Over the past 10 years, numerous Air National Guard units have been reassigned to home station “reach back” missions (i.e. Distributed Common Ground System-DCGS) due to Base Realignment and Closure actions and force realignment. The nature of these missions are “deployed in garrison.” This is a new concept as opposed to all required support deploying to different locations overseas in support of combatant commander real-time Intelligence requirements. The DCGS Weapon System, in particular, is tasked by a combatant commander engaged in combat ops and requires 24/7/365 support due to the nature of the supported areas of responsibility. Through the last 10 years we have found many base support functions are necessary over and above the “standard” base support concept because of this 24/7/365 requirement. These areas are critical to the success of the DCGS mission to prevent mission failure. A DCGS unit requires Communication, Medical, Force Support, Mission Support, Logistic Support and environmental support around the clock in support of 24/7/365 operation requirements (i.e. Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet), Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) services, medical readiness, force support and mission support requirements) to maintain Fully Mission Capable (FMC).

Loss of any of these readiness and operational requirements (i.e. SIPRNet, HVAC, medical, etc.) prevents a DCGS unit from conducting operations and perpetuates a domino effect throughout the enterprise negatively affecting the warfighter. While the DCGS sites are adequately manned with Title 10 operational resources to meet the 24/7/365 requirements, the necessary support groups (i.e. Medical Group, Mission Support Group, Force Support, Comptroller, etc.) are not adequately manned directly impacting mission due to this limitation.

Propose the following units be given the respective Title-10 assets in support of DCGS 24/7/365 operational support when the associated DCGS unit is activated for reach back operations: 2 x Communication Flight (CF) assets; 1 x Financial Management (FM) asset; 1 x Medical Group (MDG) asset; 1 x Force Support Flight (FSF) asset; and, 2 x Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) assets. Recommend the following Unit Type Code (UTC) taskings:

CF - 2 x 6K0NF (1 x 3D052; 1 x 3D052)
FM - 1 x UTC (XXXXX)
MDG - 1 x UTC (XXXXX)
FSF - 1 x UTC (XXXXX)
CES - 2 x UTC (1 x XXXXX; 1 x XXXXX)

By tasking these additional UTCs, the support functions at the 7 x ANG DCGS sites (AL, AR, IN, KS, MA, NV, UT) will be resourced closer to the 4.85 manning standard IAW AFI 38-201 for 24/7/365 operations. Current Air National Guard full-time manning standards for the above recommendations DO NOT take into account 24/7/365 "deployed in garrison" combat operations.