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UNIT READINESS PROGRAM (URP) DIRECTIVE #01-015
The purpose of the Unit Readiness Program (URP) shall be to provide a means for promoting and improving the operational readiness of all Flash Force commands. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES The objectives of the URP shall be to:
UNIT READINESS INSPECTIONS It shall be the responsibilty of each commanding officer to conduct periodic inspections of his or her unit in order to determine its level of deployment readiness. While one formal Unit Readiness Inspection shall be initiated by the Executive Director each year, individual units may perform additional informal Unit Readiness Inspections as often as necessary in order to maintain high levels of operational readiness within those units. INSPECTION CRITERIA When conducting a Unit Readiness Inspection, a commanding officer may count only those personnel, assets or resources which are specifically dedicated to official field service and which are immediately deployable. For purposes of this program, this means that personnel, equipment or other resources in reserve (boxed figures, equipment, vehicles, etc.) may not be counted. Further, double inspection points apply to personnel wearing uniforms or equipment which comply with ISOC Uniform Regulations (Directive #01-006) or ISOC Vehicle Marking Regulations (Directive #01-012). As used in this section, "fully-equipped" is defined as having all uniforms and equipment necessary for the proper conduct of operations immediately available and ready for use. Having uniforms and equipment near enough at hand to enable their use within ten minutes of an alert is sufficient to meet this requirement. INDIVIDUAL CRT MEMBER LOADOUT The following equipment is either required or recommended (as indicated) for each individual team member who is assigned general response responsibilities (i.e., LST, QSS, or CRT personnel). Individual members of specialized teams or units (i.e., Armored Cavalry, Underwater Ops or Special Boat Crews) may have different unit criteria and need not comply with these loadout requirements. Any CRT member without all required items is not considered to be "fully-equipped" and may not be counted as an inspection asset for purposes of this program:
RECOMMENDED STANDARD INSPECTION POINTS Inspection points are used to determine the official readiness rating of each unit. Generally, one point may be added for each fully-equipped individual team member. Except as otherwise indicated, points for vehicles are determined by the number of individual team members that vehicle is designed to carry. Undercover and unmarked vehicles utilized for official operations are exempt from marking requirements and may be counted according to this standard. Standard points are assigned to all eligible unit assets according to the following schedule:
CRT LOADOUT The following team equipment is either required or recommended (as indicated) for each sixteen-man Crisis Response Team (CRT). A sixteen-man CRT without all required equipment is not considered to be "fully-equipped" and does not qualify for the sixteen-man inspection point bonus:
RECOMMENDED BONUS INSPECTION POINTS Bonus inspection points may be added for special unit assets or capabilities. In order for each asset to be counted, there must be sufficient personnel equipped and trained as appropriate for its proper utilization. For example, an aircraft must have (at minimum) one pilot; a boat must have (at minimum) one boat handler and an armored vehicle must have (at minimum) one driver. Full crews as appropriate for the asset (including co-pilots, crew chiefs and/or gunners) are recommended for all special assets. Bonus inspection points are assigned as indicated below:
UNIT READINESS RATING Once a unit readiness inspection is complete and the total number of applicable inspection points is determined, the resulting total must be converted to establish the units overall readiness rating. This is easily accomplished by finding the appropriate inspection point total on the following table and noting its corresponding unit readiness rating:
LEVEL ONE REQUIREMENTS In addition to any accumulated inspection points, in order to qualify for a Level One Unit Readiness Rating, a unit must have the following (at minimum):
UNIT GOALS Each unit should strive to achieve the highest possible Unit Readiness Rating and continually seek to improve that rating with each inspection. UNIT RATING DISPLAY Units participating in Unit Readiness Inspections are encouraged to display their Unit Readiness Ratings upon their Online Uniform Pages or webpages. Special unit rating graphics are available below: LEVEL ONE RATED COMMANDS To view a the list of Level One rated commands, please visit the following link: WHAT IS YOUR UNIT READINESS RATING? We encourage you to conduct a Unit Readiness Inspection of your command at any time. You may share the results of your inspection with the rest of the group by sending an inspection report via E-mail to: flashforce@yahoogroups.com. Finally, once you have signed in at Yahoo Groups, you may register your unit readiness rating by taking a poll at the following link (you may visit this link and update your rating as often as you like): Website developed, designed, and maintained by Teddy M. Terstegge.
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