USAFA to send out IG survey, gets ready for April IG inspection Published Feb. 4, 2015 By Col. David Kuenzli U.S. Air Force Academy inspector general U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- You've probably heard the Air Force Academy will be inspected by the Air Force Inspection Agency April 7-17. You may ask yourself, "Why is this important?" It's important because you can make a difference. As your IG, I know no one really likes inspections. Airmen have good reason to dislike them, as the Air Force previously had 116 different inspections. This equated to IG inspectors appearing here five months of every year. Worse yet, Airmen spent months preparing for these inspections. This preparation often had nothing to do with accomplishing the mission; rather it was accomplished to impress inspectors. Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III realized the Air Force no longer had time or resources for such inspection preparations and the service released its inspection system in August 2013. This system discourages preparing for inspections to give you back your valuable time. To do that, you have to participate. Simply put, you're in the best position to know what works to accomplish the mission. This month, Academy Airmen will receive an email with a link to an anonymous inspection survey to better inform inspectors of our successes as well as in areas we can improve. I encourage you to participate because you'll make a difference by helping the Academy to improve. This inspection system works. For example, an Academy Airman noticed some older, slow computers were used by U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School staff. The Prep School staff was under the impression they were not covered by the Lifecycle Replacement Program, and purchased computers with their annual funding. This Airman connected the Prep School with life cycle points of contact and the Prep School received 93 new computers the following week. Instead of spending money on computers, the Prep School can spend it on quality of life initiatives. It didn't take a higher headquarters inspection to fix this problem; it was discovered by an Academy Airman. Please take the survey. Good ideas come from all Airmen regardless of rank or time on station. Don't underestimate your impact in improving our IG processes and help us all accomplish our crucial mission of developing leaders of character.
USAFA to send out IG survey, gets ready for April IG inspection Published Feb. 4, 2015 By Col. David Kuenzli U.S. Air Force Academy inspector general U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- You've probably heard the Air Force Academy will be inspected by the Air Force Inspection Agency April 7-17. You may ask yourself, "Why is this important?" It's important because you can make a difference. As your IG, I know no one really likes inspections. Airmen have good reason to dislike them, as the Air Force previously had 116 different inspections. This equated to IG inspectors appearing here five months of every year. Worse yet, Airmen spent months preparing for these inspections. This preparation often had nothing to do with accomplishing the mission; rather it was accomplished to impress inspectors. Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III realized the Air Force no longer had time or resources for such inspection preparations and the service released its inspection system in August 2013. This system discourages preparing for inspections to give you back your valuable time. To do that, you have to participate. Simply put, you're in the best position to know what works to accomplish the mission. This month, Academy Airmen will receive an email with a link to an anonymous inspection survey to better inform inspectors of our successes as well as in areas we can improve. I encourage you to participate because you'll make a difference by helping the Academy to improve. This inspection system works. For example, an Academy Airman noticed some older, slow computers were used by U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School staff. The Prep School staff was under the impression they were not covered by the Lifecycle Replacement Program, and purchased computers with their annual funding. This Airman connected the Prep School with life cycle points of contact and the Prep School received 93 new computers the following week. Instead of spending money on computers, the Prep School can spend it on quality of life initiatives. It didn't take a higher headquarters inspection to fix this problem; it was discovered by an Academy Airman. Please take the survey. Good ideas come from all Airmen regardless of rank or time on station. Don't underestimate your impact in improving our IG processes and help us all accomplish our crucial mission of developing leaders of character.