MEDICAL LESSONS LEARNED

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MEDICAL LESSONS LEARNED
DESERT SHIELD/STORM

CATEGORY: Manpower and Personnel

ISSUE/ITEM:

SUBJECT: Pre-Screening of Medical Skills

BACKGROUND: PIM personnel were prescreened by ARPC to determine current
liscensure 'and practice of medical providers, prior to recall to Lackland AFB for
processing.

DISCUSSION: In several instances, personnel were, upon reporting for duty, found
to be not-qualified in the primary AFSC. Also, it was observed in several
instances that prior enlisted members of the IRR had, subsequent to military
service, significantly upgraded their skills. For example, a 902XO was now a
licensed and practicing dentist. Under the law, these personnel must be
recalled at the rank and in the AFSC they possessed at the time of separation.
Utilization of these personnel was a significant problem.

ACTION RECOMMENDED:

(1) Ensure more thorough/timely IRR screenings/skill assessment.

(2) Incorporate flexible re-classification/commissioning/
demobilization authority to accommodate requirements under Push-Pull.

(3) Incorporate a limited credentialing function into Push-Pull
processing procedures.

SUGGESTED OPRs/OCRs: HQ ARPC/SG
HQ USAF/DP/RE/SG
HQ AFMPC
HQ ATC/SGAS/SGAX

SUBMITTER: [(b)(2)] HQ ATC/SGAX