Countdown to the HQ AFMC Logistics Evaluation and Standardization Team Visit Published Feb. 14, 2008 By Maj. Gen. Tom Owen WR-ALC Commander Robins Air Force Base -- I have great confidence in our preparedness for the return of the HQ AFMC LSET! Dr. Steven Butler, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center executive director, and I remain engaged with your wing and group commanders; they emphasize the incredible progress everyone has made since September 2007. The team will arrive at Robins Feb. 21. Forty inspectors will begin evaluating the Center on Feb. 25 and finish Feb. 28. It is time to put the finishing touches and like the old saying goes "polish the brass" in our work areas. One thing I learned early on in my career is that first perceptions can make or break a unit inspection. Now is the time to show the team we have the "right stuff." As you know, to excel in any inspection we must concentrate and focus on each task. The September 2007 LSET inspection highlighted areas that required improvement in safety, accountability, documentation and procedures. In order to put fixes in place permanently, we needed to change our culture and the way we do business. I commend you on meeting each challenge head on and all the hard work you have put into preparation thus far. Immediately after the team departed, you established corrective action teams, began to refine processes and incorporated new policies. I feel confident each of you have embraced these changes and leaned forward to ensure we are a better and safer workforce. This is readily apparent to me by our day-to-day successes and the strides you have made in the Repair Enterprise 21, Air Force Smart Operations 21 and the Voluntary Protection Program areas to name a few. I am especially proud that we continue to out-perform the Air Force and Air Force Materiel Command standards in quality aircraft and on-time delivery to the warfighter. I am counting on each one of you to do your very best and finalize Center preparations for the LSET. We need everyone focused and ready on day one to ensure a successful outcome. Now is our time!