Team McChord completes UEI

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  • By Senior Airman Divine Cox
  • 62nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The 62nd Airlift Wing recently completed its Unit Effectiveness Inspection capstone event, which was conducted by Air Mobility Command’s Inspector General team and the Air Force Inspection Agency to rate how effective the wing is performing and accomplishing its mission.  The inspection was from Dec. 5 -12 here at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

“The capstone event is the final on-site visit of the UEI and the catalyst for generating a UEI report,” said Master Sgt. Monique Dubose, 62nd Inspector General superintendent. “The capstone event lasted one week, during which time the IG validated and verified the Commander Inspection Program, conducted Airmen-to-IG-sessions, and independently assessed unit effectiveness through task evaluations, audits and observation.”

The UEI is an external, continual evaluation of Wing performance based on the four major graded areas such as executing the mission, managing resources, improving the unit and leading people. It is also graded on a three tier system which goes from ineffective, effective, to outstanding.

The UEI is not focused on detecting shop-level non-compliance, but instead, the UEI is focused on identifying areas where the risks from undetected-compliance are greatest, helping the Wing Commander identify blind spots, poorly focused or misaimed sensors in his/her CCIP.

The Major Command IG will ensure that a final report and grade will be provided to the Wing Commander and MAJCOM Commander. This report includes 2 grades: one grade on the Wing’s effectiveness and another grade on the adequacy of resources provided to the Wing. The adequacy grade provides a MAJCOM Commander an assessment of the support the Wing is getting from higher headquarter staffs.

After the UEI was over, Team McChord received the rating “effective”.

“A rating of ‘effective’ means that the base is proficient and mission capable in all areas,” said Lt. Col William Hunt, 62nd Airlift Wing inspector general. “We showed that our performance or operations meet expectations and mission requirements.”

Col. Leonard Kosinski, 62nd AW commander, said according to the AMC IG Team, the 62nd Maintenance Group knocked the inspection out of the park and it was the best the IG team has seen in the past 10 active duty Capstone UEIs.

In addition to the inspection, the AMC inspector general also recognized multiple top performers, which included giving out six IG coins, 17 individual recognitions, and six team awards. The 62nd Operations Group, 62nd Maintenance Group, 62nd Medical Squadron, 62nd Judge Advocate and others received special recognition for exceptional performance.

With this new UEI, McChord will not have another inspection Dec. 2019.

Hunt said this new system is an effective way to inspect the unit.

“I like to the new system in place to inspect units,” said Hunt. “We are able to enable and strengthen commanders’ mission effectiveness and efficiency. We are also able to motivate and promote military discipline, improved unit performance, and management excellence up and down the chain of command, in units and staffs and identify issues interfering with readiness, economy, efficiency, discipline, effectiveness, compliance, performance, surety and management excellence.”

Kosinski commended and thanked Team McChord for their hard work and continued excellence during the UEI.

“The McChord Way of excellence, innovation, and respect was validated by the recent capstone UEI with an overall inspection grade of ‘effective’,” said Kosinski. “While there are always areas we can improve, the 62nd AW received the lowest number of significant findings in a long time for any AMC UEI. The inspection team noted this was an especially noteworthy accomplishment for a mission as big as the 62nd AW. It was a great job overall for the 62nd AW which has worked hard to address manpower reductions and remain focused on delivering safe and reliable global airlift--our part of Air Mobility Command's Rapid Global Mobility.”