Senior Officer Career Development

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Senior Officer Career Development

• Maj Gen Bob McMahon
• Director of Logistics
• HQ USAF/A4L

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Overview

• Development Team Charter
• Management Structure
• DT Activities Vectors
• IDE/SDE Process
• MXG/CD SQ/CC process
• Your responsibilities
• Special Programs
• 21A/M UTW issues
• Colonel Promotee Data
• Final thoughts
• Questions

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Development Team Charter

• Chartered by CSAF in Nov 2002
• Purpose
• Define/integrate development processes
• Develop clear career path objectives
• Develop and refine educational opportunities
• Membership
• AF/A4M Chair
• MAJCOM A4Ms A4Ws

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21A/M Management Structure
SECAF / CSAF
Force Development Council
Gen Corley
Functional Authority
Lt Gen
Functional Manager
Maj Gen McMahon, AF/A4M
Career Field Managers
Col McLeod, AF/A4LX Col LaVoye, AF/A4LW
MAJCOM A4M/W
Development Team
Lt Col Drake, AFPC
Assign Team/AFPC
Individual / Chain-of-Supervision
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DT Activities

• Spring DT (April)
• Steady State Vectors
• Career Field Issues
• SQ/CC review/prep for Summer DT
• Summer DT (Jul/Aug)
• IDE/SDE Nominations
• 20C0 and Mx SQ/CC Lists
• Fall DT (December)
• Steady State Vectors
• Air Staff Vectors
• LCBP Nominations
• RAS/PAS Nominations

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Steady State Vectors

• Looking beyond the next assignment
• Performance records available
• Entire DT views/discusses each ADP as a group
• Members desires important Sr Rater comments
  critical
• Seek to provide broad-based experience
• Ops Officer / Sqd CC / MXG Deputy
• Air Staff / Joint / MAJCOM / ALC / Needs of AF
• Seek to build on prior investments
• Intern graduates vectored back to Air Staff
• LCBP participants vectored back to ALC

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IDE/SDE Process

• What we do
• Board process DT members score records for
  IDE/SDE selection
• Review records, 3849, ADP
• Score whole person using 6 10 pt scale
• Resolve splits (2.0 pts) or greater between board
  members
• DT members apply Developmental Education
  Designation Board (DEDB) quota to ranked records
  resolve ties and gray area

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20C0 Selection Process

• DT Members review nominees SURF, records and ADP
• Graduated Sq/CC a must for consideration
• PME completion critical
• CY 2008 results
• 23 projected vacancies/55 21A/M competed
• 37 21A/M selected
• 15 21R candidates selected via 21R DT

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Sq CC Selection

• DT members scored 178 records (158 21A/M 20
  other AFSCs)
• Reviewed records, SOI, ADP
• Score whole person using 6 10 pt scale
• CY2008
• 111 Current Vacancies
• 149 Candidates Selected

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Your Responsibilities

• What you need to do
• Every year, review and correct your official AFPC
  records
• Especially critical when being considered for
  SQ/CC and 20C0
• Update your ADPs within 6 months of the board and
  ensure comments dont conflict with your SOI
  and/or 3849
• Complete appropriate PME
• SOI, 3849 and ADP be concise and specificdont
  regurgitate your career

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LCBP Eligibility and Selection Process

• Purpose
• Provide select officers specialized knowledge in
  acquisition logistics and lifecycle sustainment
  support
• Eligibility
• 5-8 years commissioned service at start of
  program
• Eligible AFSCs 21XX, 61S, 62E, 63AX, 64PX and
  65FX
• Record of performance fully qualified in core
  AFSC
• Selection Process
• Eligible officers automatically competed during
  Fall DT
• Be sure ADP shows desire to compete for LCBP
• Selected officers notified and report to ALCs the
  following Jul

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LCBP Curriculum

• Management Level Program
• 2-year controlled tour consisting of three
  rotations
• Depot Maintenance
• Supply Chain Management
• Program Management
• Earn APDP Level II in Life Cycle Logistics (LCL)
  and Level 1 Program Management (PM)
• Level II in PM is possible
• Program is operated by each ALC/CV

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AMMOS Selection Process

• Purpose
• Expand combat capability by developing
  graduate-level expertise in aircraft and
  munitions maintenance
• Eligibility
• Captain 21A/M
• Max 8 years TAFCSD
• Min 3 years in primary AFSC at operational
  (flying) wing
• SOS completed
• World-wide qualified
• Waiver authority is HQ ACC/A4
• Selection Process
• Modeled after AFI 11-415, Weapons Tactics Prgm
• HQ ACC/A4 has overall responsibility
• ACC/A4Q board president
• Board of 0-5s from ea MAJCOM/A4 AMMOS/CC
• ARC has own board (1 student per class)
• Nominations submitted by WG/CC to ACC/A4
• AFPC hosts three boards per year

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AMMOS Curriculum

• Organized around Agile Combat Support Master
  Processes
• Capstone Mission Employment Exercise
• Operational art of maintenance and logistics
• Fleet readiness
• Sortie generation
• Munitions operations combat munitions
  production
• Unit readiness for expeditionary operations
• Field Trips- Scott AFB, Langley, AFB, Travis AFB,
  Beale AFB
• 5 major exams, 9 graded presentations, 12
  exercises
• Coordinated approved by MAJCOMs
• 65 academic days, 3 courses per year, 12 students
  per class

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21A Utilization Training Workshop

• UTW led by Career Field manager and AETC
  facilitated
• Establishes Career Field Training Requirements
• Results published in CFETP
• Scheduled for 20-24 October 08
• Each MAJCOM represented
• Key discussion topics
• SQ/CC role in task sign-off
• Repair Network Transformation
• Certification requirements
• Career Path
• Maintenance Officer Intermediate Coursemunitions
  content
• AMOC senior leader seminars
• Future of Mx Course for Operational Commanders

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21M Utilization Training Workshop

• UTW hosted by 21M CFM
• Recognized 3 experience sets
• Re-vitalize nuclear focus
• Designated 3 21M shreds
• A Conv Munitions Mx
• N Nuclear Weapons Mx
• I ICBM Mx
• Structured shred x-flow
• Dedicated nuclear training
• Expand ICBM course
• All 21Ms get new Nuclear Fundamentals course
• New Nuclear Accountability Course target
  MASO/2W2

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21M Career Path Model
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The typical 21A/M Col Promotee

• Control what you can control
• Do your job
• Help your boss help you
• Do your non-residence PME
• Seek broad experience at all levels (ALC, LCBP)
• Deploy when it is your turn
• others are (discriminator)
• Understand your career path but dont get hung up
  in each step along the way
• DT and your commander facilitate your assignments
• Have fun along the way!

Percentages by AFSC not releasable CYO8A
COL Board (LAF) Data
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Force Development

• Closing Thoughts
• Ensure your official AFPC records are correct
• Talk with your supervisorensure he/she knows
  what you want to do
• Take advantage of opportunitiesdistinguish
  yourself from the crowd
• The most important job is the one you are in
  right now!

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Questions?