MacDill's Manpower and Organization Flight

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  • By Senior Airman Stephenie Wade
  • 6th Air Mobiltiy Wing, Public Affairs
MACDILL AFB, Fla. --  When it's time to deploy and the taskings are sent down from the Air Force or major commands, the unit that determines the amount of Airman required to do the job is the Manpower. 

Most people are unaware that war time readiness starts in Manpower.

"As a flight, Manpower approaches everything as a team," said Capt. Richard Osorio, 6th Mission Support Squadron Manpower and Organization flight commander. 

"The strength of our flight is that we have military and civilians employees. The civilians have been with us (a long time) and they bring a wealth of knowledge about resources on base. That is our starting point for resource management." 

Manpower has recently gone from 12 personnel to six, so they themselves have experienced a manpower cut. Resource management is one of the main portions of Manpower's job. 

"We make sure positions are staffed with the correct number for the job according to Air Force manpower standards," said Nicholas Gardieff, Manpower deputy chief. 

"Each function has a standard that states how many people are needed based upon the workload. That information is maintained in the unit manpower document. The UMD is a key resource available to commanders and helps them and MacDill manage available resources," said Mr. Gardieff. 

Manpower consists of four parts. 

"We verify each requirement and make sure we can fill them and then send them to the 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron," said Master Sgt. Tracy Seagraves, 6th MSS Manpower NCOIC. 

"We use the Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution System to manage our taskings. It's a classified system that updates world-wide deployment taskings," said sergeant Seagraves. 

Manpower is also actively involved with the Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century. 

"We have been using the concept for years. AFSO 21 is just a new name," said Virginia Modglin, 6th Mission Support Group AFSO 21 representative.
 
"Manpower is expert when it comes to productivity. We have been dong it for so long, it only makes sense for us to be involved. We don't control AFSO21 we just help streamline the process," she said.
 
Roger Hamor is in charge of the Innovative Development through the Employee Awareness Program better know as IDEA and the Productivity Enhancing Capital Investment program or PECI. 

"The IDEA program allows members to submit ideas that will save the Air Force money. If the idea gets implemented you can be awarded money," said Mr. Hamor
"The PECI program provides Air Force funds to purchase equipment that will save Air Force resources. It promotes productivity and produces accelerated funds for future use," he said. 

Woodrow Josey is in charge of the A-76 Commercial Activity Program and supports the wings base realignment and closure office. The Commercial Activities Program compares in-house government operations with outside private ("commercial") companies. Whomever can do the job most cost effectively gets the work. 

Although it may be unknown, the Manpower office is a vital resource to management and productivity which helps make MacDill mission possible.