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Show w Junt 14. 2001 AF launches'MNMod' data system Global Hawk mi RAN 1)0 AFB. Texas (AFPN) Despite a tentative start, the Air Force's personnel data system, dubbed WlilMod,' launched June 5. transferring millions of airmen's records into a central database, and capping a five-yea- r effort to bring the service's personnel system into the 21st century. "Although the implementation was delayed by a few days because of some data problems we caught with our final test checks, we're working to make the transition as painless as possible for all our customers," said X. Col. Richard Treasure, chief of the systems requirements division at the Air Force Personnel Cen- ter here. "We appreciate everyone's patience with their local military personnel flights," he said. "It may be a bit bumpy for a while when they're trying to complete per- sonnel systems, Treasure said. But a lot of the improvements will not been seen by airmen right away, he said. "We're optimistic that this new system will dramatically improve promotion and assignment notifications and almost every other persf nnel action in the Air Force of tomorrow," Treasure sa'.d. The new system supports all "life cycle" personnel management functions from recruiting through separation or retirement. Each day, more than 15,000 peraccess to the sonnel specialists will have real-timdatabase to update and print out relevant records. It also eliminates duplicate data entry making it possible for personnel transactions to be completed in minutes and hours rather than days. For instance, under the new system, an assignment confirmation and notification should take perhaps 20 minutes instead of the seven to 10 days, officials said. "Although delays may occur in the initial weeks of using MilMod, we anticipate the software systems will run very well," Treasure said. "However, because of the sheer volume of information we're trying to migrate from the old to the new system, we may see some problems arise from bad or missing data. "We can't catch every problem before it happens, but those we know about we're committed to fixing so our customers are inconvenienced as little as possible," Treasure said. "We've gone to great lengths to have our people, wide, trained and ready. We brought (more than) 300 personnel specialists here to and we continue to conduct training. train hands-on- , We have tested, improved and the system. with and We're as ready training testing as we can be." e sonnel actions." The new system will enable airmen in the future to transact much of their personnel business from their desktops. The center has moved about 1.7 million records of total force airmen into the new system that will affect not only customers at every military personnel flight, but also more than 50 government agencies and organizations. "This has been, and continues to be, a huge undertaking," Treasure said. "Our people haven't gotten much sleep for the last few months, and we continue day and night with teams to monitor and fix the transition problems we're sure to have" as MilMod gets its first workout, he said. Officials at the center call MilMod perhaps the biggest such system in the world and tell of Fortune 500 companies who are already visiting and taking away ideas. standard" in per (Courtesy of AFPC News Service) "This kind of sets the cutting-edgAir-Forc- real-worl- d e ed re-test- e FH615 CHARLEY CHARLEYS Lunch: Special Fish & Chips b Catfish NOW OPEN Under Netv Management Dinner Special Cordon Chicken Bleu Lunch served daily 10:30 a.m. 2 p.m. Dinner served 5 p.m. 9 p.m. 525-910- 10: W a.m. 10: W a.m. - Sun Nm-ti- 1a.m. 9 pm Clewing TPV I "H -- Brigfrwam Ctty 1 Ajl5y Sun 617 Tues 619 FREE Lunch: per I 8 yS-Nort- h - Roy Sunset- - lasaJ f r s Ogden ! 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