Quit or Be Fired: Tough Decisions for Air Force Civilians Who Cannot Meet Deployment Requirements

Abstract

This research will analyze and examine the medical and physical standards utilized for Department of the Air Force (DAF) civilians to deploy and how these standards affect their retention. AF civilians (not contractors) have regularly been deploying, since 2001. There are over 100 AF civilians deployed, at any given time, and routinely 1000 rotating positions available in Iraq and Afghanistan. Most deployed civilians are volunteers. These civilians work side-by-side with the active duty force, sometimes in very austere conditions. Figure 1 shows the literal hand-in-hand relationship military and civilians have in the deployed environment. The Air Force Engineering and Technical Services (AFETS) program have deployed more than 1500 DAF civilians, since 2001. Furthermore, the Pentagon has benchmarked the AFETS deployment procedures for most civilian deployments. The AFETS program is the model of deploying civilians and their retention issues, in this research. However, this civilian workforce is aging. Inherently, with the aging process, medical and physical issues may arise for some of these individuals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1054707

Entities

People

  • Joseph Pellish

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Brain Injuries
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • Therapy
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Warfare

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