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U.S. Transportation Command
The U.S. Transportation Command is responsible for creating and implementing world-class global logistics solutions in support of the President, Secretary of Defense and combatant commander assigned missions. USTRANSCOM, one of 10 combatant commands, provides common-user and commercial air, land and sea transportation; terminal management; and aerial refueling to support the global deployment, employment, sustainment and redeployment of U.S. forces. USTRANSCOM serves as the Distribution Process Owner and Mobility Joint Force Provider and provides Department of Defense global patient movement. USTRANSCOM relies upon its three component commands—the Army's Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, the Air Force's Air Mobility Command and the Navy's Military Sealift Command—to provide intermodal transportation across the spectrum of military operations. At every moment of every day, around the globe, USTRANSCOM's superb force of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, Department of Defense civilians and commercial partners accomplishes a wide array of joint mobility missions, providing the United States with the most responsive strategic mobility capability in the world. USTRANSCOM provides synchronized transportation, distribution and sustainment which allows the United States to project and sustain national military power where needed with the greatest speed and agility, the highest efficiency and the highest level of trust and accuracy.

The Global Patient Movement Requirements Center, which reports directly to the USTRANCOM commander, provides medical regulating services including evacuation requirements planning for patient movement with the continental U.S. The GPMRC communicates inter-theater and CONUS patient movement requirements to service components, which execute the patient movement mission. The GPMRC recommends policies and procedures and functionally integrates inter-theater lift bed plan development, medical treatment facility and bed designation, and in-transit visibility for both patient and patient-movement items.

The GPMRC provides patient movement validation and requirements identification for inter-theater operations and coordinates with Veterans Affairs for treatment of patients in Veterans Affairs medical treatment facilities when required. The GPMRC functions as the CONUS Theater Patient Movement Requirements Center.

Air Mobility Command
Air Mobility Command, a major command headquartered at Scott AFB, Ill., was created June 1, 1992. AMC provides America's Global Reach. This rapid, flexible and responsive air mobility promotes stability in regions by keeping America's capability and character highly visible. AMC's mission is to provide global air mobility...right effects, right place, right time.

AMC Airmen—active duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and civilian employees—provide airlift, aerial refueling and aeromedical evacuation for all of America's armed forces. Many special duty and operational support aircraft are also assigned to AMC.

U.S. forces must be able to provide a rapid, tailored response with a capability to intervene against a well-equipped foe, hit hard and terminate quickly. Rapid global mobility lies at the heart of U.S. strategy in this environment—without the capability to project forces, there is no conventional deterrent. As U.S. forces stationed overseas continue to decline, global interests remain, making the unique capabilities only AMC can provide even more in demand.

As the air component of U.S. Transportation Command, AMC is comprised of about 135,000 active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Airmen working together, along with our civilian and commercial counterparts, to support the joint warfighter. AMC serves many customers and, as the single manager for air mobility, AMC's customers have only one number to call for Global Reach. Airlifters provide the capability to deploy our armed forces anywhere in the world and help sustain them in a conflict. Aerial refueling aircraft are the lifeline of Global Reach, increasing range, payloads and flexibility. Because Air Force tankers can also refuel Navy, Marine and many allied aircraft, they leverage all service capabilities on land, sea and in the air. Refuelers also have an inherent cargo-carrying capability—maximizing AMC's lift options. Our aeromedical evacuation system delivers wounded warrior from the battlefield to higher levels of care. As of October 2010, AMC aeromedical evacuation experts have conducted more than 168,000 patient movements and more than 32,000 sorties since 911. That averages out to approximately 10 potentially life-saving missions a day. The command does all this while simultaneously supporting humanitarian operations throughout the world.

The command has one numbered air force, 18th Air Force, which is charged with tasking and executing all air mobility missions. Units reporting to 18th Air Force include 15 AMC wings and one airlift group based in the continental United States; two overseas air mobility operations wings; and two expeditionary mobility task forces—the 15th EMTF at Travis AFB, Calif., and the 21st EMTF at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The 15th and 21st EMTFs serve as lead agencies for conducting mobility operations worldwide. They are key to the execution phase of warfighting by providing worldwide expeditionary mobility support. The 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center), located at Scott AFB, also reports to 18th Air Force and serves as the organization's air operations hub, planning and directing tanker and transport aircraft operations around the world.

AMC's active-duty bases include: Joint Base Charleston, S.C.; Dover AFB, Del.; Fairchild AFB, Wash.; Grand Forks AFB, N.D.; Little Rock AFB, Ark.; MacDill AFB, Fla.; McConnell AFB, Kan.; JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst; Pope AFB, N.C. (scheduled for BRAC re-alignments in 2011); Scott AFB; and Travis AFB. In addition, the 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews AFB, Md.; the 62nd Airlift Wing at JB Lewis-McChord; and the 317th Airlift Group at Dyess AFB, Texas, are assigned to AMC. AMC also has one major direct reporting unit, the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center located at JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, which serves as the Air Force's premier organization for expeditionary innovation, education, training and exercises. USAFEC also oversees base operations and support at AMC joint bases.

18th Air Force
Eighteenth Air Force, headquartered at Scott AFB, was reactivated Oct. 1, 2003, as Air Mobility Command's sole warfighting numbered air force. The 18th AF is charged with tasking and executing all air mobility missions. As part of its warfighting role, 18th AF commands assigned forces, provides air mobility forces (airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation) and support forces to the combatant commanders through USTRANSCOM. The commander acts as the Air Forces Transportation commander and Joint Force Air Component commander, when so designated.

Fifteen active-duty wings and one standalone group report to 18th AF consisting of: 6th Air Mobility Wing, MacDill AFB, Fla.; 19th Airlift Wing at Little Rock AFB, Ark.; 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell AFB, Kan.; 60th Air Mobility Wing and 615th Contingency Response Wing at Travis AFB, Calif.; 62nd Airlift Wing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; 89th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Andrews, Md.; 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild AFB, Wash.; 305th Air Mobility Wing and 621st Contingency Response Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.; 317th Airlift Group, Dyess AFB, Texas; 375th Air Mobility Wing, Scott AFB, Ill.; 436th Airlift Wing, Dover AFB, Del.; 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C.; 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, Hickam AFB, Hawaii; and 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing, Ramstein AB, Germany. Eighteenth Air Force also includes two expeditionary mobility task forces: the 15th EMTF located at Travis AFB, Calif., and the 21st EMTF located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.

The 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center), also located at Scott AFB, is 18th AF's Air Operations Center. As such, it functions as the hub for planning and directing tanker and transport aircraft operations worldwide. With more than 52,000 active-duty Airmen and nearly 1,300 Total Force air mobility aircraft, 18th AF has an incomparable combination of airlift and air refueling capability and command and control of air mobility assets around the globe. Its people and aircraft ensure America maintains global reach throughout the world.

618th Air and Space
Operations Center
(Tanker Airlift Control Center)
The 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center), located at Scott AFB, Ill., is 18th Air Force's execution arm for providing America's Global Reach. The 618th AOC (TACC) plans, schedules and directs a fleet of nearly 1,300 mobility aircraft in support of strategic airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation operations around the world. As AMC's global air operations center, the 618th AOC (TACC) is responsible for centralized command and control of Air Force and commercial contract air mobility assets 24 hours a day. The organization is capable of seamlessly transitioning from day-to-day operations to contingency support or disaster relief.

Nearly 700 personnel are assigned to the 618th AOC (TACC). The unit is a Total Force team consisting of active duty, Reserve, Air National Guard, contractor and civil service personnel. The 618th AOC (TACC) employs a wide range of military aircraft to achieve AMC's Global Reach mission, including the C-5 Galaxy, KC-10 Extender, C-17 Globemaster III, C-130 Hercules and KC-135 Stratotanker. The 618th AOC (TACC) also works with commercial contractors to fulfill airlift requirements on an as-needed basis.

The 618th AOC (TACC), initially known as TACC, became operational April 1, 1992. Air mobility leadership sought to simplify the execution of the worldwide mobility mission. They created a highly efficient organization to centralize command and control operations previously located within numbered air forces and airlift divisions. TACC was redesignated as the 618th TACC on April 1, 2007, and remained under that designation until being renamed the 618th AOC (TACC) Aug. 30, 2010.

Air Mobility leverages a tightly integrated AMC team that includes the 618th AOC (TACC), commanders across the spectrum, crews, support personnel and customers. The 618th AOC (TACC) optimizes the Global Air Mobility System while providing aircrews with mission details, support, training and authority necessary to successfully execute their missions. As an air operation center, commanding combat forces around the globe, the 618th AOC (TACC) is a committed partner for today and tomorrow's expeditionary Air Force.

Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command is a unique Army command that delivers world-class, origin-to-destination distribution solutions. Whenever and wherever Soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen are deployed, SDDC is involved in planning and executing the surface delivery of their equipment and supplies.

SDDC partners with the best of U.S. commercial shipping, port, trucking and rail services to deliver cargo to every corner of the globe supporting Department of Defense contingencies, exercises and humanitarian aid missions. A key element of SDDC's surface movement mission involves the ocean shipment of unit and sustainment cargo. The command's scope of responsibility, however, reaches beyond ships and seaports, and extends to the challenging ground routes used to sustain forces in Afghanistan, to the railroads of Iraq, to sea and airports, like the ones used to receive aid in Haiti, and anywhere American combat boots touch the ground.

Approximately 4,600 military and civilian surface transportation experts from SDDC deliver surface equipment and sustainment cargo to the Warfighter by procuring more than $2.3 billion annually in commercial truck, rail, barge, pipeline, and ocean transportation services. The command also supports the men and women of the Armed Forces by overseeing the shipment of their household goods and privately owned vehicles, as well as providing defense transportation engineering services for the entire DoD.

SDDC is the Army Service Component Com-mand of the U.S. Transportation Command and is a major subordinate command to Army Materiel Command. This relationship links USTRANSCOM's Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise and AMC's Materiel Enterprise. The command also partners with the commercial transportation industry as the coordinating link between DoD surface transportation requirements and the capability industry provides.

Fusing these relationships give SDDC unrivaled command and control of the movement of surface cargo and equipment to rapidly and effectively move and sustain joint forces in support of major combat operations, joint operations and humanitarian aid missions anywhere in the world.

Air Force Global Logistics Support Center
The Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, established on March 28, 2008, is a Total Force organization networking Supply Chain experts to be the Air Force's supply chain integrators. The AFGLSC is a geographically dispersed organization with six operating locations. In addition to Scott AFB, personnel are assigned to Hill AFB, Utah; Langley AFB, Va.; Robins AFB, Ga.; Tinker AFB, Okla. and Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio. The AFGLSC is the central, process-driven organization that ensures the success of the Expeditionary Logistics for the 21st Century (eLog21) campaign. They are the hub for Supply Chain Management (SCM), networking logistics experts from around the AF to link wholesale and retail logistics, as well as integrate and oversee all logistics processes, technology and resources to deliver end-to-end warfighter support with increased velocity and at reduced cost.

The AFGLSC is organized around three main supply chain functions: Supply Chain Planning and Execution (SCPE); Supply Chain Operations (SCO); and Enterprise Solutions and Special Asset Management (SCMG). SCPE functions are executed at Tinker, Robins and Hill AFBs. Overall staffing for this segment of the enterprise is approximately 3,200 people. These SCPE professionals provide direct interaction with the system program directors and system program managers at each center for requirements identification to ensure realistic and flexible enterprise planning.

People in SCO are located at Scott, Langley, Robins, Tinker and Hill AFBs. This group of approximately 1,000 professionals is the single supply chain face for the warfighter. Anchored by the Supply Chain Control Center, they provide immediate assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to resolve supply issues quickly and efficiently. The 400-plus SCMG personnel work at Wright-Patterson and Robins AFBs. Their focus is the management of SCM procedures, business rules, providing functional requirements for SC systems, and measuring, assessing, and taking action to improve SC performance through an enterprise metrics and analysis capability.

Air Force Network Integration Center
The Air Force Network Integration Center's mission is to serve as the as the Air Force focal point for shaping, provisioning, sustaining and integrating the enterprise network, enabling assured core cyber capabilities to achieve warfighting advantage. As a direct reporting unit to Air Force Space Command, the center has a shared responsibility to evolve the Air Force Network (AFNet) into a single integrated network environment with seamless, integrated systems, applications and capabilities. AFNIC further helps ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of critical information for the warfighter in support of Air Force priorities.

AFNIC's more than 900 military, civil service and government defense contract personnel actively engage with AFSPC, 24th AF, all major commands, and many other Air Force organizations to help:
• Shape and develop future network architecture and engineering design by ensuring requirements and support for network operations are integrated up front so the AFNet will be compatible with DoD, coalition and other U.S. agency networks as needed. A significant part of this is ensuring information assurance, or security, requirements are in place so Airmen can operate in a safe, secure environment without fear of compromising the mission.

• Provision the network through support to AFSPC's initiatives to standardize, characterize and operationalize the network. AFNIC provides direct support through deployed teams of cyber security experts to discover capability inadequacies, apply security standards and other strategies to ensure robust global connectivity. The center's Technology and Interoperability Facility also provides the ability to test capabilities in an emulated network environment before launching to the Air Force network. • Integrate the network through development of cyber standards, services and information sharing solutions. AFNIC also supports AFSPC in strategic insertion initiatives that ensure compatibility and quality service delivery of new technologies.

• Sustain and deliver the network by modernizing systems, providing logistics and operational support, developing strategies to efficiently use bandwidth, providing effective information assurance and developing training programs for cyber professionals.

The center's roots trace back to 1938 with the establishment of the Army Airways Communications Service. AACS provided standardization to the development and acquisition of air traffic control systems and air-to-ground communications, and its success helped to solidify communications as an indispensable component of military operations.

Over the next 60 years, the name of the organization has changed several times—Air Force Communications Service (1961); Air Force Communications Command (1979); Air Force Command, Control, Communications and Computer Agency (1993); Air Force Communications Agency (1996) and the breadth of its knowledge and core competencies continued to grow and evolve. However, through it all the organization has remained a focal point for providing communications capabilities to Airmen in support of global operations.

Defense Information Systems Agency
Defense Information Systems Agency- Continental United States (DISA CONUS) Field Command is headquartered in Bldg. 3189 and employs more than 850 military members, civilians and contractors. The DISA CONUS Field Command is also the home of the DISA NetOps Center CONUS (DNC CONUS). DISA CONUS is manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ensure customers at Scott and every Air Force Base, Army Post, Marine Camp, Naval Station, and DoD Agency around the world have access to their command and control, direct operational support, telecommunications information and technology services.

DISA CONUS provisions, engineers, operates, and assures Enterprise Infrastructure in direct support to joint warfighters, national-level leaders, and other mission and coalition partners across the full spectrum of global operations. DISA CONUS is the information broker which coordinates and correlates systems outages, assesses network and operational impact, and coordinates and executes restoration of services based on established priorities. DISA CONUS also provides information assurance services for all defense information systems networks in the CONUS and all DISN connectivity that links the CONUS with Europe, Pacific and Southwest Asia regions.

DISA CONUS has evolved into the single point of contact for all CONUS customers, which includes combatant commands, services and agencies. As technology advances and networks expand, so does the vital role of DISA CONUS. The DISA CONUS mission continues to advance as rapidly as the technology that supports the requirements of the warfighter. DISA CONUS takes great pride in being known as the "NetOps technical center of excellence" within the DISA agency and globally throughout the DoD.

Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization
The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization—Scott Field Office is located in the Bldg. 3600. DITCO-Scott is the largest of four DISA contracting field activities that provides worldwide procurement support to the DoD and more than 60 other Federal agencies.

Along with telecommunications contracting, DITCO-Scott is a full-fledged IT procurement organization. Supporting DoD's warfighting mission, DITCO-Scott acquires a wide range of technology to include satellite service, fiber optic transmission, software controlled telecommunications and information systems. A self-contained one-stop procurement shop, DITCO-Scott receives all of its funding from a minimal service fee charged to its customers. In return for this fee, DITCO-Scott provides its customers with contracting, legal, financial and information management services. Over 300 DITCO-Scott employees work in "partnership with industry" to get the best information systems equipment or service at the best price. This partnership has enabled DITCO-Scott to provide timely, economical and innovative solutions to meet the needs of the warfighter.

Air Force Audit Agency Financial and Systems Audit Region
The Air Force Audit Agency's mission is to provide all levels of Air Force management with independent, objective and quality audit services including: reviewing and promoting economy, effectiveness and efficiency of operations; evaluating programs, activities and assisting management in achieving intended results; and assessing and improving Air Force fiduciary stewardship and the accuracy of financial reporting. The Air Force Audit Agency performs its mission through centrally directed and locally initiated audits. These audits are accomplished by region field level auditors within the Financial and Systems Audits Directorate, the Support and Personnel Audits Directorate and the Acquisition and Logistics Audits Directorate.

The Midwest Area Audit Office at Scott is one of the five area audit offices in the Financial and Systems Audits Region, which is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, CA. The Midwest Area Audit Office is responsible for all Air Force audits at Scott AFB, Ill.; Little Rock AFB, Ark.; McConnell AFB, Kan.; and Offutt AFB, Neb., as well as various other active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command units throughout the central United States. As part of the Midwest Area Audit Office, the two audit teams at Scott provide internal audit services to Air Mobility Command, Air Force Network Integration Center, 375th Airlift Wing and all other Air Force activities at Scott, as well as Whiteman AFB, Mo., and a variety of Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard organizations located in Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin and Kentucky.

932nd Airlift Wing
The 932nd Airlift Wing provides first-class, worldwide, safe and reliable airlift for congressional and military leaders and their staffs, flying C-40C and C-9C aircraft. They maintain these aircraft for VIP special assignment missions. They are responsible for equipping, training and organizing a ready force of citizen airmen to support and maintain all facets of air base operations involving infrastructure and security. They also provide worldwide medical services to the warfighter from the front line to continental United States fixed medical treatment facilities.

The 932nd is known as the "Gateway Wing" because of its close proximity to the St. Louis Gateway Arch. Full-time support between training assemblies is provided by air Reserve technicians. These are dual-status technicians—civilian Air Force Ready Reservists. Full-time support is also provided by civilian employees who are not members of the Reserve. The technicians are also tasked for training assigned reservists.

The wing has four groups assigned with eight squadrons, five flights and one geographically separated unit: the 932nd Operations Group and its subordinate units—the 73rd Airlift Squadron, the 54th Airlift Squadron (active associate), the 932nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, the 932nd Operations Support Flight, the 12th Operations Weather Flight, and Det 1, located at Andrews AFB, Md.; the 932nd Medical Group and its subordinate units—the 932nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, the 932nd Medical Squadron and the 932nd Aerospace Medicine Flight; the 932nd Maintenance Group and its assigned units—the 932nd Maintenance Squadron and the 932nd Maintenance Operations Flight; the 932nd Mission Support Group and its subordinate units—the 932nd Civil Engineer Squadron, the 932nd Force Support Squadron, the 923nd Security Forces Squadron and 932nd Logistics Readiness Flight.

In peacetime, the group is assigned to Air Force Reserve Command. If mobilized, the units provide combat ready individuals to Air Mobility Command.

126th Air Refueling Wing
The 126th Air Refueling Wing is a 900-member, Illinois Air National Guard KC-135R Stratotanker unit that's capable of providing aerial refueling and airlift support to enhance the U.S. Air Force's capability to accomplish its global mission. It also provides aerial refueling support to U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and allied aircraft and supports a wide-range of conventional and nuclear plans. The 126th is committed to Total Joint Force efforts as evidenced through its two associate partners. The Active Associate 906th Air Refueling Squadron, with the 126th ARW serving as the host organization for this Total Force Initiative and the Classic Associate 126th Supply Chain Management Squadron, as part of the Air Force Global Logistics Supply Center. During peacetime, the wing receives direction from The Adjutant General, the governor of Illinois and the National Guard Bureau. Upon federal mobilization, the wing is assigned to Air Mobility Command, or specifically the 18th Air Force, to augment active duty forces during national emergencies or war. The unit's history can be traced to the 108th Observation Squadron, formed in 1927 in Chicago, Ill. The unit flew the O-47 in World War II, B-26s during the Korean Conflict and KC-97s during the Vietnam years, becoming the first Air National Guard unit to fly tankers in 1961; the KC-135s arrived in 1976. During the 1990s, the unit served in Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Allied Force. In 2001, the unit was federally mobilized to support Operations Noble Eagle and Enduring Freedom after the Sept. 11, 2001 attack. In 2003, the unit was again federally mobilized to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. At various times during its history the unit has been ordered to state active duty, with the most recent state activation in June 2008 to support the Illinois National Guard's flood control mission. The unit has had several individual federal mobilizations between 2003 and 2010 to support ongoing global war on terrorism operations.

635th Supply Chain Operations Wing
The 635th Supply Chain Operations Wing is the first responder to the Air Force Supply Chain. It is responsible for conducting time-critical operational spares execution and supply chain command and control for warfighters around the globe. This is done through its two groups. The 635th Supply Chain Operations Group at Scott AFB, is responsible for strategic and tactical airlift aircraft, rotary-winged aircraft, and tanker aircraft. The 735th Supply Chain Operations Group located at JB Langley-Eustis, Va. is responsible for all fighter aircraft, bomber aircraft, and special mission aircraft. In total, the 635 SCOW manages supply chain operations for over 4,100 aircraft.

In addition, the 635 SCOW is responsible for transactional control and tracking of all Nuclear Weapons Related Materials. This is done through the NWRM Transaction Control Cell. The 635 SCOW also has operational control over the NWRM Storage Facilities at Tinker AFB, Okla. and Hill AFB, Utah. The wing has two groups assigned with six squadrons, located at five geographically separated areas: the 635th Supply Chain Operations Group and its subordinate units—the 435th Supply Chain Operations Squadron, the 436th Supply Chain Operations Squadron, and the 437th Supply Chain Operations Squadron; the 735th Supply Chain Operations Group and its subordinate units—the 438th Supply Chain Operations Squadron, the 439th Supply Chain Operations Squadron, and the 440th Supply Chain Operations Squadron; the Tinker NWRM Storage Facility; and the Hill NWRM Storage Facility.

Air Force Office of Special Investigations, 3rd Field Investigations Region
The Air Force Office of Special Investigations identifies, exploits and neutralizes criminal, terrorist and intelligence threats to the Air Force, Department of Defense and U.S. Government. AFOSI provides five robust capabilities: protect critical technologies and information, detect and mitigate threats, provide global specialized services, conduct major criminal investigations, and engage foreign adversaries and threats offensively. AFOSI special agents are stationed at all major Air Force installations and many special operating locations. AFOSI works with local, state, federal and foreign law enforcement agencies worldwide. The AFOSI 3rd Field Investigations Region, located at Scott AFB, is one of eight AFOSI wing-level headquarters and commands and controls 13 geographically separated AFOSI units supporting U.S. Transportation Command, U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, Air Mobility Command and the National Capital Region.

AFOSI Detachment 301, also located at Scott, provides professional criminal, fraud and counterintelligence investigations capability to 375th Airlift Wing, 932nd Airlift Wing, 126th Air Refueling Wing, USTRANSCOM, AMC, Air Force Network Integration Center, and all Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units and installations within the states of Illinois, Wisconsin and parts of St. Louis. AFOSI Detachment 301 deploys in support of worldwide contingencies and AMC's global aeromedical evacuation operations.

United States Air Force Band of Mid-America
The United States Air Force Band of Mid-America is the principal musical ambassador of Headquarters Air Mobility Command. The roots of the Band of Mid-America reach back to 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. After several moves, the band relocated to Scott AFB, Ill., in 1944. Initially it represented the Military Air Transport Service, then the Military Airlift Command and now proudly represents Air Mobility Command.

This diverse group of musicians has a heritage of performing many styles of music for people from all walks of life. The Band of Mid-America is often called upon to provide musical support for visiting dignitaries, and has had the distinction of performing for Pope John Paul II, Queen of the Netherlands, President William Clinton, Vice-President Albert Gore, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Air Force, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Air Force Chief of Staff, Chiefs of Staff of our sister services, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force and retired Gen. Colin Powell.

The band performs community relations and recruiting concerts for audiences throughout the Midwest, playing more than 400 engagements each year. In its worldwide travels, the band has performed in the Azores, Costa Rica, Barbados, Grenada, Guatemala, Venezuela, Bolivia, Germany and the Netherlands. Each year, band members perform before more than one million people in person, and for millions more on television and radio broadcasts.

Today's Band of Mid-America is comprised of 45 full-time musicians. All members may perform together for special concerts, parades, and other events, or they may be subdivided into several smaller autonomous units and performing groups to satisfy local, major command, and regional needs. For added flexibility, the Band of Mid-America can use various vocal ensembles, protocol combos and individual musicians.

For more information about ensembles and booking performances, please visit their website at www.bandofmidamerica.af.mil.

15th Operational Weather Squadron
The 15th Operational Weather Squadron is responsible for producing and disseminating mission planning and execution weather analysis, forecasts, and briefings for Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines, Guard, Reserve, United States Strategic Command, and United States Northern Command forces. The Squad-ron provides operational support to 144 installations and sites in a 24 state region of the northeastern United States, totaling over $200 Billion of assets and over 270,000 personnel including presidential support.

The 15th OWS also produces over 9,000 weather warning and advisories, 18,000 terminal aerodrome forecasts, 12,000 graphical aviation hazard products and 30,000 flight weather briefings per year. In addition to its operational mission, the 15th OWS serves as the training center for 20 percent of all new Air Force enlisted forecasters and weather officers. After completing an 8-month initial skills course, new weather apprentices report to the 15th OWS to complete a 15-month upgrade training process The squadron's manning consists of active duty, reserve, civilian and contract personnel and constitutes one third of the 1st Weather Group located at Offutt AFB, Neb.

15th OWS Mission—Provide accurate, timely, and relevant weather information to ensure safe, effective and efficient military operations and provide world-class training to build technical skills necessary to support the warfighter.

15th OWS Vision—Warfighter focused, Warrior Airmen!
345th Recruiting Squadron
The 345th Recruiting Squadron executes Air Force active duty recruiting activities through seven enlisted accession flights and officer recruiters covering seven states and 120,000 square miles with approximately 80 active-duty and 10 civilian personnel. The squadron's area of responsibility includes eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, eastern Arkansas, western Tennessee, northern Mississippi and Paducah, Ky. Their mission is to recruit quality men and women from these locations to sustain the combat capability of the U.S. Air Force.

The 345th RCS belongs to the Air Force Recruiting Service headquartered at Randolph AFB, Texas. AFRS is responsible for accessing 100 percent of the enlisted force into one of more than 152 enlisted career specialties, 100 percent of Air Force chaplains, 90 percent of the service's health professions officers (physicians, dentists, nurses, healthcare administrators and biomedical science corps members) and approximately 16 percent of Air Force line officers each year.

Fiscal year 2011 goals for AFRS are to bring in 27,816 enlisted members, 25 chaplains, 1,142 health professionals and 536 line officers. Critically manned career fields such as pararescue, combat control, security forces, ground/airborne linguists and healthcare professions are a high priority for AFRS and the 345th RCS. Please contact the 345th RCS for more information about joining the U.S. Air Force.

Area Defense Counsel
The Area Defense Counsel, an associate unit of Air Force Legal Operations Agency, provides legal advice and representation to military members in Uniform Code of Military Justice proceedings and adverse administrative actions. Such actions range from involuntary separations and demotions to Article 15 non-judicial punishments and courts-martial. In addition, the ADC provides advice to members of the potential consequences of off-base misconduct and assistance to those who are interrogated as suspects. The ADC is located in Bldg. P-7.  read more...

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