Not your father's IG Published Feb. 24, 2016 By Senior Airman Chase 49th Wing Public Affairs HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., -- From top to bottom, the Holloman Air Force Base Inspector General is ensuring functionality through various vertical inspections across the base. The IG is currently leading this new commanders program to aid in the continued evaluation of how Airmen are adapting to being in the smallest U.S. Air Force ever. "This is a commanders program, and we are looking at the things that are important to wing leadership," said Wayne, Director of Inspections. Evaluating command priorities, from the Wing commander down to each of the squadron commanders, is a major part of these inspections. "When we are doing a vertical [inspection] on a group we gather information from the group and squadron commanders and figure out what is important to them and what issues we can help them out with," said Wayne. Once command priorities are determined, the IG is able to appropriately evaluate a group or squadron on how they are meeting their key tasks and what assistance may be needed to attain maximum efficiency. Previous forms of command inspection programs also came with a preparation period. Groups and squadrons would focus manpower on ensuring full capability for upcoming inspections, which in some cases could take months of preparation. "When we, the wing IG and wing inspection team, look at a unit, we want to know what you look like every day," said Wayne. Under this new program, units will be more easily able to focus on the day-to-day mission. "We want to know how squadrons operate every day, not after they have had time to polish it," said Wayne. "We don't want people spending time doing that, we want them to spend time doing their regular day to day job." *Editor's note: Last names of personnel have been withheld due to security restraints.