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KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- The days of ramping up for major operational readiness and compliance inspections have come to an end. A new process for evaluating mission readiness, the unit effective inspection, is now in play.
Lt. Col. Allyson Chauvin, 403rd Wing inspector general, summed up the intent behind the new UEI process.
"The intent of the new inspection system, as a whole, is to do away with fraud, waste and abuse, and to do away with units 'ramping up' for inspections that evaluate us in a way we don't do business every day," said Chauvin.
According to Chauvin, the unit effectiveness inspection is supposed to be a constant evaluation of performance throughout the inspection period - a "photo album" versus a "snapshot" view of wing effectiveness.
"The new inspections system is meant to - as it says in AFI 90-201 - foster a culture of critical self-assessment, continuous improvement and to reduce the reliance on external inspection agencies," said Chauvin.
This inspection system, which went into effect under the updated AFI August 2, 2013, evaluates four major graded areas of wing readiness: Managing Resources, Leading People, Improving the Unit and Executing the Mission.
"In the past, what you would have is a large contingent of external inspectors performing their evaluation of the wing during a major exercise," said Chauvin, in regards to ORIs that would occur every four to five years. "Now, the wing IG office plays the part that the Numbered Air Force and higher headquarters used to perform in the evaluation process. So once every two years, either higher headquarters or the gaining Major Command will send in a small group of people to inspect the IG and make sure that we are adequately assessing deficiencies within the wing."
Under the new inspection process, wing members will be responsible for assessing deficiencies in their units, reporting them to the IG and then devising and implementing a plan of action to correct any issues that arise. The process involves a mix of exercises, self-assessment, Airmen-to-IG sessions, no-notice inspections, and an in-depth IG inspection of the unit every two years, with a wing capstone event every 24-30 months.
So essentially, the UEI is a continual evaluation process.
"The intention of (the UEI) is to make sure that compliance is an 'every day' culture," said Chauvin. "One major highlight and expectation is that this is a wing commander's program, this is a unit commander's program, and that every single Airman in this wing plays a part. Everyone is responsible in this process."
Col. Frank Amodeo, 403rd Wing commander, expressed his support for the UEI in evaluating how we do business as a wing.
"I embrace the unit effectiveness inspection - it's something we should have done a long time ago," said Amodeo. "We now have the capability within every wing to assess our own processes, determine what needs to be fixed and then fix it. This will help us do what we do every day - take care of business and support the mission."
| Date Taken: | 11.26.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 01.26.2017 14:13 |
| Story ID: | 221489 |
| Location: | KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, MISSISSIPPI, US |
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