I have chosen to write my organizational diagnosis paper on the organization I am currently working for. The National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), with headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the primary Defense Department producer of foreign aerospace intelligence. NASIC develops its products by analyzing all available data on foreign aerospace forces and weapons systems to determine performance characteristics, capabilities, vulnerabilities and intentions. The center's assessments are also an important factor in shaping national security and defense policies. As the DoD expert on foreign aerospace system capabilities, the center historically has also been involved in supporting American weapons treaty negotiations and verification. NASIC is a very large organization of military and civilian personnel representing multiple career fields among several units. I chose to closely diagnose the section I work for who is involved daily with every unit within NASIC. The section I work in is a support element of the center known as the Commander’s Support Staff (CSS). Our staff prepares and processes administrative support actions relating to unit programs such as military decorations, in-processing and out-processing of personnel, notification of drug testing, separations and retirements, and enlisted and officer evaluations. We manage the unit leave control program and maintain a suspense system for personnel actions and correspondence. We also maintain and monitor duty status changes such as deployment, prepare and process unfavorable information files and adverse actions. The CSSs are the building blocks of strong units, and they support commanders and their missions.
Following Basic Training, enlisted airmen attend and complete technical training school for their job specialty and are assigned to their first duty station. Upon arrival at their first duty station, each Airman is assigned to a