Expeditionary Airmanship

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Expeditionary Airmanship

• Alan Black
• SAF/PAR

This briefing is unclassified
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Overview

• Past vs Reality
• How we get requirements
• How we present the force
• What we do
• Whats on the line
• Whats expected
• The future

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Old vs. New
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Old vs. New
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Old vs. New
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Expeditionary Mindset

• Just doing the job" is something a lot of
  people say ... But I take my job over here very
  seriously. Let's face it, tomorrow the helicopter
  I'm flying in could get shot down, the vehicle
  I'm driving in could get blown up or a sniper
  could cream me from outside the IZ. The stakes
  are a little higher here ... And if these are the
  odds I'm playing with every time I leave to cover
  a story - you better believe I'm bringing home
  some damn good pictures and a damn good story to
  make it worth the risks.--U.S. Air Force
  Combat JournalistProud member of the Army's
  frequent flier program!

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SSgt Chris Frost, MNSTC PA, Iraq
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How We Get Requirements

• Requirements are managed through the Global Force
  Management process
• Joint Forces Command is the force provider to
  Combatant Commanders, who establish the
  requirement

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Sourcing ROE Redlines
Joint Rule Sets
AF Redlines

• SecDef (SecDef approval to cross)
• 11 Dwell
• Boots on Ground (BOG) No Greater than 365 Days
• Reserve/Guard Unit Re-activation necessary
• Force providers source and highlight risk
• Risk operational (CoCom) force mgt, future, and
  institutional (service)
• JS/OSD look to USAF/USN for relief
• 33 AF, 33 USN. 33 USMC/USA or
• 50/50 AF/USN if ground combat skills not required
• OVERALL
• JFCOM to consider all options note All Redlines,
  articulate risk with sourcing recommendation for
  every requirement
• No CSAF/VCSAF

• Exceeding USAFs rotation policy as defined in
  OSD Force Deployment Rules for OIF / OEF USD
  (PR) Memo, 30 Jul 04 (A3/5 notified)
• Exceeding 12 deployment-to-dwell ratio for the
  AC and / or 15 mobilization-to-dwell ratio for
  the RC as defined in OSD Memorandum, Utilization
  of the Total Force, 19 Jan 07 (A3/5 approval)
• USAF execution due to similar capability /
  like-competency, even though another service
  Organizes, Trains Equips and is therefore the
  preferred force provider (A3/5 approval, CSAF
  notified)
• Pre-deployment training (perishable skill) in
  excess of 60 days in order to execute ad hoc task
  (A3/5 approval, CSAF notified)
• USAF to assume a non-core competency task (A3/5
  notified, CSAF approval)
• Changes to programmed unit conversion /
  deactivation / transformation / re-basing plans /
  force restructuring or modernization (A3/5
  notified, CSAF approval)

SecDef Reviews Risk supports operational
requirements
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Force Sourcing Categories

• STANDARD FORCE SOLUTION. A mission-ready, joint
  capable force with associated table of
  organization and equipment executing its core
  mission
• EX Brigade Combat Team
• JOINT FORCE/CAPABILITY SOLUTION. A Service
  providing a force/capability in place of another
  Services core mission the capability is
  performing its core mission
• EX Engineering Battalion Construction, filled
  by AF Red Horse
• IN-LIEU-OF (ILO). A standard force, including
  associated table of organization and equipment,
  deployed/employed to execute missions and tasks
  outside its core competencies
• EX Direct Support Supply Company, filled by
  Army reserve Petroleum, Oil and Lubricant Unit
• AD-HOC. A consolidation of individuals and
  equipment from various commands/services forming
  a deployable/employable entity, properly manned,
  trained and equipped to meet the supported
  COCOMs requirements
• EX Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) sourced
  with Navy Air Force personnel
• INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE (IA). An unfunded,
  temporary duty position (or the member filling
  it) augmenting headquarters operations during
  contingencies
• EX A service member filling a billet on CSTC-A
  staff

NON-STANDARD
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Where We Are
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Presenting The Force

• The Air Force uses the AEF construct
• Unit Type Codes describe the capability
• Many deployment lengths are fixed by COCOM
• Additional training requirements are added
• Annual conference held to source requirements
• individuals get minimum 180 days notice
• NO ONE is exempt from deploying, as CSAF said
• We will deploy Airmen
• Has closed a tech school to deploy the unit
• Going back to individual UTCs, no 3 person team
• Centralized force management

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Deployment Requirements
Slide OPR SAF/PAR Current as of 6 Mar 09
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Officer 35P Dwell
Requirements per rotation 50 Dwell
(avail/rqmts) 93/50 1.8 11
Current as of 4 Mar 09
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PA Specialist 3N0X1 Dwell
Requirements per rotation 60 Dwell
(avail/rqmts) 95/60 1.5 11
Current as of 4 Mar 09
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Broadcaster 3N0X2 Dwell
Requirements per rotation 28 Dwell
(avail/rqmts) 101/28 3.6 13
Current as of 4 Mar 09
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Photographer 3N0X4 Dwell
Requirements per rotation 27 Dwell
(avail/rqmts) 205/27 7.59 17
Current as of 4 Mar 09
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Tempo Band Level Rotations
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MONTHS
3
12
15
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Strategic Capabilities
14 Postured (90 days) (AF bands)
1/2
3/4
3/4
5/6
7/8
9/10
1/2
5/6
A
14 Postured
3
2
4
5
B
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13 Postured
C
3N0X2 and 3N0X4
3
2
4
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RISK
12 Postured
35P and 3N0X1
D
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3
1
2
11 Postured
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E
1
2
2
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Combat Skills Training

• Provincial Reconstruction Teams
• PRTs
• Tour Length 365
• Mission training 2
  months _at_ Fort Bragg

• Non-AF TACON
• Tour Length 179 or 365
• CST 1 month _at_ Army
  base (msn specific)

• CENTAF
• Tour Length 179 / 365
• CST 2 weeks _at_ Ft Dix

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What We Do??
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What We Do

• Provide trusted counsel
• Influence operations
• Visual documentation
• Outreach
• Counter propaganda
• Support to other federal agencies
• Other duties as required
• Use social media
• Weapon system video processing (ANG)

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Whats On The Line?
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Expectations

• People are in harms way
• Weve had one death, others injured
• When training pays off
• Watching a video does not make you a doctor
• Everyone dependent on each other
• Physically, mentally prepare to go
• Profiles/documentation ensure capable force
• Any mission/any time/any place
• CST is before each deployment

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Expectations

• Training and equipment
• Ensure everyone is receiving timely training
• Ensure the unit purchases equipment to train and
  carry out mission. Deploy with all equipment in
  LOGDET.
• Ancillary training current
• Any time/any place means Army CST, 70lbs of gear,
  weapons, ammo, hiking, not dragging down the unit
  
• AF fitness requirement of being able to run 100
  yards is not going to cut it, depending on
  taskinG
• Passports and Drivers License
• Ensure each military member has an official
  passport and a current military drivers license
  with HUMVEE on it
• If PRU/UDM balks at providing, bring in CC
  support after explaining our wartime requirement

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Expectations

• Each Individual
• Expeditionary Mindset
• Your responsibility
• Learn Joint etiquette
• Study culture (read a book)
• It is not if, it is when, we need to pack our
  bags
• Can I volunteer?
• What support is available?
• What if I am not in a wing?
• Expeditionary PA ops is the reality

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The Future?
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The Future

• Phase 0 operations
• More PRT type of operations
• Influence operations
• Steady pace of deployment requirements
• Long term presence in the middle east
• Increase support to State Department
• Support to FEMA
• More use of social media in expeditionary
  environment

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