Deadlines near for officer education opportunities Published June 13, 2006 ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Sept. 15 is the deadline for Air Force Reserve Command officers to apply for next year’s in-residence intermediate and senior developmental education courses. Intermediate courses include the Air Command and Staff College, and the Joint Military Intelligence College. Senior courses include the Air, Army, Naval and National War College, Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the Harvard National Security Fellowship. “Candidates will compete for all the programs which they are eligible for,” said Sylvia Rutland, manager of AFRC A1 Manpower and Personnel’s officer developmental education program. “Selection is not automatic.” Instructions for submitting packages are on the Air Reserve Personnel Center’s Web site under Air Force Reserve Developmental Education Designation Board at http://arpc.afrc.af.mil/forcedevelopment/training/rdedb.asp The board will decided in November who has been selected for a course. In addition to regular continuing developmental education courses, AFRC has the opportunity to select two Reserve officers to attend the Canadian Forces College Joint Reserve Command and Staff Course. Candidates must be a major or lieutenant colonel and be able to complete the course’s four terms of study. The first three terms will be distance learning and require about 85 hours of course work. The course ends in a two-week in-residence program July 7-20, 2007, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The purpose of the course is “to prepare selected senior reserve officers for tactical level command and staff appointments within operational level joint and combined headquarters.” The course does not fulfill any mandatory professional military education requirements. All nominations are due to AFRC A1TS by July 14. Ms. Rutland can provide more information about these courses at 478-327-1291 or at DSN 497-1291, or via e-mail at sylvia.rutland@afrc.af.mil (AFRC News Service)