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| Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, awards Sgt. Kenneth Powell from the 231st Chemical Company with his coin at the mass casualty decontamination line during a training exercise at Guardian Response 18, at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind., April 14, 2018. More than 4,500 service members from 80 units across the country are participating in this training. This is an Army Total Force exercise where Soldiers from all three components must work together to respond effectively to a CBRN scenario. (U.S. Army Reserve Photo by Staff Sgt. Carolyn Hawkins) |
1. TAG SENDS: UPDATED HRC
PROCESSES WITH IPPS-A, 8 FEB 23. From GB Gregory S. Johnson, The
Adjutant General of the Army: Appreciate all those HR Warriors who are
helping others through IPPSA GO Live and through all of our business.
Lots of changes in our space and I thank you for getting after it! This
is another Large and Lengthy TAG Sends here, but great info to use to
keep the info flowing and create as much transparency on ops as
possible. Please see below updates from the Human Resources Command to
answer questions from the field in reference to IPPS-A processes. (Key
points provided below, see the entire TAG Sends at the following
link.): https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-1227806
a. TRANSPROC UPDATE. Transition Centers are now able to create and
sign DD Form 214s and Separation Orders. The fixes scheduled this
weekend were successful and MPDs started working through the backlog of
DD Form 214s.
b. ORDERS PROCESS. NEW ASSIGNMENTS: (Post BOCO and beyond) –
Assignments are conducted in IPPS-A. Once HRC sends an assignment
(Soldier linked to a job opening) into the IPPS-A Talent Management
Workcenter, the service member will receive an email notification
directing them to log into IPPS-A to make their member elections (e.g.,
which dependents will be moving with the Soldier/Officer). Once a
Soldier makes their elections, the local MPD will validate and publish
the orders in IPPS-A.
c. ORDERS PROCESS. HISTORICAL AND BOCO ASSIGNMENTS: (Pre-BOCO and
assignments during BOCO) – HRC is loading all pre-BOCO and BOCO
assignments into IPPS-A to allow for proper arrival and departure
transactions within IPPS-A. As a general rule, this accounts for all
officer RFOs published before 21 DEC 22, or enlisted AI sent to MPDs
prior to 18 JAN 23, which should result in the MPDs publishing a hard
copy set of orders upon receipt of the RFO or AI.
d. ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS ACROSS ACOM AND OTHER INTERNAL-POST
MOVES. Unlike legacy systems, IPPS-A does not allow installations (SMC
G1/MPDs) to reassign personnel across ACOM/ASCC/DRU lines. This
requires HRC involvement in these type of reassignment actions. To
facilitate cross Army Command (ACOM) and other internal-post
reassignments, HRC provided a combined process as detailed on the
attached (at above link) slide, AI Across ACOMs.
e. RETAIN. Approximately 17,000 requisitions (REQs) were added to
RETAIN on 24 January and Option 4 & Option 5 (OCONUS & CONUS
Station of Choice) are available for the field to use. These
requisitions are only in RETAIN and available to Career Counselors for
retention actions. Once a Soldier is placed against a REQ that REQ is
no longer available for others.
f. IPPS-A MOBILE APP. There are only 168,000 Soldiers that
downloaded the IPPS-A Mobile App. The IPPS-A mobile app is here and
allows Soldiers to access their personnel records using a mobile phone
or tablet. The app is available for download on the Apple Store and
Google Play Store. For additional information on mobile
functions/capabilities and instructions on how to download the app,
please visit the following link: https://ipps-a.army.mil/mobile/
g. ABSENCE PAR PROCESS. Absences, formerly known as Leave and
Passes, are for several different types of events. Absences can be
chargeable, non-chargeable, or administrative. Members will continue to
manage, maintain, or track accrued leave balances in My Pay. See the
Absence PAR FAQs for helpful references to processing Absence PARs.
References on creating absence PARs are provided at the link above.
h. AWARDS PAR PROCESS. The Award Recommendation PAR and My Buddy
PARs replace the DA Form 638 to process awards for Legion of Merit and
below for Members within the recommender’s chain of command. IPPS-A
generates an order for all awards and directly uploads the orders to
Soldiers’ records. The Awards and Decorations Branch (ADB) and IPERMS
Teams are continuing to see award orders that are generated inside of
IPPSA with the incorrect awards approval authority. We are aware that
there is no function in place that will prevent the HR Professional from
assigning the incorrect approval authority. However, we recommend prior
to an S1/HR Pro creating an approval workflow for an Awards PAR, refer
to AR 600-8-22, Table 3-3 Delegation of awards approval authority to
ensure you are assigning the correct approval authority for that award.
2. (UPDATED) FY23 AR TPU/IRR SFC NCO EVALUATION BOARD RESULTS. Attached
at the following link are the updated board results for the FY23 AR/TPU
SFC NCO Evaluation board. Corrections were made to the 88 and 89 CMF
unit hierarchy. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-1221595
3. IPPS-A QUESTIONS. (If you can assist, please do so.)
a. RFO CONFIRMATION. How does the S1 track RFOs if the process is
between IPPS-A, the Soldier and the MPD? Is there an alert or email for
the Soldier’s servicing S1 similar to the automated message/alerts we
receive from HRC? https://www.milsuite.mil/book/message/1012818
b. IPPS-A ABSENCE: EARLY SIGN IN / LATE SIGN OUT (RECOUP DAYS). How
can SMs recoup their unused leave days if they either signed in early
or signed out late? https://www.milsuite.mil/book/message/1013186
c. ASI SORTING IN IPSS-A. Team, After looking through the user
guide and attempting with my BDE S1 team we collectively are at a loss.
ASIs are currently sorted in the system alphabetically so when
individuals have multiple ASI the two that are listed as #1 Primary and
#2 Primary are auto sorted and the rest are listed as #3 alternate. How
does the HR professional re-sort the ASI so the #1 and #2 are listed by
ranking/importance? https://www.milsuite.mil/book/message/1013229
d. TDY EN-ROUTE PCS ABSENCE REQUEST. How do you complete an absence
request for TDY en-route to PCS location from OCONUS? TDY en-route is
for a 9 week course at a different location than PCS location (Both
CONUS). https://www.milsuite.mil/book/message/1013387
e. CUSTOMIZE (HRAR REPORT). Does anyone know how to customize the
HRAR Report to narrow what actually populates? Trying to pull a simple
AA-162 like report and there’s just so many columns that aren’t needed. I
basically just want to know if there’s a customization of the HRAR
Report to where you get the columns you move around to stay in place
every time you pull it OR just isolating the ones you actually want to
populate. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/message/1013422
4. ARMY RESERVE FLAG SNAPSHOT JANUARY 2023. The Army Reserve Flag
snapshot for the month of January is attached. Commands may access
their specific flag data in RCMS (CSMM) under Presentations. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-1226461
5. BRANCH/COMMAND ITEMS.
a. AGCRA NEWSLETTER # 55. In this edition: New AGCRA Chapters,
AGCRA Sun City Chapter AG Ruck, AGCRA Gold Vault Chapter Scholarship
Program, TRANSPROC DD 214 Update, and AGCRA Gold Vault Chapter
Valentine’s Luncheon. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-1226961
b. ARMY LEADER EXCHANGE – JANUARY BULLETIN. From US Army Combined
Arms Center – The Army Leader Exchange (ALx) provides professional
development content to help steward the Army profession by engaging and
informing leaders. The January 2023 bulletin was recently published and
includes tool to help you “tackle training management” from Company to
Brigade levels. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/message/1012811
c. THEATER INFORMATION ADVANTAGE DETACHMENT (TIAD) 28 FEBRUARY – 2
MARCH 2023 SOURCING CONFERENCE CALLING MESSAGE. During the period of 28
Feb – 02 Mar 2023 USARPAC Theater Information Detachment (TIAD) will
conduct a sourcing conference to identify, direct and align required
compo 2 (National Guard) and compo 3 (Army Reserve), Information
Operations (IO), Civil Affairs (CA), Cyberspace (CY), Intelligence
(INTEL), ORSA and PSYOP capabilities to augment and support USARPAC
TIAD’s OAIS and exercises during FY23-26. The forum for this event will
be completely virtual via MS Teams and will be at the unclassified
level. Prior to 21 Feb 2023, each participating organization is to
provide contact information for 1 staff representative to participate to
the virtual three-day event. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-1227596
6. Recently published DOD and Army Directives (AD) and All Army Activity
(ALARACT) messages. None. New ALARACTs and ADs are also posted on APD
at the following link. https://armypubs.army.mil/default.aspx
7. Recently published Military Personnel (MILPER) messages and Military
Pay E-Messages. All MILPER messages are available on the HRC MILPER web
page at https://www.hrc.army.mil/Milper. All Military Pay E-Messages are available on milBook at https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/milpaye-messages.
8. FORSCOM WIAS POSITIONS (UPDATED A/O 3 FEB 23). Hot openings listed at the following link. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/apf/s1net/forscom-wias
a. ADJUTANT SGM | WIESBADEN CLAY KS | E-9 | 11Z | S | ASAP | 365 DAYS. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-871989
b. PETROLEUM TECHNICIAN | WIESBADEN CLAY KS | W-2/3 | 923A | SECRET | ASAP | 365 DAYS. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-871989
c. FIELD ARTILLERY, GENERAL | WIESBADEN CLAY KS | O-4/5 | 13A | TS/SCI | ASAP | 365 DAYS. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-871989
d. AVN FMS CASE MANAGER | BAGHDAD | O-4 |15A | S | ASAP | 365 DAYS. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-871989
9. ARNG/USAR POSITIONS/JOBS AVAILABLE. S1NET members have posted the
following RC position/job vacancy information. For a listing of all
USAR primary vacancies (updated weekly) visit https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-375787.
Units/commands who wish to post vacancies on S1NET may do so by
following the instructions posted on the front page of the Job
Announcements topic at the following link. Those posts which are in the
correct location and which are posted in accordance with the
instructions provided will be included in a future S1NET Message
Summary. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/apf/s1net/jobannouncementsmobvacancies
a. FIRST SERGEANT (1SG) VACANCY, USAR STRATEGIC CMD (TPU), 00G5M, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-1221589
b. HHD, 1394TH TRANSPORTATION SURFACE BRIGADE DETACHMENT COMMANDER (USAR TPU), CAMP PENDLETON, CA. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-1227430
c. 455TH ENGINEER COMPANY, 321ST ENG BN, TPU, 1LT/CPT, 12A, COMPANY COMMANDER, HAYDEN, ID. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-1227507
d. SECURITY FORCE ASSISTANCE COMMAND (SFAC), COADOS, MAJ/02A00, TRAINING OFFICER, FORT BRAGG, NC. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-1227574
e. HQ, U.S. ARMY EUROPE & AFRICA (USAREUR-AF) G3 – CPT/MAJ ADOS VACANCIES – WIESBADEN, GERMANY. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-1227575
f. ARNG-G1 PERSONNEL DIVISION, NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU, ADOS, SSG/42B, ARLINGTON, VA. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-1227655
g. B COMPANY, 3RD BATTALION, 20TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE), MDAY, MAJ, 18A, COMPANY COMMANDER, ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-1227696
10. CIVILIAN JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS. Units/organizations who wish to
advertise GS positions, GS 12-15, may post them at the following link on
S1NET. Positions posted per the instructions provided will then be
listed once in an S1NET message. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/apf/s1net/jobannouncementsciv
a. AUDITOR, GS-0511-12, U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, NASHVILLE, TN. https://www.milsuite.mil/book/message/1013449
