Fort Leonard Wood | Interservice and Multi-Component
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.
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