CustomsCop
10-03-2001, 13:14
Its going to be wierd seeing BDU wearing students assigned to the academy for those who have never ben in the military.
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Academy prepares for move to FLETC
By Staff Sgt. Mike Gretzky
Editor
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. — With less than a year to go, the countdown has begun to move basic agent training from the Air Force Special Investigations Academy here to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Ga.
OSI special agents will begin training with many of its federal counterparts in October 2002.
According to Academy Education Services Division Director John Seraff, the transition to FLETC was set in motion when the Air Force officially announced the move in August. "It’s not often you can roll off a new program and make OSI history at the same time," he said. "We have many challenges facing us in the upcoming year, but we are confident that we will meet them."
One of the biggest challenges facing the academy staff is the actual move with minimal time between the final class at the academy and the first class at FLETC. Seraff said the academy will keep the pipeline open at the Academy until the end of September.
"There will be no transition or overlap time during our move to the new training facility," said Seraff. "When one stops, the other will start. This, in itself, will be a unique challenge."
Challenges aside, the new way to train OSI agents will pay dividends for the command and the agents themselves in the long run. Compared to the 11-week course agents currently attend at the academy, new agents will now attend two separate courses at the new training center.
OSI agents, along with their federal counterparts, will begin with a 10-week Criminal Investigations Training Program, which will be instructed by FLETC staff members and eight OSI instructors. The program will teach them all the basics of law enforcement. The agents will then attend the Agency Specific Basic course, or ASB, taught by 16 OSI instructors. This course, designed by the academy’s education services division, will teach agents OSI- and Department of Defense-specific ways of conducting business in the investigative arena. The ASB, still under coordination, will last approximately six weeks.
"The training is now five weeks longer, and agents will be exposed to more in-depth training," said Seraff. "Also, because of the extended amount of class time, it looks very positive that we will be able to get agents more college credits through the Community College of the Air Force.
"This is an exciting time for us in OSI," said Seraff. "By starting over again, we will be able to build curriculum blocks that will build upon themselves, which means continually improving training for OSI’s future agents."
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Academy prepares for move to FLETC
By Staff Sgt. Mike Gretzky
Editor
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. — With less than a year to go, the countdown has begun to move basic agent training from the Air Force Special Investigations Academy here to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Ga.
OSI special agents will begin training with many of its federal counterparts in October 2002.
According to Academy Education Services Division Director John Seraff, the transition to FLETC was set in motion when the Air Force officially announced the move in August. "It’s not often you can roll off a new program and make OSI history at the same time," he said. "We have many challenges facing us in the upcoming year, but we are confident that we will meet them."
One of the biggest challenges facing the academy staff is the actual move with minimal time between the final class at the academy and the first class at FLETC. Seraff said the academy will keep the pipeline open at the Academy until the end of September.
"There will be no transition or overlap time during our move to the new training facility," said Seraff. "When one stops, the other will start. This, in itself, will be a unique challenge."
Challenges aside, the new way to train OSI agents will pay dividends for the command and the agents themselves in the long run. Compared to the 11-week course agents currently attend at the academy, new agents will now attend two separate courses at the new training center.
OSI agents, along with their federal counterparts, will begin with a 10-week Criminal Investigations Training Program, which will be instructed by FLETC staff members and eight OSI instructors. The program will teach them all the basics of law enforcement. The agents will then attend the Agency Specific Basic course, or ASB, taught by 16 OSI instructors. This course, designed by the academy’s education services division, will teach agents OSI- and Department of Defense-specific ways of conducting business in the investigative arena. The ASB, still under coordination, will last approximately six weeks.
"The training is now five weeks longer, and agents will be exposed to more in-depth training," said Seraff. "Also, because of the extended amount of class time, it looks very positive that we will be able to get agents more college credits through the Community College of the Air Force.
"This is an exciting time for us in OSI," said Seraff. "By starting over again, we will be able to build curriculum blocks that will build upon themselves, which means continually improving training for OSI’s future agents."