By Debbie Gildea, Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs
/ Published January 23, 2014
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO - RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) -- The Air
Force has selected 58 line officer captains and majors for development as
regional affairs strategists under the International Affairs Specialist
Program, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.
The program, managed by the undersecretary of the Air Force,
international affairs, is a force development initiative intended to create a
cadre of officers with in-depth regional expertise, said Lt. Col. Carl Wood of
AFPC international affairs assignments. It offers eligible Airmen an
opportunity to develop international insight, foreign language proficiency and
cultural understanding. Following training, RAS officers will fill
international political-military assignments.
"Their in-depth international and regional experience
and professional level language skills, combined with existing operational
skills strengthen the Air Force's ability to build partnerships with allied and
coalition partners," Wood said.
Most officers selected for the program will earn an advanced
academic degree, learn a foreign language and serve a six-month immersion among
several countries within their assigned region in order to meet DOD
certification requirements. Depending on their assigned region, existing
degrees, foreign language proficiency and in-country experience, selectees' RAS
training programs will be accelerated to include only the necessary elements.
Officers selected for the program can sit in on the Jan. 30
webinar, which begins at noon Eastern Standard Time, Wood said. To log in, go
to Defense Connect Online at https://connect.dco.dod.mil/r2q73262l1d/ at least
10 minutes prior to the start time.
To see the list of selectees, or for more information about
the international affairs program, go to myPers, select "search all
components" from the drop down menu and enter "PSDM 14-06" or
"International Affairs Specialist Program" in the search window.
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