FY05 Annual Report Final - STATES - The National Guard

allowances, leave, assignments and transfers, retirement and
recruiting for position vacancies.
Labor-management relations are centrally managed through the
labor relations staff in the Human Resources Office. The
Massachusetts National Guard has maintained an aggressive and
effective labor management program, which has essentially been
nonadversarial. Emphasis is placed on conflict resolution at the
lowest level.
The agency is required by law to maintain a work force made up of
all segments of society, which is free of discrimination and provides
equal opportunities for promotion. As a result, the agency has
endeavored to recruit and hire a diverse workforce.
The following are some highlights of Human Resources Office
operations in fiscal year 2005:
- Provided benefits briefings to hundreds of full-time Army and Air
Guard technicians mobilized in support of operations Noble Eagle,
Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
- Provided benefits briefings to full-time personnel who returned to
work after completion of their mobilizations
- Researched, prepared and submitted hundreds of Thrift Savings
Plan actions
- Processed 2,000 technician personnel actions for Army and Air
Guard units
- Published 315 technician vacancy announcements for 343 positions
within the Massachusetts National Guard
- Published 155 Active Guard Reserve vacancy announcements for
the Army and Air Force components
Massachusetts National Guard
Full-Time Manning
Army National Guard: 941
Air National Guard: 756
Total Full-Time Personnel: 1,697
Total Full-Time Annual Payroll: $88 million
Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel
The Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (DCSPER) is responsible
for the administration and management of personnel policies, plans
and programs affecting 5,600 Army National Guard Soldiers
assigned within the commonwealth.
The DCSPER provides guidance and counsel to The Adjutant
General regarding the personnel readiness of all Soldiers. The office
also provides guidance to senior-level commanders and key
management staff at both the state and federal level regarding
military personnel management issues.
The DCSPER continues to sustain personnel support to various
contingencies associated with the Global War on Terrorism. The
office remains a Massachusetts Army National Guard (MA ARNG)
focal point in preparing Soldiers and their families for deployment
at home and abroad in support of Operation Noble Eagle, Operation
Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and homeland defense
missions.
The DCSPER responds to daily requests for assistance from local,
state and federal agencies and political representatives, as well as
individual Soldier and retiree inquiries. These actions are in addition
to daily routine requests from supported units, specific to each
branch/section within the directorate.
The actions that occur within each branch/section are described
and discussed on the following pages:
Enlisted Branch
The Enlisted Personnel Branch's mission is to support the
administrative needs of the organizations and Soldiers of the MA
ARNG through efficient administrative techniques, effective
leadership and a genuine concern for all members of the
Massachusetts Army National Guard.
Daily functions of the Enlisted Branch include managing the Enlisted
Personnel Promotion System (EPPS); processing of personnel
orders (discharges, transfers, promotions, reductions, military
occupational skill awards, etc.); processing recommendations for
federal and state awards; investigating The Adjutant General hotline
tips and congressional inquiries; reviewing documentation and
preparing for the annual Qualitative Retention Board; preparing
for and monitoring the annual Inactive National Guard Muster;
processing Recruiting & Retention enlistment waivers; researching
and responding to requests for documentation for former MA ARNG
Soldiers; maintaining a publication account for the DCSPER; and
reviewing policy and advising the DCSPER on all enlisted personnel
matters as required.
During fiscal year 2005, Enlisted Branch processed:
- Nearly 4,800 personnel type orders
- 1,500 individual mobilization (Title 10) orders and amendments
- 149 federal and 35 state award recommendations
- 173 recruiting waivers for enlistment and 23 other personnel-type
waivers
- Three Soldier casualty reports and four family casualty reports
- More than 1,200 requests for records from retirees and former
MA ARNG Soldiers.
The Enlisted Personnel Promotion Section processed 5,229 enlisted
promotion point worksheets, National Guard Bureau (NGB) Form
4100, to Soldiers in the field.
Upon the return of the NGB Form 4100s, EPPS processed
approximately 9,000 documents and prepared them for the
promotion boards.
Upon completion of the boards, EPPS processed approximately
21,000 documents to be input into the Standard Installation/Division
Personnel System (SIDPERS). Enlisted Branch annually reviews,
processes and approves every EPPS-related transfer, duty position
change, flagging action and promotion action prior to its input into
the SIDPERS database.
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