{"id":32926,"date":"2023-10-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=32926"},"modified":"2023-10-29T06:42:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T06:42:15","slug":"shaw-afb-leads-the-way-with-mca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=32926","title":{"rendered":"Shaw AFB leads the way with MCA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shaw <\/span>Air Force Base<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong> held a <\/span>multi-capable Airman training course Oct. 16-20, aimed at preparing Airmen with the skills necessary to conduct tasks outside of their primary duties.\u00a0
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The MCA course provided 20th Fighter Wing Airmen of various ranks from career fields such as <\/span>maintenance, civil engineering and administrative services, a thorough training in support of the Agile Combat Employment model<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>. This training is necessary as the Air Force moves toward employing smaller teams that <\/span>are able to perform a wider range of duties with limited resources in contested locations worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wing saw a need for us to get after the <\/span>multi-capable Airman program, so we started compiling the necessary knowledge, skill sets and tools and developed a course from it,\u201d said Tech. Sgt. Cody Johnson, 20th Security Forces Squadron trainer and MCA cadre. \u201cAs students came through, we saw a need for a longer course that incorporated more tasks and expeditionary skills. We\u2019re teaching them how to \u2018shoot, move and communicate,\u2019 establish defensive fighting positions, tactical combat casualty care along with a stress test and other things of that nature. With each class that comes through, even with each day being rigorous in nature, the students\u2019 feedback is that they want it to be longer. They definitely want to start pushing themselves even more than we are pushing them.\u201d\u00a0

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The MCA course challenged Airmen to push themselves beyond the expectations of their primary roles, test their leadership abilities and complete mission requirements under stressful circumstances <\/span>in order to build a more agile and lethal force capable of doing more with less.\u00a0
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\u201cIt was a really complex training spread over five days and in this short time we learned what it meant to be a <\/span>multi-capable Airman,\u201d said Capt. Agnieszka Gaertner, 20th FW Legal Office chief of military justice and MCA trainee. \u201cWe learned M4 rifle fundamentals, combat formations and how to care for wounded in the battlefield. It has helped me a lot to improve as a leader. I led a squadron consisting of 16 Airmen and together we learned how to work as a team and to be good followers and leaders, building the fundamentals of warfighting.\u201d\u00a0
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The 20th F<\/span>W currently conducts the longest MCA training across Air Combat Command<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong> and aims to expand the course to include a more thorough academic curriculum and immersive training environment. MCA trainers within ACC are working closely together to compare results and develop a stronger course to implement across the wider Air Force, paving the way forward to a more agile and lethal military force.<\/span>\u00a0
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