The United States Air Force is represented at
Fort Leonard Wood by Detachment 7, 366th
Training Squadron. The detachment is assigned
to the 366th Training Squadron, located at Sheppard
Air Force Base, in Wichita Falls, Texas.
The detachment includes over 100 faculty and
staff members who provide apprentice and
advanced level Pavements and Equipment,
Readiness, Engineering, Vehicle Operations and
Security Forces training for a daily average of
250 Air Force students.
The Pavements and Equipment schoolhouse
consists of two-apprentice level training courses:
a 20 academic day inter-service (ITRO) prerequisite
course followed by a 48 academic day
follow-on Air Force-unique course. These
courses teach apprentice level Airmen how to
operate heavy construction equipment such as
front-end loaders, road graders, bulldozers, skid
steer loaders, backhoes, excavators, dump
trucks and street sweepers. Additional training
is provided in the design and maintenance of
rigid (concrete) and flexible (asphalt) pavements
surfaces, contingency operations and
knowledge of cranes, tractor-trailers and industrial
tractors. The schoolhouse also provides a
10 academic day mobile Civil Engineer Pavements
Maintenance, Inspection, and Repair
course for advanced Air Force students.
The Readiness schoolhouse instructs U.S. Air
Force military, Civil Service and NATO students
in a 67 academic day apprentice level
training course that teaches Civil Engineer
Prime Base Engineer Emergency Engineer
Force deployment and contingency operations;
response and recovery from major accidents
and natural disasters; disaster preparedness;
war-time nuclear, biological and chemical
defense operations; full spectrum threat
response operations; and instructor teaching
fundamentals. The schoolhouse also offers supplemental
training in NBC Cell Operations,
Advanced Readiness and Readiness Craftsman
courses ranging from 5 to 10 academic days for
advanced Air Force students.
The Engineering schoolhouse consists of
two-apprentice level training courses: a 54 academic
day inter-service (ITRO) prerequisite
course followed by a 17 academic day followon
Air Force-unique course. These courses
teach apprentice level Airmen in Civil Engineer
design, manual and computer aided drafting,
conventional and automated drafting, global
positioning surveying, geographical information
systems, and engineer contingency support
operations, automated drafting, conventional
and automated surveying, Global Positioning
System surveying, Geographical Information
Systems and Air Force Engineering contingency
responsibilities. The schoolhouse also offers supplemental training in Advanced GIS,
Construction Surveying, Contract Construction
Inspector and Engineering Craftsman courses
ranging from 9-10 academic training days for
advanced Air Force students.