3S - Mission Support (4)
The Mission Support Career Field includes functions and activities of personnel, military equal opportunity, education and training, and manpower.
Personnel functions encompass classifying, assigning, promoting, base reenlisting and separating military personnel; MilPDS management; controlling, administering, and interpreting personnel tests used to measure general learning ability, specific aptitudes, job proficiency, interests, and other pertinent human variables; processing officer performance reports and enlisted performance reports; monitoring quality control programs; advising military personnel and their family members on benefit programs; preparing and maintaining qualification records and other personnel records and reports; developing and maintaining manual and mechanized personnel records and reports; occupational surveys; and collecting elementary psychological data for human resources research.
Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) functions include counseling, educational, and administrative functions to support social actions program.
Education and training activities include training systems development and management, and education services. Training systems involves developing and managing training programs; supervising training activities; providing advice and guidance on enlisted specialty training (EST); and EST advisory services and duties associated with other training functions. Education services involve administering off-duty education programs; advisement on education programs; and maintaining educational services facilities including office libraries containing educational materials and bulletin boards.
Manpower and Organization (MO) functions encompass manpower and organization activities, with core competencies in organization, requirements determination, program allocation and control, and performance management. These include developing and maintaining various organizational structures, manpower standards; analysis of methods, procedures, manpower authorizations, manpower usage, military-civilian mix, manpower force elements, peacetime and wartime requirements; contingency management; operational planning and execution, contractual services, process improvement, productivity enhancement, benchmarking, reengineering, consulting services, and using various data systems.
Specialty Summary. Performs core competencies in organization structure, manpower requirements determination, program allocation and control, and performance management. Manages manpower and organization (MO) functions including Air Force organization structure; organizational and manpower standards; manpower resources, military grades, manpower data systems, and peacetime and wartime manpower requirements and utilization; A-76 commercial activities and competitive sourcing and privatization studies. Manages process reengineering, continuous improvement initiatives, and management consulting services. Supports operational planning and execution.
Specialty Summary. Conducts education and training (E&T) tasks for maintenance, operations, and support training; education services; curriculum development; and instructor activities. Develops, delivers, and evaluates E&T programs and oversees E&T activities.
Specialty Summary. Performs, supervises, and manages military equal opportunity (MEO) and human relations education (HRE) programs. Conducts administrative functions to support MEO programs.
Specialty Summary. Supervises and performs personnel activities and functions, including personnel action requests; source documents; unit, field, and master personnel records; and Commander’s Support Staff (CSS) tasks. Interviews and classifies airmen and officers. Advises on career progression. Updates military personnel data system (PDS) records. Manages Air Force retention programs, assists military personnel in making career decisions, and advises on benefit programs. Ensures compliance with personnel policies, directives, and procedures.