CBT compliance likely part of upcoming UCI Published Feb. 8, 2011 By Monica Mendoza 21st Space Wing Public Affairs staff writer PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Human trafficking in the United States happens, said Capt. Tamara Fischer-Carter, 21st Security Forces Squadron operations officer. Two years ago the Department of Defense made it mandatory for all military and DoD civilian workers to be trained on this serious topic, she said. It is part of the Air Force's computer based training program, and Captain Fischer-Carter wants to ensure the 21st Space Wing's personnel are aware of the training and complete it. "In the U.S. you don't hear about human trafficking as openly as you would overseas," she said. "This (CBT) training encompasses slavery, human trafficking, child exploitation, child soldiers and child labor." This month, Captain Fischer-Carter will be checking compliance on the Combating Trafficking in Persons training module, she said. She has set up a uniform reporting system so that all unit training representatives can report their compliance numbers by Feb. 15. It's important, she said, because compliance on this training, along with other computer based training modules, will be inspected by the U.S. Air Force Space Command Inspector General during a Unit Compliance Inspection Feb. 27 to Mar. 21. A UCI assesses areas mandated by law as well as mission areas that are important to the health and performance of the organization. The upcoming UCI will evaluate areas in broad categories of special interest items, command interest items and major graded areas. Failure to complete required training, including the computer based human trafficking module, will be counted as a discrepancy by UCI inspectors during the upcoming inspection, Captain Fischer-Carter said. "Time and time again, this inspection item is marked down at other bases," Captain Fischer-Carter said. "We need to have 100 percent compliance by Feb. 15." Capt. James Benevuto, 21 SFS assistant operations officer, said the Combating Trafficking in Persons training outlines the issue of human trafficking, explains why it occurs and gives Airmen and DoD civilians resources to call should they witness or become aware of trafficking in persons. "Awareness is the best tool for the common person," he said. "This tells you where you can report human trafficking - it's the only way to do something about it." Each unit has an appointed CTIP monitor that can assist with completing the training. At any time, reference the CTIP site http://ctip.defense.gov/. Anyone with questions about CTIP training or reporting can call Captain Fischer-Carter at 556-5296. The CTIP training is part of the Human Relations module available on the Advanced Distributed Learning Service.