DCMilitary.com -- Bolling Air Force Base Guide

The United States Air Force Band is the premier musical organization of the U.S. Air Force. With an outstanding record of achievement of more than 60 years, it has won the hearts of millions of music lovers throughout the world. The USAF Band's official military life began Sept. 24, 1941, with the formation of the Bolling Army Air Forces Band.

The USAF Band conceived and pioneered the concept that a musical organization can be a nation's most effective goodwill ambassador. This concept has been proven decisively through numerous international concert tours with performances in more than 50 countries and 42 world capitals. Additionally, the USAF Band entertains Americans from coast to coast during national concert tours each year.

The USAF Band is comprised of over 230 members and its musical ensembles include the Air Force Strings, Airmen of Note, Ceremonial Brass, Concert Band, High Flight, Silver Wings, Singing Sergeants and Max Impact. Presenting more than 2,000 live performances annually, they have played to millions of people. Numerous radio and television appearances have endeared the group to millions more.

The highly acclaimed Guest Artist Series, held on Sunday afternoons in February, is presented annually at the 3,700-seat Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. Since 1966, the Guest Artist Series has attracted capacity audiences for concerts featuring guest performers of national and international prominence. The USAF Band's popular Summer Concert Series is held regularly during June, July and August. The annual holiday concert series is a greatly anticipated event presented the first weekend each December. The Jazz Heritage Concert Series, presented each fall features the Airmen of Note in concert with the world's foremost jazz artists.

In addition to its regular concert series programs in the National Capital Region, the USAF Band can be heard in performances at area high schools, colleges, universities and concert halls. Best of all, performances are free and open to the public.

For the latest information on all performances, call the concert information line at (202)767-5658 or visit the USAF Band on the Internet at www.USAFBand.com.

Air Force Chaplaincy at Arlington National Cemetery

Air Force chaplains and chaplain assistants help provide the “final tribute on behalf of a grateful nation“ in over 1,000 chapel and graveside funeral services annually at the nation's premier military shrine.

The United States Air Force Honor Guard

The 200 men and women of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard call Bolling home and perform in ceremonies, drill performances, parades and military funerals.

The Honor Guard conducts extensive and intricate daily missions. It provides full military honors to deceased Air Force members, veterans, and retirees at Arlington National Cemetery and in a six-state region. It also performs numerous joint-service functions throughout the National Capital Region to honor civilian and military dignitaries, such as wreath-laying ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

The Precision Rifle Drill Team is a special part of the Honor Guard and provides critical support to the Air Force Recruiting Service throughout the country. As the Air Force's premier ambassadors to the youth of America, the drill team performs in hundreds of America's largest high schools, constantly relaying positive messages such as “Stay In School“ and “Say No To Drugs.“

11TH MISSION SUPPORT GROUP

11th Logistics Readiness Squadron

The 11th Logistics Readiness Squadron provides deployment, fuels, supply and transportation support to the Air Force, Department of Defense and other organizations in the National Capital Region including the secretariat, air staff, Headquarters Air Force, Air Force District of Washington, Bolling, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Intelligence Agency, the White House and Congress.

Services provided include deployment and support planning, traffic management, personal-property shipping, passenger travel, cargo movement, vehicle operations and maintenance, general supply and equipment account management, mobility bag management, hazardous materials tracking and unleaded and diesel fuel support.

Organizational clothing and office supplies are available for purchase via the government purchase card at the Office Eagle store, co-located on base in Building 520.

11th Services Division

Superior quality-of-life programs and “five-star“ customer service are the standards for the 11th Services Division. Around the clock, the almost 500 men and women of the division professionally serve patrons in the National Capital Region with a diverse array of activities and services.

Some of these operations include the Bolling Inn, the Bolling Clubs, the community center, the child development and youth centers, the outdoor recreation facilities, the base fitness and aerobic centers, the skills development center, an auto skills center, and a base library, among others. At the same time, the division maintains a top state of readiness, prepared to support any contingency. 11th Services Division lives its motto of “Combat Support and Community Service.“

11th Civil Engineer Squadron

The 11th Civil Engineer Squadron works proudly to operate, maintain and improve Bolling and other 11th Wing facilities for its worldwide customers while maintaining optimal contingency and war-readiness capabilities. Its primary customers are the more than 2,300 military and civilian personnel assigned to Bolling, as well as more than 5,000 family members. The squadron ensures people have the best facilities and live and work in a safe, clean environment. In addition, 11th CES directly supports over 6,500 Air Force personnel working in the Pentagon, which includes Air Force senior leadership.

11th Mission Support Squadron

The 11th Mission Support Squadron provides base-level military personnel, academic educational services, family support and professional military educational programs supporting 40,000 customers in the National Capital Region and around the world. 11th MSS also provides critical support to the White House, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the secretary of the Air Force, the chief of staff of the Air Force, as well as several joint agencies, and serves a retiree population of over 25,000. The squadron has branches on Bolling and in the Pentagon.

11th Communications Squadron

The 11th Communications Squadron provides a wide range of communications, information management and media services supporting the Air Force District of Washington, the 11th Wing, Air Force elements in the National Capital Region, and Air and Space Expeditionary Forces around the globe. The squadron delivers voice, data, video, television, photo, graphics, publishing, presentations, mail and mobile communications services. It manages, operates, maintains and protects communications and information systems infrastructure valued at over $50 million. Unit responsibilities include Air Force still media accessioning, records management, reprographics, Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act and information-assurance programs.

11th Contracting Squadron

The 11th Contracting Squadron provides exceptional contracting support to more than 250 customers in the National Capital Region and throughout the United States valued at approximately $2 billion. The squadron supports several agencies in the National Capital Region including the office of the secretary of the Air Force, Headquarters Air Force and other agencies such as the Defense Intelligence Agency. In addition to awarding contracts for commodities, base services and an expanding construction program on base, this busy squadron also supports the Pentagon in the acquisition of various studies and analysis, as well as information technology and system support.

11th Security Forces Squadron

The primary mission of the 11th Security Forces Squadron is to provide integrated base defense through the use of battle space awareness and aggressive implementation of force protection operations and measures to find, fix, track, and engage threats to Bolling and deployed locations throughout the world.

11TH MEDICAL GROUP

11th Dental Squadron

The dental squadron provides a full range of dental services to eligible beneficiaries, including restorative dentistry, prophylaxis (cleanings), endodontics, periodontics, orthodontics and pediatric dentistry. The dental squadron is one of 12 in the Air Force that has an advanced education in general dentistry residency program, and is one of the largest Air Force implant centers on the East Coast.

11th Medical Operations Squadron

The squadron offers a full range of primary care and related services including flight medicine, optometry and force health protection under the auspices of public health and the bioenvironmental engineering elements. The Medical Services Flight offers family practice, pediatric care, women's health and immunizations. The Behavioral Health Flight consists of three elements including Family Advocacy, Life Skills Support and Substance Abuse Services. Staffed to meet the behavioral health needs of the Bolling and Pentagon community, this flight provides individual and group treatment, stress, depression and anger management classes as well as sessions on parenting. It is important to note there is no emergency room or acute care clinic at Bolling.

11th Medical Support Squadron

The squadron provides quality administrative, training, logistical, diagnostic and therapeutic, and technical⁄hardware systems support for 11th Wing medical and dental operations and associated customers. It oversees business operations and maintains prime enrollees at both the Bolling and the Pentagon clinic locations.

11TH WING STAFF

Director of Staff

The director of staff provides command management and a wide variety of functions to the 11th Wing and Air Force personnel assigned to the nation's capital. Those services include safety, history, public affairs, command post, ceremonies and protocol, equal opportunity, intelligence, military equal opportunity, and anti-terrorism⁄force protection.

Financial Management and Comptroller

The financial management and comptroller office employs nearly 160 personnel and is responsible for providing world-class accounting, financial analysis, comptroller plans and systems, and financial services such as military pay, civilian pay, retired pay and travel pay to Air Force personnel in the National Capital Region. 11th Wing FM has offices at the Pentagon, Bolling and Rosslyn.

Inspector General

The inspector general's office helps sustain a credible Air Force IG system by ensuring the existence of responsive complaint investigations and fraud, waste and abuse programs. The IG office ensures the concerns of all complainants and the best interest of the Air Force are addressed through objective fact-finding. Besides investigations, the IG office's responsibilities include educating Air Force members, Department of Defense civilians, commanders and supervisors regarding rights of protection for those contacting an IG. Additionally, the IG is responsible for the wing's inspections and exercise program. The IG prepares wing personnel to succeed in military inspections. It also creates and executes training exercise scenarios on base and helps exercise and evaluation teams compare unit performance and readiness with recognized Air Force standards and measures. The IG assists wing leadership in the decision-making process by providing detailed troop and unit performance information to the wing commander after each exercise or inspection. The IG office on Bolling AFB is located in Building P-20, Suite 350 and 112. The local IG Hotline phone number is (202) 404-8814.

Plans and Programs

The office includes both programming and manpower and organization. The programming office supports the Air Force District of Washington and 11th Wing requirements. Manpower and organization office supports more than 24,000 positions in agencies that include Air Force headquarters, Air Force field- operating agencies, direct reporting units and Air Force personnel in non-Air Force activities.

Personnel

The directorate of personnel provides Air Force major command-level military and MAJCOM⁄base-level civilian human resources support for more than 36,000 military and civilian personnel assigned to the National Capital Region, and for 1,100+ Air Force elements in 50 states and 152 countries worldwide. It establishes and administers Air Force HR policy and supports its most senior and diverse customers assigned to the White House, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, unified commands, defense agencies, federal departments, Air Force headquarters, Air Force field- operating units, direct reporting units, National Guard Bureau, Air Force Audit Agency and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. The office develops policy for HR programs including recruiting⁄staffing, promotions, classification, education and training, evaluations, benefits and awards, equal opportunity, adverse actions and labor management relations. It administers first, second and third-level civilian grievances processes; serves as the management-level support activity and conducts management-level review boards for 35 management levels supporting 428 senior raters Air Force-wide. It maintains over 1,700 personnel accounting symbol codes, which account for 35 percent of the Air Force PAS codes. Additionally, the office is responsible to the Air Force forces-forward commander for force accountability, manpower and personnel policy and procedures in support of Joint-Force Headquarters- National Capital Region and Air Force District of Washington's steady state, wartime and contingency missions.

Reserve Advisor

The 11th Wing Reserve Affairs Office is located in Rosslyn, Va. The office also serves as the MAJCOM Air Force Reserve program manager for the National Capital Region. The Reserve advisor is responsible for the management of all Air Force individual mobilization augmentee manpower, personnel, readiness and funding activities for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the secretary of the Air Force, the chief of staff of the Air Force, the 11th Wing and selected Air Force elements located within the National Capital Region. Additionally, the RA is responsible for the 11th Wing base-level Reserve Personnel Support Office, which provides military personnel flight career management, family support and personnel customer service to Air Force IMAs assigned or attached to the area. The RPSO delivers personnel services and training to assist active-duty supervisors in their responsibility of ensuring individual mobilization augmentees are trained and mission-ready to function as total-force multipliers during times of war, contingency operations and peacetime.

Staff Judge Advocate

The staff judge advocate's office provides high-quality legal support in the areas of civil law, contract law, labor law, claims and military justice for courts-martial and non-judicial punishment actions.

Located in the wing headquarters building at Bolling, the staff judge advocate's office serves the Air Force District of Washington, the 11th Wing, field-operating agencies and Air Force elements in non-Air Force activities worldwide.

The office also provides legal assistance to individual military members, retirees and family members on personal, non-criminal legal matters.

Wing Chaplaincy

The wing chapel provides pastoral care to the wing, base tenants, the Pentagon, and the National Capital Region through unit visitation, counseling, worship services and religious education. The chapel staff at Bolling AFB is comprised of chaplains, chaplain assistants, civilian personnel and volunteers working together to provide a host of support services for families and singles. Chaplains assigned to the wing also provide invocations and benedictions, officiate at weddings, and perform funerals throughout the region.