Customer Service Air Force
Resume:
Melvin R. Musser, Major (Ret)
West Milton OH
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Objective
Highly skilled retired Personnel Officer seeking to return to the Personnel
arena.
Work Experience
Pastor
7/2008 - 4/2012 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, West Milton, OH
As a First Call Pastor in a small town church, I was successful in refocusing
the congregation from self-care to seeing God's mission in our neighborhoods.
Started a Community Garden, Farmer's Market, Angelfood Ministry, Relay for
Life Team, and quarterly mission trips into downtown Dayton to feed the
homeless and provide spiritual care for the disadvantaged in Dayton.
Contributions:
Provided spiritual and pastoral care for congregation of 219 baptized members.
Visited homebound parishioners as well as those in nursing homes and assisted
care living situations. Provided for funerals, weddings and other religious
rites and ceremonies for congregational needs.
Began a monthly worship prayer service at Sienna Mercy Village assisted living
apartments and care facility in Dayton. Average attendance is 27 individuals
representing numerous faith backgrounds.
Provided pastoral care for hospitalized members and others at all Miami Valley
Hospitals. Currently hold chaplain credentials at Good Samaritan Hospital and
Upper Valley Medical center.
Demonstrated outstanding leadership by raising the funds and procuring the
equipment to renovate the sanctuary with state of the art projectors, cameras,
and video equipment allowing the church to provide contemporary worship
experiences and also to provide video recordings for weddings, baptisms, etc.
Studied demographic data and door to door calling to determine the target
population and their needs. Designed a worship experience to appeal to those
who are unchurched in our neighborhood. The result: welcomed a class of 11
brand new Christians within the first 8 months of the worship service being in
place. Good Shepherd hadn't had 11 new members at one time in over 20 years
and none of these had any prior church affiliation.
Led congregation to increase stewardship giving despite denominational
struggles and national economic downturn. Good Shepherd's budget increased
each of the three years I've been here.
Completed the Southern Ohio Synod's First Call Theological Education program
and the Southern Ohio Synod's Leadership Institute. Setting the stage for
future leadership challenges.
United States Air Force Personnel Officer
01/1985-02/2005 Various Air Force installations (Phoenix, AZ; Hampton Roads,
VA; San Antonio, TX; Anchorage, AK; and Dayton, OH)
Held various positions of increasing responsibility within the Personnel or
Human Resources career field over a twenty year military career. Positions
included Officer In Charge of every major section within the Personnel Office
including manning utilization, education and training, and Customer Service
and Quality Force. As a staff officer at the headquarters level, responsible
for authoring several Personnel regulations and processing officer permanent
changes of assignments for an entire career field. Selected for highly
technical knowledge of the overall Personnel career field to lead the
Inspector General's Personnel Inspection Team for the Air Force Materiel
Command. Travelled to over a dozen different Air Force installations
documenting both findings of fact and best practices. Culminated career as an
Inspector General Administrative Investigations Officer looking into claims of
Fraud, Waste, and Abuse.
Contributions:
While at the Air Force Manpower and Personnel Center (AFMPC) I was selected as
a member of the Tiger Team that wrote the original requirements for what
became the Personnel Information Management System. As the senior Personnel
member of the Air Force Materiel Command Office of the Inspector General, I
performed all actions regarding the unit manning document. I successfully
worked with MAJCOM Personnel officials to ensure we were 100 percent manned
with highly qualified individuals to fill our inspector positions. I insured
the IG staff UMD reflected the vision and goals of the Inspector General in
terms of balance between active military and civilian positions.
As a member of the Officer Assignment Branch at AFMPC, I was selected to be
the Manpower Officer Resource Manager. In this capacity I ensured all
Manpower Officer positions were equitably manned. I selected, staffed, and
performed the necessary data system updates to affect the reassignment of
every reassignment action for this entire Air Force career field.
While at AFMPC I was the overall support Officer career progression manager.
In this capacity I analyzed the career progression pathways of every Support
Officer career field. I arranged the data into charts and graphs that were
used by the Commander of AFMPC in "Spread the Word" briefings given at every
Air Force Base, world-wide.
Selected numerous times throughout military career as Company Grace Officer of
the Quarter, and as key member of teams that set the standard for
effectiveness and efficiency in personnel operations.
Deployed twice to the Middle East including Operation Desert Storm, the
"First" Persian Gulf War. Led the largest Personnel Support Team during the
entire Desert Storm operation in 1990 and 1991.
Education
1/2005 - 5/2008 Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH
Master of Divinity
Internships:
Pastoral Intern, First Lutheran Church - Xenia, OH Provided spiritual and
pastoral care for congregation of over 200 individuals including home and
hospital visits, providing for funerals, weddings and other religious rites
and ceremonies: 6/2005 to 6/2007
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), Dayton Veteran's Medical Center, Dayton, OH
Provided spiritual and emotional support for patients and families on a
medical/surgical floor; participated in teaching the spirituality component of
the inpatient Drug and Alcohol Treatment program and the Homeless Veteran
Program; provided for emotional and spiritual care for patients and families
in the Veteran's Medical Center's Nursing Care Facility: 5/2005 - 9/2005
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), Ohio State University Hospital East,
Columbus Ohio Provided spiritual, emotional, and Pastoral care for patients
and families on medical and surgical units: 1/2005 - 1/2006
9/1993 - 7/1995 Webster State University
Master of Computer Resource Management
9/1975 - 7/1979 Kent State University
Bachelor of Science degree in Pre-Med/Zoology
Additional Information
Respected leader and member of interdisciplinary teams -- instill a shared
sense of purpose to provide optimal services for doing the mission, efficient
and effective use of resources and innovative in providing programs for
meeting the needs of people whether they're parishioners, community members
needing assistance, or patients and families in nursing facilities or hospital
environments or military members and their dependents. Committed to meeting
their physical, emotional, and spiritual health needs. Deeply committed to
improving the quality of life for all people, with a special interest in
providing support for people in crisis situations in order to help them become
more productive in meeting mission requirements.
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