Assessment & Selection: How the Air Force chooses its commandos
Stavros Atlamazoglou | August 25, 2020
In its unrelenting pursuit of a more clever, versatile, and lethal operator, the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has streamlined its Assessment & Selection process for Battlefield Airmen.
Introduced last year, the revamped version of the Assessment and Selection (A&S) course is four weeks long and includes all Special Warfare specialties (that is, Pararescue (PJ), Combat Control (CCT), and Special Reconnaissance (SR); the latter is the newest addition to AFSOC’s arsenal, having replaced the Special Operation Weather Technician (SOWT) career field last year). Moreover, both officers and enlisted candidates undergo the same course.
Candidates straight out of boot camp go through an eight-week preparatory course to be better prepared for the physical rigors of A&S. On the other hand, prior-service candidates go straight to Assessment and Selection.
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