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isr : total force suggestion Secretary of the Air Force U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Director of Air Force Public Affairs Commander DMA - San Antonio Deputy for Public Affairs Operations Senior Editor Managing Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Design Director Deputy Design Director Designer Designer Designer Production Manager Contributing Editor Copy Editor Copy Editor Copy Editor Michael B. Donley Gen. Norton Schwartz Col. Les Kodlick Col. Clifton Douglas Jr. Jeffrey L. Whitted James B. Pritchett Capt. Shannon Collins Staff Sgt. Matthew Rosine Tech. Sgt. Matthew McGovern G. Patrick Harris Luke Borland Billy Smallwood Mike Carabajal Virginia Reyes Andrew Yacenda Lt. Col. Daniel Epright Douglas Lefforge Janie Santos Steve Richards Official magazine of the U.S. Air Force May-June 2009, Volume LIII, Number 4 About AirmAn Airman is published bimonthly by the Defense Media Activity for the Secretary of the Air Force Office of Public Affairs. As the official magazine of the U.S. Air Force, it is a medium of information for Air Force personnel. Readers may submit articles, photographs and artwork. Suggestions and criticisms are welcome. All pictures are U.S. Air Force photos unless otherwise identified. The opinions of contributors are not necessarily those of the Air Force. EditoriAl officE Airman, DMA-San Antonio, 203 Norton St., San Antonio, TX 78226-1848 Telephone 210-925-7757; DSN 945-7757, fax 210-925-7219; DSN 945-7219 E-mail: airman@dma.mil look us up www.AIRMANonline.af.mil For more news see the Air Force’s official World Wide Web home page at www.af.mil for A unit subscription Administrative support offices can send the unit’s mailing address and the total number of military and civilian Air Force people assigned via e-mail to airmandistribution@dma.mil to start receiving copies on a regular basis. distribution One copy for every three Airmen and civilian workers. for A pErsonAl subscription Call toll free 1-866-512-1800; or fax 202-512-2250 for subscription cost. Pay-by-phone orders are processed from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastern time. For information, write: Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954 contributors AirmAn stAff dEsign stAff I enjoyed the article about ISR overcoming challenges [March April 2009]. However, I was disappointed that the only senior officer you found to interview was an “IMA augmentee.” Col. Gerald Cox, retired former Air Force intelligence officer Editor’s note: Interviews for this story were conducted based on requests to show the Total Force make up of the Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency. Active duty, Reserve and Guard Airmen were interviewed for a Total Force perspective; officer and enlisted interviews were conducted. The agency was pleased with the story. It is a good glimpse at the agency’s history and where it stands today. I would like to suggest an idea. I have seen a lot of advertisements for special duty jobs and maybe one or two small articles on MTIs and others. But what I would love to read are actual interviews with the people and their families in these special duty jobs answering the real questions. Questions, for example, like what are your hours like? How is this affecting your family? What hardships are you going through? Why did you choose this? What is your wife/family doing to cope with the rigorous schedule? We’d like to see the real questions being asked because there is some stigma attached to these jobs. If the real questions aren’t asked, the applicant will not have a clear picture of what they’re getting themselves/ their family into. Senior Airman Christine Anderson Ramstein Air Base, Germany Editor’s note: Thank you for taking the time to let us know what you think. Airman is written for people just like you. You have a great sugges- tion. We will look for ways to incorporate some of your ideas in future stories. total force service center Single-point of entry for personnel information and services 800-525-0102 TFSC delivers personnel services to Active Duty Airmen, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and Civilian populations through a virtual connection of the Air Force’s personnel service centers • Provides a single access point for customer calls and minimizes call transfers • SimplifiesprocessesforAirmentonavigate through the personnel centers and get the personnel answers they need • Providesconsistent,accurate,andunder- standable personnel information to all • EnsuresallAirmencontinuetoreceive quality personnel services and increases theoverallefficiencyandeffectivenessof service delivery • Providesseamlessaccesstopersonnel information,services,andtools–anytime and from any location J May- June 2009 3