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File: 970207_aadcv_011.txtTOPIC AREA: CREW MANAGEMENT / UTC STAFFING / STANDARDIZATION OF TRAINING SUBMITTED BY: HQ AFRES/SGXO ISSUE: Units assigned command and control responsibilities after activation should train with units that will be under their command and control after deployment. OBSERVATION: Multiple units with large numbers of personnel are deployed at one location for command and control purposes without having worked together. DISCUSSION: It was difficult trying to build a single cohesive organization from approximately 15 separate units. Many units deploy with senior personnel, to include commanders and chief nurses. It was hard to blend these commanders and chief nurses into a new composite organization as just another crew member. It is difficult to build an effective unit in a short time when key management personnel do not know one another or the strengths and weaknesses of most medical crew members. It is difficult to select the right person for the right job in these circumstances. Also, there is a natural resistance to work for a new commander or chief nurse when the member's home unit commander and/or chief nurse were deployed with them. The primary issue is "I know who I will work for when I go home, so I better stay in line here." It is next to impossible to take command of a unit having five or six deployed commanders and/or chief nurses with their personnel at the location. These barriers are hard to break down, and a single organization is hard to achieve. Mission requirements, however, require a new organization instantly. IMPACT: Enhance command and control structure. Would cause elimination of the time involved in getting used to working with "new" people. RECOMMENDATION: Units having a command and control mission should routinely train with personnel from units they will gain after deployment to the extent possible. This could be accomplished by matching for training purposes units having an aircrew mission with units having a command and control mission. An entire unit should be recalled to the same location, if possible. Commanders and chief nurses should be recalled to the same location as their unit members only if they will be the commander or chief nurse at that location. l 10
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