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Master Sgt. William Palmer, 729th Air Mobility Squadron
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The Mighty Fine... 729
Posted 8/31/2012 Updated 8/31/2012
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Commentary by Master Sgt. William Palmer
729th Air Mobility Squadron
8/31/2012 - LAJES FIELD, Azores -- The island we live on is absolutely wonderful! I love waking up and watching the sun rise over the ocean from my patio in housing.
I am not the only one that has this spectacular view, and being stationed on such a wonderful island can present certain challenges to us military personnel here at Lajes. A few of those challenges are how we get mail, commissary goods, supply items and medical supplies.
Well, that is where the 729th Air Mobility Squadron helps the Lajes Field personnel overcome those challenges. Our squadron is a tenet unit here, or as we like to say, a Mission Partner to the 65th Air Base Wing.
We are an Air Mobility Command unit which is part of the 521st Air Mobility Operations Group located at Rota Naval Station, Spain, and our wing is the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing located at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
We provide command and control of those missions that arrive at Lajes and bring the mail, commissary goods, supply items and even the people to the island so we can perform our mission.
On top of providing the Air Mobility command's mission, we also have additional duties which is about 10 per person on average. We provide a critical service to the base by safely and correctly performing our duties to ensure those items arrive in one piece and on time.
Last week, our major command, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, sent an inspection team to conduct a Logistics Compliance Assessment Program inspection to ensure we are operating the mission here according to applicable Air Force Instructions and other instructions as well as performing in a safe manner.
The team arrived and was able to experience what each new person arriving at Lajes sees and that is the Lajes Goodness Welcome at the Passenger Terminal. The inspection team was in awe of the welcome each person received, and that set the tone for our inspection.
The inspection went well because we perform our duties correctly, not just for an inspection, but to ensure that those items mentioned arrive on time and intact.
On Aug. 17 we received the outbrief and as expected, we received an "Excellent" rating. The inspection covered our unit's compliance in conducting passenger service, fleet service, ramp service, air terminal operations center duties, special handling, as well as our training program.
This inspection team conducted 105 inspections by a team of seven personnel and noted that some of the strengths of our unit were our Passenger Service operations, as well as our aircraft loading team procedures.
Each person in our unit performed as they do every day ensuring we are compliant with the governing instruction.
The LCAP team recognized two outstanding performers, Staff Sgt. James Purdon and Maria Aguiar.
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