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Show 4 HilJtop Tunes July 8, 2004 General ing, so that we can be proactive rather than reactive in every warfighting environment we find ourselves in. Q: How is AFMC's strategic principle, capabilities ... on time, on cost," more relevant today than perhaps any other time in the command's his- discusses reorganization "War-winnin- g tory? from page I interests and focuses are to do the very best I can to lead and train those people behind me to do even greater things in the future. Q: During the recent AFA Focus on Defense Symposium here, you spoke in length about the concept of defining the "battle space on our terms" how are the transformation efforts in affect throughout AFMC helping the warfighter dominate our battle space as it is defined in the Global War on Terror? A: I normally try to look at a problem from top to bottom, big to small. Let me reverse that, and look at it from bottom to top. First, it's most important for the Air Force Materiel Command to be dedicated and focused on providing our current weapons systems the maximum mission availability to the warfighter. But before we even get into worrying about transformation of systems, let's make sure that we have the best possible processes to sustain the systems that we have in the hands of the warfighter today and provide him or her with a reliable, available weapons capability. Second, it's very important that we do the best we can to transform our acquisition support and acquisition processes to bring online the new systems that we've already decided to procure, on time and on cost so that the warfighter doesn't have to worry about shortchanging other areas of the budget to fund this new system that they need and hope they would get on time and on cost. And third, I need to make sure that our science and technology in our laboratories are focused on harvesting that most useful technology as fast as possible in a spiral way and presenting options to the warfighter of how their capability could be improved and give them a plan that is based on realistic time and cost estimates. Along that line, we have to help the warfighter understand what technology will help them transform the battlespace as we understand it, in conjunction with their understand s usHoliday TvJrarry.:. Patties! ; I: ; A: First of all, I've tried to compare what it is our command does with what the rest of our operational Air Force commands do, in a way that isn't hokey or unrealistic. The fact is, whether we are talking about product support, test, or sustainment, our folks are in what looks an awful lot like a war every day. They're fighting against time schedules, they're fighting against budgetary pressures that take money away, and they're fighting against the laws of history when it comes to dealing with the laws of nature and physics in producing the most sophisticated weapons systems in the world. It's hard and there are many sides of the problem that they face, just as a warfighter deals with when he or she builds a war plan and tries to execute it. So we need to think of ourselves in kind of a war a war against those who don't believe we need what we say, a war against the odds of producing that technology on time and on cost, and a war against the budget pressures that would try and take money away and put it to other problems. So, when you think of it that way, you ask yourself if you are structured to fight this war as the warfighters are in their presentation of force in a conflict. And it's my view that we in this command thought of ourselves as different and part of that came because we had so many civilians that fTTTiT jTTTTT v : , A The battles that we're fighting today are real, and they're taking their toll in terms of loss of equipment and loss of our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. The warfighter doesn't have time to be micromanaging the men and women of Air Force Materiel Command about cost and schedules. That's our job. We need to make sure we are totally focused on giving them what they need, with the schedule and the cost that we promised, so that we will have the credibility to become a valued team member in this world's most respected Air and Space Force. Q: How is your Center Reorganization plan going to bring the ALCs into alignment with the other AF Major Commands? And, how will it be different? We are booking space now for the Holiday ' "Small Groups J Private Rootm , Groups up to 900 : Great Date Available Breakfast Lunch "Dinner "Dance "Reception New Year's Eve "Special Holiday Menu TTTT-TTrT- the rest of the Air Force said, they're different because they have civilians. And we thought of ourselves as different because we have so many Air Force civilians, so we'll organize more like a business. The fact is we're not a business. We're a military organization, whose mission is national security, not profit. And so we have to structure ourselves in such a way that we're understandable as a military organization. Our Air members of that team and Force civilians are we deal with what our metrics are. And our metrics aren't profit and loss. Our metrics are delivery of the most sophisticated weapons systems on time and on cost. And last, when you organize yourself for this war on sustainment and acquisition and technology, when you define yourself as a military organization, that doesn't mean you can't be businesslike. When you define yourself as a military organization, you can begin to set up the right supervisory chains, the right accountability, the right measures and the right processes that deliver the product in a way that can be more effective and more efficient. That will cost less and it will give us the measures against which we can begin to reduce the time it takes because we will have units that are assigned specific missions and tasks that we can measure and then begin to determine the right techniques for improving their performance. So, it's very exciting. No where in this do I want to give anyone the indication that we have failed or that we are inadequate. The fact of the matter is that the whole Air Force rides on the backs of the men and women of the Air Force Materiel Command. 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