MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE — The Air Force Warrant Officer Training School graduated the first class of its Air Force Train, Advise, Coach Officer (AFTAC) program July 15.
The two-week course prepares the cadre responsible for training the Air Force’s reestablished warrant officer corps. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jason Godwin, the Air Force senior warrant officer and the service’s first chief warrant officer 5, presided over the graduation ceremony at WOTS.
WOTS created the program to prepare instructors to develop warrant officers, whose responsibilities differ from those of commissioned officers and enlisted Airmen. Instead of following traditional Military Training Instructor or Military Training Leader models, the school prepares instructors to mentor future warrant officers in squadron, group and joint environments…