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    FTAC undergoes changes AF wide

    FTAC undergoes changes AF wide

    Photo By Staff Sgt. Alexandra Singer | U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Codi Walach, First Term Airman Course team lead, supervises...... read more read more

    JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

    07.26.2017

    Story by Airman 1st Class Alexandra Singer 

    Joint Base Langley-Eustis

    The U.S. Air Force made changes to the First Term Airman Course in late May, changing its focus from in-processing to being mission ready.

    According to Senior Master Sgt. Michael Lee, Joint Base Langley-Eustis career assistance advisor, the old course material overtime began to focus mainly on in-processing. The new week long course; however, will steer away from in-processing and focus on developing every Airman professionally to support warfighters.

    The course has new objectives such as enhancing human capital, personal financial management, resiliency training, team building exercises and “What Now, Airman?” scenarios. The “What Now, Airman?” scenarios are scenarios that are given to the Airmen to see how they would react or what they would do in certain predicaments such as alcohol related incidents or sexual harassment in the work space.

    “I feel like the Airmen will benefit from the new changes,” said Staff Sgt. Codi Walach, JBLE FTAC team lead. “It will greatly enhance them to get them where they need to be in the future.”

    Resiliency training is one of the most important blocks during FTAC, and covers eight skill sets that prepare Airmen for life stressors, such as deployments, family separations and working late hours.

    “Resiliency is one of the most important blocks because resiliency helps the Air Force community be more flexible to meet any challenge today and tomorrow,” said Walach.

    According to Lee, the new changes to the FTAC curriculum are Air Force-wide and are intended to create more leaders earlier on in their careers.

    “I feel the Air Force absolutely got this right with the FTAC transformation,” said Lee. “The Air Force will no longer wait until Airman Leadership School to develop our Airmen into NCOs. They will start at the beginning by giving them the right tools to become effective Airmen.”

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    Date Taken: 07.26.2017
    Date Posted: 11.09.2017 08:03
    Story ID: 254743
    Location: JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, VIRGINIA, US

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