“Our Defenders will become more versatile and agile than ever before, allowing for better base defense and operations abroad.Doobic has built a variety of styles of map, including all the settings you'd expect: depots with shipping containers, a rail yard, locations with a Middle-Eastern flavour. Logan Goode, 355th SFS combat arms instructor. Today’s threats are evolving and our Defenders need to as well,” said Staff Sgt.
“This new course … benefits all Airmen who are charged with protecting our assets day and night. When beta testing ends May 31, 2022, the AFSFC team will analyze the input from the test sites and finalize the policy guidance with the goal of implementing the course by October 2022. Throughout the training, Defenders and combat arms instructors at each of the 15 test sites will provide data and feedback to Seibel and other combat arms training team developers at AFSFC.
Defenders will be shooting, moving and communicating during the entirety of the course,” he said. “This new course of fire will be used to pave the way for how Defenders qualify throughout the entire enterprise. George Henry III, 355th Security Forces Squadron combat arms instructor at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, which is one of the test sites for the course, said it’s giving the career field a standardized way to accomplish weapons proficiency. In this way, we develop Airmen from the novice, who graduates basic military training, to the expert Defenders who attend our advanced course, ensuring proficiency throughout their careers.” Defenders must successfully complete Blocks 1, 2 and 3 before taking the final qualification block. “Each block of training builds on the previous block. “The course provides instructors with what is called a building-block instruction method,” Seibel said.
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This transition to proficiency training integrates four blocks of training:īlock 1: Carbine marksmanship fundamentals and simulator trainingīlock 2: Short-range combat training and shoot, move and communicate skills trainingīlock 3: Limited visibility engagement training and virtual reality scenario-based trainingīlock 4: Marksmanship qualification and live-fire proficiency training for select Defenders The course, in testing, incorporates training on a quarterly basis rather than annual weapons qualification, as is currently the case for Airmen and Guardians in the security forces career field. One aspect of the new initiative seeks to modify weapons and tactics capabilities with a focus on air base ground defense as a foundational requirement for Defenders across the Total Force.Īlthough a viable rifle and carbine qualification course is currently in place for security forces, “senior leaders recognized a need for enterprise-level change with an emphasis on continuous and realistic training across the career field,” said Jason Seibel, AFSFC chief of Air Force combat arms at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The four-block qualification course supports many of the 32 recommendations proposed by the Security Forces Defender NEXT Initiative. “Once qualified on any weapon in our inventory, it is imperative to immediately start to build upon proficiency and repetition to create Defenders who are ready to operate in current and future environments.” “This improved course of fire will allow our Defenders to focus more on weapons proficiency after initial qualification,” Collins added. Roy Collins, Security Forces director and deputy chief of staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection. Together, we will organize, train and equip Defenders to remain the most proficient and ready force,” said Brig. “The weapons qualification course is a forward-thinking effort, focused on enabling Defenders to adapt to a changing operational environment. Twelve active-duty bases, two Air National Guard bases and one Air Force Reserve base are currently participating in the one-year beta test, which began June 1. JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) -ĭefenders from across the Total Force are currently beta testing a new Air Force security forces weapons qualification course designed to enhance proficiency across the career field.ĭeveloped by the Air Force Security Forces Center, a primary subordinate unit of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, the proposed course will seamlessly instruct, test and evaluate weapons training for the more than 38,000 active duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and government civilian security forces members. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Public AffairsPublic Affairs.
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