{"id":38562,"date":"2019-05-14T22:50:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T22:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/14\/streamlined-officer-school-for-sncos-less-shoe-shining-more-leadership-lessons\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:11:59","slug":"streamlined-officer-school-for-sncos-less-shoe-shining-more-leadership-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/05\/14\/streamlined-officer-school-for-sncos-less-shoe-shining-more-leadership-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"Streamlined officer school for SNCOs: Less shoe-shining, more leadership lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2014\/11\/28\/100-enlisted-picked-to-attend-officer-training-school\/\" target=\"_blank\">senior non-commissioned officers<\/a> in the Air Force hit the point where they could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2015\/02\/24\/officer-training-school-sets-one-curriculum-for-all-cadets\/\" target=\"_blank\">earn their commissions<\/a>, they know how things work around the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey know how to march, they know how to shine shoes,\u201d said Brig. Gen. William Spangenthal, director of operations and communications for Air Education and Training Command, in a May 10 interview. \u201cThey know how to salute, they know the basics of being an airman. And not only do they know them, they have been outstanding at it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, when those master sergeants, senior master sergeants and chief master sergeants start trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/04\/11\/help-wanted-air-force-to-nominate-officers-for-recruiting-instructor-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\">earn their commissions and become officers<\/a>, Spangenthal said, it wouldn\u2019t make much sense to waste days \u2014 even weeks \u2014 re-drilling them on basic concepts they\u2019ve been doing for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s why AETC is about to start testing a new accelerated commissioning program for Officer Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, which aims to get SNCOs their commission in 14 training days, as opposed to the usual 40 days. With weekends off, the 14 training days will equate to nearly three weeks on the calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Command officials on May 1 announced the fast-tracked program, which will hold its first test class in August and its second in October. The first test will include 36 SNCOs \u2014 26 active duty, five reservists and five Air National Guard members \u2014 who completed the SNCO Academy course and were selected through a normal board process. If it\u2019s successful, it could help the Air Force develop new ways to create officers that gives them credit for the knowledge and experience they already bring to the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/05\/01\/become-an-officer-in-14-days-air-force-to-test-accelerated-commissioning-program-for-sncos\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/OTS-commission.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Become an officer in 14 days? Air Force to test accelerated commissioning program for SNCOs<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The beta test will shorten Officer Training School from its current 40 training days.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new, streamlined program will essentially drop Stages 1 and 2 of OTS \u2014 the indoctrination and developmental phases \u2014 and will instead work more on learning \u201chow to transition from the mindset of an NCO to the mindset of a commissioned officer,\u201d said Col. Peter Bailey, the commander of OTS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur 14 days, for the most part, is going to be solely driven on higher level, or graduate-level, leadership development,\u201d Bailey said. \u201cWhich is something everybody should get, but the 14-day course will be focused on that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spangenthal said he hopes the revised schedule will get SNCOs into training sooner, and will motivate them by taking their years of experience into account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have the best-trained NCOs in the world, the best enlisted corps in the world,\u201d Spangenthal said. \u201cWe took the best-trained airmen, selected from the very best that were going to OTS, and then down-selected so that we could improve upon what we\u2019re already doing. I believe that not only will this be successful, we will have a better airman at the other end of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants will be graded on a paper assignment, and will have to give a briefing. They will also have to lead their fellow classmates in a small-group exercise, where they attempt to solve a complex issue in a limited amount of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of the hardest things to do as a leader is to lead your peers,\u201d Bailey said. \u201cWe are going to expect this select group of individuals to be able to do that as well. \u2026 That is the PhD level of leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s important that when it comes to those skills, airmen in the 14-day class get the same level of instruction as those in the 40-day iteration, Bailey said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AETC will use surveys to see whether participants were motivated by being able to skip over redundant, unnecessary parts of the typical 40-day training curriculum, he said. If those surveys and other studies show the program was successful, it could be expanded further \u2014 perhaps even to award officer candidates competency credit for their pre-existing education, training and experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, Spangenthal said, the changes are intended to further motivate SNCOs, by acknowledging everything they\u2019ve already accomplished, and to get them working on becoming officers more quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a frustration with waiting to attend training, especially when that training is really taking a change into your trajectory from going from senior NCO to officer,\u201d Spangenthal said. \u201cI\u2019d hate for folks to be completely demotivated, over time, when we could continue to move them out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThey know how to salute, they know the basics of being an airman. 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