Posted on Mar 3, 2016
Do you think the USAF should have Squadron Superintendents?
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Do you think the USAF should have Squadron Superintendents? I have been at a base for almost 10 years now 4 active duty and 6 as a GS civilian and this is the first time I have ever seen an individual given the title of Superintendent within an Operational Support Squadron. At all my other bases we had a Group Superintendent and a First Sergeant that dealt with all of the enlisted matters so everyone in the Group had a fair shake. Now you have personnel being assigned as a Superintendent as an additional duty or the CC's making this a full-time job. It seems to me we keep hearing about doing more with less but people keep making up duty titles and more work instead of these SNCO's mentoring the Airman they are supposed to be in charge of at their duty location. Everyone needs to get back in their career fields, do their jobs, mentor their people and let the people in the actual positions that exist on the Unit Manning Document do the jobs they are supposed to (Group Superintendent/First Sergeant). The enlisted force is doing nothing but micromanaging themselves and it tends to cause more harm to a SQ than good.
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My last Sq (AMXS with 4 AMU's) had 1000 personnel, with several AFSC's and two different missions. The Sq Superintendent was responsible for maintaining the manning levels across the board. His position was definitely needed.
Also, when you take the fact that a 1st shirt (or 4 of them in my last Sq case) might not have any knowledge of how to perform any of the jobs within a squadron, having a superintendent makes more sense
Also, when you take the fact that a 1st shirt (or 4 of them in my last Sq case) might not have any knowledge of how to perform any of the jobs within a squadron, having a superintendent makes more sense
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An OSS can definitely use a superintendent because of the afsc diversity and getting them to work together. There are needs that may not be noticed otherwise such as a squadron being filled with too many junior folks in a specific afsc and the element failing, because that specialty doesn't feel that it should speak up. The superintendent can give a different voice to a squadron. There is a needed mentoring aspects as well.
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