Guarding America - Defending Freedom

MEDFAC

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Doc Pond

Guarding America - Defending Freedom

• Medical Manpower Redistribution (Transformation)

• Wing Director of Psychological Health(WDPH) Transition

• Flight Surgeon Manning/Retention

• 1/4 of ANG Medical manpower now allocated for homeland response

• WDPH transition to GS position decreases cost and improves capability

• Flight surgeon recruiting/retention must be improved due to readiness & cost

• Redistribute remaining 3/4 of medical manpower equitably

• Change WDPH from contract to GS position; increase capabilities

• Facilitate flying, update badging, engender military opportunities

ADFAC Feb 14 MEDFACTop 3

Issues COAs

Col William “Doc” PondMEDFAC Chair

(260) 602-5167 wwpond@aol.com

Guarding America - Defending Freedom

•Homeland Response is a high priority National Guard core mission

•TAGs view Medical Support of CERFP/HRF a “no fail” mission

•Manpower bill for medical support viewed as a medical function

•Support for the CERFP/HRF initially viewed as an ANG responsibility from the100,000+ ANG

•High workload of non-medical units remains unchanged and cannot spare manpower

•1640 (of 5300 in ANG Medical) now support Homeland Emergency Response Mission

•Additional duties of lost manpower must be reassigned to remaining personnel.

•Perform manpower study to quantify essential Wing workload (done)

•Distribute manpower among units based upon workload compared to other units

•Stratify all MDG tasks, allocate manpower to highest value items

•Improve efficiency for remaining tasks

ADFAC Feb 14 MEDFACManpower

Redistribution

Issues COAs

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Guarding America - Defending Freedom

•Homeland Response is a high priority National Guard core mission

•TAGs view Medical Support of CERFP/HRF a “no fail” mission

•Manpower bill for medical support viewed as a medical function

•Support for the CERFP/HRF initially viewed as an ANG responsibility from the100,000+ ANG

•High workload of non-medical units remains unchanged and cannot spare manpower

•1640 (of 5300 in ANG Medical) now support Homeland Emergency Response Mission

•Additional duties of lost manpower must be reassigned to remaining personnel.

•Perform manpower study to quantify essential Wing workload (done)

•Distribute manpower among units based upon workload compared to other units

•Stratify all MDG tasks, allocate manpower to highest value items

•Improve efficiency for remaining tasks

ADFAC Feb 14 MEDFACManpower

Redistribution

Issues COAs

Guarding America - Defending Freedom

•Wing DPH program trialed as contract to speed initiation with minimal tail in event that program was terminated.

•Wing DPH has generally been well received and commanders are comfortable with personnel in position

•ADFAC briefing by Rear Admiral Hunter

•Filling Wing DPH with GS saves $7M•LCSW DPH as GS can accomplish deployment assessments, command directed evaluations, etc.

•2/3 of Wing current DPH are not LCSW

•Present DPHs may be well received, but not able to accomplish all proposed tasks

•All new Wing DPH should be LCSW•If Wing commander desires and realizes inability to complete certain new proposed tasks, non-LCSW DPH may remain in position

•Continue transformation of Wing DPH program to GS positions

ADFAC Feb 14 MEDFACWing DPH

Issues COAs

Guarding America - Defending Freedom

•Flight Surgeons are expensive and labor intensive to recruit and train

•Guard Flight Surgeon manning at in ANG remains stable at 65-70%

•Training to operational level is 4-5 years

•Retaining a flight surgeon to year 15 results in 100% saving vs loss at year 10

•Flight surgeons serve because of personal satisfaction, patriotism

•For flight surgeons past 10 year mark, compensation is not a significant factor

•Inability to fly, deploy, be recognized, progress in career negatively impact retention of seasons flight surgeons

•Facilitate flying opportunities from line policy (SG policy allows flying and DoD)

•Update flight surgeon badging to base on operational performance, not flight pay

•Broaden operational skills training•Set deployment length to allow maintaining critical skills, e.g. 60 days.

ADFAC Feb 2014 MEDFACFlight Surgeon Retention

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