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Force Development Defined

Force Development: The deliberate effort to maximize force readiness through a variety of recruiting, educational, training, and experiential learning activities, opportunities, and services ensuring all Airmen and Guardians possess the competencies they need to meet DAF mission requirements.

For current information on many force development initiatives, click here to jump to the Learning Professionals and FD Credentials Division web page.

  • Behind the podium at the 338th TRS

    Keesler’s mission is to not only technically train warfighters, but to inspire them. The instructors within the 81st Training Group serve as teachers and role models for their students, sparking an inspiration to achieve that carries over into the operational Air Force.

  • Gunter NCO Academy is closing its doors

    The Air Force Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Maxwell Air Force Base - Gunter Annex, Alabama, is closing indefinitely once the current class graduates on May 12, 2023.

  • Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

    Twenty-one members assigned to the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight participated in a three-day field training exercise, Furious Alpaca, April 10 - 13, 2023, at Camp Navajo, Arizona.

  • Keesler | 81st TRG, MSU partner for cyber development

    Keesler and Mississippi State University are connected through the Mississippi Cyber Initiative, developed to address growing cybersecurity and workforce needs in the state and maintain a crossflow of information to aid cyber training.