'We're listening': 2013 Community Assessment Survey under way

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  • By Community Support Coordinator
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. --  "We're listening" is the call from the Air Force Integrated Delivery System. The Air Force IDS is sponsoring the 2013 Air Force Community Assessment Survey, which runs through June 30.

For the first time, the Community Assessment Survey will be administered to the Total Force: Active duty members and their spouses, reservists and their spouses, civilian employees, and Air National Guardsmen and their spouses. The survey plays a key role in identifying where resources are needed most to enhance the well-being of the entire Air Force community.

The Community Assessment Survey will sample members of the Air Force at installations worldwide along with key Reserve installations and Air National Guard wings. Active duty members, Reservists, Guardsmen and civilian employees will be notified by email to participate in this survey. Spouses will be contacted by postcard with an invitation to participate. Each invitation will include a link to the online survey. The anonymity of survey participants is assured as no personal identifying information is linked to responses. This means that no one -- the Air Force, the government, nor the contractor -- will be able to link any aspect of your responses to your personal identifiable information. The overall success of this survey relies on the full cooperation and participation of each survey respondent. Community members are strongly urged to take part in this important study.

"Everything we do depends on our people, the living engine of our Air Force," said Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley. "The entire Air Force leadership team is committed to doing all we can to support our Total Force Airmen and their families. We know that through your valuable input, the state of our Air Force will remain strong, ready and capable of delivering airpower, whenever and wherever the nation calls."

Opinions and comments made from the previous waves of the Community Assessment Survey have directly influenced support activities and family services at Tinker Air Force Base and other bases throughout the Air Force. Policies and programs impacted by this survey include better financial counseling programs, better support networks for Air Force single parents, marital support seminars for junior enlisted members and their spouses, and job programs for spouses, to name just a few of the benefits participation in this survey will produce.

We're listening. All that is needed is for community members to complete the survey.
If you have any questions regarding the 2013 Community Assessment Survey email karen.blackwell@tinker.af.mil or call 736-3215.