Inspection Time for America’s AOC Published Nov. 4, 2008 By 1st Lt. Andrew Scott 601 AOC TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- In the midst of hurricane season 2008, America's Air and Space Operations Center received a visit from several inspectors conducting an Air Combat Command Unit Compliance Inspection. A team of 12 inspectors from ACC arrived Oct. 2 to evaluate the AOC and the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center on how well the units followed functional checklists provided by the Air Force and ACC. The UCI is an inspection conducted to assess areas mandated by law, as well as other mission essential fields identified by senior leadership, to be critical to the performance and health of a unit. During a UCI, inspectors are looking at and evaluating common core areas essential to mission readiness. Inspectors looked at 30 critical compliance objectives with positive results, finding 20 areas in full compliance, nine areas in compliance with comments, and only one area non-compliant. "The more we evaluate our processes and procedures the more effective we will be," said Senior Master Sergeant Lynn Boop, superintendent Combat Operations Division. The inspection team identified 11 superior performers from the AOC and four from the AFRCC during the inspection. Along with 15 superior performers, inspectors also noted seven superior teams within the AOC. Those teams included Commander Support Staff Team, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operations Team, Mission Support Division Standardizations and Evaluations Team, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination Team, Strategy Plans Team, Training Team and the Weather Support Team. "I am extremely proud of the men and women of this organization," said Col. David Kriner, commander of America's AOC. "For months this AOC had been laying the ground work and working hard to prepare for this inspection in the middle of a very active hurricane season. Their attention to detail and dedication to the job was evident in the results of this inspection." UCI Superior Performers Capt. Bobby Akins, Jr. - 601st AOC Capt. David Hern - AFRCC Capt. Robert Nichols - AFRCC 1st Lt. Gary Eldridge II - 601st AOC Senior Master Sgt. Ewell Griswold - 601st AOC Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Wisser, Jr. - 601st AOC Master Sgt. Tiffiney Kellum - 601st AOC Master Sgt. Benjamin Klosterman - 601st AOC Master Sgt. Jan McNally, Jr. - 601st AOC Master Sgt. Tara Robinson - 601st AOC Tech. Sgt. Jason Diessner - 601st AOC Tech. Sgt. Keith Fosbinder - 601st AOC Tech. Sgt. Michael Freeze - 601st AOC Tech. Sgt. Robert Gerald - AFRCC Staff Sgt. Jessica Barton - AFRCC