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62AW rated 'Effective' in UEI Capstone

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  • By Tech. Sgt. Sean Tobin
  • 62nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. --  The Air Mobility Command Inspector General gave the 62nd Airlift Wing an 'Effective' rating during the Unit Effectiveness Inspection Capstone event, which concluded here Sept. 11.

The UEI is the Air Force's new unit inspection program and has more of an emphasis on evaluating a unit's effectiveness in areas such as leadership and resource management, as opposed to focusing solely on the unit's compliance with Air Force regulations, such as the Unit Compliance Inspection or the Logistics Compliance Assessment Program did.

Although it does assess a unit's compliance with regulations, like a UCI or LCAP, a UEI focuses heavily on how effectively a unit performs in four major areas: managing resources, improving the unit, leading people and executing the mission. At the conclusion of the UEI, inspectors rate the unit as either 'Outstanding,' 'Highly Effective,' 'Effective', 'Marginally Effective,' or 'Ineffective.'

"As part of the new Air Force inspection system, this Capstone validated our Commander's Inspection Program here," said Col. David Kumashiro, 62nd AW commander. "This reaffirms that we are on a good course to ensure we are in-line with Air Force level guidance."

The Commander's Inspection Program is a key part of the overall Air Force inspection system. It utilizes the Management Internal Control Toolset to provide units with the means to undergo a continuous self-assessment, thereby eliminating the need to ramp up inspection preparations every few years, and it helps to keep units inspection-ready at all times.

Kumashiro thanked the members of McChord for their continued hard work - not just during the nine-day inspection, but also for their work building the Commander's Inspection Program over the past year. He also congratulated the 446th AW and the 627th Air Base Group for also receiving 'Effective' ratings.

Kumashiro also provided a reminder that the Air Force inspection system is a never-ending process.

"I couldn't be more proud to be a part of this team," said Kumashiro. "With all that being said, though, our next UEI starts today!"