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  • SNCOs provide insight to SOC students on issues facing the enlisted force

    Squadron Officer School partners up with the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Academy to provide insight to SOC Captains  regarding issues facing the enlisted force Dec. 7, 2015, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.The lesson is called Combined Operations and is held during the Deliberate Development

  • SOS invites former faculty to help celebrate 65th anniversary

    All former Air Force Squadron Officer School faculty, known as Red  Pant Faculty, are invited to help the school celebrate its 65th anniversary Oct. 22-24, 2015."We have numerous events planned over a three-day celebration that not only reflect on the school's heritage, but also provides attendees

  • SOC and Auburn University form new partnership

    Squadron Officer College and Auburn University's College of Education took a symbolic step toward forming a new partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding, June 22, 2015.The memorandum, signed by Col. Gerald Goodfellow, SOC commander, and Sherida Downer, head of Auburn's Educational

  • SOS students build garden for local high school

    Squadron Officer School students volunteered their time to build a garden for Carver High School, May 16, 2015, Montgomery, Alabama.The garden will be used to supply fresh vegetables for Carver's culinary arts classes and to teach students how to grow food.The project caught the eye of Capt. Scott

  • Air University students receive SecAF Leadership Awards

    The acting undersecretary of the Air Force recognized the leadership qualities of three Airmen and one Marine during a ceremony May 5 at Air War College here.The Honorable Lisa Disbrow presented each current and former Air University student with a Secretary of the Air Force Leadership Award. The

  • SOS: Better than I expected

    After commissioning in May 2009, I attended the Air and Space Basic Course the following September.I hated it.The course covered material most students had already learned and seemed a waste of time to me. While I enjoyed the networking, I would have passed on the experience as a whole.I expected

  • '14 Bulls up, 14 Bulls down'

    Those who have watched the epic miniseries "Band of Brothers" are likely familiar with the phrase "Three miles up, three miles down!"  Army soldiers assigned to the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment shouted these words countless times at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, in the early days of World War II.  This

  • SOS shortens to increase attendance

    To align with the chief of staff of the Air Force's vision to give more company grade officers the opportunity to attend Squadron Officer School, Squadron Officer College is changing the school's course term length from eight to five weeks starting in fiscal year 2015. The school challenges students

  • SOS 5K run honors fallen AF captain

    By Members of Squadron Officer School's Class 14D honored Air Force Capt. David I. Lyon with a 5K run June 27.Lyon would have been a member of the class, but was killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, Dec. 27, 2013.According to class member Capt. Michael Kravitz, "One of our

  • SecAF honors Airmen with leadership awards

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James presented four Airmen with the 2014 Secretary of the Air Force Leadership Award, May 5, during ceremonies at Air University schools here. The award is the Air Force's most prestigious award for leadership honoring exceptional performance in a professional