'Mission Support' becomes 'Force Support'

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  • By Tech. Sgt Minnette Mason
  • 926th Group
The 926th Mission Support Squadron became the 926th Force Support Squadron, effective Oct. 15 under the Air Force's re-designation initiative.

While there will be no changes in the support services provided, the following is a list of how the Military Personnel Flight will be restructured into three elements: Career Development, Force Management and Customer Support. For more information, contact Master Sgt Brian Marr, MPF Superintendent, at 652-5178 or Maj Alexis Kellett, MSS Operations Officer, at 652-5376.

Career Development
Assignments and reassignments:
- First sergeant selection process
- Reserve Management Vacancy System
- Active Guard and Reserve program
- Senior officer
- Twice-deferred officer waiver
- Permanent changes of assignments
- Accession data
- Air Reserve technician
Retirements
Enlisted voluntary retraining applications
Actions required for separation (including departure listing to base agencies for separation, retirement and permanent changes of station)
Enlisted and officer Air Force specialty code (Special Duty Identifier / Reporting Identifier disqualifications)
Administrative discharges
Out-processing
Special order and amendments for assignment (other than permanent changes of assignment)
Commissioning (Medical Service Corps/Undergraduate Pilot Training candidates and Deserving Airman)
Maintain relocation folders (prepare necessary documents for separations, PCS and training)
Promotion and demotion actions (enlisted and officer)
Reserve service commitment and RSC waivers
High year of tenure and mandatory separation date
Assignment availability codes
Assignment limitation codes
DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge
Physical evaluation board/Medical evaluation board
Selective Reenlistment Program
Distribute re-enlistment/eligibility roster
Determine re-enlistment eligibility
Process documents for enlistments, re-enlistments and extensions
Identify and validate authorizations for bonuses
Recoup bonus
Unit Career Assistance Advisor training
Participation (waivers, Point Credit Accounting and Reporting System)

Force Management
Classifications:
- Special Experience Identifiers
- AFSC pre-conversion list (direct and indirect AFSC conversion)
- Waivers
- Voluntary and involuntary current AFSC changes
- Officer upgrades
- Availability data
- Non-contingency unit duty (status availability data)
Evaluations:
- Suspense, monitor and process Officer Performance Reports, Enlisted Performance Reports as well as training reports, Letters of Evaluation, missing reports, and changes of rating officials
- Performance report statistical data
Unit Personnel Management Rosters
Desertion and unauthorized absences
Duty information
Retraining
Sanctuary zone
Awards, decorations and special programs, and trophies
Unfavorable information files
Prepare, publish and distribute G-series orders (also amend special orders)
Overages and overgrades
Perform transaction register actions
Special Duty Assignment Pay program

Customer Support
Servicemembers Group Life Insurance and Family Servicemembers Group Life Insurance
Survivor Benefit Plans
Dress and appearance program
Policy guidance for military leave, permissive TDY and liberty passes
Virtual MPF self-service applications
Military Personnel Data System (MiLPDS) updates, including marriages, divorces, name, sex, birth, ethnic, race, and religious denomination change requests
Citizenship and immigration applications
Special duty application action
In-processing actions:
- Arrival and overdue confirmation actions
- Incoming allocation briefs
Scheduling of newcomers for in-processing
Incapacitation pay
Memorialization program
Perform transaction register actions
Visas and passports, including recovery of official passports
Air Force Board for the Correction of Military Records
Family care
Civilian Employment Information
Casualty services program