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by Master Sgt. Eddie C. Riley
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10/15/2004 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- With the continuing emergence of increased expeditionary mission requirements, Air Force officials are implementing a policy that will complement officer evaluations by ensuring performance in key leadership positions at deployed locations is documented.

Beginning with the current air and space expeditionary force cycle, letters of evaluation from deployed reporting officials will be mandatory for colonels and below who are occupying commander positions at the squadron, group or wing level for a deployment of 45 days or more. LOEs remain optional for all other deployed Airmen.

This new initiative documents a deployed commander’s performance in the officer’s permanent records to provide a reliable, long-term, cumulative record of leadership performance, officials said.

“We are an expeditionary Air Force, and our Airmen are increasingly being called on to serve away from their home bases,” said Lt. Gen. Roger A. Brady, Air Force deputy chief of staff for personnel. “That won’t change in the foreseeable future, so we have to adapt our culture to one that better serves everyone by recognizing deployment performance.”

The intent is to create a method of evaluation that allows officials to assess and document a commander’s leadership, team-building and problem-solving abilities in accomplishing the mission while deployed, he said.

“Our responsibilities around the world are greater than they ever have been,” General Brady said. “Day-in [and] day-out, our officers find themselves in command positions that challenge them like never before. Fortunately, we have men and women who understand those challenges, and they do what it takes for the mission to succeed.

“Our current system does not provide for documented evaluation of these commanders by the individuals who observed and supervised them in the deployed environment,” he said.

To accomplish this, he said officials significantly modified the multipurpose Air Force Information Management Tool Supplemental Evaluation Sheet 77. Deployed commanders will only receive a mandatory evaluation for tour lengths of 45 days or longer.

The reporting period covers the assumption to relinquishment of command, not including travel days. There is no minimum period of supervision required for the rating official, General Brady said.

“Airmen in deployed locations are getting the job done right, each and every day,” he said. “Documenting the performance of commanders at those locations will allow us to recognize successful leaders, and better prepare the next generation of leaders. It’s the right thing to do for these officers, and the right thing to do for our Air Force.”




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