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Show HILLTOP TIMES 10 TIMES December 18, 2008 Joint Expeditionary Task terminology changes BY STAFF SGT. J.G. BUZANOWSKI Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs W ASHINGTON — The Air Force is adopting new terminology to better reflect participation in today's joint fight, the Air Force chief of staff advised in a letter to the field. Airmen who were previously categorized as filling nonstandard or "in lieu of taskings now will be referred to as filling a joint expeditionary tasking, or JET. "When it comes to being part of the joint fight, the Air Force js all in," Gen. Norton Schwartz said. "The term JET reinforces our commitment to the joint fight as an equal member of the joint team. The amazing contributions Airmen make around the world every day are not in lieu of anything." The Air Force change comes on the heels of a larger shift within the entire Department of Defense. As of Oct. 1, DoD terminology for "in lieu of taskings was refined and broken out into three separate sourcing categories to more narrowly and accurately define the nature of the tasks military members perform. The DoD categories for nonstandard taskings previously referred to as ILO are now: • Joint Force/Capability Solution: military members from one service who perform their core mission in place of military members from another service • AD-HOC: military members from one service combined with military members and equipment from another service into a single deployable unit • ILO: military members performing mission capabilities outside of their normal competencies An Air Force Red Horse team filling an Army engineering battalion requirement would be an example of a joint force/capability solution task. An example of an ad-hoc task would be a provincial reconstruction team, a capability which is built when needed and not contained in any service. Currently the Air Force does not have any taskings which meet the new DoD definition for ILO. 185/65R-14. 205/65R-15 195/60R-15. 205/55R-16 205/65R-15 195/60R-15. 225/B0R-16 205/55R-16 BILL ORNDORFF/U.S. Air Force Mike Perez (left) and Chris Jones laugh as they deck the hallway in Building 5 with food donated by employees from the 524th Electronics Maintenance Squadron. The squadron has challenged other 309th Electronics Maintenance Group squadrons to build a decorated "can tree" for the Christmas season. The displays will be judged Dec. 19 by group director Jim Lehgyel to select the most creative. Oh 'can'-nenbaum, oh 'can'-nenbaum ... Volunteer efforts to assemble canned goods evolve into Christmas tree contest BY BILL ORNDORFF 309th Maintenance Wing w 'hat started as a competition between the Electronics and Instruments flights of the 524th Electronics Maintenance Squad- PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY, P. Dale Hibbert, Pediatrics Jennifer Brown, Family ron has grown into a food drive among the 1,200 employees of the 309th Electronics Maintenance Group. "The 524th Morale Committee, desiring to provide a goodwill gesture to the local community, organized the canned food collection drive and challenged other EMXG members to respond in kind," said Gary Shaw, 524th EMXS director. "The challenge has been overwhelmingly accepted." The squadrons are collecting the canned and nonperishable food items until today. They have also been challenged to set up their donations in a decorated "can tree." "On Dec. 19, our group director, Jim Lengyel, and his staff will visit the displays and give an award for the most creative," Shaw said. "Afterward, we'll collect all the donations and take them to local food banks and deserving families in the community." 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