From: bergman@afnews.pa.af.mil (CMSgt Mike Bergman)
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Subject: AF News Svc 12/30/92
Date: 31 Dec 1992 07:30:52 -0600
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972.  Air Force to get smaller, better
973.  Sarajevo milestone
974.  Acquisition questionnaire
975.  Special assistant
976.  Civil engineering awards
977.  Inaugural committee
978.  Inaugural events
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972. Air Force criteria
by TSgt. David P. Masko
Air Force News Service
     WASHINGTON -- In an era when the military is facing drastic budget cuts,
the Air Force vice chief of staff thinks the force can get smaller and still
"do at least as good a job, if not better," because of improvements in
technology and quality people.
     "First and foremost, we're working on making sure we maintain a quality
Air Force, and we do that through quality people," Gen. Michael P.C. Carns
told students at the 1992 Princeton Model Congress in Washington Dec. 17.
     "We are very people-centered because people get things done, and it's
people that build teams and people that get things and give us our quality Air
Force," Carns said.
     However, he pointed out that about 70,000 more active-duty men and women
-- from the current force of 470,000 -- will have to leave the Air Force over
the next three years under a plan to reduce manpower by 25 percent.
     "We think we can get smaller, and we think we can deliver to you, the
citizenry, the taxpayer, quality forces....  We are committed, like the other
services, to make sure that you get the best military force you can for every
dollar of taxes that are spent."
     In addition, Carns believes technology, modernization, readiness and
training will be part of the new criteria for a force that is "first and
foremost" responsible for deterring war.
     Criteria highlights include:
     -- Stealth and precision-guided munitions are two key technology areas
because they have high payoff and high effectiveness in a time when the force
is getting smaller.
     -- Modernization will focus on the bomber fleet with the new B-2, and the
transport fleet with the addition of the C-17.  The fighter fleet will
modernize with the F-22, which, like the B-2 bomber, incorporates stealth
technology.
     -- For readiness and training, the aim is realistic training situations:
to make it as much like war as possible for greater effectiveness in real
world situations.
     Carns said the Air Force is deployed worldwide in support of U.S.
missions, with some 7,000 aircraft in the inventory.
     "We're organized into about 100 wings in order to do this job," he said.


973. Sarajevo milestone
     RHEIN-MAIN AB, Germany (AFNS) -- The arrival of an Air Force C-130 cargo
plane in Sarajevo Dec. 23 marked the 2,000th time an aircraft flying United
Nations humanitarian relief supplies landed in the Bosnian capital.
     The C-130, flown by Rhein-Main's 37th Airlift Squadron, carried 12 tons
of meals-ready-to-eat when it made its second flight of the day into Sarajevo.
     The 37th AS, and C-130 units from the 40th and 41st AS, Pope AFB, N.C.,
and the 167th Airlift Group, Martinsburg, W.Va., have delivered more than
5,000 tons of relief supplies in support of the U.N. humanitarian relief
effort.
     The U.N. reports that there are some 400,000 residents in the former
Yugoslavian city who are threatened with starvation or death because of
on-going fighting.


974. Acquisition questionnaire
     WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- About 20,000 officers with acquisition experience
will get questionnaires in mid-January as the Air Force works to add important
data to the personal data system, a senior Air Force acquisition official
said.
     The Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act was signed into law in
November 1990, bringing more centralized management, and more professional
development, education, training and career opportunities to the acquisition
workforce.
     "Many things are now coming to fruition at the same time -- the accurate
identification of positions, the acquisition corps, the data system changes
and things like that," said Teddy L. Houston, the acquisition career
management chief.
     "All of these things have been bubbling along for some time, and now
we're coming to some kind of closure on much of the structure of the Air Force
Acquisition Professional Development Program."
     In particular, the Air Force is now working to gather information to
ensure acquisition positions are filled with the right people.
     The questionnaires being put together will include work sheets for
logging education and training information as well as functional area
experience.
     "The idea is to fill acquisition positions with correctly qualified
people," Houston said.  "To do so, we have a lot of data to collect and a lot
of it is data the Air Force never had to collect before."
     The goal is to have an automated computer process that stores this
information so managers can simply scan a person's records for items such as
training, experience and certification levels before filling acquisition
positions.
     While the capability to report the data will soon be in  place, all the
required information is not yet in the system.
     "The problem we have right now is, the buckets are there but there is
nothing in them," Houston said.
     "It is imperative that every officer who receives a questionnaire take
the time to fill it out because the accuracy of data in his or her record may
well depend on these responses," Houston said.
     "In today's changing environment, it would be unfortunate if someone
loses an opportunity because he or she did not have accurate information in
the system."
     Completed questionnaires need to be returned to the individual's
functional manager by the end of January.  The managers have until the end of
February to review them.
     All returned questionnaires will be scanned and put into the acquisition
information system.  By June 1, an acquisition professional development
program product will be sent to everyone who completed a questionnaire
reflecting the new information.
     Individuals do not need to call local personnel offices after submitting
the questionnaire.  The personnel product will validate their information has
been accepted into the system.
     Enlisted people in the acquisition field will be looked at in the future.
     It was not necessary to tap the civilian acquisition workforce because
its data system was more closely aligned to the law's requirements.  Civilians
were in better shape than the military in terms of what was in the system.
     "Civilians have already been collecting and maintaining a lot of the data
that was required by the law, while the military has had no prior need to
gather the same data.  That's changing," Houston said.
     "We want to be able to look to the future as well as to see what the
status of the workforce is," Houston said.  "The Air Force wants to see what
levels people are at currently, what levels they need to reach and what needs
to be done to accomplish that."
      The act calls for a group of professionals to comprise an acquisition
corps to lead the acquisition workforce.
     There will be one corps for each military department and one for all
other Defense Department components.
     The Air Force will activate its acquisition corps Oct. 1, 1993.
Beginning on that date, any acquisition position designated "critical" can
only be filled by a member of the acquisition corps.  Essentially that
includes all acquisition positions requiring fill by a lieutenant colonel and
above, or a GS/GM-14 and above for civilians.
     The minimum selection criteria for acquisition corps membership are
listed in the DAWIA.  Additional criteria may be added by the service
secretaries, working through the acquisition career program board of the
military department.
     The minimum selection criteria in the DAWIA include:
     -- Grade level of GS-13/0-4 or above.
     -- Baccalaureate degree (or be individually certified that a degree is
not required).
     -- 24 semester hours in business/management or for those with technical
degrees, 24 semester hours in a person's field with 12 semester hours in
business/management.
     -- Four years experience in an acquisition position.
     To be eligible for acquisition corps membership in the Air Force, the
APDC has added the requirements that individuals be Level II certified in
their respective functional specialty, and have a satisfactory performance
rating.
     A person will become a member of the corps when he or she meets the
eligibility requirements and is selected to fill or is assigned to a critical
acquisition position.  The selection to fill a critical position is the point
of induction into the corps.  Once a member, the person will always be a
member unless removed for cause, officials said.


975. Special assistant
     WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Merrill A. McPeak
recently added a consultant on women's issues to his staff.
     Maj. Valerie J. Lofland has been named special assistant to the chief and
will handle matters concerning women's issues.  Prior to this assignment,
Lofland was chief of the enlisted force plans management directorate in the
Pentagon.
     The major earned a PhD in education in 1992.  She was assigned to Hickam
AFB, Hawaii, from 1987 to 1991 before reporting to Washington, D.C.
     Named one of the Outstanding Young Women of America for 1982, Lofland is
also a life member of the Air Force Association and a member of the
Association of Women in Mathematics.  Her awards include the Meritorious
Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal and Air Force Commendation
Medal.


976. Civil engineering awards
     WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The Air Force has announced the winners of the 1992
Civil Engineering Awards.
     They are:
     Col. Harry R. McDaniel, Scott AFB, Ill., Newman Medal for most
outstanding contribution to military engineering; Lt. Col. Patrick M.
Coullahan, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, Senior Military Manager of the Year; Capt.
Richard B. Stonestreet, Myrtle Beach AFB, S.C., Military Manager of the Year;
and SMSgt. John M. Ledford Jr., Hickam AFB, Hawaii, Superintendent of the
Year.
     SSgt. Trent R. Topolski, Griffiss AFB, N.Y., Military Technician of the
Year; Donald F. Popma Jr., Vandenberg AFB, Calif., Senior Civilian Manager of
the Year; Mark S. Lawler, Hickam, Civilian Manager of the Year; Young Kim,
Elmendorf, Civilian Supervisor of the Year; and Ricky R. Adkins, F.E. Warren
AFB, Wyo., Civilian Technician of the Year.
     MSgt. John L. Harris, Ramstein AB, Germany, Goddard Medal for most
outstanding contribution to troop construction; Frances I. Mumma,
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, Gen. William D. Gilbert Award for most outstanding
performance by a staff action officer, civilian category; Lt. Col. Gary P.
Baumgartel, Brooks AFB, Texas, Gen. William D. Gilbert Award, military
category; and CMSgt. Willis O. Evans, Langley AFB, Va., Maj. Gen. Joseph A.
Ahearn Enlisted Leadership Award.
     Charles Nagel, Niagara Falls International Airport, N.Y., Outstanding
Disaster Preparedness Officer; MSgt. James Carter Jr., Shaw AFB, S.C.,
Outstanding Disaster Preparedness Senior NCO; TSgt. Christopher H. Ezelle,
Loring AFB, Maine, Outstanding Disaster Preparedness NCO; Maj. James E. Kuhns,
Sheppard AFB, Texas, Outstanding Disaster Preparedness Individual Mobilization
Augmentee Officer; and MSgt. David M. Hudson, Elmendorf, Outstanding Disaster
Preparedness IMA Senior NCO.
     March AFB, Calif., Disaster Preparedness Installation Award, large
category, and Laughlin AFB, Texas, small category; and Shaw, Family Housing
Branch of the Year, large category, and Luke AFB, Ariz., small category.
     Cheyenne Mountain AFB, Colo., electric generating plants, William H.
Bordner Award category I; Hickam electric generating plants, William H.
Bordner Award category II; U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., heating plants,
William H. Bordner Award category II; and Arnold AFB, Tenn., Gen. Clifton D.
Wright Award for most outstanding heating, ventilation and air conditioning
operation.
     Curtin Award winners for the most outstanding civil engineering unit have
not been announced.
     All individual award winners are authorized to wear the Air Force
Recognition Ribbon, for military people, and the Air Force Recognition Lapel
Pin, for civilians.


977. Inaugural committee
by Marine Corps SSgt. Charles Luedke
     WASHINGTON, D.C. (AFNS) -- When President-elect Bill Clinton assumes the
office of president of the United States Jan. 20, thousands of servicemen and
women of the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee will be fully immersed in their
assigned  mission.
     The committee is a temporary joint task force of soldiers, sailors,
airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen dedicated to providing authorized
Department of Defense support to the civilian-orchestrated presidential
inauguration.
     While most of the servicemembers are from the National Capital Region,
some are between permanent assignments.
     The staff is expected to reach a peak level of 980 people by mid-January,
according to Army Lt. Col. Roosevelt Ruffin, the committee's personnel-medical
duty director.
     "This equates to a 44 percent reduction in the staff compared to the 1989
inaugural," Ruffin said.
     The committee's staff is further augmented with support people drawn
primarily from the NCR at no additional cost to the government.  These
augmentees, including ceremonial units such as the Marine Band and a military
cordon for the parade route, can grow to an estimated 8,000 people by
inaugural day.
     Two command post exercises have already been held to test the operations
plan and a rehearsal is scheduled for Jan. 10 to further test communications
and resolve any problems.
     What the inauguration of a new president represents to committee members
and all the armed forces is a change or continuation of command for the
commander in chief.
     "The president-elect is our new boss; he will be the commander in chief,"
said Col. Victor J. Tambone, AFIC chief of staff.
     "Over time, military support has grown, from George Washington, when all
we did was escort him to New York, to today, when we have many separate events
we must support in some way," Tambone said.
     The first true inaugural parade was an all-military event in 1809 when
local militia provided both protection and pageantry for President James
Madison.
     Ceremonies have changed little over time, said Marine Corps Col. James
Eicher, director of AFIC's operations directorate.
     "You have the standard gun salutes, the pass and review and the Ruffles
and Flourishes.  These are very standard military-honor traditions," Eicher
said.
     "That one day, Jan. 20, is really show day; that's game day for us,"
Tambone said.
     While the main events for the committee are the swearing in and the
inaugural parade, the 52nd Presidential Inaugural will feature a diverse
schedule of events, including festivals, luncheons, dinners, galas and balls,
that AFIC is prepared to support.
     The committee may be tasked to provide people, logistics or equipment for
the activities, as mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act for
fiscal 1992-1993.
     "The unknown is probably the only thing we won't have any control over,"
said Army Sgt. Maj. Joe L. Neely, AFIC's senior enlisted advisor.
     Neely said weather is the biggest unknown, citing the cancellation of a
past inaugural parade because of severe weather.
     Looking ahead to the 1993 inauguration, Neeley expressed his confidence
in the committee's foresight in planning for contingencies that could create
problems.
     "I think we've done everything we expected would be required.  We're
prepared for what I think will be one of the best inaugurations in history,"
he said.
     But the committee does not provide a blank check for the inauguration.
Specific Defense Department guidelines describe what is appropriate, and the
goal of the AFIC staff is to comply.
     Army Audit Agency representatives are also assigned to ensure these
guidelines are followed.  In many cases, DOD is reimbursed the cost of the
support by the requester.
     Before the committee can distribute taskings for servicemen and women to
work at the various events, or for military vehicles or equipment to be used,
either the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies or the
Presidential Inaugural Committee must submit a request.
     The congressional committee includes designated senators and
representatives who are charged by law to plan and execute the president's
swearing-in and all related events at the Capitol, such as the congressional
luncheon.
     The presidential committee, appointed by the president-elect, organizes,
plans and executes everything else for the inauguration, including the balls,
galas, parade and, for the Clintons, a presidential open house.
     DOD guidelines outline whether support is reimbursable or
non-reimbursable.  Non-reimbursable support includes:
     -- Defense Department people to advise and inform committee staffs on
issues concerning military support.
     -- Ceremonial participation and support to official and inaugural events.
     -- Providing support and military units for the inaugural parade,
including people to help assemble, marshal and disperse parade participants.
     -- Providing military assistants and drivers for Presidential Inaugural
Committee-furnished vehicles for first and second families, and
state-designated inaugural participants.
     -- Military people to serve as ushers only at the public swearing-in
ceremony and the presidential reviewing stand.
     -- Coordination of military invitees to attend inaugural events.
     All other types of support, which still must be deemed appropriate by the
guidelines, must be reimbursed by the PIC at commercial rates.
     Overall, the support is varied and traditionally covers the major
inaugural events; however, a major change from past inaugurations was the
elimination of the military volunteer.
     "In previous inaugurations, people were asked to volunteer to attend some
events, and then they'd end up having to clean up, pour coffee, things like
that," said Navy Lt. Scheila C. Northam, operations officer for AFIC's support
request division.
     "That's not appropriate use of military personnel.  We need to make sure
those things don't occur," Northam said.
     To avoid similar circumstances in 1993, military volunteers will no
longer be asked to attend events such as dinners.  Any who attend will be
invited guests and afforded the same courtesies and treatment as the other
invited guests, she said.  (Luedke is assigned to the Armed Forces Inaugural
Committee)


978. Inaugural events
     WASHINGTON (AFNS) --  At least eight free public events, including a
festival on the Washington City Mall, and a concert and fireworks display at
the Lincoln Memorial, are planned Jan. 17-21 as part of the 1993 Presidential
Inaugural activities.
     The 52nd inaugural, with a theme of "An American Reunion -- New
Beginnings, Renewed Hope," will be the most accessible ceremony in recent
history, said Presidential Inaugural Committee officials.
     "President-elect (Bill) Clinton and Vice President-elect (Al) Gore are
committed to making these inaugural activities accessible to the public and a
true celebration of the diversity of America," said Ron Brown, committee
chairman.
     While many of the events are free, some will require tickets for
admission.  Tickets will be handled through a professional ticket outlet.
     Activities kick off Jan. 17 when Clinton and Gore board a bus at Thomas
Jefferson's home, Monticello, for a trip to the Lincoln Memorial for "A Call
to Reunion" program.  Inaugural celebrations will end Jan. 21 when the
Clintons open the White House to the public from 9 a.m. to noon.  This is a
ticketed event.
     Clinton will be sworn-in on the west side of the Capitol at noon Jan. 20
before an expected record crowd of 250,000.  The inaugural parade will follow
at 2:30 p.m. along Pennsylvania Avenue.  Both events will be televised.
     People can call 1-800-INAUG93 for a schedule of events for inaugural week
and information on how to get tickets for events such as "The American Gala,"
"Salute to Youth" and "Salute to Children."  Information is also available on
how to buy commemorative items and to volunteer.
     The toll-free number is operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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