On the pod, Senior Airman Francisco Melendez from the Air University public affairs team sits down with Tech. Sgt. Joshua Steward and Senior Master Sgt. Markesha Crawford from the Barnes Center at AU to talk about the Enlisted Professional Military Education Instructor Course, or EPMEIC. Topics include what the course is & how it prepares Airmen to become instructors and get comfortable facilitating and teaching in the classroom, along with the curriculum development process.  Additionally, Crawford talks to her role as the superintendent of the team that develops the curriculum across enlisted PME, the continuum of learning & how people grow through education in their life, and more!

Developing Mach-21 Airmen - Epi 14 – Enlisted Professional Military Education

Air Education and Training Command experts discuss a wide variety
of topics that directly impact total force Airmen, including force
development, continuum of learning, innovation and more!
Description: Experts from across the Air Force's recruiting, training and
education enterprise discuss a wide variety of topics that directly impact
total force Airmen, including force development, the continuum of learning,
innovation and more!

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B-roll of multiple F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, taxi on the runway during Red Flag-Nellis 22-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, July 19, 2022. The Nevada Test and Training Range is the U.S. Air Force’s premier military training area with more than 12,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Makenna Gott)

Red Flag-Nellis 22-3

Dan Hawkins from the Air Education and Training Command public affairs team sits down to talk all things RAT with Col. Rick Kend, 375th Air Mobility Wing deputy commander at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, along with Lt. Col. Johnathan McGill, Mobility Air Force division chief at HAF/A3 in the Pentagon who oversees the RAT portfolio as part of his duties, and Bob Remey, HQ AETC Training branch chief, whose team has developed RAT training for the enterprise.

The trio talk about the strategic why behind RAT training, how it works in concert with the five drivers of change, specifics inside the ready training areas, and a look behind how wings and major commands could implement RAT in line with the Air Force Force Generation (AFFORGEN) presentation model and Agile Combat Employment.  There is also a call for feedback from the field on how to improve RAT.

The Air Force Starts Here – Ep 67 – Ready Airman Training

Chief Master Sgt. Stefan Blazier, Air University command chief, sits down with Chief Master Sgt. Lee Hoover, 42nd Air Base Wing command chief, and discusses Hoover's decision to join the military, highlights and favorite assignments during his career, why he stayed in the Air Force, and the importance of family and loving them today.

The Air Force Starts Here - Ep 66 - Why I Stayed: One Airman's Air Force Story

Tech Training Transformation podcast with Dr. Major Jesse Johnson, Det. 23 commander and Tech. Sgt. Casey Michalski, Det. 23 curriculum engineer and C-130-J subject matter expert on the new re-engineered crew chief fundamentals course.

Tech Training Transformation podcast

Dan Hawkins from the Air Education and Training Command public affairs team
spoke virtually with Mr. Harold Ward, director of the Air Force Culture and
Language Center at Air University, discussing how language, regional expertise and culture education helps the Air Force to fly, fight and win by enabling the agile combat employment concept, commonly referred to as ACE.

Developing Mach-21 Airmen - Epi 14 – Enlisted Professional Military Education

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