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Team Niagara makes final preparations for inspection

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  • By Master Sgt. Kevin Nichols
  • 914th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. --  Team Niagara traveled to Rhode Island Air National Guard Base June 27, 2012 in final preparations for a joint Operational Readiness Inspection deployment later this summer.

Members of the 914th and 107th Airlift Wings met with their ORI counterparts of the 143rd Airlift Wing to discuss their 6 keys to a successful joint inspection: checklists, plans, airflow, advanced team composition and site survey, specialized team assignments, and training.

"With few days until the execution of the ORI, the leadership and functional leads have begun to focus on the refinement of details for a successful inspection," said Capt. Jennifer Baumgartner, 914th Airlift Wing process manager.

To help gauge the readiness of personnel processing procedures being put into place for the upcoming ORI, visiting Team Niagara members went through an inprocessing line set up by their Rhode Island hosts.

"As part of our ongoing team building with the 143 AW, they asked if we would participate in a PERSCO process validation," said Baumgartner.  "The process has been refined through the efforts of the personnel in Rhode Island and the PERSCO of Team Niagara."

The goal was to process a group of 42 personnel in approximately 30 minutes and the Rhode Island PERSCO team well exceeded their goal.

"Thanks for all the hard work and attention to detail," said Col. Arthur Floru, 143rd Airlift Wing commander.