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Show HILLTOP TIMES CMSAF on force priorities, continued support for families, wounded warriors standards and adherence of standards." "When you take a young Airman who's been ANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas through basic training, send him through technical school, get them to their first unit and — The Air Force's top enlisted leader their first supervisor starts giving the Airman toured several military bases in the San Antonio, area July 7-9 to meet with Airmen and on-the-job training and the Airman may be given a technical order — that Airman knows discuss Air Force priorities. they have to follow the technical order. They Chief Master have to follow that TO. to the word because Sergeant of the Air that's what our business is about. We follow Force James A. Roy regulations and instructions." assumed his new Another one of the chief's priorities is proposition during an apviding a comprehensive support system for pointment ceremony military families. June 30 at Boiling Air Force Base, D.C. "I have a very young family, very young Chief Roy said some children, but I make sure they understand primary focus areas what Dad's doing," he said. "Why is Dad gone for the enlisted force all the time? I think people need to communiinclude reinforcing cate well with their family members. That's professional military part of taking care of them. So taking care of Chief Master Sgt. Roy education, integratfamilies is something we need to continue to ing better with joint strive to do." Another key issue for Chief Roy was proand coalition partners and supporting military viding full support for the military's wounded families and wounded warriors. warriors. One of the main issues Chief Roy said he "As an Ail1 Force, we have a lot of Airmen will focus on during his tenure is developing on the battlefield, so we have a lot of wounded Airmen. warriors. We also have a lot of joint wounded "We need to continue to work on enlisted warriors, and we need to continue to take care force development," Chief Roy said. "We do of them regardless of what uniform they wear a great job of professional military educaor where they came from," said Chief Roy. tion and technical training. We have the best "The fact that they are Americans and they Air Force and military in the world not just did the mission of what our nation has called because of our equipment, but because of our them to do is something we need to stand by. people. Having been around other militaries, We owe that to them and in the same sense we including foreign militaries, they have a lot of owe that to their families." good equipment, too. What they don't have, to the extent we have, is Airmanship, and that's Chief Roy also discussed integrating and , very important. We need to continue to instill collaborating with our joint partners. Airmanship in our Airmen and continue to re"One area I think we need to continue to fine ourselves." focus on is joint professional military educaThe chief said developing Airmen also intion," he said. "When we look at the global cludes reinforcing basic standards Airmen are scope of what we do, we need to also consider coalition forces and how our nation is working taught when they initially join the service. <( We need to maintain the basics — adherwith those partner nations. I believe we should ence to standards," Chief Roy said. "I visited be looking at how we not just receive partner basic training this week and met with trainees nations into our schools, but also about taking learning to become Airmen. The one thing some of our Airmen and opening the doors that's instilled upon Airmen, just as it was when I went through almost 27 years ago, is See PRIORITIES I page 7 USAF Manpower, Personnel and Services News R TIMES 3 July 16, 2009 Extra assistance offered to Airmen transitioning into civilian world ^ how to civilianize those resumes. To have experts come out to the Hilltop Times staff base and teach these classes is a ? wonderful benefit." ' • ; he Airman and Family The TAP seminars are volun-; ! Readiness Center and the Department of Workforce tary benefits of fered immedi- ', j ately following the mandatory ^ \ Services are now offering an additional service to help those pre-separation briefings. The t ] who are transitioning out of the TAP seminars have been offered; since 1991, Beasley said, and they Air Force and need one-on-one, include an overview of veter- ; personalized help. axis' benefits and teach effective ) In addition to the Transition Assistance Program seminars interviewing skills, how to dress"' offered twice per month by for a civilian job and how to write the AFRC and DWS, the transicover letters and resumes. : *;; tion experts from DWS are now "We cannot stress enough available the week following the how important it is to make the . courses on Tuesday mornings resumes readable for civilians," •: and Thursday afternoons at the Beasley said. "The resume is ,,. AFRC. what gets you through their -.,-, doors, and many people struggle"The Department of Workcivilianizing their resumes. That •. force Services teaches a fourcould really hurt your chances.",; -. day class as part of the Transition Assistance Program, which That is why the AFRC and ", encompasses topics like resume DWS find it necessary to offer . writing, interviewing techniques extra help to those who may need and VA benefits, to help transimore time with their resumes. ,. tion the military member from "The experts are really flex- ; military life into civilian life," ible with their time, and that's . !s says Carole Beasley, AFRC flight nice," Beasley said, "They can "^ chief. "There are many unique spend 20 minutes with someone..' situations. Some career fields or they can spend two hours with might be more difficult to transsomeone, depending upon each "^ late into a civilian resume. So the individual's needs." two gentlemen from the DepartMost Airmen begin the transi1 ment of Workforce Services have tion process more than 90 days agreed to come in (to the AFRC) before separation, but Beasley two additional days per week fol- recommends that Airmen take lowing the four-day course to be these classes 18 months to two available to sit down and do one- years before they plan to sepaon-one appointments. They will rate from the Air Force. "You help with whatever part of the find out what you might be losing transition the member is strugby separating from the military gling with." or how prepared you really are to get out into the civilian world: ' Beasley says the experts There's a lot to think about be- " from DWS are retired military fore you sign out." members who understand both the military and civilian worlds. 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