Course 15 students also have the option of disenrolling and re-enrolling in the new program, the memo said. The courses are required of enlisted airmen after they reach their seven-year time-in-service date.
(Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault/Air Force) All active-duty airmen no longer have to complete the distance learning programs known as Course 14 and Course 15 before attending noncommissioned officer or senior NCO academies.
Active-duty airmen who are now enrolled in Course 14 or 15 can choose to either stay in the course or disenroll, the Air Force said. Guard and Reserve airmen are to continue to finish the distance learning course.
In May 2017, the Air Force phased out its old Course 15 distance learning program and replaced it with a new NCO Distance Learning Course that was intended to make studying easier for airmen, by dividing the course into three modules with more practice questions and more “summative tests” to help them absorb the material.
The new NCOA is a two-part system, with Course 15 being the initial stage and ILE being the last. "The ILE portion of NCOA and Course 15 are one in the same," Banks said. "On one hand you have Course 15, and in the other hand, you have ILE.
Establish an AU Portal account at https://www.my.af.mil/aurepmprod/SIS/app to enroll into ALS, NCO, or SNCO distance learning courses (DLC). How do I extend my EPME DLC?
"Course 15 provides basic junior NCOs institutional competency development required to lead and manage Air Force units in the employment of air and space power," said LaShondria Smith, 39th Force Support Squadron chief of education and training.
Effective immediately, Air Force officials have removed the requirement to complete Courses 14 and 15 for all Airmen serving in the active component.
200 classroom hoursSENIOR NON-COMMISSSIONED OFFICER'S ACADEMY AFSNCOA is a resident CCAF-affiliated program that consists of 200 classroom hours.
The new NCOA is available to all Airmen with seven to 12 years in service regardless of rank, while limiting Airmen with more than 12 years in service to the computer based training portion only.
Air Force. Allows you to build a core curriculum with online courses through CTU that may apply toward your CCAF degree.
Airman First Class (A1C) is the third enlisted rank in the US Air Force. Airman First Class is the rank just above Airman (E-2), and below Senior Airman. An Airman is typically promoted to Airman First Class after ten months as an Airman, but they can be promoted earlier if certain requirements are met.
Time-in-Grade (TIG) - Air Force members are awarded one-half of a point for each month they have time-in-grade. The maximum number of TIG points is 60. Time-in-Service (TIS) - Members are awarded two points for each year they have in the military.
While the CCAF itself is no longer required, an associate's degree or higher is mandatory for promotion to senior master sergeant, according to the revised Air Force Handbook 36-2618, The Enlisted Force Structure.
About 9,300 airmen missed that January 2017 deadline, initially meaning they’d be ineligible to re-enlist or be considered for promotion, although the Air Force Personnel Center said some of those may have already decided to separate and chose not to take the distance learning course on purpose. In March 2017, the Air Force softened its stance ...
Active-duty airmen who are now enrolled in Course 14 or 15 can choose to either stay in the course or disenroll, the Air Force said. Guard and Reserve airmen are to continue to finish the distance learning course.
Airmen from the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve will have the option of completing their EPME through either distance learning or in-residence, the Air Force said. “Ultimately, airmen are always encouraged to focus on their own self-improvement and life-long learning,” Lt. Gen. Gina Grosso, the Air Force’s deputy chief ...
The Air Force on April 26 announced that active-duty airmen will no longer be requred to finish the Course 14 and 15 distance learning courses before attending NCO or Senior NCO academies. (Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault/Air Force)
All active-duty airmen no longer have to complete the distance learning programs known as Course 14 and Course 15 before attending noncommissioned officer or senior NCO academies. Instead, active-duty airmen will now complete their enlisted professional military education in-residence, the Air Force said in a release Thursday.