Personnel Reporting Senior Reviewing Officer — LtCol Bennett (USA) (AST-5eb19d22)

Gentlemen, Questions have come up regarding the ASTs chain of command and rating scheme. As for most things here in country there is no clear plan in place. In a meeting with C3 personnel 28 March here at Tadji the guidance were given is as follows: 1. Rating scheme - Each Team produce a proposed rating scheme which will be forwarded to the palace for approval. As an example the C2 Cell will work as follows - LtCol Bennett's reporting senior will be the C3 Col and his boss will be the senior rater. LtCol Bennett will be the reporting senior for SgtMaj Robb, Maj Lewis and Maj White, and his boss (reporting senior) will be our reviewing officer (senior rater). Maj White will be the reporting senior for Capt Lopez and MSgt Moroney with LtCol Bennett as their senior rater. Maj Lewis will be the reporting officer for MSgt Inscoe and Capt Scott, with LtCol Bennett as the reviewing officer. A mouthful I know but here it is in chart form: Personnel Reporting Senior Reviewing Officer LtCol Bennett (USA) Col Buchanan’s replacement Gen Officer (OSC) Maj White (USA) LtCol Bennett Col Buchanan’s replacement Maj Lewis (USMC) LtCol Bennett Col Buchanan’s replacement Capt Lopez (USA) Maj White LtCol Bennett Capt Scott (USAF) Maj Lewis LtCol Bennett SgtMaj Robb (USA) LtCol Bennett Col Buchanan’s replacement MSgt Moroney (USA) Maj White LtCol Bennett MSgt Inscoe (USMC) Maj Lewis LtCol Bennett Request each team come up with their proposed rating scheme in the format above and submit it to the C2 Cell. If there are any questions or concerns with this please let me know. 2. Command Structure. Each AST works independently with their Iraqi Counterparts with guidance from the palace C3 training. Upon their Iraqi unit’s completion of basic training, they will be OPCON to CJTF for missions. The Division ASTs will give guidance on how to work with Brigade staff; Brigade ASTs will give guidance on how the Iraqis will work with the Battalion staff, and so forth. So there will be a need for communication between the different levels of leadership with ultimate guidance on training coming from the palace C3. Questions or concerns about this guidance please advise. Please contact me if you have different ideas about how any of this will work. Respectfully Submitted, Major Rod Lewis