Air University Educational Digest - 2010 (pdf ... - The Air University

11 Jun 2009 CAP-USAF was formally reassigned to Headquarters, Holm Center for Officer Accesssions and
Citizen Development. It had previously answered directly to Headquarters, AU. The transfer was
seen as a mutually beneficial change, given CAP-USAF‘s role in citizen development; the change
also created more opportunities for ROTC and Junior ROTC members to participate in CAP-
USAF‘s emergency search and rescue mission.
23 Jul 2009 A reoriented version of the AFROTC Gold Bar Recruiter Program graduated its first class of 18
second lieutenants following their completion of a ten-day ―Gold Bar‖ training syllabus; these
officers were to be assigned to an AFROTC detachment for up to twelve months to assist
recruiting efforts. The Gold Bar Program had been in operation from 1991 until 2002, when it
was converted to a contract effort. The redirection of the program—originally a minority-oriented
effort—to a more generalized recruiting focus was intended to bring it into better alignment with
the USAF‘s overall diversity goals.
10 Aug 2009 The Ira C. Eaker College for Professional Education was formally redesignated as the Ira C. Eaker
Center for Professional Education.
14 Sep 2009 The USAF Chaplain Service Institute conducted its last formal training course prior to completing
its transfer to Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Although the Institute would continue to be assigned
to ECPD, the relocation met the BRAC Commission‘s cost-cutting goals by consolidating all of
the Services‘ chaplain training activity at one location.
1 Oct 2009 AFIT‘s Civil Engineering and Services School and ECPD‘s Air Force Human Resource
Management School were consolidated to form the Force Support Professional Development
School at ECPD; 14 courses were involved. Formation of the new school had been prompted by
the integration of the manpower, personnel and services career fields and the resulting activation
of new Force Support Squadrons, including Maxwell-Gunter‘s 42nd FSS.
1 Oct 2009 Although it would remain stationed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the National Space Security
Institute (NSSI) was reassigned from AF Space Command to the Eaker Center. As a Professional
Continuing Education Center of Excellence, NSSI operates two schools (the Space Professional
School and the Space Operations School) with a combined annual output of about 1,500 students.
2 Oct 2009 The Air National Guard‘s Academy of Military Sciences, previously sited at McGee Tyson ANG
Base, Tennessee, completed its transfer to Maxwell. More formally designated as Detachment 12,
ANG Readiness Center, the school was co-located with OTS so that its pre-commissioning
training efforts could benefit from the synergies (and cost-savings) that would result. The school‘s
first class consisted of 119 students; they received their diplomas and commissions on 13
November.
4 Dec 2009 ACSC expanded the distance learning version of its Master‘s of Military Operational Arts and
Sciences degree to include eligible mid-level captains. Some syllabus changes accompanied the
expansion: the curriculum was to be restructured to feature a common core (seven courses totaling
21 credit hours) and multiple areas of electives concentration (each consisting of four courses
totaling twelve credit hours). Since its inception in 2007, the program has produced 348 degreed
majors, and over 1,000 more were currently enrolled.
8 Dec 2009 AU accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools was reaffirmed for another
five years.
2 Jan 2010 Maj. Gen. Maury Forsyth, former Spaatz Center commander assumed command of the LeMay
Center from Major General Stephen Miller.
3-11 Jan 2010 Maxwell AFB-Gunter experienced an eight day record breaking cold spell with low temperatures
below 25 degrees Fahrenheit, breaking a 2001 record which had previously broken a late 1800‘s
record.
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