Force Support Officer Course

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Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Military advisors to the President of the United States, the secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council

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Unified Combatant Commands

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broad continuing mission and is composed of forces from two or more military departments, aligned and organized geographically and functionally

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Geographic UCC

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USAFRICOM, USCENTCOM, USEUCOM, USPACOM, USNORTHCOM, USSOUTHCOM

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Functional UCC

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USJFCOM:joint forces, USSOCOM:special operations, USSTRATCOM : Strategic Command, USTRANSCOM: Transportation Command

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Headquarters Air Force

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The Air Staff, under the supervision of the CSAF, serves as the military staff to the SecAF

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Field Operating Agency

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performs field activities beyond the scope of any of the major commands

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Direct Reporting Unit

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agency that is outside the bounds of the standard organizational hierarchy, under the control of HQ USAF alone

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Major Command

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organized to provide guidance and support to all units assigned to it

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Numbered Air Forces

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tactical echelons under an operational MAJCOM and are structured to perform an operational or war-fighting mission, oriented to a specific geographic area or operational mission

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Wings

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standard structure across the AF

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Mission Support Group

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responsible for Base Operating Support

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Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower, Personnel and Services or Air Force Director of Manpower Personnel and Services (AF/A1)

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plan, direct and supervise policies, programs and procedures for Air force military and civilian manpower, personnel and services activities, programs and policies which are formed in concert with the direction of the CSAF. The A1 works for the CSAF

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Directorate of Services (AF/A1S)

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programs promoting fitness, esprit de corps and quality of life for Air Force people

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Manpower, Organization and Resources Directorate(AF/A1M)

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develop and administer the Air Force manpower program

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Air Force Personnel Center

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FOA for managing personnel programs. The commander of the AFPC also serves as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower, Personnel and Services(Assistant A1). AFPC publish Personnel Service Delivery Memorandums.

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PSDM

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Personnel Service Delivery Memorandums provide time-sensitive implementation guidance on personnel programs and policies

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Air Reserve Personnel Center

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FOA that tracks all the personnel programs for these reserve personnel such as performance reports, decorations, duty title changes, medals and assignments

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Air Force Services Agency

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reports to the Director, Services (AF/A1S)

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Air Force Manpower Agency

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reports to the Director, Manpower, Organization and Resources (AF/A1M)

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Air National Guard

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civilian, ANG title 32, ANG of the US title 10, State Active duty

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MAJCOM A1

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policy and program guidance from AF/A1, supplement and send it down the chain of command. A1 staff coordinates policy or procedural changes with all MAJCOM directorates such as logistics, operations, finance, chaplains

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Deputy FSS CC

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responsible for APF and NAF facilities construction, initiatives/issues related to squadron personnel, to include relations with local bargaining unit representatives, providing oversight to Marketing program, construction program management

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Operations Officer

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Day to day squadron operations, oversees Unit Training, Readiness and Plans offices

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Command Staff

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secretary/administrative support staff, First Sergeant and a squadron superintendent

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Resource Management Section

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five areas of FSR are Financial Management, Facility Management, Logistics/Property Management, Private Organization Management, Information Technology (IT) Systems Support

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Marketing

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advertising, publicity, promotions an dmarketing plans

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Manpower and Personnel Flight

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Manpower and Organization Sectoin, Civilian Personnel Section, NAF Human Resources Section, Military Personnel Section

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MPS

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Customer support, force management, Career development

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Customer Support

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Accessions, passports, DEERS, SGLI, in processing

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Force Management Operations

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Duty Status, evals, UMPR, Leave process, Leave policy

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Career Development

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Assignments, retirements, separations, promotions

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Geographically Separated Unit

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not within one hour driving time of it's servicing MPS

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Satellite Personnel Activities

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extension or additional operating location of the MPS

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Sustainment Services Flight

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Food operations, Lodging, Fitness

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Airman and Family Services Flight

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Airman and Family Readiness Section, Child Development Section, Family Child Care Section, Youth Programs Section

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Force Development Flight

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Education and Training Section, Library Section, Professional Development Section, Airman Leadership School

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Community Services Flight

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All the fun stuff on base

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Air Force Doctrine

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Two key pillars, Unity of Command and Centralized Control/Decentralized Execution

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Agile Combat Support

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ability to create, protect and sustain responsive, persistent and effective mission support across the full range of military operations rapidly anywhere in the world

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A1s dual mission

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accomplish two separate but equally important objectives: combat/deployment support and home station sustainment/community support

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AF Leadership Development Model

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Tactical or the personal/direct level, Operational Level or organizational level, Strategic level or institutional level

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Technical Expertise

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requires timely change from one position to another in order to establish a broad base of solid operational experience. Spend the first six to eight years in base-level jobs

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Challenging Staff Jobs

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develop both the big picture views of the mission and chance to improve your decision making skills. Look for staff positions above wing level around 6 to 8 years

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Leadership Opportunity

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leadership development begins in your commissioning program and continues throughout your career

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Airman Development Plan

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tool to articulate information to your reviewing official, your development team, and AFPC about preferences. Development teams meet periodically to provide direction for professional development

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ADP

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AFPC matches assignments based on 1) Needs of the Air Force 2) Professional Development of the Officer 3) Your preferences

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Enlisted Development Plan

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divided into three career modules: education and training, job experience, and leadership to guide their careers

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Future Years Defense Plan

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six-year plan containing a detailed compilation of the total resources programmed for the DoD mission, AF portion is called the Force and Financial Plan

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Major Force Programs

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FYDP is broken down into more manageable parts, MFPs are mission area divisions of the FYDP

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Program Elements

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MFPs are further broken down into Program elements. DoD uses PEs in the FYDP to budget for and control its resources

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Program Element Code

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six-digit alphanumeric code. Position 1 is alphanumeric and identifies the MFP. Position 2-5 are numeric and identify the program to which the PE is assigned. Position 6 identifies the branch of service

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Program Element Monitor

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A PEM is assigned to each individual PE as its AF expert

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PPBES Planning Phase

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planning phase translates guidance from our top leadership projected out several year (10-25)

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Programming Phase

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match our planning to our constraints to come up with a realistic budget

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Budgeting and Execution Phase

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determine how much the resources that were programmed are going to cost. Define and refine costs as necessary, and then submit the budget to our leadership for approval

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Financial Working Group

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manages commodities and resources integral to the operating activities of the base or unit

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Financial Management Board

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reviews, approves, or disapproves recommendations made by the FWG, composed of Group commanders or Deputies, along with CPTS

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HQ USAF/A1M

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allocates programmed manpower resources to the MAJCOMs directing implementation of approved programs

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Manpower Resource Accountability

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Air staff and MAJCOMs will run a comparison of manpower authorizations against the FYDP by PEC to identify mismatches between allocated manpower resources and funded manpower authorizations

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Manpower Resource Categories

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Officer, Enlisted, Civilian