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Digital Air Wing Initiative brings Travis into 2012

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  • By Staff Sgt. Timothy Boyer
  • 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --  Born out of the Electronic Flight Bag Initiative for aircrew and intended to cut down on inefficiencies, the Digital Air Wing Initiative is now in effect at Travis.

Inefficiencies are felt most where the work is taking place, whether it is repeatedly inputting data manually or attempting to find your way through a complicated website, said Capt. Jeffrey Gilmore, 60th Air Mobility Wing director of staff executive officer and the team lead for the initiative.

"We realized that many of the potential savings of the Electronic Flight Bag Initiatives for aircrew could be utilized by non-flyers as well," he said. "Our goal is to do things more efficiently while using fewer resources."

The most noticeable change can be seen when you open the Travis Sharepoint site, which has been redesigned and now includes familiar application-style link buttons.

"Our first project was designed to make a visible change in a short period of time," Gilmore said. "It was an integrated strategy to utilize more modern technology to reach our base population."

Found on the new Sharepoint site is a new feature called the bulletin board. The bulletin board is the last in the row of app-style links on the bottom of the page. The bulletin board is designed to cut down on bulk mail.

"Instead of sending out large attachments, first sergeants can post information on the bulletin board," he said. "It is a virtual bulletin board where anyone can post or find information about Force Support Squadron, Airman and Family Readiness Center and wing activities."

The initiative is all about getting Airmen to share their ideas and solutions to issues which are making our organization less efficient, Gilmore said.

"We want more people to get involved," he said. "If you have an idea, we want to hear about it. No idea is too small."

Gilmore said the next step is to introduce initiatives that will save significant manpower and resources.

"One of our projects under development is to give David Grant USAF Medical Center information technology personnel tablets so they can move from one trouble ticket to the next without having to return to their office on the first floor of the hospital," he said. "This would create a greater efficiency in service, without having to hire any additional personnel."

For more information on the Digital Air Wing Initiative or to find out how to submit your ideas, scroll down to the bottom of the Sharepoint site and click the "Learn more about the Digital Air Wing Initiative" link.