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the

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O .

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E s stand up Fighter Generation

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Squadron was part of the KOMO

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initiative . Eso We disbanded our

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aircraft maintenance squadron that used

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to have three aircraft maintenance

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units underneath it and we made the

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units individual squadrons as an EMU

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way were led by a captain and the

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squadron commander was above him . Now ,

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within an F . D s , we have our own

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commander , chief and a full of

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commander support staff . So that

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allows us more access to them and makes

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our life a little easier on admin side

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of things . And just building that

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relationship with our supervision as an

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end use a little difficult because the

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access commander was detached from the

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unit . He had over 1000 people who

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worked with so having a commander in

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the building that you see every day is

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probably the biggest difference when

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they have a smaller amount of people

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one from 1300 . You can actually get to

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know who your people are more and you

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can actually give them a fair , honest

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rating . But what you have seen

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personally and from the flight , she

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says , you actually know , they just

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seem like they're less busy because

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they have less troops to maintain that

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before , I never met the commander .

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Now that there's our own individual

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commander , I see her in the hallways

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more so she just she's around more .

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I've had a few airman that have needed

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some like immediate attention , and

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it's been nice having leadership , just

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a phone call away . You make one phone

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call like This is what's going on , and

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within 15 minutes you have your answer .

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What you need . What was the name you

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It was , It seemed cluttered . It

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seemed like everything was like

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appointment running down to the

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commander's office and run the whole

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way back when you went down . Always a

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line always took up a bunch of time .

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Just a lot . I guess it was going on a

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lot of moving pieces , but now are

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fired . Generation Squadron . It's

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fantastic . I like leadership ,

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leadership , getting contacted

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leadership for this , that there is no

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wait in this line having to go through

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this list of 1000 people to catch your

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name . It's a lot easier on me as an

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airman , and it's really simplified my

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job specifically in building the fly

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schedules on a weekly monthly basis .

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We have eliminated some in my mind ,

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unnecessary steps in getting the job

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done effectively as an avionics

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individual . One of our programs is

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specifically commander directed at all

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of our documents have to be signed by

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the commander . Anytime we have to do

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reports , they have to be signed and

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reviewed by the commander . So having

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our commander in house has made it much

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easier process , especially when we

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have time crunches on certain documents

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that we have to get signed . That

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communication has been very much

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streamline with the structure .

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Honestly , my experience is a mute . It

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wasn't terrible , but I guess if I

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could kind of maybe describe it

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compared to how things are now , it was

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Things were a little bit slower back

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then . It's been able to improve the

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relationship of not only our squadron

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as a whole with our opt counterparts ,

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but it's also helped me , I think , in

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a way , to improve my relationship with

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my fellow peers as well as the

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leadership I worked with . I came from

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the course , so I'm a brand new F 16

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pot when I got here , so I was really ,

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like , narrow focused on trying to get

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my qualifications done , so it's really

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short . But the experience I had was we

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already between the shooter Fighter

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Squadron and am you at the time had a

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good office meetings relationship . But

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it just got better . Once we became an

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F . D s and I am you . It's all about

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in a way , like , you know , the past

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where the 55th fighter generations

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quarter . Now we're not just the 55th

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aircraft maintenance unit . And that in

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itself just saying the 55th Fighter

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Generation Garden kind of has a

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connotation to it . That brings out a

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sense of pride that were something else

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entirely . The fighter generation

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squadron , I think , is the way of the

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future . We have a great leadership

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based here in the shooters . I know the

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Tigers and gamblers have a great

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leadership . Baesa's well , I think the

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maintenance group did a really good job

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of putting the right people in the

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right positions within each GS to be

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successful . I hope we can maintain

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this F GS construct because it's truly

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effective . It's efficient , and it's

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set up for us to answer our nation's

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call it any moment