  Board (DEDB)
• Approx 50 of 20 ILG nominees to be designated to
  attend school (approx 10 SDE attendees) Third
  Look "selects" were considered mandatory
  designees (only 3 personnel in this situation)

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USAF Intermediate Developmental Education-CY05

• Intermediate Level (IDE) Line
• 91-94 Major Promotion Year Groups
• 95 Year Group (major promotion board Dec 03) NOT
  eligible this cycle
• 1175 Selects / 4830 Candidates
• Approximately 850 slots available in AY 05-06

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CY 05 LRO IDE Recommendations

• Intermediate Level (IDE) Line
• DT considered 99 nominees ("selects" and
  "candidates" nominated by SR)
• Prioritized top 59 nominees (ILG ceiling) to be
  considered by DEDB
• Expect approx 50 of 59 ILG nominees to be
  designated to attend school (approx 29 IDE
  attendees)
• Last Look "selects" were considered mandatory
  designees and left little room for "candidates" 

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Issues and Concerns CFETP Update

• Complete CFETP rewrite
• Anticipate Nov 05 release for MAJCOM AO review
• Major changes (highlights)
• Complete rewrite due to continued career field
  evolution
• Provided more structured approach to training
• Rewrote training matrices to focus core
  competencies on key tasks the officer must know
  to accomplish the mission and to reflect recent
  PAD Changes

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Issues and Concerns LRO Badge Wear Update

• Basic Badge awarded after completion of the LRO
  basic course
• Senior Badge 7-years experience, complete three
  core competencies
• Master Badge 15-years experience
• Approved AFI 36-2923 change Total legacy AFS
  commission service years towards wear of the
  Senior and Master badge
• Round-out Officers
• Must complete exportable and round out experience
  requirements
• Until training and experience requirements are
  met, wear basic badge
• Grandfathered Officers wear the highest level
  badge awarded in accessed legacy AFS i.e.,
  transportation, supply, logistics plans
• Total time spent in legacy AFS(s) is cumulative
• Example, 3 years in transportation and 4 years in
  supply, the officer may wear the LRO senior badge

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FY05 Initiatives

• Training Bottoms Up Review
• Restructure AFIT Professional Continuing
  Education Masters Program add ACS concepts
• LRO Occupational Measurement Survey, conducted by
  AFOMS
• Designed to gather data and information on tasks
  accomplished by LROs
• Will be used for training refinement and career
  field decisions

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FY05 Initiatives

• Utilization Training Workshop (UTW) in Fall
  FY05
• Determine how well AETC training is satisfying
  requirements
• Update CFETP (in work)
• Improve communication
• Quarterly newsletter
• Build ILGF web site

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