1st Volume - HVAC/R General Subjects Flashcards
What Outlines the basis of CE Organizations
Joint Publication 3-34, Engineer Doctrine for Joint Operations
What breaks the CE organization into two basic units?
Joint Publication 3-34, Engineer Doctrine for Joint Operations
What are the two basic units of CE organizations?
base civil engineer (BCE) units and RED HORSE units.
What is the basic organizational unit for civil engineer operations?
The BCE unit
How do BCE units operate?
As a combat support force, providing direct support to an operational mission.
What is the BCE unit’s primary mission?
To establish, sustain, and restore the base infrastructure.
What does infrastructure include?
Buildings, utilities (water, gas, electricity), and roads.
What are CE’s two core missions?
Wartime and peacetime
What is the BCE unit’s secondary mission?
Provide critical operational support such as fire protection, crash rescue, disaster preparedness, EOD, environmental, housing, and technical engineer services.
How is the CE organization structured?
As an objective squadron.
Why is CE structured as an objective squadron?
To implement the Air Force’s goal to streamline functions and responsibilities.
What enables us to do our job more effectively using fewer people?
The objective squadron concept.
What does the Housing Flight provide?
All permanent party personnel with adequate government housing when It is available or assists them with locating adequate off-base housing through referral services. It provides and manages furnishings where authorized and manages all aspects of the housing program
Who provides cradle-to-grave technical design and construction surveillance of operations and maintenance projects by contract?
The Engineering Flight
What empowers decision-making and work activities at the lowest level in the Air Force?
Objective squadron concept
What does RED HORSE stand for?
Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer
What RED HORSE units are structured for?
wartime operations to provide heavy engineer capability
Who provides air component commanders with a dedicated and flexible unit capable of airfield and base heavy construction and repair?
RED HORSE
What unit has 400 squadron personnel and over 1,800 tons of heavy construction and support equipment and vehicles?
RED HORSE
Where are requirements for the Prime BEEF program located?
Air Force Instruction (AFI) 10–210, Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force (BEEF) Program
What five-character, alphanumeric code uniquely identifies each type unit of the Armed Forces?
Unit Type Codes (UTC)
Who establishes Unit Type Codes (UTC)?
MAJCOMs
What code establish the size, composition and equipment that make up Prime BEEF teams?
Unit Type Codes (UTC)
Who writes a designed operational capability (DOC) statement for each unit assigned to them?
MAJCOMs