USMEPCOM TRANSFORMTION - IT MODERNIZATION
Abstract
The US Military Entrance Processing Command Integrated Resource System (MIRS) provides automation and communications capabilities to support the peacetime, mobilization and wartime military manpower accession mission for the Armed Services. USMEPCOM conducts its work through 65 Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) across the country and 189 Military Entrance Test Sites (METS). MIRS provides automated support for conducting aptitude tests and medical examinations and administratively processing, enlisting and shipping applicants for the Armed Forces, Reserves, and Coast Guard. This includes support for automated versions of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) tests. MIRS initiates Social Security Administration (SSA) checks for identity verification; interfaces with US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) to verify citizenship status for military service applicants to screen out individuals that may be security threats; and interfaces with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for background screening, using digital fingerprints to identify/eliminate individuals with criminal records from entering military service. USMEPCOM reports operationally to the Office of the Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness and has an executive agency (EA) agreement with the Army. USMEPCOM serves all five uniformed services, but only receives funding from the Army to perform its mission. MIRS supports recruiting capabilities through electronic interfaces and data sharing, using standard Department of Defense (DoD) data elements with Recruiting Service systems. In the event a military draft is required, MIRS supports mobilization through electronic links with the Selective Service System (SSS) as well as automated support for conducting aptitude tests and medical examinations and administratively processing, inducting and shipping SSS registrants. Customers/beneficiaries of this investment: the Accessions Community of Interest (ACOI), including components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, USMEPCOM, and Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Personnel & Readiness (P&R) Requested funding underpins system sustainability and scalability and improves cybersecurity to include protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Funding covers costs to redesign/develop existing MIRS capabilities to operate efficiently in a cloud environment and to integrate with MHS-Genesis. This will allow for the closure of 65 Army data centers, in support of the Army Data Center Consolidation Plan (Army Directive 2016-38) and movement towards the Force of the Future mandate of all digital processing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2022
- Source ID
- T04_0605013A_5_2040_PB_2022
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