Download or read book Total Force Integration written by Patricia M. Adams and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The United States Air Force continues to make significant efforts to pursue Total Force integration with the service’s Reserve Component and Active Duty forces, yet has struggled to find effective balance in successfully utilizing each element. Through scenario analysis, this research aims to provide an answer to the question “Which Total Force integration efforts are a worthwhile pursuit, given the Air Force’s present organization and financial constraints?” This paper will also provide recommendations for the Air Force with regards to future Total Force efforts. Long term planning will anticipate the utilization of Reserve Component members, as well as Active Duty members with regard to their roles and responsibilities. Current Total Force endeavors, established primarily by former Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF), General Mark A. Welsh III, as well as proposals from the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force and the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, will be used as key factors and the basis for predicting future Total Force proposals. The four predictive scenarios (Let it Be, Nowhere Man, The Long and Winding Road, and We Can Work It Out) will assess potential Total Force actions within the Air Force and will demonstrate those which are most worthwhile to pursue, based upon the degree of importance and uncertainty. The scenarios analyzed examined how the Air Force integration efforts will continue to evolve, examining current fiscal constraints and mission readiness relationships, and predict purposeful actions to increase stability for the Total Force."--Abstract.
Download or read book Approaches for Strengthening Total Force Culture and Facilitating Cross Component Integration in the U S Military written by Agnes Gereben Schaefer and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While all U.S. military services have strived to achieve greater total force integration and a stronger total force culture across their active and reserve components, significant impediments limit the achievement of these objectives. Thus, the issue continues to capture the attention of policymakers who seek ways to overcome these impediments and facilitate greater integration. This priority has been addressed most recently by national commissions addressing the future of both the Army and the Air Force. While each of these sets of proposals provides ideas for enhancing integration and providing a greater total force culture, the proposals are neither complete nor fully reflective of all potentially relevant policies and practices. Further, the policy prescriptions are service specific and do not reflect broader insights that cut across services. Last, none of these efforts clearly define the desired purpose and end state for integration against which integration initiatives can be evaluated. For these reasons, a more comprehensive analysis is needed of policies and practices that can contribute to the ultimate objective of improving total force integration and achieving a total force culture. The objective of this study is to provide insights on policies that can foster cross-component integration and incentives for cross-component service that contribute to the most effective total force possible and benefit individual service members, as well as both the active and reserve components. The focus of this report is on factors that can increase cross-component knowledge and awareness, which contribute to achieving the larger goal of cross-component integration.
Download or read book The Total Force written by Ryan E. Haden and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Total Force Integration (TFI) of the U.S. Air Force National Guard, Reserve, and Active Duty (AD) components is here to stay and will continue to provide the combat power required by Combatant Commanders for the future. The purpose of this paper is not to refute a need or disparage conclusions that TFI associated units will help meet budgetary constraints, but rather to highlight implementation strengths and weaknesses in order to improve the program for future success. Members from all components have and continue to exhibit reservations concerning the mixing and matching of component forces; however, it is undeniable that TFI is both cost efficient and effective in providing combat power. The question is how to correctly identify past, present, and future, problems that hinder its continued evolution. This project provides a brief history of TFI to give a foundation for program origination, and incorporates both objective and subjective studies to highlight strengths and weaknesses of the program. Knowing why and how Air Force structure needed to change and then analyzing the stumbling blocks it faced in the past as well as continues to confront in the present will enable Air Force leadership to better address current inefficiencies and to improve TFI today and ensure its success in the future."--page i.
Download or read book Total Force Integration So Far written by Ralph H. Currier and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Air Force Total Force Integration efforts so far are examined to determine how the Air Force came to embrace Total Force Integration as a path to organizational transformation. So far two models of integration have been implemented at the wing level: the blended model and the associate model. In 2005, the Air Force told Congress that it will pursue future integration efforts using the associate model instead of the blended model. However, the one and only blended wing continues to demonstrate operational success and recently received its third Air Force Outstanding Unit Award since being blended in 2002. Three Total Force initiatives were investigated to provide a snapshot of integration progress: the blended wing and two associate fighter wings. Information was obtained from the Air Staff TFI office, ACC's Integrated Total Force Branch, NGB and AFRC Headquarters as well as the units. Findings include two reasons the Air Force prefers the associate model over the more manpower efficient blended wing. Continued focus of leadership at all levels is required to ensure the success of integration initiatives. A more transparent results-oriented management framework is needed to effectively implement TFI initiatives. Appropriate measures of merit and effectiveness metrics are essential to verify that desired effects are achieved as well as to identify any unintended consequences. Finally, the research herein finds that the more efficient blended model is still viable and should be restored as an option for future integration initiatives."--Abstract.
Download or read book Forging a Total Force written by Forrest L. Marion and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Forging a Total Force traces the evolution of the Guard and reserve from the Revolutionary War-era militias to today's operational reserve, an integral part of the nation's total force. In the early republic, the ideal of a citizen-solider, capable of taking the field with little or no training, predominated. The realities of modern combat slowly made it clear that a more professional force was required, but policy changes failed to keep up with that changing necessity. The nation struggled to provide adequate training and equipment to the reserve component throughout the Cold War until the idea of a Total Force, which integrated regular and reserve components, emerged and was achieved. It wasn't until the defense buildup of the 1980s that the ideal of a combat-ready reserve became reality. The core of this book focuses on what came next, from 1990 to 2011, with particular emphasis on the decade after 9/11. The Persian Gulf War demonstrated both the effectiveness of the reserve and the challenges it continued to face. The post-Cold War drawdown during the 1990s made the smaller active component more dependent on the reserves than it had been since the nation's founding. The reserve component proved itself yet again in the wars following 9/11, but also became strained as it became clear just how much the nation depended on its Guard and reserve. Finally, the authors detail the policy changes made midstream in an attempt to address issues with the overextended force, such as balancing training and deployment with civilian lives and careers, providing health care to reservists, and integrating the active and reserve components. The authors conclude by detailing the issues policymakers will face as they forge ahead with citizen-soldiers serving as an operational force."--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Total Force Integration written by Robert S. Oates and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The United States Air Force Reserve Component (RC) has moved from a Cold War strategic reserve posture to an ongoing operational mission. This change in posture necessitates a critical examination of the current Air Reserve Component structure. This paper seeks to examine the relevance of the traditional strategic structure for the future of the Total Force. Specifically, the Total Force Integration (TFI) requires the USAF to apply the correct mix of missions and roles to the Reserve Component through the effective implementation and expansion of the associate program between the active duty component (AC) and the reserve component. This paper will review the historical aspects of TFI and the associate program. It will present the causal aspects leading to the need for TFI and the associate program, while revealing benefits and challenges that are presented by associations. Finally, it will recommend the proper mix of missions and recommendations for TFI and the associate program to succeed under the current operations tempo and into the future."--Abstract from web site.
Download or read book Air Mobility Command s Total Force Integration written by Joe Santos and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2007, Air Force Chief of Staff General T. Michael Moseley initiated the Air Force's total force integration (TFI) effort designed to cement 680,000 active duty, Air National Guard (ANG), Air Force Reserve Airmen and civilian employees into a more capable and efficient force by accessing aircraft assigned to ANG, Reserve, or active duty bases by members of a different air component through squadron association. Unfortunately, there is little evidence that a systems thinking approach was applied by Air Mobility Command prior to executing the TFI initiative. With multiple squadron associations standing up, and others scheduled in the future, a critical analysis of Air Force guidance and its impact is essential to the service as it continues with the TFI effort to determine if the strategic objectives are being obtained. With an ever increasing national budget deficit and impending Department of Defense budget cuts, it is imperative that the U.S Air Force operates in an efficient manner to present readily available combat air forces to the Combatant Commanders.
Download or read book The Future of Total Force written by and published by . This book was released on 2000* with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Flaw in the Air Force s Total Force Integration written by Zachary L. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Do you have anyone who can backfill?" The question caught me by surprise. I was the director of operations for the Air Force Reserve's 4th Combat Camera Squadron, one of only two combat camera units in the Air Force. The unit was a classic associate, "Total Force Integration" model with our active duty counterparts, the 1st Combat Camera Squadron, at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. The reserve squadron had been based at March Air Reserve Base, California, but was deactivated in 2015. Now reactivated and relocated, the Air Force's combat camera units would share equipment and facilities, train and deploy together, and support each other as a seamless total force capability. In theory, it made sense. Now came our first opportunity to put that theory to the test."--Page 1.
Download or read book A Program Evaluation of Total Force Integration at Hill Air Force Base written by Sean E. Naylor and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The initial intent of Total Force Integration (TFI) was to increase efficiencies and improve the Air Force’s ability to handle current operational and administrative commitments. The process has been created to augment a shrinking Regular Air Force (RegAF) with Air Reserve Component (ARC) forces. From a broad and general view, there are apparent benefits in this methodology of structuring the Air Force, namely as a force multiplier. At the operational level, though, the absence of clear and well-defined guidance in how to implement the TFI process has left units at their own vices to determine how to overcome not only cultural differences but also a myriad of other operational and administrative questions. Using a program evaluation of two F-16 fighter wings, the RegAF 388 Fighter Wing (FW) and the ARC 419 FW, this research aims to illuminate the current state of integration through a Program Evaluation of the Classic Associate model at the operational level and suggest how both wings, and in turn, the Air Force as a whole, can best build a symbiotic relationship that ultimately improves the capability of the Air Force and the utilization of RegAF and ARC forces. The purpose of this research is to suggest that better guidance and cooperation between components can improve the TFI process to deliver greater combat capability, capitalize on efficiencies and enhance career opportunities. In order to do this, a Program Evaluation methodology was used to reveal hindrances to success in these four areas. An evaluation of the Classic Associate test initiative between the 388 FW (RegAF) and 419 FW (ARC) uncovered numerous inefficiencies and road blocks to success, namely the result of a lack of clear and concise guidance. The preponderance of the shortfalls have come from a push to incorporate the ARC unit into the RegAF unit’s mission, thereby reducing the combat capability by not supporting the 419 FW’s mission, decreasing efficiency by duplicating efforts in order to display mutual support, and all but shutting off opportunities for career progression. In order to fix the process, the ARC unit must be given all the support necessary to execute its assigned Designed Operational Capability (DOC) statement and provide an ARC led portion of the Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) cycle that gives the 419 FW an opportunity to lead and operate in a combat environment"--Abstract.
Download or read book Review of Army Total Force Policy Implementation written by Ellen M. Pint and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report reviews the implementation of the Army's Total Force Policy. The Army has made progress in integrating the Regular Army, Army National Guard, and U.S. Army Reserve, but budget constraints have limited implementation.
Download or read book Integration of the National Guard Into the Total Force written by Hugh T. Broomall and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project addressed the evolution of the Total Force and compared the United States Air Force's and the United States Army's approach to the integration of the Air and Army National Guard. Defense strategy, budget and force structure were reviewed in consonance of cultural and structural barriers to integration. Research concluded that the cultural barriers that have emerged over time between the Army and the Army National Guard still hamper effective integration. Although similar barriers originally retarded the Air Force and Air National Guard integration, major barriers were mitigated by a combination of urgency, strong AF leadership, and political acumen. Structural barriers are a result of the cultural schism that permeated the Army and Army Guard's history. The dual status of the National Guard based on the Air Guard and Air Force experience is dismissed as a structural fatal flaw. Failure to assuage cultural and structural barriers could leave the nation with a military force that cannot execute a national defense strategy, and a military isolated from the people it serves.
Download or read book Integration of the Armed Forces 1940 1965 written by Morris J. MacGregor and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1981 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CMH Pub 50-1-1. Defense Studies Series. Discusses the evolution of the services' racial policies and practices between World War II and 1965 during the period when black servicemen and women were integrated into the Nation's military units.
Download or read book Air Force Integration Support Facilities Their Total Utility written by Alton E. Patterson and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fighter Maintenance and Total Force Integration written by Brian D. Moore and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Total Force Integration (TFI) initiatives are on going across the total force. This paper examines how Air Force TFI manpower implementation practices combine with the legal limitations of deploying reserve members to impact the ability of active duty fighter maintenance units to meet full Unit Type Code (UTC) deployment taskings. Current TFI manpower practices for active duty units in classic associations with a reserve unit result in a reduction of active duty maintenance positions for full-time, non-supervisory reserve positions. This practice fails to account for the legal limitations of deploying reserve members. These limitations combine with active duty maintenance manpower reductions to place at risk the ability of a unit to fulfill Unit Type Code (UTC) deployment taskings if required."--Abstract.
Download or read book The Air Force Integrates 1945 1964 written by Alan L. Gropman and published by University Press of the Pacific. This book was released on 2002-02 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documenting the racial integration of the Air Force from the end of World War II to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, retired Air Force colonel Alan L. Gropman contends that the service desegregated itself not for moral or political reasons but to improve military effectiveness. First published in 1977, this second edition charts policy changes to date. 31 photos.
Download or read book Air National Guard Structure for the Twenty first Century written by Kevin S. Dailey and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly three decades, the Air National Guard has served as a strategic reserve available to the Total Force only during a time of crisis. Today, the days of the "baseball cap flying club" are long gone, and Total Force Integration is firmly ensconced as the only way to fight the nation's wars. With the added complications of reduced budgetary outlays and high operational tempo, Total Force considerations and organizational constructs become even more important to the mission's bottom line for the United States Air Force. Given the myriad of Total Force organizational constructs, is there one "best" unit structure for optimum Total Force Integration? If so, what might that unit look like, and why? If not, what framework of common traits might ensure future success? Lt Col Kevin Dailey offers the Multimission Framework as an answer. His research for the framework originates with an extensive series of interviews with senior service leaders, multiple case studies of the different current constructs, an extensive literature review, and an examination of current challenges. By reviewing the constitutional mandate for the militia forces, the rationale for an Air National Guard, and the complex series of Guard missions, as well as organizational unit types, Colonel Dailey adds further depth to the strength of a new framework built on the common threads of successful models. This framework is built to maximize effectiveness in future integration efforts and is presented as "Multimission Integration." The Multimission Framework for operational integration proposed by Colonel Dailey is a synthesis of the successful constructs across the many models currently being utilized throughout the Total Force. Current models in vogue are the Active Associate Wing, the Reserve/Guard Associate Wing, the "Blended" Wing, and the Integrated Wing. Colonel Dailey examined each of these models for its positive and negative contributions to the Total Force. His research presented an ironic challenge: all of them work to varying degrees of success when coupled with good leaders and good people. Can history and research demonstrate a better way forward?
