Roll Call- Joint Expeditionary Taskings

  • Published
  • By Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley
  • Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
Week of Jan. 21 - Jan. 27, 2009 --  The Air Force provides vital capabilities to the Joint team in support of the Global
War on Terror. Part of the missions and capabilities we deliver have until recently
fallen into a broad category of tasks designated as "In-Lieu-Of" (ILO). The
Department of Defense enacted several changes to Joint terminology in October
2008, replacing most ILO designations with other terms that more accurately
describe the nature of the tasks. 

With the introduction of these new DoD terms, the Air Force is launching the term
"Joint Expeditionary Tasking" (JET) to describe the critical nature of the work
Airmen are performing within the Joint team. Currently, there are a little more
than 4,000 Airmen supporting JET. 

The following are some facts about JET: 

     - In nearly all cases Airmen are filling jobs very similar to their Air Force
jobs, duties which are within their core competencies. In 80 percent of the
cases, Airmen are doing the same job they would be doing in the Air
Force 

     - Nearly all force sourcing requirements being filled by our Airmen fall into
Air Force core capabilities or competencies or involve us doing something
for which no service has listed as a capability or competency 

     - Examples of JET include security forces cops guarding detainees, enlisted
transportation personnel driving convoy trucks across the desert and civil
engineers rebuilding infrastructure in Afghanistan 

Airmen working JET are excited and motivated to perform their mission. Many of
them are volunteers and many more wait impatiently for the opportunity to fill
these critical roles. They are doing an incredible job and we should celebrate
their accomplishments and recognize that working JET gives them invaluable
joint war-fighting experience.

Find Airman's Roll Call Online Here: http://www.af.mil/library/viewpoints/

Airman's Roll Call is designed for supervisors at all levels to help keep Airmen informed on current issues, clear up confusion, dispel rumors, and provide additional face-to-face communication between supervisors and their teams.