Unit Crest RCAF Logistics Col R.J. Spencer A4 Logistics 1 Canadian Air Division June 2015 Unit Crest Contents 1 Canadian Air Division (1 CAD) Mission, Vision and Priorities Statistics Distribution Training and Career Cycles Expeditionary Ops Challenges Initiatives Questions Unit Crest 1 CAD Mission, Vision and Priorities Unit Crest 1 CAD Mission MISSION. 1 CAD generates and employs the full spectrum of CAF integrated air power, in support of Government of Canada (GoC) interests at home and abroad. Unit Crest 1 CAD Vision Vision: 1 CAD/CANR will maximize and coordinate the distinct strengths of all RCAF capabilities, in order to generate and deliver desired air effects, both at home and abroad. 1 CAD/CANR will “fly in formation”, where each capability, as a Centre of Excellence in its own right, will work with other capabilities for the single purpose of delivering optimum air power IAW with our Command Doctrine and rooted in our ATF concept. Unit Crest 1 CAD Vision We will work hand in hand with our joint and combined partners. We will foster enduring excellence in both the air and joint domains, and be ready to play an increasingly joint leadership role. Unit Crest 1 CAD Priorities Conduct Operations Support to our personnel and their families Force Generation Manage New and Existing Capabilities Personnel Absorption Simulation Jointness Unit Crest Statistics Unit Crest Statistics – Officers Primary Sub-Occupations Supply Transport Financial Management Human Resources Food Services Specialty Qualifications ATO Postal Movements QM Unit Crest Statistics - Officers Distribution approved by AMOR Navy 18% Air Force 35% Army 47% Current Distribution Navy 19% Air Force 33% Army 48% Unit Crest Statistics – NCMs Primary Occupations Supply Technician Traffic Technician Mobile Support Equipment Operator Resource Management System Clerk Postal Clerk Cook Specialty Qualifications Loadmaster Airfield Support SPV MSE Unit Crest Statistics - NCMs Discrepancies from AMOR approved levels for RCAF uniform distribution Approved by AMOR Not always followed by Recruiting or Career Managers Unit Crest Statistics - NCMs RMS Actual Navy 25% RCAF 25% Army 50% Navy 18% RCAF 33% Army 49% Supply Actual Navy 21% RCAF 23% Army 56% Navy 15% RCAF 23% Army 62% Cook Actual Navy 30% RCAF 19% Army 51% Navy 29% RCAF 19% Army 50% MSE Op RCAF 35% Army 65% Actual RCAF 26% Army 74% Tfc Tech RCAF 72% Army 28% Actual RCAF 71% Army 29% Unit Crest Distribution Unit Crest RCAF Distribution - Domestic • • • 11 Wings 18,150 mil and civ pers 300 + aircraft 5 Wing Goose Bay 9 Wing Gander 4 Wing Cold Lake 3 Wing Bagotville 19 Wing Comox 17 Wing Winnipeg 12 Wing Shearwater 22 Wing North Bay 1 Wing Kingston 8 Wing Trenton 14 Wing Greenwood 15 Unit Crest Training and Career Cycles Unit Crest Training and Career Cycles - Officers Immediately after graduation posted to a Wing Expected to complete specialty OJT packages Expected rotation between Sections within Sqn (Sup, Tn, HR, Fin) Complete AFOD & CFJOD Unit Crest Training and Career Cycles - Officers While at Wing during first tour, return to CFLTC Borden for phase training LOCC – Logistics Officer Common Course LOCA – Logistics Officer Common Air Specialty Professional Designations Consider after first three assignments Unit Crest Training and Career Cycles - Officers 1st Tour: Lt/Capt (4-6 yrs) Posted to Wing Unit/Branch employment Deploy (MSE) 2nd Tour: Capt (4-6 yrs) Posted to L1/L2/L3 HQ (RCAF, Joint) Sqn/Unit (Fighter, Air Mobility, Tac Avn, ISR, MH, Tac Avn, 2 Air Mov Sqn, 3, CSU, 4 CFMCU, etc.) Deploy (MSE, Sqn/Unit) Unit Crest Training and Career Cycles - Officers 3rd Tour: Maj (3 yrs) Posted to Wing, L1/L2/L3 HQ (RCAF, Joint) CO Position (RCAF, Joint) WCompt, 4 CFMCU, WLEO (small Wing), 2 CAD HQ CO JCSP Deploy (A-Staff, MSE) / OUTCAN 4th Tour: LCol (3 yrs) Posted to L1/L2/L3 HQ (RCAF, Joint, Corporate) CO Position (RCAF, Joint) WLEO, W Admin O, CO 2 Air Mov Sqn, CO CFSD Deploy (A-Staff, Joint) / OUTCAN Unit Crest Training and Career Cycles - NCMs Little variation from past practice Uniform assigned at Recruiting Centre After QL3 training, uniform colour does not guarantee posting to environment Normal QL5, QL6, etc. training cycle between/leading up to promotion Expectation from Trade Advisors and Branch that NCMs will rotate between environments at various rank levels, regardless of uniform colour Unit Crest Training and Career Cycles - NCMs Continued cross-environmental employment has had increasingly negative impact on RCAF operations RCAF tasks/positions becoming increasingly specialized trade experience in areas of importance diluted and degraded corresponding performance reduction within RCAF environment negatively impacting RCAF operations Unit Crest Training and Career Cycles - NCMs Branch, Trade Advisor and Career Manager approach to training, development and career management of trades not meeting RCAF operational requirements Traffic Technicians/Loadmasters MSE Ops RCAF investment of training time and training dollars being wasted No correlation between training delivered within RCAF (i.e. Loadmaster, SNIC Ops) and employment in other environments) Unit Crest Training and Career Cycles - NCMs Issue has attention of incoming Comd RCAF Perception that Branch is unresponsive to RCAF operational requirements (i.e. Loadmaster) Desire to instigate RCAF command and operator driven change Unit Crest Expeditionary Operations Unit Crest Expeditionary Ops - Domestic Comd 1 CAD HQ Staff Centralized Control CAOC WComd Flying Sqns CO’s WOpsO WLEO WTEMEO Decentralized Execution WReplenO WTISO WCEO WAdmO WCompt Unit Crest Expeditionary Ops - Domestic INUVIK MOBs/DOBs/FOLs YELLOWKNIFE COMOX RANKIN INLET COLD LAKE WINNIPEG IQALUIT GOOSE BAY BAGOTVILLE GREENWOOD Unit Crest Expeditionary Ops – Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) 20 Jul 2007 - MND announced creation of 2 Wing, a trained and AEW in Bagotville with up to 550 pers Tactical Level ACC/ACCE Operational Level Expeditionary Ops – Air Task Force (ATF) Unit Crest AEW Comd Command Element (Comd Elm) Air Detachment(s) (Air Dets) Operations Support Element (OSE) Mission Support Element (MSE) Air Det OSE MSE Air Logistics Unit Crest Expeditionary Ops - ATF Capabilities Air Logistics Unit Crest Expeditionary Ops – ATF High Readiness (HR) AEW Comd Air Det OSE MSE Air Det OSE MSE Air Logistics Unit Crest Expeditionary Ops - MSE MSE Comd (D/Camp CO) LCol/Maj (99 Pers) MSE HQ/Ops Log OIC Capt Replenishment Fuel Mgt Flt Fin O Capt CE OIC Capt Eqpt Mgt CE WO CIS OIC Capt Radio/Tel Svcs Mechanical Electrical Distribution EGS Plumbing & Heating WFE Construction Fire 99 All Ranks (7, 20, 72) Scaleable to task HR/Fin OIC Capt Comms WO Adm/OR Network Sp Information Protection & HQ Svcs Cashier Welfare Unit Crest Expeditionary Ops – Air Logistics Primacy of operations Deploy, deploy, deploy Major international operations since 2010 with heavy RCAF participation: Op ATHENA/ASSISTANCE (Afghanistan) Op HESTIA (Haiti) Op MOBILE (Libya) Op REASSURANCE (Romania/Lithuania) Op IMPACT (Iraq/Syria) Unit Crest Expeditionary Ops – Air Logistics Readily deployable, mission-focused air logisticians 3x ATFs with MSEs generated in 2014 Op REASSURANCE (with re-location from Romania to Lithuania) Op IMPACT (Kurdish weapon resupply) Op IMPACT (Iraq) Unit Crest Expeditionary Ops – Air Logistics 1x ATF with MSE generated in 2015 Op IMPACT Roto 1 (Iraq/Syria) 1 more ATFs scheduled for deployment in 2015 Op IMPACT Roto 2 (Iraq/Syria) Unit Crest Challenges Unit Crest Challenges - Contracting Apparent surge in Contracting Irregularities at Sqn/Unit and Wing levels Active involvement of Contracting SMEs lacking in many cases Partial payment authorization limits Confirming orders > Comd 1 CAD’s DOA to ADM(Mat) to approve Tactical level relationships between Wings and local business/industry damaged with long wait times for resolution Unit Crest Challenges – Material Accountability Wings must comply with a wide range of MA&S policies and procedures Degradation to Material Accountability capabilities at Wing level Harvesting of Logistics (Supply) positions Loss of stocktaking cells Cyclical stocktaking programs lapsed Higher operational priorities Materiel Attestation and CG Compliance Program requirements and reporting demands increased Unit Crest Challenges – Sqn Log/Admin Os Should coord all log aspects of Ex/Op planning for Sqn/Unit, incl contracting Operator/Command cultural change required Number of Contracting Irregularities/Confirming Orders, SI’s and support issues from recent Exs/Ops confirms Sqn Log Os/Admin Os NOT being used properly Must bring Sqn Log Os/Sqn Admin Os into planning and decision making cycle; incorporate into recces and TO&Es Unit Crest Challenges – 12 Wing SLA 1996 Service Level Agreement (SLA) between 12 Wing and Formation Halifax undermined over time imposed personnel and financial resource reductions at CFB Halifax 12 Wing declining ability to efficiently force generate imminent converging pressures of CH124 disposal and the launch of the CH148 Renewal of the SLA as a top priority for both the RCAF and the RCN. Unit Crest Challenges – FG Air Logistics Officer Capability Insufficient FG RCAF Log Officers (quality/quantity) to sustain RCAF operations/commitments long term Insufficient and decreasing trend of RCAF Majors Log capability deficiencies at Wings (leadership vacancies) LCol demographic challenge Lack of promotions for RCAF Majors & LCols Shortage of Wing Log leadership hindering mentoring & development of junior officers Lack of junior officer positions / entry level positions Cultural challenges (e.g. posting avoidance / Comd avoidance) Deleterious effects to RCAF Succession Planning Unit Crest Challenges – FG Air Logistics Officer Capability Unit Crest Challenges – FG Air Logistics Officer Capability Other contributing factors: Deficiencies of singular Joint Logistics Merit Boards RCAF geographical dispersion / isolated locations RCAF PER Methodology & Application CC3 Logistics Structure (lack of junior officer positions) Succession Planning / Cultural challenges Future prognosis Demographics indicate situation will continue to deteriorate Current structure of Joint Logistics Merit Boards will continue to degrade RCAF Log capacity Reinvestment in RCAF logistics capability required Challenges – FG Air Logistics NCM Capability Unit Crest Supply Tech Promotions MWO 2010 CC1 Navy Army RCAF 3 0 0 WO CC3 0 7 0 Other 0 1 1 Navy Army RCAF 0 6 1 CC3 0 16 4 Other 0 2 1 2 12 1 3 2 1 9 0 0 CC3 Navy Army RCAF 1 32 3 Other 0 3 3 Navy Army RCAF 1 17 0 Other 0 0 2 7 1 2 1 7 2 CC3 Navy Army RCAF 0 20 5 Other 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 16 3 CC3 Navy Army RCAF 4 41 7 Other 0 4 6 Navy Army RCAF 2 5 2 CC2 4 0 2 Other 0 0 0 2 2 1 CC3 0 13 2 Other 0 1 2 0 8 2 2012 CC1 7 19 8 CC3 2012 Sgt CC2 CC2 CC1 2011 8 2 1 2012 CC1 WO CC2 CC1 6 16 7 CC3 2011 Sgt CC2 MWO CC2 CC1 2010 CC1 Navy Army RCAF WO CC2 5 0 0 Sgt 2011 CC1 2010 CC1 Navy Army RCAF MWO CC2 CC2 7 1 3 CC3 4 32 0 Other 0 5 4 3 15 1 Unit Crest Challenges – FG Air Logistics NCM Capability Potential COAs Active involvement by W Comds/COs to acknowledge this situation and readily accept waivers to right dress some PERs for the “purple” trades. Running separate formation level boards for “purple” trades. Status quo Potential Outcomes Increase the number of CC3 Log trade promotions Remove the competition with hard RCAF trades only employed within the RCAF Continue to see the other CCs promote at a much higher rate, with subsequent operational and career impacts Unit Crest Initiatives Unit Crest Initiatives Revitalized RCAF New aircraft in service CC177 Globemaster III (5th CC177) CC130J Hercules CH147F Chinook CH-149 Cormorant New aircraft arriving CH-148 Cyclone Unit Crest Initiatives - Contracting RCAF Contracting Cell approved by Comd on 31 Mar 15 Pan-RCAF study on wing-level contracting SME (standardization) Awareness Sessions / Contract WGs at Wing (WCompt and W Repl O) Aide-memoire on contracting at Sqn level (Operator focussed) Increase in Procurement Initiation Authority Unit Crest Initiatives – Material Accountability Wings mandated to complete cyclical stocktaking IAW TB policy Cyclical stocktaking program had lapsed NSI being used to augment Wing efforts Re-establishment of Wing Stocktaking Cells RCAF Materiel Accountability Action Plan (MAAP) mandates the reestablishment of standardized stocktaking cells at the Wing level. Unit Crest Initiatives – Sqn Log/Admin Os Introduction of: Standardized nomenclature (Sqn Log O) Still staffed by primarily Sup, Tn and HR officers Standardized TORs Standardized training Introduction of deliberate, mandatory Contracting, Operational Procurement Finance and QM courses Unit Crest Initiatives – Aircraft Spares Advanced Spares Optimization Initiative (ASOI) Intro of revised Unsat HPR form Reintroduction of HPR clerks Standardization of HPR procedures Consolidation of CC115 Buffalo and CC138 Twin Otter spares Unit Crest Initiatives – 12 Wing SLA Establish Service Level Agreement (SLA) for 12 Wing Address 12 Wg Comd concerns WRT lack of SLA with CFB Halifax and current support gaps Conducted on-site “Needs Analysis” with 12 Wg and CFB Halifax staff over 01 -10 Jun period. Expectation Management CFB Halifax 12 Wing Shearwater Unit Crest Initiatives – SAVs SAVs Two year cyclical program to visit all Wings Augmented by issue-focused SAVs Unit Crest Initiatives – RCAF Campaign Plan Air Logistics Officer FG Intent: RCAF logistics capability with an effective and sustainable force structure composed of professional, knowledgeable and motivated RCAF logisticians to support the RCAF mission / operations / commitments within an employment model that is well understood by all stakeholders. Strategic End-State: Force Generate effective RCAF Logistics leaders to support RCAF operations, joint/corporate requirements and senior institutional leadership roles. Unit Crest Initiatives – RCAF Campaign Plan Air Logistics Officer FG Ph1: LOO: LOO1: Force Structure LOO2: Career Development Framework / Employment Path Model A1 A2 B1 Ph2: A3 B2 B3 CofG Ph3: Obj 1 B4 Obj 2 LOO3: Succession Planning LOO4: Human Capital Retention C1 C4 C5 C2 C6 C3 C7 C8 C9 Obj 3 Obj 4 D1 D2 Obj 5 LOO5: Communication Strategy End-State E1 E2 Force Generate effective CREDIBILITY RCAF Insufficient Logistics RCAF Log Officers with leaders to competencies & support RCAF experience to support Ops & operations, institutional joint/corp reqts reqts and Sr institutional leadership roles E3 Objective 1: Sustainable Force Structure to support RCAF Operations Objective 2: RCAF LOG Career development/employment path model driven by competencies, leadership and succession plan Objective 3: Succession Planning Strategy implemented across RCAF to monitor/mentor RCAF LOG leaders Objective 4: Motivated and professional RCAF Logistics Officers Objective 5: Institutional support for RCAF Logistics Officer Force Generation reqts Unit Crest Initiatives - RCAF Log Governance Framework RCAF Logistics Senate Campaign Plan Steering Committee RCAF Logistics Council Core membership for Campaign Plan WG Note: role of Air Log Co-Advisor to represent RCAF LOG issues to LOG Branch RCAF Logistics Trade Advisory Group Focus on NCM logistics occupations Future engagement on FG of NCM logistics occupations Unit Crest Questions?