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Board to select candidates for courses

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DENVER --  The Air Force Reserve School Selection Board will convene at Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center in July to select Air Force Reserve officers to attend developmental education, officer professional development and joint courses.

Chief master sergeants and senior master sergeants may apply for the Reserve Component National Security Course.

The courses vary in duration with classes starting in October and ending in April.

Reservists apply online through the Virtual Personnel Center-Guard Reserve website at: (https://arpc.afrc.af.mil/vpc-gr). ARPC Developmental Education website provides instructions at (http://www.arpc.afrc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-091013-115.pdf).

Courses in basic developmental education are Air and Space Basic Courses in October , January, February, March and April, and Squadron Officer School courses in November, January, February and April.

The July board will not consider applications for intermediate developmental education or senior developmental education courses.

Courses in officer professional development are:

- Reserve Officer Developmental Education in October and April

- Junior Officer Leadership Development in March and April

- Leadership Today and Tomorrow in February

- Reserve Component Joint Officer Professional Development in February

The joint courses are Reserve Component National Security in January and April, Advanced Joint Professional Military Education in October and November, January and March, and NATO Senior Officer Policy in February.

Some of the joint courses do not qualify for joint credit per the Joint Qualification System criteria.

Reservists may apply for a maximum of three courses, one from each of the categories - developmental education, officer professional development and joint. ARPC officials advise applicants to prioritize their school preferences within the narrative portion of the application. School preferences as well as needs of the Air Force Reserve determine course assignments.

Instructions, criteria and deadlines for submissions are available on the ARPC website at http://www.arpc.afrc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=14362. (Air Force Reserve Command News Service from an ARPC news release)