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The Plan is in place

  • Published
  • By Tech. Sgt. Aaron Oelrich
  • 15th Wing Public Affairs
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --  The new Installation Deployment Plan was signed by Brig. Gen. Braden Sakai, 154th Wing commander, Col. Randall Huiss, 15th Wing commander and Col. David  Kirkendall, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam deputy commander, April 1.

The IDP provides a framework for how the 15th Wing, the 154th Wing and JBPHH will work together to deploy Airmen to support combatant commanders down range. The IDP gives instruction on how to deploy a single Airman or squadron of Airmen for a natural disaster or a hostile event.

"The bulk of the work was figuring out how, as a total force unit, we deploy," said Tech Sgt. Brandon Gaskill, from the 647th installation deployment center. "We have been going through all the total force integration initiatives determining how we will deploy with the National Guard so we are one team, one fight."

According to Maj. Rayan Randall, installation deployment officer for the 154th Logistic  Readiness Squadron, the new IDP has improved the ability for the active duty Airmen and ANG Airmen to deploy together.

"In the past the ANG and the active duty prepared for deployment separately but with the newest IDP we all process for a deployment together as one unit," said Maj. Randall.

According to Gaskill, in addition to providing instruction on deploying as a TFI unit the document also gives instruction on how deployment operations work as a joint base.

"The majority of the mission support functions shifted to the Navy side of the base so adjustments were made to the mission support portion of the IDP," said Gaskill.

As the new IDP began to take shape, a change to the AFI gave direction that was more specific.

"The latest AFI directed that there was a specific order to the IDP requiring us to merge a lot of the information that we had and rearrange it to align with the new AFI directive," said Gaskill.

Two years in the making, the IDP ensures that if there were a major event in the Pacific the 15th Wing, with the 154th Wing and JBPHH will be ready to fly, fight, and win.