TAC SGPB BIOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING EXPERIENCES AND

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    RESERVE FORCES - Initial backfills were only called up for
    two week tours. Consequently, most could not take on tasks
    with lengthy commitments. It takes several weeks to fully
    indoctrinate/integrate new personnel into the complex
    operations in a BEE shop. In most cases, by the time the
    reservists were up to speed, they were deactivated.
    Backfills should be activated for at least six months with
    early release authorized. To make matters-worse, the Air
    reserve backfills were in most cases not adequately trained
    in peacetime BEE duties to effectively take over. This is
    due to their primary training being focused on their wartime
    roles rather than on being used in a backfill manner. The
    master backfill plan also was found to be inadequate.
    Instead of using the backfills where they were needed, they
    were utilized as outlined in a 1950 era document. This
    resulted in some TAC bases initially not receiving any
    backfill despite all the active duty having already been
    deployed. In other cases, bases which had not lost any
    personnel to deployment received ten or twelve BEE
    personnel. The use of IMAs also requires attention. If the
    IMAs are not to be deployed to a combat zone then they
    should be mobilized in place. The base familiarity they
    have gained while assigned for training will be invaluable
    for picking-up the pieces and carrying on once the active
    duty have deployed.
    
    TAC COMMAND BIOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER - Throughout the time
    that the TAC Command Bioenvironmental Engineer was deployed
    to the AOR, TAC did not have a full time command
    bioenvironmental engineer. During this seven month period,
    TAC BEE decisions and policy making were made by a Staff
    Sergeant 90770 and a senior bioenvironmental engineer who
    was periodically on temporary duty to TAC. Although each
    performed admirably, neither individual was able to do much
    more than "put out fires" during this time. Consequently, a
    lot of Air Staff policies were never transmitted to the field,
    TAC BEE projects were put on hold, TAC BEE did not mature
    with the new environmental movement, and USAF BEE computer
    program development came to a halt. Bottom-line, the command
    is considerably behind the rest of the Air Force for not
    having had a full-time command bioenvironmental engineer. A
    second engineer should be assigned to HQ TAC to meet the ever
    increasing BEE demands and to fulfill mobility needs.
    
NBC OPERATIONS - Due to the classification of this topic, it will
be addressed in a separate document.
    
REFERENCES AND FORMS - BEE specific reference materials and forms
requirements had been previously established. However both were
found to be totally inadequate. If BEE folks were not smart
enough to bring their own references and forms, they would not
have had any. This was a significant shortcoming made worse by
the fact we had such a young inexperienced deployed BEE staff.
    
TAC MERIT PLAN - The TAC Merit Plan outlines what will be
evaluated during ORIs. Currently, the plan does not call for BEE

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