Process improved for involuntary administrative discharge Published July 17, 2013 By Senior Airman Jake Eckhardt 375th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Ideally, the involuntary administrative discharge process takes 15 days from the time of notification to the time the servicemember becomes a civilian again. According to the 375th Air Mobility Wing Judge Advocate office only 50 to 60 percent of all the involuntary discharge cases were completed within that window. The JA office with representatives from other units, such as the 375th Medical Group and 375th Force Support Squadron, hosted an AFSO21 event in April to develop the process to be quicker and more efficient. "We wanted to stay above the 80 percent success rate," said Capt. Amanda Kippley, 375th AMW JA chief of adverse actions. "The process has been in place for three months, and we have a 100 percent success rate so far." The units worked together to ensure that there was no confusion when going through the checklists of the process. "We have a form that the medical group has to fill out," she said. "The form was confusing before, because we didn't really coordinate with them prior to make sure it made sense. We were able to revise it, and now it makes a lot more sense. So instead of holding it at the medical group, because they aren't exactly sure what's required, we streamlined it, so it has exactly what it needs in a way they can understand it." The new process also appointed primary points of contact for the processes. Col. Michelle Lavey, 375th Medical Operations Squadron commander, said, "Now we have one point of contact that quality checks the progress of the person getting discharged and ensures they have the appointments necessary to be properly outprocessed. All of the sections of the medical group worked together to gather the requirements needed for an outprocessing servicemember. It was a team effort." The teams are also able to see the progression of the process online. "This should be a very sustainable process," she said. "We aren't doing any more work. We are just centralizing the process, and making it easier for everyone."