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                                           MEDICAL LESSONS LEARNED                 
                                                DESERT SHIELD/STORM
  
        CATEGORY: Manpower and Personnel

        ISSUE/ITEM:

        SUBJECT: Pre-Screening of Medical Skills

        BACKGROUND: PIM personnel were pre-screened by ARPC to determine current
        liscensure and practice of medical providers, prior to recall to Lackland AFB for
        processing.

        DISCUSSION: In several instances, personnel were, upon reporting for duty, found
        to be not qualified in the primary AFSC. Also, it was observed in several
        instances that prior enlisted members of the IRR had, subsequent to military
        service, significantly upgraded their skills. For example, a 902XO was now a
        liscensed and practicing dentist. Under the law, these personnel must be
        recalled at the rank and in the AFSC they possessed at the time of separation.
        Utilization of these personnel was a significant problem.

        ACTION RECOMMENDED:

                                     (1) Ensure more thorough/timely IRR screenings/skill assessment.

                                     (2) Incorporate flexible re-classification/commissioning/
        demobilization authority to accomodate requirements under Push-Pull.

                                     (3) Incorporate a limited credentialing function into Push-Pull
        processing procedures.

        SUGGESTED OPRs/OCRs: HQ ARPC/SG
                                                    HQ USAF/DP/RE/SG
                                                    HQ AFMPC
                                                    HQ ATC/SGAS/SGAX

         SUBMITTER: Terry W. Clarke/Capt/HQ ATC/SGAX
                                  [(b)(2)]
                          

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