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Air National Guard Conversion Team Reflection Paper

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The Ever Changing Air National Guard, Airmen, and the Ability to Adapt It was June 5, 2012 I received a call from Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt) Santos from National Guard Bureau Joint Base Andrews, MD, stating I was selected for a position on the Air National Guard Conversion Team, this was the beginning of new opportunities, changes, and challenges. I arrived at Joint Base Andrews September 12, 2012. There was no time wasted, I started training for this new position immediately. This was my first introduction to Staff work and I had a lot to learn about Conversions, staffing, and myself. I started by learning what the Conversion Team did and how we as a team effected the Air National Guard as a whole. There are 90 wings located within the 50 states and 4 territories. As an Air National Guard Conversion Team member, we plan and implement all Air National Guard conversions which includes weapon …show more content…

CMSgt Santos recommended that I work on reformatting the Conversion Report. This was no easy feat, since the previous format was out dated, not standardized, and did not flow well. There was some push back from team members that have been on the team for years. I completely understood how they felt since I was the newest member of the team. I decided to get them involved in the process. I used their experience and inputs to help reformat the Conversion Report. It has been 3 years and we still use that report format. I went from one project to the next and continued to develop from each one. Leadership started asking my thoughts on what requirements were needed for a Conversion visit. For example, what kind of working groups, who from the staff would be assisting the Conversion visit, and other requirements. With CMSgt Santos recommendation, I have been part of 84 different conversions, of those, 58 are still actively converting and require assistance from our

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