Civilian Expeditionary WorkForce

The Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Civilian Personnel Policy) has been designated by Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) as the lead in expanding the opportunities for Department of Defense (DoD) civilians to fill Global expeditionary augmentation requirements. As result of this initiative we have received from Joint Staff a list of requirements for DoD Civilian Volunteers to serve. These opportunities are on Joint Task Force Headquarters staffs supporting operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations worldwide.

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NEW LINK: A special thank you to all that attended the recent Webcast can be found here.

How Do I Volunteer?

Air Force Employees

Download the Volunteer Statement from the Community of Practice (CoP) link (requires access to the Portal):

Once the applicant has received their Wing/CC's recommendation, the CPF should forward the agreement and resume to the MAJCOM/A1 POC listed on the bottom left-hand side of the CoP. The MAJCOM will then forward to HAF and AFPC for further recommendations. CPFs should contact CivDeploy@randolph.af.mil for questions.

Non-Air Force Employees

Interested employees should submit your request at this link.

My message is that if we are to meet the myriad challenges around the world in the coming decades, this country must strengthen other important elements of national power both institutionally and financially, and create the capability to integrate and apply all of the elements of national power to problems and challenges abroad. In short, based on my experience serving seven presidents, as a former Director of CIA and now as Secretary of Defense, I am here to make the case for strengthening our capacity to use "soft" power and for better integrating it with "hard power".

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates