AF Reserve streamlining plans will adjust manpower in 3 states

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  • By Col. Bob Thompson
  • Office of Air Force Reserve Public Affairs
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --  Air Force Reserve officials announced plans to streamline unit structures and adjust manpower in California, Georgia and Texas by fiscal year 2012.

"These changes are the result of a 13-month analytical effort intended to ensure we are operating as effectively and efficiently as possible," said Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., Chief of Air Force Reserve at the Pentagon and commander of Air Force Reserve Command at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. "Today's Reservists serve every day as interchangeable partners in the Total Force, and are no longer held back just for big surges. This new reality led the 2008 Commission on the National Guard and Reserve to recommend a force restructure."

The biggest changes will affect the Air Force Reserve's three numbered air forces: 4th Air Force, March Air Reserve Base, Calif.; 10th Air Force, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas; and 22nd Air Force, Dobbins ARB, Ga. These three headquarters will now focus on readiness, ensuring their subordinate units are trained and ready to deploy when needed.

Overall, California will see the addition of 132 manning positions, Texas will gain one position and Georgia is scheduled to lose 101 positions.

However, as Congress reviews the FY 12 budget request, many resourcing and manning requests are subject to changes and reductions, especially during the current effort to tighten federal spending.

California will add 132 manning positions:
March ARB will have a manpower reduction of 63 part-time and one full-time Reservist as well as 50 civilian authorizations due to 4th Air Force restructure. However, the base will add five part-time Reservists' slots and one civilian authorization as part of a new Exercise Evaluation Team mission.
Beale AFB will have an increase of 213 part-time Reservists and 17 civilian authorizations with the activation of a new civil engineer unit. Also, the base will add four part-time Reservists' slots and one civilian authorization as part of a new Exercise Evaluation Team mission.
Travis AFB will have an increase of four part-time Reservists' slots and one civilian authorization as part of a new Exercise Evaluation Team mission. 

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