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Show .- DC (1 CT7C- -7 Vol. h - '' '5- Tarn 48 No. 24 D Hill AFB, Utah B June 16, 1994 Changing the watch ;;rra Qhang&of CflrVirjiand ceremony Tuesday, the 649th Air Bese Group flag was passed from the outgoing commander, Col. Steven R. Emory, to Ogden Air Logistics commander, Maj. Gen. Lester L. Lyles (left), and then to the incoming ABG commander, Col. Keith A. Bennett (right). ' 1 - has tics commander,- as the flag was passed from Emory to Lyles and finally to Bennett, signifying the official changing of command. Lyles told the crowd on hand that Emory had done an admirable job in the midst of the most dramatic and sweeping 180. over The event was presided by Maj, changes in the history of Hill AFB. Air L. Gen. Lester Lyles, Ogden "Throughout all these challenges it Logis After nearly three years at the helm of the 649th Air Base Group, Col. Steven R. - Emory relinquished his command to Col. Keith A. Bennett Tuesday afternoon during a change of command ceremony in front of Bldg. - f Part 3 of RIF Q What is a performance appraisal of record? A performance appraisal of record is usually an employee's annual rating. However, any official ratings given at other times during the year, emsuch as the appraisal for newly-hirea of as record, count presumpappraisals ployees, tive rating of fully successful is given for purposes of reduction in force. A d 90-da- y What is a competitive level? A ing of positions that have the same grade and 1 REMEMBER DAD 19 JUNE classification series and essentially the same duties, qualification requirements, pay schedules and working conditions. The jobs in a competitive level should be so similar that an employee on one position can be assigned to another position with very little loss in productivity. Q How is credit for performance appraisals figured? The three most recent performance appraisals of record within the last four years are A signed a value for RIF purposes as follows: D Fully successful is worth 12 additional years Davis-Montha- 2. of service. An excellent rating is worth 16 additional years and a superior rating is worth 20 additional years of service. D No additional years of service are given for appraisals of less than fully successful. If an employee has fewer than three appraisals of record, a presumptive rate of fully successful is given for any missing rating. The three appraisals are averaged mathematically, and the average number of years is added to the employee's length of service to make the RIF service computation date. Any fractions are rounded up to the next whole number. B Please see RIF, page 2. Irnrtfc- s- Hatch Act provisions 729th ACS mobility Identicard test..... C.U.R.E. program Food poisoning LI the whole Hill AFB family," Emory said. Bennett, who is arriving from his duties as the deputy base commander n of AFB, Ariz., agreed the record of the base is truly impressive. He said the key to an unclear future lies in the hands of the workers of the base and challenged the workers to continue down the path to excellence and quality. Bennett was the deputy commander of Davis-Montha-n since mid-199will move on Kirtland AFB, to Emory will where he as the base serve N.M., commander. nd answers a questions as- A competitive level (or comp level) is a group- in.I been the strong and dedicated forceful leadership of Colonel Emory that has carried us through and sustained this base," Lyles said. Lyles also said that during the last three years,, in nearly every area of support, Hill is either the best or one of the best in the command. ' Emory said his family fell in love with Utah 10 years ago and called Hill "one of the most impressive installations that any nation in the world could have. "At no other time in my career have I had so much help, assistance, direction, education and support then from challenge .P. 3 Velcome! P. 7 P. 9 P. 13 .....P. 15 P.24 Focus on Defense IIP attendees! |