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                     DESERT SHIELD/STORM LESSONS LEARNED REPORT #G

          POC         [(b)(2)]           /SGR/

          TITLE: Inaccurate Requirements

          OBSERVATION: There is a great need for better coordination
          between the major air commands and the medical treatment
          facilities concerning backfill requirements.

          DISCUSSION: Backfill requirements for MTFs were a
          consistent point of confusion throughout Operation Desert
          Shield/Storm, both for the volunteer backfill program and
          the IMA call-up and mobilization. The MAJCOM would give us
          a number of requirements for an AFSC, but the MTF would
          tell us that less or more slots were needed. The following
          reflects some specific examples:
                     a. SG received requirements for operating room
          personnel but the MTF concerned did not have a functioning
          operating room due to a military construction project.
                     b. HQ TAC did not coordinate fill actions between
          volunteer, involuntary IMA, IRR, and retired regular
          resources. This resulted in overmanning. Apparently, TAC
          did not evaluate the effectiveness of the volunteer program
          on a regular basis. The involuntary fills were not counted
          against the voluntary requirements. Again, this resulted
          in overmanning.
                    c.  Although certain requirements were deleted at a
           MTF, instructions from TAC were to allow volunteers filling
          those requirements to continue their tours. This, again,
          resulted in overmanning.
                    d. MAJCOMS apparently did not review resources as they
           were used. Resources came from several sources (i.e.,
          AFRES, ANG, Palace Trip, IMA) and their utilization was not
          monitored to match bodies with requirements. For example,
          Palace Trip personnel were assigned to facilities where
          AFRES, ANG, or IMA personnel had already filled the
          requirements.
                    e. HQ USAF/SGHR began mobilizing the PIM prior to
          exhausting the resources available in AFRES, ANG, and IMA
          programs.
                    f. HQ ARPC/SG experienced many instances where the
          medical treatment facility would call SG complaining about
          overmanning or requesting backfill resources.

          LESSONS LEARNED: Backfill requirements need to be better
          coordinated by the MAJCOMs and HQ USAF.

          RECOMMENDED ACTIONS: MAJCOMS need to more thoroughly
          coordinate backfill requirements with their MTFs. These

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