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Air Force Ends BEAST Week Mock Deployment at Boot Camp
Military.com ^ | 16 Nov 2022 | Thomas Novelly

Posted on 11/17/2022 11:16:04 AM PST by BenLurkin

BEAST week has been a major part of basic military training since 2006, and offered airmen the chance to go on a mock-deployment where trainees sleep in cots, go on ruck marches, work on security protocol and weapons training, and fight simulated threats.

But Pixley, who assumed command of Basic Military Training in 2021, decided that BEAST week was outdated for some of the modern Air Force's needs.

As the Department of the Air Force pushes its new philosophy of establishing "multi-capable airmen" -- meaning it wants to have troops able to take on more responsibilities so they can carry out missions with fewer people -- the new exercise develops trainees for a variety of missions in their careers, including "base operating support functions," the release said.

During the new PACER FORGE exercise, airmen "will deploy to the former BEAST site" and "will be put to the test with scenarios that are built to provide flexibility, promote information seeking, teamwork, decision making and are results focused,"

The service is still sorting out the details of what those exercises will look like.

(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: airforce; beastweek; bootcamp; mockdeployment
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To: major_gaff

The US military is dominant due to technology.

Dirt pounders mean little.


21 posted on 11/17/2022 2:08:09 PM PST by EEGator
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To: markomalley; DYngbld; TADSLOS; xsrdx; big'ol_freeper; Mark17; mikefive; JDoutrider; ...

Ping


22 posted on 11/17/2022 2:17:28 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: smokingfrog

Yep, probably immersion in CRT training. Military gotta be woke even if it can’t fight.


23 posted on 11/17/2022 2:20:40 PM PST by falcon99 ( )
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To: BenLurkin

Gotta work around the tranny surgery schedule.


24 posted on 11/17/2022 2:51:39 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: smokingfrog
Replaced with diversity & inclusion indoctrination, no doubt.

No doubt, it’s not the same Air Force I was in.

25 posted on 11/17/2022 3:02:28 PM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: Jet Jaguar

so they’re figuring on never having to deploy... is that it???


26 posted on 11/17/2022 3:32:15 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: BenLurkin

Lets be real. It’s not like 99% of the Air Force even does anything close to combat. Yes, I know there are a few that do. The Air Force is mostly pilot support. Pilots then support the soldiers that do the fighting.


27 posted on 11/17/2022 9:02:59 PM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: vpintheak

Nothing is more real than being pinned by a superior dug in ambush force and having a choice of watching them chew your line up one by one by direct and indirect fire. And the other choice of being able to (on my case anyway) watching a flight of F100 Huns with cannon pods and mk82’s roll into a low combat approach and decimate the hundreds trying to kill you. Yeah us grunts call them chair force in jest as they call us dirt eaters, but when the chips are down you’re damn glad they are there.


28 posted on 11/17/2022 9:12:25 PM PST by redcatcherb412
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