tig brief - Air Force Inspection Agency

IN FOCUS
Maj. Teresa G. Paris
AFIA/SG
Kirtland AFB
In June 2010, The
Chief of Staff of
the Air Force (AF)
directed all inspection
agencies to: map the
current AF inspection
system with emphasis on
identifying
primary
consumers
of wing
“whitespace;”
reemphasize
and
reinvigorate
the role of
Gatekeepers; and develop
and implement actions to
increase the efficiency and
effectiveness of the entire
AF inspection system. The
Inspector General (TIG),
Lt. Gen. Marc E. Rogers
stated, “We owe it to our
commanders in the field
to combine and focus our
inspection system. The AF
inspection program needs
to adequately provide
readiness, discipline,
and compliance status of
the force yet must allow
Health Services
Inspection Way Ahead
field units time to train,
prepare for, and execute
their missions.” To achieve
these goals, Gen. Rogers
established the Inspection
System Improvement
Tiger Team to review
the current inspection
process and to provide
recommendations on
how to increase the wing
commanders’ “whitespace”
on their calendars. In May
The Air Force Inspection Agency, Medical
Operations Directorate, has been hard at
work towards the Inspection Efficiency
Conference Goal
of 2011, representatives
from the functional
communities in all the
MAJCOMs assembled
in Washington, D.C., at
the Inspection Efficiency
Conference (IEC). The
mantra of the IEC was to
“Reduce, Synchronize, and
Integrate.”
The Air Force
Inspection Agency, Medical
Operations Directorate
(AFIA/SG), has been hard
at work towards the IEC
goal. So far, we have
10 Summer 2011
reduced the number of
elements by 25 percent
and reduced the number
of criteria by 50 percent
within the Active Duty, Air
Reserve Component, and
Aeromedical Evacuation
Health Services Inspection
(HSI) Guides. This has
been accomplished by
eliminating low-value
criteria, combining
criteria, moving some
items to
the Unit
Compliance
Inspection, and
eliminating
items that
are being
evaluated
by civilian
accreditation agencies. The
AF Medical Operations
Directorate has been
coordinating closely with
our counterparts at the
AF Medical Operations
Agency, AF Medical
Support Agency, AF
Reserve Command, and
National Guard Bureau to
ensure functional experts
have adequate input into
these changes. The AF
Surgeon General, Lt. Gen.
C. Bruce Green stated,
“We are moving in the