MEDICAL LESSONS LEARNED

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                                      MEDICAL LESSONS LEARNED
                                        DESERT SHIELD/STORM

          CATEGORY:  Manpower and Personnel

          ISSUE/ITEM:

          SUBJECT:  Reserve Augmentation - IMAs

          BACKGROUND: IMA requirements are submitted by the MAJCOMs to ARPC  via  HQ  USAF.
          Fill of requirements is to be reported to USAF and the requester once  projected.
          This information is then to be relayed to the  gaining  base  and  unit,  through
          personnel and through functional managers.

          DISCUSSION: Considerable difficulty was experienced in  projecting/tracing  IMAs.
          Problems included:

          (1)  IMAs reporting for duty without orders or inclusion in projected fills.

          (2)  Approval of delays/exemptions or no-shows not reported to MAJCOM-

          (3)  Fill of requests,  with  notification  made  to  gaining  medical  treatment
          facility, not the requesting MAJCOM-  In some instances, MAJCOM had no idea  that
          a large request had, in fact, been  filled  until  after  the  IMAs  had  already
          reported for duty.  Adjustment of outstanding  manpower  requirements  was,  as  a
          result, considerably delayed.

          ACTION RECOMMENDED:

                       (1) Ensure projected IMA assignments  are  reported  immediately  to
          requester, likewise, subsequent changes  to  projections  should  be  immediately
          reported.

                       (2) Develop use/common database of manpower  requirements,  allowing
          real time entry and interface between  HQ  USAF/HQ  ARPC/HQ  AFRES/ANG/AFMPC  and
          MAJCOM manpower offices.

          SUGGESTED OPRs/OCRs:  HQ AFMPC
                                HQ ARPC
                                HQ USAF/REM/SGHR
                                MAJCOM/XPM/DPX/SGX

          SUBMITTER: (b)(2)]               HQ ATC/SGAX