New Mexico Wing -- Excellence and Integrity in All We Do 1 Commander’s Call 10 May 2014

Colonel Ric Himebrook Jul 6, 1943 – Apr 5, 2014 New Mexico Wing -- Excellence and Integrity in All We Do 2

3 Awards and Decorations

Overview NM Wing Vision Goals for Jul 2013 – Jun 2014 – Status Check Wing Initiatives – Status Check Upcoming Events New Mexico Wing -- Excellence and Integrity in All We Do 4

Vision for New Mexico Wing New Mexico Wing -- Excellence and Integrity in All We Do 5 New Mexico Wing – Best in the Southwest (Region, that is!) Tagline for the Wing

New Mexico Wing -- Excellence and Integrity in All We Do 66 Goals for Jul 13 – Jun 14 Mission Pilots from 31 to 34 (Now at 30) Observers from 71 to 78 (Now at 78) Scanners from 100 to 110 (Now at 100) Ground Team Leaders from 11 to 12 (Now at 13) Incident Commanders (At 8) – Level 3 from 8 to 9 (At 8) (At 6) – Level 2 from 6 to 7 (At 6) (At 5) – Level 1 from 5 to 6 (At 5) (At 1) Mission Chaplains from 1 to 2 (At 1) Grow all other IC staff positions by 10% 6 Ops & ES: Grow the number of our mission qualified personnel Our # 1 Goal! Some progress, but keep pushing!

New Mexico Wing -- Excellence and Integrity in All We Do 7 Note: There’s some odd stuff going on with the numbers at NHQ; I haven’t figured that out yet Membership: Achieve 3% year over year growth (both Senior Member and Cadet) – As of 29 Jun 13: 585 SM Cadets = 1,004 Total – Grow to 602 SM Cadets = 1,034 Total – As of 30 Apr 14: 533 SM Cadets = 970 Total Professional Development: Sustain BLUE, and – Increase Level 3 from 105 to 108 (Dec 13: 102; Apr 14: 42) – Increase Level 4 from 61 to 63 (Dec 13: 60; Apr 14: 38) – Increase Level 5 from 23 to 24 (Dec 13: 23; Apr 14: 22) New Mexico Wing -- Excellence and Integrity in All We Do 7 Goals for Jul 13 – Jun 14

New Mexico Wing -- Excellence and Integrity in All We Do 8 8 Emergency Services: Achieve third consecutive EXCELLENT (Highly Successful) OPSEVAL – OUTSTANDING!!! Cadet Achievements: Sustain BLUE, and Improve advancement rates for senior ranks Increase Mitchell from 27 to 30 (At 31) Increase Earhart from 9 to 10 (At 10) Increase Eaker from 2 to 3 (At 1) Achieve another Spaatz Award (At 0) Goals for Jul 12 – Jun 13 Some nice progress, but keep pushing!

New Mexico Wing -- Excellence and Integrity in All We Do 9 9 Aerospace Education: Sustain BLUE, and – Increase Yeager Awards from 35.8% to 39% At 48.3%!!! – Achieve at least 1 new Master Rating This FY At 3 so far this fiscal year!!! Logistics: Sustain BLUE, and – Have 100% on-time submittal of all required reports to Region/National Finance: Sustain BLUE (Low Risk) – Yep! Goals for Jul 12 – Jun 13

New Mexico Wing -- Excellence and Integrity in All We Do 10 New Mexico Wing -- Excellence and Integrity in All We Do 10 Initiatives Continue the work of the four Working Groups – Emergency Services – Cadet Programs – Aerospace Education – Maximize the Utility of our Young Senior Members Begin a fifth Working Group – Youth Development in NM 3 meetings so far. Maj Ben Noyce is the “Czar” Continue to focus on effective and relevant ES Exercises – Comm, ground teams, joint agency Updated roadmaps provided. Thanks, but – keep plugging!

New Mexico Wing -- Excellence and Integrity in All We Do 11 Continue to grow number of LOUs (LOAs) under our State MOU Increase the number and type of missions we can perform in the state (“ES Relevance” and “paying customers) Counterdrug missions are underway – thanks Lt Col Wells! Working an MOU with NM Department of Health Continue to optimize the management of our aircraft fleet Group 800/School Enrichment Program – Partner with them for growth and success New Mexico Wing -- Excellence and Integrity in All We Do 11 Initiatives

Upcoming Events May 30 – Jun 6: National IG College Jun 6-16: Glider Encampment Jun 8-14: National Safety College Jun 20-27: Summer Encampment Jul 12-18: SWR Staff College Jul 19: Wing FTF meeting Aug 14-16: National Conference Lots more – see the wing calendar! New Mexico Wing -- Excellence and Integrity in All We Do 12

New Mexico Wing -- Excellence and Integrity in All We Do 13 Because of all you do! New Mexico Wing – Best in the Southwest (Region, that is!)