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Colonel Christopher Bennett 10 Sep 2019

2019 SMC Update. Colonel Christopher Bennett 10 Sep 2019. Holm Ctr – AFROTC – Regions. Jeanne M. Holm Center For Officer Accessions and Citizen Development Maxwell AFB, AL. AFROTC Northeast Region. AFROTC Southeast Region. AFROTC Northwest Region. AFROTC Southwest Region.

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Colonel Christopher Bennett 10 Sep 2019

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  1. 2019 SMC Update Colonel Christopher Bennett 10 Sep 2019

  2. Holm Ctr – AFROTC – Regions Jeanne M. Holm Center For Officer Accessions and Citizen Development Maxwell AFB, AL AFROTC Northeast Region AFROTC Southeast Region AFROTC Northwest Region AFROTC Southwest Region

  3. AFROTC Regions Northeast Region: Wright-Patterson AFB CC: Col Thomas Bongiovi CD: Mr Tim Slauenwhite 34 Detachments/181 Crosstowns 37 Detachments/330 Crosstowns 38 Detachments/192 Crosstowns 36 Detachments/387 Crosstowns Southwest Region JBSA - Randolph CC: Col Terry Koester CD: Mr Peter Hunt Southeast Region: Maxwell AFB CC: Col Kent Williams CD: Mr Dave Runge 145 Detachments / 1,200 Universities / 47 States / 900 Cadre / 14,000+ Students

  4. Program Guidance Letter (PGL)

  5. AFROTC Production

  6. PERSONAL (ETHICAL LEADERSHIP, CHARACTER, AIRMAN CULTURE) PEOPLE/TEAM (LEADERSHIP) ORGANIZATIONAL (LEADERSHIP)

  7. Phase I: Personal Leadership • Base Visits ---- Sent over 3700 cadets in FY19 • Operation AF (Ops AF) ---- Officer & NCO on-the-job shadowing • 2 summer weeks • FY19 1000+ cadets • Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Orientation Flights • Intro to Soaring (SOAR) – 20 cadets • Academy Freefall (AFAFF) – 50 cadets • Expeditionary Skills Training (EST) – 31 cadets • Phase II: People/Team Leadership • Field Training • Field Engineering Research Lab (FERL) – 16 cadets • Phase III: Organizational Leadership • AFGSC Summer Internship Program (SIP) – 12 cadets • AFSPC SIP – 32 cadets • AFTAC SIP – 8 cadets • Leadership, Education Development Experience (LEDx) symposium – 145 cadets • National Character & Leadership Symposium – 100 cadets • Gathering of Eagles (GOE) shadow program – 12 cadets • USAFA Cadet Exchange program – 6 cadets • Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) Advanced Cyber Education (ACE) SIP • Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Information Assurance SIP • Lawrence Livermore National Learning Laboratory (LLNL) • USAFA BMT CTA – 20 cadets • Field Training CTA – 174 cadets AFROTC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING Advancing the cadet’s academic experience into operational application and understanding Developing Lieutenants able to Perform from Day One

  8. AFROTC FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM PROGRAM • Structured, repeatable, and lasting training program • Series of strategically planned events • Cadets trained, developed, mentored throughout FT by Cadre and upper-class cadets on competencies such as: • Communication skills • Wingman culture • Team building • Critical thinking • Adaptability • Decision making TRAINING CONSTRUCT FT20 & Beyond FT19 • CADET THROUGHPUT Based on 8 institutional competencies/25 sub-competencies 3,200 FT14 FT16 FT17 FT15 2,610 FT18 1,480 1,791 1,805 • May-August Annually • 6 Encampments • 159 Cadre/Staff per Camp • 528 Cadets per Camp • Executed at Maxwell AFB and Vigilant Warrior Tng Site 2,370 2,484 Field Training is an Integral Component of the AFROTC Officer Development Curriculum

  9. SMC AFROTC Field Training

  10. Value of SMCs • Service Academy Construct w/ diverse & unique niche capabilities/programs • Full time developmental program to learn to lead others/organizations • Mandatory ROTC participation provides a great recruiting opportunity • AFROTC = Predictable production w/ an unconstrained GMC population/largest line officer production • USAFA = fixed # of Lts • OTS = Rheostat based upon AF needs Manning Snapshot

  11. AFROTC Challenges • Cadre Manning • PGL Volatility • Medical Challenges • Funding

  12. Way Ahead • PERSONNEL: • Resurrecting Officer Accessions Working Group (deliberate PGL planning/execution) • AD = manned to 90% -- Dedicated Instructor Board • Uncertainty of ANG and AFRC augmentation beyond FY20 • Make training assignment part of all career pyramids • Dedicated squadron commander board for instructor opportunities • FUNDING: • Scholarships: Projected FY20 $105M • Field Training: $4.2M to maintain FT program • PDT: $6.5M to maintain PDT program (PDT + You Can Fly Prgms)

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