Air University’s Orientation Highlights New Capabilities
Contact Our Team
For more information about how Halldale can add value to your marketing and promotional campaigns or to discuss event exhibitor and sponsorship opportunities, contact our team to find out more
The Americas -
holly.foster@halldale.com
Rest of World -
jeremy@halldale.com
Air University (AU) has been hosting wing commanders from across the U.S. Air Force monthly since January, to highlight how the commanders can leverage the university’s capabilities to benefit their airmen and the Air Force.
The most recent orientation occurred on August 12 and 13,and the program was designed to showcase how Air University has changed sincesome of them attended courses and the strides made in educating future leaders.
“We hope to change the perception of Air University,” saidCapt. Nick Woodbury, AU Governance and Policy project officer. “Many of thesewing leaders previously thought of AU just as Air Command and Staff College orAir War College because a lot of them haven’t been here in a long time. Wewanted to show them how much it’s changed and the resources we now offer.”
Recognizing the value of their time, John Carter, AUdirector of operations, said that he and his team partnered with the AU Libraryto specifically build the orientation around items directly affecting thesewing leaders and their airmen.
One of the goals was to not only spread awareness about whatthe university currently offers, but to also show the commanders that they haveownership in AU and can help morph it into better serving the Air Force of thefuture, Woodbury said.
Just one of the many projects the attendees had theopportunity to learn about was Air University’s application of virtual and mixed-realityas a means of enhancing the training of airmen.
“What Air University is doing by leveraging technology andexperiential-learning is really unique,” said Col. Patricia Csank, 673rd AirBase Wing commander from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. “I’m walkingaway from here with some ideas on mixed-reality and some things we can be doingto enhance everyday mission sets at my base.”
The AU orientation is currently scheduled monthly throughJanuary of 2020, but Woodbury mentioned that because of the positive feedbackfrom wing commanders, he and his team are hoping to keep it going indefinitely.
Source: US Air Force
