Robins readies for upcoming UCI team visit Published March 5, 2010 By Wayne Crenshaw 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- The much-anticipated Unit Compliance Inspection is at hand. Although not all units will be covered by the UCI, everyone at Robins could potentially play a role in its outcome. The inspection by an Air Force Materiel Command inspector general team is aimed at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center staff, the 78th Air Base Wing and the 402nd Maintenance Wing. Although those organizations are targeted, all Team Robins members should maintain the same vigilance that they do every day, said Robins Inspector General Col. John Cote. Inspectors can write up any violations they see, even if they are not in the targeted areas. Cote added the AFMC IG, Col. Tim Sakulich, thinks of his inspectors as human sensors who are always vigilant and alert to any non-compliance issues. That could be particularly important because as a companion to the UCI, the AFMC Safety Office will conduct a separate Safety Program Management Evaluation. That addition will be transparent except for the fact it will include the 330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing and the 542nd Combat Sustainment Wing safety programs. Lt. Col. Mark Austell, installation chief of safety, said the base is required to have the safety inspection every three years and it will use ratings of satisfactory, marginal and unsatisfactory. The UCI will also be graded on three tiers: compliant, compliant with comments and non-compliant. The advance team from the AFMC IG's Office arrived Thursday and the main team arrives Saturday. The inspection begins Monday and will last throughout the week. An out brief to senior leaders is scheduled March 15. Cote offered some rules of engagement for the inspection. One of the most important, he said, is to let inspectors know up front of any self-indentified deficiencies and associated action plans to correct them. "Basically you want to self-indentify before they find it," Cote said. "It shows you are on top of your game."