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New Development Special Experience opportunities available now

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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- Developmental Special Experiences provide Air and Space Professionals more than just education and training opportunities, they help the service build the Airmen needed for the future high-end fight.

The DSEs, cataloged by Air Education and Training Command’s (AETC) Force Development Credentialing Division’s DSE branch, are hands-on experiences outside of formal training, established recurring opportunities, a means to gain/increase competencies, and duties typically external to primary AFSCs or job series. The following DSEs are highlighted this quarter:

​​​​​​​Officer:  National Reconnaissance Office Development Program (NRODP)  

Contact:  AFPC.14N@us.af.mil 

  • Prerequisites:  
    • 6 or fewer years TAFCS at program start date                                                            
    • 36 months TOS prior to departing current duty location
  • Designed to develop and train highly skilled 14N intelligence professionals with advanced digital acumen within a selective 36-month internship
  • Focuses on Big Data and contemporary technologies preparing graduates to support warfighters, decision-makers, and national security objectives
  • Aims to bridge the gap between operational needs and technological development by integrating current operational experience into NRO tool and capability development efforts, which involves cultivating a new generation of digitally proficient 14N intelligence officers who can seamlessly integrate NRO technologies, capabilities, and tools into warfighter operations, maximizing their impact
  • Involves a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) to the NRO campus in Chantilly, Virginia
    • HQ USAF/A2FD, in collaboration with the NRO and Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) Assignment Officers, manages the program for all Air Force personnel
    • Graduates will complete a follow-on assignment after program completion
  • Officers should apply in MyVector via “My Boards” (located on left side of menu)

Note to Active-Duty O-6s and E-9s:  "Please coordinate with appropriate assignment offices if you intend to apply for any of the DSE programs, to include the White House Fellows Program.”

Enlisted: Innovation Flight Chief (NCOIC)

Contact:  peter.tascione.1@us.af.mil 

  • Provides the unique opportunity to engage with private industry and Federal, non-DoD, AF, MAJCOM, and wing leaders from Active Duty and Reserve commands as well as mentor and train Airmen of all ranks seeking to improve their skill and knowledge of cutting-edge technologies, manufacturing, and mission understanding
  • Works directly for the Wing Commanders in directing Airmen and teams through the innovation life cycle 
  • Directs or works through problem identification, design thinking, critical analysis, and iterative design and development to arrive at viable prototype/hardware solutions for problem sets across the 628 ABW/437 AW and tenant units
  • Co-leads daily Spark Cell Operations

***No PCS funding/authorization attached to this opportunity. Applicants must currently be assigned to Joint Base Charleston Air Base, South Carolina. ***

Comprehensive details and eligibility requirements are accessible via the Developmental Special Experience Catalog on MyVector.  

Note to Active-Duty O-6s and E-9s:  Please coordinate with appropriate assignment offices if you intend to apply for any of the DSE programs, to include the White House Fellows Program.            

Civilian: Organizational Change Management Master Trainer

Contact:  karina.elrod.1@us.af.mil 

  • Prerequisites:
    • Must be Air Force certified OCM Practitioners and approved by the AF OCM Manager
  • A four-day Train-the-Trainer Program expanding upon the fundamentals covered in the three-day Change Management Certification Program 
  • Immersion in the change management teaching experience, learning how to develop and deliver five core training programs in the way that best suits the AF’s culture and environment
  • Qualifies the participant to coach, develop and mentor other AF members to improve the overall change-readiness of the organization 
  • Must facilitate one of the role-based programs within 90 days of completing their course to complete the Master Trainer Program
  • Training is only open to personnel within the A1 Enterprise (DAF/A1, MAJCOM/A1, AFPC, ARPC, FSS, MPF, CSS, AFSVC, AFMMA).  Contact the AFPC OCM POC to start the application process.  Part of the application will be a description of the organizational change being planned or experienced.  Send an email request to: karina.elrod.1@us.af.mil

Want to know more?  Have a Potential DSE to add to the Catalog?