ORI - A team effort for 932nd & 375th! Published Oct. 14, 2010 By Col. Michael Hornitschek 375th Air Mobility Wing commander SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Members of the 932nd Airlift Wing (Reserve) are getting ready to mobilize this weekend for their Operational Readiness Inspection. Just like the 375th did this past spring, they'll launch an all out effort to show the nation that they can respond quickly and safely when called upon to defend our interests and achieve military objectives around the globe. Partnering with Col. William H. Edwards Jr., 932nd AW commander, and his team of about 200 people, the 375th Air Mobility Wing staff agencies, 375th Medical Group, 375th Force Support Squadron, and 375th Logistics Readiness Squadrons will process participants through our deployment line and get them plus their cargo onto the aircraft. Managing the overarching process is the 375th AMW's Installation Deployment Officer who will work to ensure there are no discrepancies and that the event flows smoothly. We'll monitor their progress through our Crisis Action Team cell and assist with providing the support necessary for a large movement such as this. For anyone who's been through an ORI, and many of you have, you know that it takes a great deal of preparation to ensure 100 percent confidence in every detailed skill of a unit's and member's ability to survive and operate in a wartime environment. You also know that it takes a village to make the mobility machine work flawlessly, and I'm counting on our support teams to ensure we provide the very best support possible to our Reserve counterparts. The teamwork between the active duty and Reserves is evident daily through our combined VIP airlift missions, aeromedical airlift partnering, mission support activities, and our combined Command Post operations. Now we get to emphasize our successes through the ORI process as well. While our 375th AMW active duty members will not be formally scored on their portion of the inspection, their impact will be reflected in the overall score of how well we execute this Total Force Integration mission as a team. We should all have an understanding of why TFI is important to us as a service. The integrated capabilities of the Total Force are essential to mission success and help us to achieve a cost-effective force structure. Gone are the days when the Reserves and (Air) National Guard were used only as a strategic reserve if our country called them to war. Now, they're essential partners in a wide range of military operations from small-scale contingencies to humanitarian operations. They are being called upon more frequently and for longer periods than ever before, and our nation recognizes that no major military operation can be successful without their participation. This TFI effort is so important to the Department of Defense that it stood up a directorate in the Pentagon to address new concepts of operation that will make our forces more efficient and enable us to produce greater combat power around the globe. Their goal, like ours at Scott, is to achieve successful results for our nation--together--as we capitalize on technology, maximize our strained budgets and find solutions to our modernization requirements. Whether at the Pentagon or at Scott AFB, TFI requires dedicated Airmen to work together to solve problems and effect the right changes needed to accomplish a seamless and transparent mission. We will do our part to ensure the 932nd deploys on time, fully prepared and equipped to move out to meet the call to arms. We know they will do great things downrange and that their months of preparation will pay off with successful results. Good luck and Air Power!