1. When the Airman Program was eliminated, the Coast Guard lost the ability to provide hands-on training to personnel entering aviation ratings. Aviation Technical Training Center (ATTC) does not have the resources required to properly prepare members for work in the field. Consequently, aviation Class A school graduates are reporting to their next units without the basic skills needed to be an asset to an aviation engineering department. The Coast Guard needs an enlisted aviation indoctrination program that will give new aviation petty officers essential basic skills.
2. Coast Guard aviation is a demanding field that requires well trained and experienced members in order to carry out its many missions. A valuable part of the training
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The objective of the Airman Program, according to reference (b), was to prepare service members bound for aviation Class A schools in the basic practices of aircraft maintenance. The program was largely effective but there was little direction on how units implemented the program. Some units assigned airmen to the various shops to shadow rated petty officers as they conducted daily operations. Other units created more formal airman training programs with classroom instruction and Airman Coordinators who were responsible for monitoring airman progress. While there were benefits to both methods of instruction, the system produced members with widely varying levels of knowledge and experience. In response to this problem, AMT and AET Class A schools were extended by 6 weeks and the Airman Program curriculum was incorporated into the Class A school curricula, creating a single source of instruction. Unfortunately, ATTC has no working aircraft on which new aviation personnel can learn the basics of handling, servicing, and maintenance. Reference (c), the very curriculum that was supposed to be incorporated into Class A School curriculum, states that airmen are training to become third class petty officers and therefore they should be given every opportunity to perform the same tasks that a third class petty officer would and that they should also be given every opportunity to become comfortable working on and around aircraft. Reference (c) also gives the example that …show more content…
The Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center (ALC) is the heart of Coast Guard aviation and is connected to nearly everything that takes place at an air station. Moreover, ALC is the authority on aircraft maintenance, aircraft publications, the supply system, and is home to the Asset Logistics Management Information System (ALMIS). Experience in each of these areas is essential to perform the daily business of a Coast Guard air station. Therefore, ALC should be the location where new petty officers build a foundation of aviation knowledge and skills on which to launch their careers. Under the proposed program, Class A school graduates would spend one month working on the end of the line on either fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft, based on the member’s assignment. Tasks which cannot be completed at ATTC, including, but not limited to, the General Aviation section of reference (c), will be performed during the program under the guidance of experienced technicians. Because ALC is not an operational unit, the schedule is more predictable than that of a typical air station and is more conducive to training. The creation of an indoctrination program at ALC provides benefits both to ALC, in the form of increased manpower, and to the new petty officers, in the form of hands-on training in a non-operational
The Mission of the Army Logistics Management College (ALMC), now referred to as the Army Logistics University (ALU) at Fort Lee, VA is to enhance the readiness and sustainability of United States Forces through training, education, consulting and research in Logistics, Acquisition and Operations Research Systems Analysis. In joint with the ALU, the Sustainment Center of Excellence (SCoE) runs eight different versions of battalion and brigade-level pre-command branch or technically focused courses. Five of them are conducted at ALU; one of those five course that ALU is responsible for offering is the resident 2-week Sustainment Pre-Command Course (SPCC). The SPCC was once taught at each individual Army branch school. In 1993, ALU was given the mission to train all multifunctional logisticians.
The Civil Reserve Air Fleet is a partnership between the Department of Defense and commercial airlines where the airlines contractually commit a portion of their aircraft and crews to be used by the Department in the event of any level of military conflict. These aircraft can be “called up” and required to respond quickly to provide airlift support to the Department of Defense. There are minimum required levels of participation in order for the airlines to be eligible, and in turn they receive peace time business including passenger and cargo movement approximately in proportion to their commitment level. The program is divided into three segments which include varying amounts and sizes of aircraft that serve specific purposes. There are also three levels of activation depending on the severity of the conflict, which also require different amounts and sizes of aircraft. This program has been in place for nearly 53 years, and has become an essential partnership required for an effective United States military. The following pages are an investigation various aspects of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet such as its purpose, history, and effectiveness.
Abrashoff begins the book by informing the reader of how his story begins; when he is given command of the USS Benfold. The Benfold was the Navy’s most advanced guided missile destroyer the Navy had in 1997 and its command was to be one of the Navy’s top innovators. Unfortunately, Abrashoff points out some flaws with the Navy’s personnel management that I found to be shocking. First, was that “nearly 35 percent of the people who joined the military annually, wouldn’t complete their enlistment contracts.” (p.2) Such turnover can be understood by many business managers in the service industry, but unlike the quick and cheap training process for them, the cost for the military (taxpayers) is astounding. Abrashoff estimates that it cost roughly “$35,000 to recruit a trainee and tens of thousands more in additional training costs to get new personnel to the basic level of proficiency.” (p.2) Curbing this trend on his own ship and eventually helping to achieve a decrease overall in the mil...
Commissioning in the Air Force has been a life-long aspiration. My grandfathers enlisted, but went on to retire as field-grade officers with careers spanning WW2, the Korean War and the Vietnam conflict. Their experiences inspired me to follow in their footsteps and serve my country. After starting college, I soon enlisted due to financial hardships but my desire to commission never waned. Over 10 years’ service, my goal of commissioning ultimately took a back seat to my missions, Airmen and responsibilities at hand. However, I have always sought out opportunities to advance my abilities through holding key positions and seeking out added responsibilities. By earning a commission, I will continue to grow professionally, improve our Airmen and further expand our service's capabilities.
Number four, your training cannot fail you only you can fail yourself. If you was one of the lucky one to pass without studying. This is for you. You had better be training each and every day. You and your crew lives depend on it. Do not fail yourself nor them.
As NCO’s we sometimes become complacent in our positions and our routines. Accepting challenges is what sets us apart and continues to ensure that we grow as Soldiers, Leaders, and Non-Commissioned Officers. The Sergeant Audie Murphy Club induction process is rigorous, and because of the rigorous amount of preparation that it takes to earn it, I will become a more knowledgeable NCO, while also allowing room to realize what my weaknesses are in order to improve in those areas. This learning and self-refining assessment will ultimately help me become a better NCO for my Soldiers. I aspire to become a member of the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club for
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2. Once accepted inside the academy, the cadets undergo both military and academic training so as to hone them for their roles as future military officers. They are exposed to rigorous training for the development of their stamina, endurance and physical characteristics. Their character is also developed as they engage in the different trainings requirements inside the academy. They were engaged in different trainings that will help them to be a better one. Cadets follow a daily schedule in which they wake up early, fix their beds, clean their rooms, and dress up for reveille. Since they are full in duties, they have limited time to do their own personal stuffs. This however, will help them to develop stability under pressure that despite limited time, they can still work for their compliances, prepare for their personal things and even for the next duty, both under the military training requirements and academic requirements. This set up is necessary since the cadets must be well trained physically, mentally, emotionally, and also academically.
... problem are under constant development and analysis, in a hope to avoid these situations. The civilian industry continues to lead in development due to commercialization, with the military not far behind. The only real deficiency in CRM program development seems to be the area of general aviation as described earlier. Until this problem is addressed, there will still be a glaring weakness in the general area of aviation safety. However, with the rate of technology increase and cheaper methods of instruction, we should begin to see this problem addressed in the near future. Until then, aviation will rely on civil commercial aviation the military to continue research and program development for the years to come, hopefully resulting in an increasingly safe method of travel and recreation.
In the NAVY, initially our technical rate training utilized more of the Behaviorist learning theory. As learners our teachers were focused on changing our behaviors and modifying them from the civilian way of thinking to building a solid military foundation from which to build upon. It was John B. Watson an American psychologist who codified and publicized behaviorism that said, "Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I 'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select - doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations and the race of his ancestors” (Mcleod, S. 2008). This is exactly what was taking in place in boot camp, we were those infants. After mastering those basic skills and learning from all the trial and errors we transitioned into the progressive learning philosophy. The Progressive philosophy enabled us to pass on the knowledge learned from all our trial and errors to others. We started solving problems, as our equipment broke down we started trouble shooting and repairing the equipment ensuring our submarine was able to stay underway and complete the mission. With the downsizing of our military our leaders were constantly looking for new ways to do our jobs with fewer personnel more ...
Luis W. Alvarez (June 13, 1911 – September 1, 1988) was an American experimental physicist and inventor, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968. The American Journal of Physics declared, "Luis Alvarez (1911–1988) was one of the most brilliant and productive experimental physicists of the twentieth century." Luis Walter Alvarez was born in San Francisco, California on my birthday, June 13, 1911. His father, Dr.Walter Clement Alvarez was a physician and his grandfather was Luis F. Alvarez, a doctor that found better method for diagnosing macular leprosy. Alvarez went to the University of Chicago where he received his bachelor's degree, his master's degree, and his PhD. Still in college, he create an apparatus of Geiger counter tubes arranged as a telescope and his teacher, Arthur Compton
Through the years, as aircraft have become more complex, and numerous threats to aviation safety have been identified, a culture of unwavering professionalism and safety consciousness have become engrained into the ethical framework of aviation organizations. Since the initial establishment aviation operational and safety standards, multiple civilian and military aviation organizations have continuously contributed efforts towards looking for new and innovative ways to raise the bar on efficiency of flight operations and aviation safety through CRM. CRM is a vital tool to improving safety in aviation organizations and i...
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