THE MOBILITYTHE MAGAZINE OF AIR MOBILITY COMMAND | SPRING 2018 FORUM 2017 SAFETY AWA R D W I N N E R S AMC Command Chief Shelina Frey Shares Thoughts on Full Spectrum Readiness Volume 27, No. 1 CONTENTS THE MOBILITY FORUM Spring 2018 AIR MOBILITY COMMAND Gen Carlton Everhart II DIRECTOR OF SAFETY Col Brandon R. Hileman [email protected] EDITORS Kim Knight 5 14 28 34 [email protected] Sherrie Schatz Sheree Lewis FROM THE TOP AMC NEWS [email protected] 3 AMC Command Chief Shelina 26 Bronze Star Recipient Reflects on GRAPHIC DESIGN Frey Shares Thoughts on Full Dirt Strip Operations in Syria Elizabeth Bailey Spectrum Readiness 34 Feeding the Hungry with The Mobility Forum (TMF) is published Humanitarian Aid four times a year by the Director of RISK MANAGEMENT Safety, Air Mobility Command, Scott AMC OPS AFB, IL. The contents are informative and 5 Brig Gen Lamberth Expounds not regulatory or directive. 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KIM KNIGHT, STAFF WRITER of the U.S. Air Force, active duty, Mobility Airmen are 100 percent Guard, Reserve, and the Civil prepared for anything—from otal Force Full Spectrum Air Patrol,” she explained. “We delivering equipment to helping Readiness. You may have talk about our collective group— search for a missing Argentine heard the phrase and may everyone under the Total Force submarine; to delivering hope and T even recognize some of umbrella across the entire Spectrum. relief to Hurricane Maria survivors its parts and pieces—but what does Of course, Readiness ensures we in Puerto Rico; to refueling fighters it mean when you see the words are ready for whatever comes, from in the Middle East.” strung together? We asked the having our families prepared on the Command Chief for Air Mobility home front to the training we need Readiness affects rapid global Command, CMSgt Shelina Frey, to accomplish the mission and the mobility, according to Frey, because for some insight, and she broke expertise to win the fight. Now, we it allows for quick response when it down into segments that are simply put it all together.” sending people, supplies, and easy for all of us to understand. aircraft into constrained and Frey then expanded on her definition. contested environments. But if “Most people in the Air Force are Airmen do not incorporate safety familiar with the term Total Force, “Whatever challenges the world measures from the onset, they may meaning all our components: all presents,” she said, “we must do unintentionally insert challenges uniformed and civilian members everything possible to ensure our instead of providing solutions. Spring 2018 3 FROM THE TOP Our Airmen hold the answers to confronting any challenges we may face. They are smart and they embrace innovation. “No matter the circumstance, we we encourage them to be a part of CMSgt Frey pauses for a photo with Airmen will not compromise safety,” she the solution. We are fortunate to have from the 6th Medical Group Mental Health office during her visit to MacDill AFB, Fla., insisted. “Air Mobility Command creative people across our ranks— December 12, 2016. places a premium on safety, adheres people like TSgt Cory Kozlowski, USAF photo by A1C Rito Smith to guidelines, and complies with whom I met at Yokota AB in Japan. regulations. Otherwise, we could He is working with an application become complacent and end up losing company and Air Force Materiel people and equipment.” That scenario, Command to create a training program order found something entirely she said, is not an option. that will enable Airmen to work on different at Mobility Guardian. a hologram image of the aircraft that “Force structure describes how they are training on while wearing “They can’t go into war with a personnel, weapons, and equipment a set of mixed virtual reality glasses. checklist or thinking that everything are organized for the operations, This type of training moves AMC and will line up the way they expect it missions, and tasks we face in an the entire Air Force into the future—for to. Participants in Mobility Guardian environment or conflict,” she con- about the cost of a laptop.” overcame all the planned variables, tinued. “Our focus on Full Spectrum challenges, and obstacles before Readiness is essential, as it protects Despite any challenges they may face, them and learned many lessons that our national security. Readiness is Frey insisted that Airmen have the will help them succeed in real world critical to the entire Air Force, but ability to develop unique solutions. situations, as well.” AMC must meet the needs of all But AMC is doing its part, as well. combatant commands who call on Frey closed by praising Airmen us for support. For example, our “Total Force Full Spectrum Readiness for their focus on Full Spectrum Expeditionary Mobility Airmen are in requires improving equipment and Readiness. 23 countries at 77 locations around the tactics used to meet the complex world. We are essentially the glue that threats being developed by potential “It is how we do things day to day and binds all of that together. That type of adversaries. As we grow the force, how we prepare for the unforeseeable. responsibility requires our Total Force it’s essential we provide them with We can’t control when or how an team’s dedicated commitment.” quality training. Airmen can look enemy may challenge our readiness. forward to a Superintendent 101 So we prepare for all options every “Our Airmen hold the answers to course, a flight commander’s course, day, and it has to be Total Force. AMC confronting any challenges we may and realistic operational exercises is a critical component of the overall face,” she explained. “They are smart such as Mobility Guardian.” picture, and we must always maintain and they embrace innovation. Through a high level of readiness.” programs such as Phoenix Spark (a She said that Airmen who are new grassroots innovation program), methodical and like things in a certain Indeed we do … on both counts. 4 The Mobility Forum Brig Gen Lamberth Expounds on Embracing the Red: AN UPDATE ON AIR FORCE INSPECTION SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION BY MS. KIM KNIGHT, STAFF WRITER n 2014, The Mobility Forum published an article about changes to the Air Force Inspection System I(AFIS) and new Unit Effectiveness Inspection (UEI) process. It pointed out the tremendous lengths wings sometimes went to when preparing for an inspection—things that correlate to painting the grass green. That may have been a stretch—or was it? Either way, the AFIS changes were intended to shift a commander’s focus from menial, non-value-added tasks to efforts that make the Air Force as a whole more mission ready. So, is it working? Are today’s inspections more meaningful? More importantly: are units focused on big-picture items that make our organization stronger and better prepared? Brig Gen Kevin Lamberth, who serves as Inspector General, Headquarters Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base, believes so. “It is no longer about ramping up for an Inspector General visit,” Special thanks to TSgt Austin May, now working in ACC/PA, who provided the six selected panels he said. “It is about continual of creative artwork for the article (out of the original 10) first published in the Summer 2014 issue of The Mobility Forum.