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Show Commentary Az7e Acquisition AFMC commander envisons better support to America's Fighters tion. Enterprise Management shatters by Gen. Lester Lyles Commander, Air Force Materiel Command AFB, Ohio (AFM-CNS- ) Launching Agile Acquisition provides an exciting opportunity for all of us in the business of developing, acquiring, testing and sustaining the weapon systems our Air Force uses to defend America's freedom! Agile Acquisition opens the door for real, meaningful change; change that will enable us do our jobs better and, most importantly, provide better support for our customers: this nation's warfighters. The "Lightning Bolts" that implement this new way of doing business give us the tools we need to make these changes. They will touch the entire Air Force, especially through Lightning Bolt 5, which will transform the services contracts that affect every one of us. They will focus our acquisition ef forts and, at the same time, reinforce our other initiatives to transform and improve the services and products we provide. In particular. Enterprise Management in AFMC ties in perfectly with Agile Acquisi WRIGHT-PATTERSO- N stovepipes! It gives individual managers the responsibility and authority to look at broader concepts and issues affecting programs that are different. It gives warfighters a single point of contact to access the acquis tion process on a system or program. These two efforts will work together trum, from the conception of a new weapon system right on through to how we maintain and sustain it after it's fielded. Enterprise Management makes AFMC well prepared for doing this analysis and implementing the changes we need. The changes Agile Acquisi tion will demand are rev olutionary! That's as it should be. Our world. and our to take us where we need to go to keep Amer- ica's warfight- - mis- sion, have changed ically in v. ers the most powerful and respected force in f the world. We must make sure we're devel oping, finding, adapting and delivering the best mix of capabilities to our air and space warriors in the minimum amount of time. To do that, we're taking a close look at everything we do across the full acquisition spec- - I rad- the past few months. We must change ivy with it to ensure we provide the warfighter a responsive and effective acqui sition system that meets his changing needs. Agile Acquisition has my full support and commitment. To be successful, it must have yours. I trust you will all give it your highest level of attention and the full force of your settle for providing today's technology tomorrow. We must, and we will, find ways to provide tomorrow's technology today! The stakes are high. Failure is not an option. We have support from Air Force leadership to make the changes we need to make. Lightning Bolts 2002 give us the tools to make those changes. And, most importantly, we have the people with the ability to make all this happen in our dedicated acquisition worker force throughout the Air Force. 'What is your favorite holiday tradition?'T n r- i I tremen-dou- s creativity, expertise and dedication. Our future depends on it! The future of our nation, and the success and safety of our fighting forces hinge on our ability to do what must be done. Let me make one thing perfectly clear. This is not change for change's sake. We're talking about breaking down barriers and eliminating institutional inertia, rules and processes that rob people of creative spirit or don't add value. It's imperative that we provide absolutely the best and newest capabilities to our fighters in the shortest time possible. We can't i Hill Street Views Juana Aguilar Alvin Bedford Aircraft Directorate Base Restaurant "I like to bake and make peanut brittle. My family loves it, even though we don't need all the extra pounds." "I don't really haye a holiday tradition except for spending time with the family. The wife and I enjoy ourselves." Sandra Smith Staff SgtEdward Carballo America First Credit Union "We take the kids to the Christ- mas park in Ogden every year. And then another tradition is buying the kids Christmas that they open on Christmas Eve." jam-mi- 649th Combat Logistics Support Squadron "Going on leave to see family and watching my nephews open Christmas presents." es Shanna Nelson 649th Combat Logistics Support Squadron "My favorite holiday tradition is probably decorating the tree with my kids. It's fun going through all the old decorations and enjoying the memories of where we got them and why they're special to us." Acftioira Liime Editor's note: After several queries regarding snow policies, base closures and parking, the 75th Air Base Wing Commander Col. David Beecroft, wished to address the issue in one, all encompassing action line response. Recently, we've received several Action Line questions regarding snowplowing priorities and base closure during stormy weather. First, let me assure you that we do care for your safety, and because we care, we consulted the local police and the Utah Department of Transportation about road conditions. Since the roads were passable and everyone was already at work and on staggered schedules, we felt it best to let the highway department work on local roads before the close of business. We put stock in advice from the local police and UDOT that the only problem on the highways was people driving too fast for road conditions. We do care for your safety, but believed the best thing we could do was keep people at work supporting the engaged war fighters. As for parking lots, we followed the priority of work for snow removal, but it's a long slow process especially snow removal when it keeps snowing. We have teams, and they did a great job keeping the flightline operational. We did a good job working on main roads and in when residents moved their cars for the housing area the snowplows. We didn't do such a great job in some parking lots and we've rearranged our response plan to get them done quicker. In fact, the parking lot where I park was one of the last ones to get plowed. The barriers at the Roy gate initially caused some problems for snowplows and vehicles, but it's fixed. We had discussed shuttles to work areas during a recent safety meeting, but when schools won't bus children unless they live more than a mile and a half from the school, we couldn't justify funding shuttles, plus Air Force directives prohibit it. Here's my bottom line: We are very proud of the military, civilian and contract operations on Hill AFB who plow our roads, work our gates, repair our vehicles, work in our prod 24-ho- ur across-the-stre- et uct directorates, care for our families and children, fix and fly our aircraft and everything else we do at Hill AFB to support our men and women in harms way. It's unfortunate that it snows heavily at times on Hill AFB. We have an important job to do and if we have to drive safely in snow and walk carefully to our work centers to produce the mission-criticparts needed or to provide for the it's the right who are people important to our AF mission to do. thing Please keep the calls coming ... we need feedback to improve services to you and Hill AFB. Every one is reviewed at the command level for ways to do things better. Think light snow!! -- Col. David Beecroft SULrJUvU Hilltop Times Published by MorMedia, Inc., a private firm in no way connected with the U.S. Air Force, under exclusive written contract with Hill AFB. This commercial enterprise Air Force newspaper is an authorized publication for members of the U.S. mil work and play. When you call Ext. or send on Outlook to "HILL ACTION LINE," your comments will be recorded and staffed through the agency responsible for action. Please give your supervisor and chain of command the opportunity to work with (m? you in answering questions and solving Mb in i problems before calling ACTION LINE. Col. David Beecroft This will help me better serve your inter- 75th ABW Commander ests. Items of basewide interest to the Hill workforce will be published in the Hilltop Times. ail al lines Parking People are parking Phone numbers any way they want near Bldg. it to get in or out. Could difficult 225, making very our parking monitor hand out tickets or at least tell the people to park within the marked lines? Both parking lot monitors and Security Forces have been monitoring the parking lots to reduce the number of illegally parked cars that create safety hazards. Security Forces will ticket any vehicle that creates a safety hazard or impedes traffic flow. Gross violators will be issued a U.S. District Court Violation Notice, which may carry a monetary fine. For more information, call Senior Airman Manuel De La Rosa, 75 SFSSFOJ, at Ext. 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