MEDICAL LESSONS LEARNED

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                                       MEDICAL LESSONS LEARNED
                                         DESERT SHIELD/STORM


          CATEGORY:  Manpower and Personnel

          ISSUE/ITEM:

          SUBJECT:  Reserve Augmentation - IMAs

          BACKGROUND:  IMAs reporting for duty should possess  or  have  available  published
          assignment orders.   In Desert Storm, there were delays in  receipt  of  orders  for
          some IMAs.

          DISCUSSION:   Lack  of  orders  caused  great  inconveniences  to   the   individuals
          concerned, i.e., pay problems, rapid access to base  services,  and  administrative
          hassles.   In some cases, because those individuals  were  not  included  on  orders
          listings, neither the gaining medical  treatment  facilities  or  the  MAJCOM knew the
          individual  was  inbound  causing  personal   tracking/requirements   errors,   and
          complicating base reception efforts.

          ACTION RECOMMENDED:

                       (1) Ensure orders are  provided  immediately  for  IMAs  reporting  to
          duty.

                       (2)   Ensure  gaining  HQ  USAF/SGHR/MAJCOMs/MTFs  are   notified   in
          advance of IMAs to be gained.

          SUGGESTED OPRs/OCRs:  HQ ARPC/SG

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