Photo by Lewis Hilburn | Defense Finance and Accounting Service | 01.19.2021
Sgt. 1st Class Latara Smith was recognized by Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael A. Grinston during an Indiana AUSA event in November. Smith works for the Personnel Force Innovation program out of Defense Finance and Accounting Service in Indianapolis, IN as a case manager. Personnel Force Innovation (PFI) is an Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) program assigned to DFAS and is designed to......
Photo by Lewis Hilburn | Defense Finance and Accounting Service | 01.19.2021
Sgt. 1st Class Latara Smith was recognized by Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael A. Grinston during an Indiana AUSA event in November. Smith works for the Personnel Force Innovation program out of Defense Finance and Accounting Service in Indianapolis, IN as a case manager. Personnel Force Innovation (PFI) is an Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) program assigned to DFAS and is designed to......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matt Scotten | Personnel Force Innovation | 02.07.2018
Currently, there are five personnel assisting the 561st AMXS on Title 10 orders through PFI. Those personnel have made a massive impact on productivity so far. At one point, they even produced two jets in 10 and 15 days, respectively, which is 14 days faster than average. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matt Scotten, PFI Public Affairs....
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matt Scotten | Personnel Force Innovation | 02.07.2018
Tech. Sgt. Allen Young, a guardsman from the 144th Fighter Wing, California National Guard, came all the way from his hometown in Fresno, Calif to serve on orders for four months as a tactical aircraft maintenance technician at Robins AFB, Ga. While on orders, he has the opportunity to learn skills and gain experience that would be nigh-impossible to replicate at home station with his......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matt Scotten | Personnel Force Innovation | 02.07.2018
Senior Airman Christopher Merrill, a reservist from the 414th Maintenance Squadron, 944th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., is currently on Title 10 orders as a crew chief for the 561st AMXS, Robins AFB, Ga., providing depot-level maintenance to F-15e Strike Eagles....
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matt Scotten | Personnel Force Innovation | 01.31.2018
Firefighters from Military Ocean Terminal Concord, Calif., learn the many facets of operating watercraft from Reserve Soldiers like Sgt. Nicholas Chapman, of the 467th Transportation Company, Tacoma, Wash. Chapman is one of two Soldiers currently on orders to teach installation firefighters to operate watercraft so they can earn their Coast Guard certification and better fight fires aboard......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matt Scotten | Personnel Force Innovation | 01.31.2018
Operating watercraft entails a good deal more than simply accelerating, stopping, and turning a boat. Sgt. Nicholas Chapman, a watercraft operator from the 467th Transportation Company out of Tacoma, Wash. trains MOTCO firefighters in everything from maintaining the boats’ mechanicals to navigation and map reading....
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matt Scotten | Personnel Force Innovation | 01.31.2018
Sgt. Nicholas Chapman, a watercraft operator from the 467th Transportation Company out of Tacoma, Wash. trains MOTCO firefighter Jason Madariaga to operate a fireboat. Madariaga is one of several firefighters Chapman is training so they can earn their Coast Guard certification and better fight fires aboard ships in the bay....
