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Show cam IMP Vol. 41 No. 27 Hill AFB, Utah UNITED STATES AIR FORCE a '- - cimes a i ..Til .n iff iriiTf II On April 1, 1954, President Dwight D. Eittnhowtr signed legislation creating the Air Force Academy. nfirTuiirr T II Tl tfii fiYi ill 'frfiyilfB programs work; .base well lift freeze Petrsomiiniel By Chris Baierschmidt Ogden SEPTEMBER 18,1947 July 10, 1987 immi. ALC Public Affairs ti 'it Office Organizations on base will be going to outside hire to fill vacancies now that the two early out programs and the temporary hiring freeze have accomplished necessary reductions, according to a civilian personnel official. The freeze and early out program also have resulted in reducing the need for reductions in force, despite funding shortfalls for civilian employment at the beginning of fiscal 1987. Dennis Heins, chief, Civilian Personnel, said Wednesday that every operations and maintenance organization has positions to fill because of the freeze 6 and the early out retirement imposed in which in 267 personnel leaving the resulted program base during June. Another 201 maintenance personnel took advantage of a similar program offered in April: "Every O&JVl organization is below 95 percent manned and each anticipated hiring at least a few," he said. Operations arid maintenance-funde- d major force all include 07 the Ogden' Air program organizations Logistics Center, excluding maintenance, U.S. Air ' Force Hospital, Hill, the education service and the social actions office. While Mr. Heins could not be specific on the jobs available or the number to be hired, he did say the different organizations will be identifying these positions in the next few weeks. He said existing personnel may be promoted into the higher level slots mid-198- ' . . vacated by the retirees, leaving lower graded positions open for outside hire, cancellation or reprogramming to higher priority work loads. Statistics at the civilian personnel office show that of the 267 operations and maintenance personnel who retired early, 160 were in General Schedule were General grades 9 through 12 slots. Twenty-on- e and higher and 47 were Wage Grade Manager-13- s leaders or supervisors. The retirees' average age was slightly over 54 and the average length of service was 28 years. That amounts to nearly 7,500 years of experience. "It's a turbulent time for us. Our goal was to reduce employment, which we've accomplished. We lost a lot of experience and, now; we're faced with filling, in many cases, management positions," he said. Mr. Heins said it probably will take several months before people are hired to fill the vacancies due to interviews, selections, promotions and processing time which accompanies each transaction. He expects internal promotions to fill most of the GS-- through 12 slots if the organization decides to refill the vacancy. The civilian personnel official also anticipated repersonnel in hiring the first group of 100 y non-pastatus maintenance who had been put on earlier this year. He said they should be called back by the end of July, with about 30 going back to maintenance positions and the balance going to new positions as a result of reduced work loads in the Directorate of Maintenance. 9 on-ca-ll "At this time," he added, "it's unknown if other status. It, personnel will be put into non-paon load work the again, depends requirements." Force levels reductions Air at Funding higher forced the imposed hiring freeze and early out programs. At the beginning of fiscal 1987, in fact, Ogden ALC learned it would be funded by $8 million less in the civilian payroll over the fiscal year. Mr. Heins said that the operations and maintenance early out program resulted in a payroll savings of about $2 million in a $220 million operations and maintenance payroll budget during fiscal 1987. The Directorate of Maintenance was forced to cut 482 positions, which it accomplished through natural attrition, early retirements and layoffs of on-ca- ll t y I personnel. "Those plans and some reprogramming of funds saved us," he said. Mr. Heins does not expect a second early retirement program for operations and maintenance organizations next fiscal year. Currently, there are 14,100 ALC and 760 tenant civilian personnel in appropriated fund employment positions. The ALC number is about 1,000 less than the number here at the beginning of fiscal 1987. Mr. Heins said that funding projections for fiscal 1988, "which begins Oct. 1, show that ALC organizations on base will be staffed at about 95 to 97 percent of the employment levels at the beginning of fiscal 1987. He expects these lower employment levels to remain fairly constant for fiscal 1988. on-ca- ll ObGyn ward reopens soon - 0 ? ObstetricsGynecology services at U.S. Air Force Hospital, Hill, will resume Wednesday, according to the S u ,:. ... 1 i. f. S I! j. ' ' hospitals during construction. J il At (U.S. Air Force Photo by Rolph C. Jensen) Adding stripes James Terry, a painter, puts new stripes on the parking lot at By Ernie Ogden J. Shannon ALC Public Affairs Office All Air Force members can now wear the optional battle dress uniform every day of the week if they please, as a result of a U.S. Air Force Uniform Board change effective Tuesday. . However, it will be more than a year and a half before the service has enough of the uniforms to go around. According to TSgt. Allan Pechta, noncommissioned officer in charge of personal affairs at the Hill Air Forco history Work begins on Hill Field construction schedule. The ward has been closed since June, due to remodeling of the nursery and labor and delivery areas. The clinic, however, has been open and will continue to be open throughout the remainder of the project, said Lt. CoL (Dr.) Sara Vigh, assistant chief, hospital services. e Deliveries have been referred to out-sid- 4 n A Bldg. 1 102. AFB Consolidated Base Personnel Office, "The problem is that while the Air Force has approved camouflage wear for all, the uniforms are in short supply." The Air Force chief of staff approved the policy change in March, but the funding issues of providing the uniforms to new recruits at Lackland AFB, Texas, and making them available for purchase at military clothing sales stores continue to be a problem, according to Pentagon officials. Sergeant Pechta pointed out that the camouflage uniforms can't be purchased at Army supply stores. . r.lountcin Rion Trio revives past Services should resume here once the project is completed. Colonel Vigh said the remodeling provides a "more comfortable" set- ting for ObGyn patients and newborns. He said the Army will not sell to Air Force members for fear of depleting their supplies. "This does not constitute carte blanche approval for all individuals to be issued and wear the battle dress uniform, for it will be some time before adequate supplies are available to facilitate issue to all," the Pentagon message said. "This does constitute wear authority for those who have or can ob- tain the dress." Concerning the wear, Pentagon officials said the uniforms are acceptable in all base offices and base See BDUs, Page Porolcn ofUcors Two come, two go 1 'I 3, please. |