Know Your Support Staff: Director of Manpower and Personnel

Photo By Maj. Edwin Nieves | Maj. Allison Orth, District of Columbia National Guard, Joint Force Headquarters-Air, director of manpower and personnel and Capt. John Brown, DCNG, JFHQ-Air, military personnel management officer, discuss pre-unit traning assembly planning at the D.C. National Guard Armory June 8, 2018. Orth is one of the drill-status Air Guard members assigned to the D.C. National Guard's Joint Force Headquarters. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by: Capt. Edwin Nieves/Released)  

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

06.10.2018

Story by Capt. Edwin Nieves 

DC National Guard

Name: Major Allison Orth

Duty Station: Joint Force Headquarters, District of Columbia

Office: Director of Manpower and Personnel, A1

Duties: As the A1, my primary responsibility is to provide overall human resource strategic planning, integration, analysis, manpower and personnel policy, accountability and oversight to implement Wing, Joint Force Headquarters and National Guard Bureau initiatives, personnel readiness, operational capabilities and sustainment of the National Guard community.

I support and work with Air and Army National Guard personnel as well as civilian employees to develop and integrate family programs, manpower requirements, Office of Equal Opportunity and Youth Challenge Academy programs.

Experiences: During the 58th Presidential Inauguration, I worked with my JFHQ and Wing counterparts within the Joint Task Force, A1 cell to provide personnel accountability of 7,800 National Guard members from the District of Columbia, 43 states and 3 territories. Joint Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration (JRSOI) Accountability of troop movements played a key role in A1 operations.

Military Background: I have served in the Air National Guard just shy of 17 years. I have extensive experience in Domestic Operations and Space Operations. Prior to joining the DC National Guard, I served in the following units: 141st Air Refueling Wing, 174th Attack Wing, Joint Force Headquarters, New York, and the 222nd Command and Control Squadron.

Opportunities: I welcome any suggestions on how the A1 shop can assist or coordinate on behalf of the wing either at a headquarters level, with my counterparts in G1, or at the National Guard Bureau.

• Date Taken: 06.10.2018
• Date Posted: 06.10.2018 16:17
• Story ID: 280373
• Location: WASHINGTON, DC, US