Quite a few AF officers, including comm and info officers (who most likely will serve in AFCYBER) were recently
forced out of the AF through various force shaping actions. These actions included officers that the AF had spent a lot of training and education dollars on so that they could get Master's degrees. (At AFIT for example) And now it appears that the AF is regretting the force shaping and RIF actions. In early February 2008 (the same month many were forced out), the AF submitted a $385 million unfunded request to Congress to plus-up active duty end strength by almost 14,000. Also, a Dayton
Daily News article on 10 February 2008 quoted General Bruce Carlson, the AFMC Commander, recently saying that the AF is "reconsidering the policy [PBD 720] it adopted two years ago" and "we cut too much." The article also
quoted U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, as saying "The Air Force has said that they don't believe their reduction in personnel is a wise thing to do, that the demands on them are not going down."
1. If the unfunded request is approved/funded, will it have any impact on the officers that were RIFd?
2. Are there any short-term plans to possibly ask any of the officers that were recently cut to come back to active duty?
3. If the unfunded request is approved/funded, how does the AF plan on getting those 14,000 personnel? (Experience and leadership abilities do not just grow on trees.)
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Quite a few AF officers, including comm and info officers (who most likely will serve in AFCYBER) were recently forced out of the AF through various force shaping actions. These actions included officers that the AF had spent a lot of training and education dollars on so that they could get Master's degrees. (At AFIT for example) And now it appears that the AF is regretting the force shaping and RIF actions. In early February 2008 (the same month many were forced out), the AF submitted a $385 million unfunded request to Congress to plus-up active duty end strength by almost 14,000. Also, a Dayton Daily News article on 10 February 2008 quoted General Bruce Carlson, the AFMC Commander, recently saying that the AF is "reconsidering the policy [PBD 720] it adopted two years ago" and "we cut too much." The article also quoted U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, as saying "The Air Force has said that they don't believe their reduction in personnel is a wise thing to do, that the demands on them are not going down."
1. If the unfunded request is approved/funded, will it have any impact on the officers that were RIFd?2. Are there any short-term plans to possibly ask any of the officers that were recently cut to come back to active duty?
3. If the unfunded request is approved/funded, how does the AF plan on getting those 14,000 personnel? (Experience and leadership abilities do not just grow on trees.)