Commander’s Call
10 January, 2015
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Agenda
January 10, 2015
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Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance
Safety Briefing
Awards and Decorations
NM Wing Commander’s Briefing
Vice Commander Comments
Chief of Staff Comments
Staff Reports
Lunch
Separate Commanders Meeting and Staff Meeting
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SAFETY BRIEFING GOES HERE
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Award
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Decorations
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Overview
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NM Wing Vision
Quick Look at Goals for Jul 2014 – Jun 2015
A Couple of Big Ticket Items
Upcoming Events
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Vision for New Mexico Wing
New Mexico Wing – Best in the
Southwest (Region, that is!)
Tagline for the Wing
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Keeping Our Eye on the Ball
(A Quick Look at Goals and Initiatives)
People:
1. Grow our membership. Increase cadet and
senior membership by 3% year over year.
2. Grow our people. Offer each professional
development course at least once per year.
Increase overall attendance by 10%.
3. Fully field the Command Specialty track.
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Keeping Our Eye on the Ball
(A Quick Look at Goals and Initiatives)
Mission: ES/Ops
1. Deepen our bench. Increase the number of qualified
personnel in all mission areas by 5%.
2. Execute a superb multi-region, multi-wing Wing Led
Exercise. Done (and done well) on 6 Sep 14.
3. Incorporate “joint operations” with other agencies, ground
teams, and robust use of communications resources in
SAREXs to the max extent possible.
4. Expand number of paying customers. Short term targets –
CD eradication, UAV JT&E, USMC.
5. Fine-tune fleet management to optimize number of FMC
aircraft.
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Keeping Our Eye on the Ball
(A Quick Look at Goals and Initiatives)
Cadet Programs:
1. Enhance cadet advancement in the senior ranks – Mitchell
through Spaatz. Increase by 5%.
2. Mentor the Cadet Advisory Council to help them achieve
their full potential.
3. Execute a superb 2015 cadet encampment.
4. Exceed 2014 numbers for powered and glider orientation
rides.
5. Field a fully operational hot air balloon program.
6. Grow Group 800 in-school program into three new locations.
Also, expand mission footprint.
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Keeping Our Eye on the Ball
(A Quick Look at Goals and Initiatives)
Aerospace Education:
1. Internal AE – grow percentage of Yeager awards by 2%.
Achieve 2 Master ratings.
2. Internal AE – Conduct at least one AE field trip.
3. External AE – Exceed 2014 Teacher Orientation Program
flights by 10%.
4. External AE – Introduce Aerospace Connections in Education
(ACE) program in at least one school.
5. Internal AE – Investigate the feasibility of hosting a SWR AE
Conference.
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Keeping Our Eye on the Ball
(A Quick Look at Goals and Initiatives)
Processes:
1. Sustain BLUE rating for financial procedures.
2. Sustain BLUE rating for Logistics.
3. Achieve improvements in key areas through engagement at
the working group level.
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ES/Ops (Lt Col Hitchcock)
Cadet Programs (Lt Col Selph)
Aerospace Education (Lt Col Dewing)
Young Senior Members (Lt Col Gravel)
Youth Development (Maj Noyce)
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Big Ticket Item
for the Wing Staff
Staff Assistance Visit
• May 1-3
• By a Southwest Region team comprised of Air Force and CAP
members
• We need to put our best foot forward (aka our Vision)
• Lt Col Bill Brown is leading the charge to get us ready
• We need to do our part – get ready!
• Due date for having responses and documentation ready for
review: our March 14th face-to-face meeting
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Big Ticket Item
for everybody!
NM Legislative Day & Congressional Gold Medal
Celebration - Let’s have a good turn out!
• Overall project officer: Lt Col John Gravel. He will need helpers!
• Legislative Day – part of DMA/DVS Military and Veterans Day
– Color Guard possibilities: House floor, Senate floor, noontime
ceremony in the Rotunda
– Cadets/Seniors deliver material to lawmakers’ offices and man
information table
• Congressional Gold Medal Celebration
– Will be a major theme of the noontime ceremony
– We will want to have as many family members of the three
(deceased) volunteers on hand to receive replica CGMs
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Upcoming Events
• Feb 25th: NM Legislative Day
– And CAP Congressional Gold Medal celebration!
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Feb 26th: National Legislative Day
Mar 14th: Wing Commander’s Call/Staff Meeting
May 1st-3rd: SWR Staff Assistance Visit
Jan – Jun: The “Col Smith Farewell Tour”
Jun 27th: NM Wing Change of Command (Tentative)
We don’t have many more times together, you and I.
Let’s keep our eye on the ball!
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Southwest (Region, that is!)
Because of all you do!
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Vice Commander North
Lt Col John Gravel
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
• Continuing Assessments of the Northern
Squadron Commanders for the Command
Specialty track
• Legislature Day & Congressional Gold Medal
Presentation 25 Feb @ Roundhouse
• Young Senior Members Working Group
• Setup a First Aid CPR session @ SAF for Feb.
• Commander selection for Spirit Squadron
• SAR Board Meeting 31 Jan
• Completed a video of a pre-flight inspection
in response to a safety issue
• Looking for an assistant for Legislature Day in
addition to Major Dilda
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Vice Commander South
Maj Mike Lee
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
• 25-28 Feb: Winter Command Council
• Nothing to speak of
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Chief of Staff
Lt Col John Green
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
• IG will have short meeting with all staff after
lunch to discuss upcoming SAV
• Need volunteer for lunch at next In-Person
Meeting
• Still not receiving reports from all staffers for
In-Person Staff & Commanders Meetings
• Please get to me on time, Wednesday before
meeting
• 14 Mar 15
• Fund raiser
• Next Staff Meeting is WebEx, 14 Feb 15, 1400
• Finance Meeting via WebEx at 1300
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Staff Reports
January 10, 2015
Safety
Inspector General
Emergency Services
Aerospace Education
Cadet Programs – DDR – Cadet Orientation Flights
Operations – Stan/Eval – Aircraft Maintenance
CDO
Logistics – Supply – Transportation
WMIRS 2.0
Communications
Administration – Personnel
Professional Development
Public Affairs – Newsletter
WebMaster – WebSecurity
Finance
“Red” = no input received
Liaison
Staff is required to provide slide
Chaplain
inputs for Face-to Face Meetings
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Safety
Lt Col Joseph Perea
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
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Inspector General
Col Dennis Manzanares
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
• Upcoming SAV (May 1-3, 2015)
• Dates & Deadlines
• Basic IG Course
• Initial Worksheets due 31 Jan 15
• Follow-up Worksheets due 1 Mar 15
• Final Worksheets due 15 Mar 15
• Lt Col Bill Brown will be POC
• Deactivated/Suspended Units
• 817 Rio Rancho Middle School
• 821 Las Cruces Sierra Middle School
• Subordinate Unit Inspections
• Updated Unit Commander listing
• Wing Calendar shows “month” only
• Team Chief & Unit CC will detemine date(s)
• Upcoming Inspections
• 082 Roswell – March 2015
• 030 ABQ Sr SQ II – June 2015
• 065 Gallup – June 2015
• 033 ABQ Thunderbird – June 2015
• 060 Clovis – August 2015
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Emergency Services
Lt Col Jon Hitchcock
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
• 21 March Alamogordo SAREX
• NM Credited with FIND 1 Jan of Archer vic
Duran, NM
• 1 Sep – All ES quals on 101 card will be
suspended unless ICUT has been completed.
• WIMRS 2.0 – where are AF Training fund
reports under the new system?
• Support Marine 4th Recon BN during exercise?
• USCG SAR Courses
• 16 – 17 May Basic Inland SAR Course ABQ
• POC Lt Col Sharon Lane
• 27 – 31 Jul Advanced Inland SAR Planning Course
ABQ
• POC Lt Col Larry Zentner
• 23 May SAREX (low priority pending funding)
location TBD
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Aerospace Education
Lt Col Roland Dewing
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
• 13 Jan: Star Base La Luz presentations
• 31 Jan: UNM Science Olympics Judging
• 6 Feb: Atomic Museum STEM Activity
• 28 Feb: Teacher Orientation Program
• Aerospace Education
• Squadron Annual Activity Report Due Jan 15
• Star Base/Sq. II base ops
• 13 Mar: UNM Science Fair Judging
• Per CAPP15 page 36 & 37
• AEX
• Only 2 squadrons show active
• Goal 100%
• Yeager Awards
• Currently only 46%
• Goal 60%
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Cadet Programs – DDR – Cadet Orientation Flights
Lt Col Andy Selph – Lt Col Donna Bracken – Capt Jane Lingenfelter
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
• 1 Dec: National Cadet Special Activities
(NCSA) Applications open
• Activity Participation
• http://www.ncsas.com
• Apply online (e-services left side: CAP Utilities/
Favorites - Registration and Payment System)
• 15 Jan: NCSA Application Deadline
• 14 Feb: Late NCSA Application Deadline
• 15 Feb: Unit approval Deadline
• Commanders/ Cadet Program staff approvals (eservices right side: Restricted Favorites - Event
Administration)
• 26-29 Dec 15: National Color Guard
Competition
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Operations - Stan/Eval - Aircraft Maintenance
Maj Mark Peters – Capt Ed Longoria– Capt Pete Scherf
January 10, 2015
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CDO
Lt Col Jerry Wells
January 10, 2015
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Logistics – Supply - Transportation
Lt Col Shirley Kay – Lt Col Donna Bracken – Maj Charles Matthews
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
SUPPLY
• Working Report of Survey for headsets and a
laptop
• Distribution of Laptops and cameras today
TRANSPORTATION
• Review maintenance records
SUPPLY
• Need for Report of Survey
• Check for vehicle Oil Changes at your location
• Squadrons pay for Oil Change.
• Send Receipt to Wing for Maintenance Tracking
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• Minor Maintenance Credit Card does NOT cover
Oil Changes
• Headsets - 4 David Clark’s issued by Wing to
squadrons are missing. Ask your members to
search for any headsets that were not squadron
purchased or self purchased for these may be the
missing headsets
TRANSPORTATION
• All remote squadrons – THANK YOU for
getting vehicle reports in on time or providing
a status report for any delays
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WMIRS 2.0
Lt Col Shirley Kay
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
• Adding aircrew to sortie
• Having to enter a lot of information for
aircraft
• Etc . . . grump
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• Submitting information to NHQ Help Desk with
screen shots of the issue area
• Need help call 575-430-6048 c or
email cloudrkg22@hotmail.com
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Communications
Lt Col Paul Cline
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
• Move Cathey Pk repeater from 1 building next
door
• Get HF ALE stations on the air
• Conduct an HF ALE / FM communications
exercise
• Conduct no notice Communications Exercise
• Prep for SAV
• Equipment being checked out of SAR locker
and paperwork not completed
• Develop and implement new checkout policy
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Administration & Personnel
Maj Chris Branan
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
• Wrap up the Awards Process for advancing
nominations to SWR by 15 Feb 2015 deadline
• All of the items to the left are fixes to meet
upcoming deadlines.
• Continue to distribute monthly Wing Rosters
and Calendar of Events to all Wing Staff and
Squadron
CCs
• Continue to monitor each month those
individuals who may be eligible for 20, 30, 40
& 50 yr awards
• Awaiting acknowledgement of several
awards/promotions that have been
submitted to SWR and NHQ
• Starting to work on the updated Financial
Management Procedures that have been
submitted by Finance
• Each team member has assignments to review
the NMWG Award Winners to see who is eligible
to advance to SWR
• Contacts should be being made over the next week
or so
• Plan is to have all nominations submitted to Wing
Commander for his review by 19 January 2015
• Wing Scholarship Committee is completing a
review of our scholarship process, awards,
etc-- John Green is POC on this project.
• Will continue to process promotions, special
appointments, changes of command, and all
other personnel action items as they are
submitted
• Next Pg
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Administration & Personnel
Maj Chris Branan
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
• Completing preliminary work in preparation
for upcoming SAV in May. Will be sending out
annual re-certification notices to OPRs for
Wing Supplements with Jan-May creation
dates from previous years
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Professional Development
SMSgt Charles Grosvenor
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
• 21-22 Feb: Corporate Learning Course (CLC)
• Professional Development participation is on
going and is progressing very well, wing
member participation is on the rise
• Well Done!
• NMWG/HQ
• MSgt Grosvenor
• 24-30 May: National Staff College (NSC)
• Maxwell AFB, AL
• 20-21 Jun: Unit Commander’s Course (UCC)
• NMWG/HQ
• Lt Col Gravel / Maj Lee
• 11-18 Jul: Region Staff College (RSC)
• Kirtland AFB, NM
• 18-19 Jul: Training Leaders of Cadets (TLC)
• NMWG/HQ
• 1Lt De La Garza
• 26-27 Sep: Squadron Leadership School (SLS)
• NMWG/HQ
• MSgt Grosvenor
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Public Affairs – Wing Newsletter
Maj David Finley – Lt Col Jay Tourtel
January 10, 2015
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WebMaster – WebSecurity
Maj Marcus Thorton – Capt Paul Kinzelman
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
• Waiting for Staffers updates/inputs to post on
WebSite
• WMIRS 2.0 lacking "aircraft status" feature
• NMWG A/C status now available at
www.nmcap.org:
• Document Central | NM Forms | <down at the
bottom>
• Comments/updates to Walter Dutton
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Finance
Capt John English
January 10, 2015
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Liaison
Lt Col Sharon Lane
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
• 30 May-7Jun: National Safety Officer College
• TRUMAN GATE ACCESS
• Here at Kirtland
• Dbids still the best option
• 22-30 Jun: National Cadet Activity PJOC
• Beginning and ending here at Kirtland
• 11-18 Jul: Southwest Region Staff College
• Here at Kirtland
• NMWG has one scholarship available
• ALWAYS have a current CAP ID card and Driver’s
license with you
• You MUST RETURN the paperwork to
Claudia/Corliss
• Equipment disappearance
• If you “borrow it” please return it!
• Leave a note on LC’s desk or tell Claudia/Corliss
• Planning an Activity on KAFB?
• Please inform me of the dates and location
• REMEMBER – If you see something, say
something!
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Chaplain
Capt Randolph Nolen
January 10, 2015
Planned Activities (next 90 days)
Issues/Fixes
• Nothing to report
• None
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Thank you
Lunch: Now thru ~1300, Units should take the
opportunity to meet with staffers if needed
Breakout Sessions: ~1300
Staff Meeting: 1st Floor Conf. Room
Commanders Meeting: 2nd Floor Conf. Room
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Staff Meeting
Lt Col John Green
October 12, 2013
• Staff Reports ARE NOT OPTIONAL for In-Person, Face-to-Face Commanders and Staff Meetings.
• Please lets get it together and submit staff reports when requested…and by due date assigned
• NM Wing Schedule – Maj Branan
• State Budget Execution
• Finance Committee has finalized and approved staff budgets for specific line items requested
• Compliance Inspection (CI)
• Still waiting on the “final official CI report”
• Next goal 18 October
• Updated responses to discrepancies due at NHQ…I have not received any updated responses yet and
they are DUE NOW so I can assemble them into a single response and submit to NHQ by 18 Oct
• Please remember the solutions to discrepancies documented must address what positive actions the
Wing will take or have taken place to prevent discrepancy from occurring again
• Look at the discrepancies from a “root cause” aspect and determine what can be done to prevent the
root cause
• All discrepancy corrective actions will be approved or disapproved by NHQ, not NMW
• CI Inspection Binders
• Repopulate with any materials given to inspectors
• Return binders to Chief of Staff (CS) as soon as feasible…I have only received a couple of them back so far
• CS will store binders until next CI (3 years)
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