Desert Defender GCRTC

08/13/2022

MFRT class 22-06 conducting night fire last night. great weather equals great training!

07/15/2022

Congratulations to the newest Air Force Combatives Instructor Course graduates!

06/18/2022

First ever Airforce Combatives Instructor Course at Desert Defender!

Class 22-01

5 DD Cadre certified all instructed by TSgt Joshua Bailey

05/21/2022

Combatives class 22-03
Top performer SSgt Gonzalez

04/23/2022

Combatives Class 22-02

11/18/2021

Tier class 22-02 Top Performers and Top Cadre.

11/01/2021

Tier 1 and Cadre Top Performers class 22-01

10/29/2021

Tier 2/3 class 22-01 Outstanding Performers and Top CADRE

10/01/2021

Tier 1 Class 21-13 Top Performers and Top Cadre.

10/01/2021

Tier 2/3 Class 21-13 Top Performers and Top Cadre.

09/04/2021

Tier 1 21-09 Top Cadre, Top Gun and Outstanding Performers

09/04/2021

21-12 Tier 1-3 Outstanding performers/Outstanding Cadre

03/08/2021

A*O 21-03
Top Performers/ Top Shot/ Top Cadre

03/01/2021

CA instructor SSgt Cody Albritton demonstrated the AT-4 rocket to A*O students....side note, direct hit!! Awesome job👍

01/15/2021

Class number: 21-04
Tier 1 Outstanding Performers, Top Shot and Outstanding Cadre

12/11/2020

Congratulations to Tier 1 Class 21-03 Outstanding Performer!

08/28/2020

Congrats Tier 2-3 Outstanding Performers and Tier 4 Grads!

05/25/2020

FORT BLISS, Texas – The men and women of the Air Force Security Forces Center’s Desert Defender Ground Combat Training Center organized a series of virtual events recently to celebrate National Police

03/21/2020

Tier 1’s Outstanding Performers and Top Shots

Congrats and safe travels to all!

03/14/2020

******Status of Training******

Classes currently on the ground will continue to train at this time.

The below class are proceeding as scheduled:

CROWS 16-20 March
OTH 16-19 March
TVC 23-28 March
CROWS 23-27 March

If you have any questions please refer to course specific Reporting Instructions located on the AFRIT website for POCs’ cell numbers.

We will provide updates to any future changes.

Thank you!

03/13/2020

Tiers 2 and 3’s Outstanding Performers and Top Shots

Congrats to all the Defenders!! Safe travels!

03/07/2020

DOT 1 of Tier 4 20-01

02/16/2020

More Insight on a touchy but needed subject to help those in need!

It’s a chilling statistic: Twenty-two United States veterans commit su***de a day, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The latest victim: Thirty-year-old Air Force Reserve Capt. Jamie Brunette

02/13/2020

Tier 2 and 3 Outstanding Performers, congrats to all!

01/16/2020

Outstanding Performers for Tier 2 and 3, January class.

01/06/2020

Welcome, Tier 2 and 3 Defenders, first class of the New Year!

12/21/2019

Congrats to all!

12/21/2019

Photos from Desert Defender GCRTC's post

11/08/2019

Tier 2 Graduation! Congrats to all!!

10/21/2019

Desert Defender’s LOGDET, Warfighters Equipping Warfighters.

On this day in 2018: With security compromised at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, following Hurricane Michael, the 325th Contracting Squadron worked on a contract to put up fencing along both sides of Highway 98. In the meantime, Defenders with the 325th Security Forces Squadron began using SkyWatch towers (similar to the one pictured) and long-range thermal imagers sent to them by the Security Forces Logistics Detail at Desert Defender GCRTC at Fort Bliss, Texas.

10/09/2019

Thank you, SSgt Creech for sharing your photos from the current Tier 2 Class!

10/03/2019

Congrats to Tier 3 Class 19-12’s Outstanding Performers!

09/28/2019

Tier 1 Class 19-13 graduated today, Congratulations, Defenders!

The following stood out amongst their peers and were selected by Desert Defender Cadre as “Top Performers”

SrA Ten
SrA Velazquez
A1C Daniels
A1C Sadler
A1C Busch
A1C Mendoza
A1C Gilmore
A1C Montello
A1C Campbell

Safe travels!

05/02/2019

Seymour Johnson AFB

Members of Team Seymour participated in a combat support wing exercise conducted by Fort Bliss. The Airmen were able to learn new skillsets and learn Tactical Combat Casualty Care.
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05/02/2019

U.S. Air Force Security Forces

Defenders,

One of the big successes in Reconstitute Defender Initiative is the Leader-Led Training Course held at our 3 RTCs and Camp Guernsey and on the move during Mobile Training Teams. In order to keep the Cadre current, SF holds a Master Cadre Leader-Led Training Course twice a year. This one was at Ft. Bliss.

After the course, Chief Hartz and others from Air Staff visited Defenders in Tier 1. Here are pics from Day of Training 1.

Defensor Fortis

04/23/2019

Instructors from Desert Defender, AFSFC Det 3, are a part of the multifunctional cadre team supporting the AFIMSC’s CSW CONOPs.

The 4th Fighter Wing and AF Installation & Mission Support Center partnered for the COMBAT SUPPORT WING exercise. This provides our the opportunity to train as Airmen who learn skills outside their specialty and become adaptive . 🙌✈️ | |

04/19/2019

Desert Defender cadre and equipment supporting AFIMSC’s CSW Capstone.

04/12/2019

Tier One Defenders in the field today.

03/23/2019

U.S. Air Force Security Forces

Defenders,

As you may have read, we have an Air Force level Security Forces Training Working Group. Their charter and how they help the career field is in AFI 36-2646.

This team of experts created the Continuum of Learning (First picture attached). Next, many changes in the training process were developed and have been implemented. Most recently the elimination of the 5 and 7 level CDCs and publication of the new CFETP.

Attached you will find an Infographic (Second pciture attached) that can be used to share information with supervisors at all levels specific to the CDC and CFETP.

The infographic is the way we try to say a lot of words in one page, making it relatable and replicable to every level.

The Career Development Courses were deactivated on 3 Jan 19. We are currently designing the new 5, 7 and 9 level eLearning Courses. These eLearning Courses will provide subject knowledge that reinforces the practical training delivered using OJT. We did not want to continue to use antiquated CDCs waiting on creation of eLearning Courses. Our Defenders deserve better. Until the eLearning Courses are ready (CY19) our trainers will use the SFTRGs and standardized lesson plans to reinforce knowledge.

Both the Combat Arms 3P051B and MWD Handler 3P051A CDCs will discontinue when the new Apprentice courses begin.

Our Defenders need to continue to utilize the 7-level CDCs to study for promotion testing. In the 2020 testing cycle SF will transition to AFIs and the WAPS catalog will be updated to reflect the appropriate AFIs NLT Oct ‘19.

In the near future we will roll out the Comprehensive Training Catalog. This will replace the current Home Station Training Library. This tool correlates training tasks and has the same numbering methodology as the CFETP/STS. Meaning each training topic is linked to the SFTRGs and Lesson Plans. The commander can produce a training report from the drop down menu and it captures all ‘By Law’ and POST requirements. This tool also enables Leader-Led Trainers to locate and use references through ease of access.

Finally, the new CFETP has changed significantly.

The first big change is the reinstatement of the Certifying Officials, this will add an outside evaluation and reinforce the Defenders learning. When AFTR is updated in March it will allow certifiers to initiate certification on tasks. Certifiers must be at least a SSgt w/5-skill level/civilian equivalent. Since we have added new tasks and it is impossible for us to be certified, the initial certification on the new core tasks begins with the UTM. He/she should use the administrative process of transcribing the MSgts and above on the new core tasks. The MSgts will be considered “fully qualified” with the ability to sign off tasks. For example, Task 1.2 SF career path (old STS) – Task 1.2 SF Career Path and Force Development (new STS), it was an old 5-level CDC requirement, now it is a 5/7 level core task, it will be completed through the administrative transcription for a MSgt who will train the NCOs to continue the certification process.

Like the Comprehensive Training Catalog the STS training task numbers correlate with the SFTRG volume and the chapter. For example, Task 1.2. Security Forces Career Path and Force Development is in SFTRG 1, chapter 2, or Task 2.1.10. Alarm Monitor is SFTRG 2, volume 1, and chapter 10. In the future, standardized lesson plans will also match the STS training task number and the SFTRG volume and chapter.

The STS also shows what training tasks are trained at the SF Intermediate and Advanced courses. This provides commanders and supervisors with a better understanding of training objectives and capabilities after attendance.

Within the STS there are different levels of training associated with each skill level to a Go/No Go standards IAW the PCK Codes. PCK codes are outlined in the CFETP for those that are not familiar with the meaning behind each, they inform the level in which the Defender should be trained and evaluated. For example, 1.2. Security Forces Career Path and Force Development, a 5-level can identify basic facts and terms about the subject (Facts), a 7-level needs to take an NCO approach and identify relationship of basic facts and state general principles about the subject (Principles), and the 9-level SMSgts will need to analyze facts and principles and draw conclusions about the subject (Analysis). This is where the Airman knows about the Career Path and what it is used for, the SSgt can explain it to the Defender and lead them to accomplish, and a SMSgt is an expert who can translate the path into ex*****on and guide/develop the SSgt and the A1C in their future development successfully. This works for every aspect of every task. Not just trying to check a block once and call it good for an entire career. If the task remains the same, e.g. Assume post is only trained at the appropriate level or when needed.

More on the eLearning Courses- for the 5, 7 & 9 Skill Levels. These courses will augment practical application w/scenario based, supervisor driven interaction, and knowledge assessments, provide an updated information delivery system that matches the Continuum of Learning and aligns right training-right level-right time. They will also be accessible from any electronic device.

The second Infographic (Third picture attached) is designed to depict the three different scheduling approaches for 7-Level, Tiered Training and traditional SF MRT training. We do this with the hope that this will ease your unit’s ability to schedule and minimize the number of no shows we have as a career field in 2019. These are self-explanatory, but if you need more information please reach out to me for the 7-Level course, the AFIMSC MFM Cell for formal training and Chief Blum at the Air Force Security Forces center for RTC Tier and Leader Led Training.

Defensor Fortis

03/23/2019

SF LTs and TSgts executing their mission planning skills at Tier 3 training.