AIR U N I VE R S ITY AIR TRAINING COMMAND: PROVIDING FOR THE FUTURE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1968 AIR U N IVE R S ITY REVI EW THE P R O F E S S I O N A l JO U R N A L OF THE U N I T E D S TA TE S AIR FORCE Air Traininc Com ma n d Looks to the Future....................................................................................2 Lt. Gen. Sam Maddux, Jr., usaf T oward I n d iv id u a l iz ed Instruction....................................................................................................................10 Lt. Col. Vernon J. Elslager, usaf B eh a vior a l l y Oriented Instruction in ATC.................................................................................................21 John P. Murphy M il it a r y Assist a n c e Traininc Program.......................................................................................................27 Lt. Col. Frank H. Robertson, usaf Air c r a f t Maintenance Traininc for Southeast Asia .......................................................................37 Maj. Frank F. E. Hense, Jr., usaf Survival Tr a in in g .......................................................................................................................................................... 42 2d Lt. Robert M. Zickes, usaf “I nexorable” Is the Word.......................................................................................................................................52 Col. Robert D. Curtis, usaf How Do I Know He Knows I Know? ........................................................................................ 67 Capt. Allen K. Taylor, usaf Air Force Review T he Tec h n iques of Modern Rec r uiting ................................................................................................ 73 Brig. Gen. J. T. Scepansky, usaf P a r a m il it a r y Forces Need a New M issio n ................................................................................................ 85 Maj. Joel J. Snyder, usaf In My Opinion Humane Warfare for International Pea c ekeeping ................................................................ 91 Lt. Col. Amold J. Celick, usaf Books and Ideas I nto the Air with ATC................................................................................................................................94 Gen. Frederic H. Smith, Jr., usaf (Ret) T he La byr in t h ia n W orld of Soviet Mil it a r y Doctrine................................ 95 Dr. Kenneth R. Whiting T he Contributors..........................................................................................................................................................98 um m the cover Address manuscripts to: Editor, Air Univer- sity Review, Aerospace Studies Institute, Max- One of the earlier associations an airman has well Air Force Base, Ala. 36112. Printed by with Air Training Command is the issuing of Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. the uniform and the trying on of caps. Later Subscriptions are sold by Air University Boolc Department, Maxwelí Air Force Base, exposure to the command is more enduring Ala. 36112: yearly $4.50, back issues 75 and certainly more significant in terms of cents. USAF kecurrinc pu bl ic a t io n 50-2. long-range usefulness to the Air Force and the nation. In this issue of Air University Review, Lt. Gen. Sam Maddux, Jr., ATC Com- mander, and several members of his command discuss salient aspects of their mission: Vol. XIX No. 6 September -O ctober 1968 "Preparing the Man” for an Air Force career. f- / V AIR TRAINING COMMAND LOOKS TO THE FUTURE L eeut en a n t Gen er a l Sam Maddux, J r . T IS generally accepted that the United States Air Force is the most technolog- I ically and scientifically advanced military force in the world today. Our aerospaee team is equipped with highly sophisticated weapon systems, the most effective that Air Force planners and the civilian aerospaee industry can provide for the defense of this country and for the protection of the Free World. To look back over the 23 years since the end of World War II, to consider our air power then, to follow it through the develop- ment stages of the postwar years, and then to realize what the force is comprised of today is a reassuring assessment. In less tlian a quarter of a century, a whole new spectrum of hardware and doctrine has been envi- sioned and brought into operational employ- ment. This was not just a quarter of a century of advancement. It was also a period of mili- tary thrusts and political harassments by our adversaries bringing about many local situa- tions on the worlds geopolitical front which had to be dealt with as the aerospaee force continued to take form. Preparing the man for today s aerospaee force is the task of Air Training Command (atc). Various top-echelon air leaders have expounded repeatedly that a weapon system, however technical and effective it may be, is no better than the men who operate, maintain, and support it. atc has the responsibility of selecting, processing, and training officers and airmen for these duties. As one of the Air Forces largest com- mands, atc averages about 131,000 military personnel assigned, including students, and 3 21,000 civilian employees. The training fleet To provide the Air Force with people who has approximately 2000 aircraft of 13 different have the necessary physical and mental quali- types. fications is vital to its continued capabihty to In its 25 years of operation, atc has con- perform assigned aerospace missions. As Air ducted courses of instruction for more than 7 Force requirements change, there is an ac- million personnel. Almost every member of companying change in the number and types the Air Force receives training at least once of recruitment programs. The recruiting effort, under atc supervision. Many retnm several which enlists over 100,000 replacements each times to upgrade skills or to change to an- year, is further complicated by several factors other field as the aerospace force introduces which affect recruiting in varying degrees and new systems. over which neither the Air Force nor atc has Currently, atc trains about 700,000 Air any control. These are selective Service laws, Force personnel yearly, conducts more than nationwide employment trends, civilian wage 3000 courses at 16 command bases, and has scales, overseas military commitments, and the 146 field training detachments at other U.S. general worldwide political environment. bases and throughout the world, including Basic to all recruitment activities is the Southeast Asia. Other training squadrons are face-to-face contact between the locally as- located on bases of other commands. In addi- signed recruiter-salesman and prospective re- tion to Air Force requirements, several thou- cruits. Future changes and refinements in the sand Air National Guard, reservist, and foreign recruiting system will be directed toward students are trained each year. atc conducts assisting the local recruiter to increase his training of foreign students under the Military effectiveness. Assistance Training Program, with personnel The introduction of data automation into from as many as 60 nations attending the selection and assignment actions for non-prior- command’s technical and flying schools at service personnel has had a major impact on various times. the recruiting operation. Implementation of Basically, atc has four broad missions— the Selective, Qualitative Airman Recruiting personnel recruiting, military training, techni- System (sq a r s) plays a most important role in cal training, and flying training, of which this undertaking. survival and special training are a part. sq a r s was developed in two phases. Phase I, implemented in 1965, provided Computer creasing number of Air Force specialties based Processing of airman personnel data in basic on the trend toward a vastly greater variety military training and Officer Training School, of equipment to be used in the Air Force. As and also yielded management products for the re-enlistment rates are not expected to change personnel processing activities at Lackland greatly, there will be increasing emphasis on Military Training Center. Phase II, imple- providing only essential technical training for mented in January 1967, makes use of the effective first-term job application. Computer for classification of basic trainees Implementation of a maintenance concept for most technical school courses and directed which emphasizes removal and replacement duty assignments. The system employs a math- procedures as a first-line function will increase ematical technique to determine the best pos- development of built-in test, automatic self- sible array of assignments for any given group check, and “remove and replacement only” of basic trainees. functions. Fewer highly skilled maintenance Basic military training continues as a personnel will be required at this levei. De- single-phase program to be completed by all ployment of automatic test equipment and non-prior-service personnel before assignment maintenance of microminiaturized circuitry to formal technical training or to an Air Force will require a higher ratio of skilled to semi- unit for on-the-job training (ojt). There is a skilled personnel. possibility that basic training will be extended Fundamentais training and initial equip- to eight weeks, to provide initial training in ment-oriented phases of technical courses will the unique requirement of living and working tend to become shorter and more specifically in a combat environment. keyed to actual