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Displaced Employee Benefits Explained


Displaced employees can go through a number of personnel actions, depending on the path they choose. One commonly used term is Reduction in Force (RIF), which is a management tool to downsize or close an organization. Human Resource management works with the operational side of the organization to set a date to start downsizing. Employees are given plenty of notice, so they can start making decisions about their future after mission completion. Technical challenges beyond our control don’t enable us to provide you with a precise date of mission completion. What we can provide you is our planning tool which shows approximate dates based on the best information we have at the moment. Due to the sensitivity of this information, you will need to contact your transition specialist for the latest version, which will be periodically updated on SharePoint.

The federal government and Army provide many benefits to employees that are undergoing a downsizing or closure. The guides listed below provide a summary of what those benefits are. The closer we get to an actual approved closure date that is achievable, employees will receive information on when specific benefit options will be offered and in what order. Most of CMA HQ, with the exception of RCMD and Treaty, will be downsized after PCD and BGCA complete their missions. Our timeline also will shift based on how the other timelines shift.

Employees will be given plenty of notice to make decisions about employment. Most employees who want to continue with the federal government will do so through the Priority Placement Program (PPP), whether local or globally. This is the most successful program for the placement of displaced federal employees.

If you are planning on continuing with federal service, visit Continuing with Federal Service. If you are retiring, educate yourself on the retirement process by visiting Planning Retirement.



** Displaced Employee Guide 2015 **
This instruction provides you a summary of the entitlements that you may be able to invoke once shutdown is confirmed.
| https://www.dcpas.osd.mil/sites/default/files/2021-09/Displaced%20Employee%20Guide%20-%20Jun%202015.pdf |



** OPM  RIF Info **
This site provides a summary of what employees can expect during the process.
| https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/reductions-in-force/#url=Overview |

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Mountain

The mountain has been an element that has graced many of the past depot emblems, representing Pike’s Peak.

Missile

The Pershing Missile in the center represents one of the most prominent missions of the depot in the 1980s.

Hawk

The hawk represents native depot wildlife, the present and future mission of the environmental programs, and was also the name of one of the missile systems supplied by the depot during its missile mission in the 1950s and 60s.

Insignias

The branch insignia of both the U.S. Army Chemical Corps and Ordnance Corps represent the depot’s command structure through its history as both an ordnance and a chemical depot.

Colors & Text

The colors cobalt blue and yellow gold are representative of the U.S. Army Chemical Corps. “Pueblo Depot” is representative of the installation throughout its history. “1942” is the date of establishment. “Safety” and “Service” capture the continued and historical depot missions.

Motto

The motto translates to “A Common Good.”

Sun

The rising sun denotes the dawning of a new day without chemical weapons and the organization’s mission to safely destroy chemical weapons stockpile, thus changing the future of modern warfare.

Wheat

The three stalks of wheat symbolize the harvest of hope that has been secured through industry, cultivation and abundance. It also refers to the unit’s chemical/biological, smoke/obscurant and support to Homeland security industrial base missions at Pine Bluff Arsenal.

Eagle

The double-headed eagle suggests the two CMA methods for stockpile chemical weapons disposal, incineration and neutralization. These methods’ roots are traced back to Project Eagle I (incinerating of mustard agents) and Eagle II (neutralizing nerve agents).

Olive Branch

The olive branch signifies peace and the Activity’s commitment to abide by the stipulations of the Chemical Weapons Convention Treaty and assisting other nations.

Octagon

The octagon alludes to the eight original chemical weapons stockpile storage sites in the United States.