http://www.37trw.af.mil en-US Thu, 23 May 2013 11:09:36 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 11:09:36 GMT Air Force Link RSS Generator http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123349090 Nearly 70 mobilized reserve Soldiers preparing for "advise and assist" missions in Afghanistan trained May 6-10, 2013, at the Air Force Air Advisor Academy.

Trainer/mentors assigned to the 174th Infantry Brigade train deploying Airmen on Army Warrior Tasks routinely.

The roles reversed thanks to a new partnership with the Air Force.

Leaders and Soldiers mobilized in support of the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan received the core knowledge and skills portion of regional awareness training at the AAA in line with the Army's Regionally Aligned Force Concept. The five-day condensed academic portion of the program - part of a three-pillar construct including core knowledge and skills; language, region and cultural studies; and field craft -supports the training and mobilization of general purpose advisors.
more...]]> collen.mcgee.2@us.af.mil (Capt. Antonia Greene-Edwards ) http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123349090 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:51:00 EST http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123345402 Sixteen Army, Navy, Air Force and Department of Defense officials met at Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland for the Council on Recruit and Basic Training Conference to discuss training and basic entry-level recruit operations across the services, April 9 - 11.

After more than 10 years of close joint operations in the war-fighting arena, military members are coming together to take the communication lessons learned during military operations overseas and apply them closer to home; starting at the basics with entry-level enlisted military training.
more...]]> collen.mcgee.2@us.af.mil (Maj. Carla M. Gleason) http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123345402 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:23:18 EST http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123343687 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 Marines provided support to the U.S. Air Force Air Advisor Academy's most recent Field Training Exercise (FTX) here March 29, 2013.

The Marines flew a CH-53E Super Stallion to the range where the Academy students and instructors were waiting to evacuate a simulated injured service member. The HMH-772 operations officer briefed the flight crew to prepare them for a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel mission.

Academy students on the ground participated in an exercise in which they were to meet with a key leader who they would be working with for the next several months, while the CH-53E was flying in the nearby airspace. The students had to plan the route and coordinate roles among each other for travel using the skills they learned throughout the academy's eight-week course.
more...]]> collen.mcgee.2@us.af.mil ( Airman Sean M. Crowe) http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123343687 Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:27:00 EST http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123342347 Airmen who gathered in the stands behind the Basic Military Training Reception Center set an enthusiastic tone before Saturday's quarterly drill down competition started.

As drill team members from the three competing squadrons with the 37th Training Group and one from the 737th Training Group waited nervously to begin, a series of cheers moved through the spectators packed in the stands - almost 2,000 technical training students - in a giant wave.

Their message to the competitors: Forget the elements - a brisk northerly wind and occasional mist - it's game on and we're behind you.
more...]]> collen.mcgee.2@us.af.mil (Mike Joseph) http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123342347 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:54:19 EST http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123341570 The Inter-American Air Forces Academy celebrated turning 70 with a special event attended by more than 350 people in the IAAFA Airfield Training Complex at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 15.

Senior leaders, distinguished visitors and guests helped commemorate the anniversary with IAAFA staff, instructors and students in one of the complex's hangars, which included a ceremonial cake cutting with a saber and a wine toast.

The specially designed three-tier cake was cut by a student from Panama, where the academy was originally founded. The toast to IAAFA and its international partners was made by guest speaker Jaime Vazquez, a retired colonel and former IAAFA commander, to senior leaders with wine from Latin America partner nations.
more...]]> collen.mcgee.2@us.af.mil (Mike Joseph) http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123341570 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:21:14 EST http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123341553 Women's History Month will be easily remembered for Airman Kaycee Franco, for it's the month that she began making her own personal piece of Air Force history: receiving the Air Force Airman's coin and becoming an Airman.

Receiving the coin signifies completing basic training and that Franco was one step closer to graduating. It also earned Franco the right to be called "Airman."

Originally from Dewey, Okla., a very small town boasting a population of only 3,432 according to the 2010 census, Franco said she found the eight weeks of basic training to be "insane."
more...]]> collen.mcgee.2@us.af.mil (Dona Fair) http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123341553 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:28:10 EST http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123340346 During his first visit to the 37th Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas State Rep. Joaquín Castro got a close-up look at Air Force basic military training
recently.

After lunch with the 502nd Air Base Wing Commander Brig. Gen. Theresa Carter, and other military officials, Castro visited the 323rd Training Squadron and toured the first-of-its-kind Airmen Training Complex.

The 1,250 bed, $73 million dormitory and office space includes state-of-the-art closed circuit cameras, centralized security and access control, upgraded drill and physical training facilities and numerous other upgrades from the 1960s-era Recruit Housing and Training Facility it replaced.
more...]]> collen.mcgee.2@us.af.mil (Maj. Jeff Pixley) http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123340346 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:21:00 EST http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123339966 An expert speaker on leadership and leadership training once defined a leader as someone who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way. That is exactly what the Combat Leadership Course, Level II, Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis did for 42 Security Forces Airmen in 26 days.

Staff Sgt. Luke Wyszomirski, a Security Forces patrolman from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, attended the course and explained what challenges the curriculum required and what can be learned.

"The combat leader's course is a hard-hitting, fast-paced scenario-based training," Wyszomirski said.
more...]]> collen.mcgee.2@us.af.mil (Airman 1st Class Roswell Sartwell) http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123339966 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:44:00 EST http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123339964 After Tech. Sgt. Joshua Sharp spent three days shadowing a military training instructor in the 322nd Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, it solidified his decision to become an Air Force MTI.

"I already had a pretty good idea I wanted to do this, but the shadowing really hammered it home," Sharp said.

"Hearing the MTIs talk about the sense of pride they have when their flight graduates and how civilians become Airmen actually reinforced how much I wanted to be a part of it," Sharp said. He said he came through basic training in 2002.
more...]]> collen.mcgee.2@us.af.mil (Mike Joseph) http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123339964 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:35:00 EST http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123338822 The Lackland Gateway Heritage Foundation took a major step toward its goal of building a new USAF Airman Heritage Museum at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Air Force Feb. 11 at the 502nd Air Base Wing headquarters on JBSA-Fort Sam Houston.

The MOU clearly defines the roles and responsibilities in the project by the Foundation, the 502nd ABW and the 37th Training Wing. The agreement was signed by Brig. Gen. Theresa Carter, JBSA and 502nd ABW commander; Col. Mark Camerer, 37th Training Wing commander; and Foundation President Jaime Vazquez, a retired Air Force colonel.
more...]]> collen.mcgee.2@us.af.mil (Mike Joseph) http://www.37trw.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123338822 Tue, 5 Mar 2013 16:53:10 EST