LeMay inspectors coming to base next week

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  • By Tyler Hemstreet
  • 62nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs
MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. --  Starting Wednesday, a five-member inspection team will observe the day-to-day activities of the 62nd Services Squadron at McChord for four straight days as part of the Gen. Curtis LeMay competition that recognizes excellence in Air Force Services programs.

The inspection team will look at the squadron's customer focus, programs, management, facilities, equipment and leadership in the squadron's many sections during its stay at McChord, said Roger Davis, 62nd SVS deputy commander.

"They're going to be looking at exactly what we do on a day-to-day basis," Mr. Davis said.

The inspectors will also be looking to see how well each of the services squadrons do with the financial resources they have and how they have improved over the last year, Mr. Davis said.

The squadron will have no problem in that area, Mr. Davis said, citing all the fitness center, golf course and bowling center improvement projects that have been completed or that are in the works.

"Most of the changes that we've made are because it is what our customers have asked us for," Mr. Davis said. "We've been very responsive to reasonable customer feedback."

While the inspectors will be scoring each of the squadron's sections by hearing a briefing and filling out a questionnaire, Mr. Davis said the squadron is intent on showing the inspectors the answers through active participation.

"The interactive briefings are what is going to separate us from the other bases," Mr. Davis said.

The school-age program at the child development center will present a themed step routine to the inspectors. Keeping with 62nd SVS' "Mission Possible" slogan, a group of 8 to 10-year-olds dressed in white shirts, black ties and sunglasses will perform, which will be followed by a tour led by a couple of the children, said school age program assistant Sonja Welch, 62nd SVS.

"We're all about the children so the best ones to talk about the program are the children," said Ms. Welch, who collaborated with Teresa Richardson, another program assistant, to organize the routine. "It makes us standout even more."

Col. Jerry Martinez, 62nd Airlift Wing commander will also brief the inspectors inside a C-17 Globemaster III, Mr. Davis said.

"We just want the LeMay inspectors to leave laughing and smiling -- just like we treat our customers," Mr. Davis said.