In 2014, the IMA program management transitioned to Headquarters Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization (HQ RIO), she just needed to get the position created and funded. The HQ RIO staff acts as an advocate for the IMA program at higher headquarters and is focused on process improvements to enhance the IMA experience. She took my resume and was going to line up an excellent job for me. I made it very clear I wanted to participate in the reserves as an IMA and sent her everything she requested. Air Force Research Lab and she told me she wanted to hire me to support her. Great. It was a perfect fit for my skill set, needed help starting up a new program and he had a number of positions he could hire against. She kept hitting bureaucratic barriers to getting a position. However, at the last minute her husband, also an Air Force officer, a new organization focused on streamlining and optimizing the program. It was incredibly confusing to figure out who I should talk to. The reserve recruiter had moved on and her replacement informed me that she couldn’t help me since she was an “in-service” recruiter and only could talk to active duty members. Maj Booher is now working with recruiting to obtain a AFR position and transfer out of IRR and into a CAT B billet so anything you can do to ensure he is updated back to S7 status as soon as possible would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Maj Booher at your earliest convenience he is ready to proceed with processing.
