Professional Military Education for Company Grade Officers: Targeting for "Affect"
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Editorial Abstract: A crucial part of Air Force education in leadership occurs at Squadron Officer College (SOC), located at Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB), Alabama. This article explores curriculum changes in SOC’s four-week Aerospace Basic Course (ABC) for newly commissioned officers and Air Force–equivalent civilians, and five-week Squadron Officer School (SOS) for junior and midgrade officers and Air Force–equivalent civilians. A majority of SOC students are members of “Generation X.”
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