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Trent goes solo for a short one before heading to Washington, D.C. for AFA, and somehow the haircut actually matters.
He explains that he’ll be at the Second Air Force booth for his day job, helping highlight work being done around Basic Military Training and the future of how the Air Force builds new Airmen. But this episode is not really about Trent, the booth, or anyone trying to turn AFA into a Ones Ready meet-and-greet.
It is about the MTIs.
Trent makes the case that Military Training Instructors are the single most important link between civilians and the Air Force during those seven and a half weeks of basic training. Policies change, commanders change, paperwork changes, standards get debated forever, and everyone online has an opinion about whether BMT was harder “back in my day.” But the MTIs are still the ones standing in front of flights every day trying to turn brand-new civilians into Airmen.
Basic training may not be the most physically demanding thing in the world, especially for people headed toward Air Force Special Warfare, but that is not on the MTIs. Their job is bigger than push-ups and yelling. They are teaching standards, legacy, expectations, discipline, and what it means to put on a uniform that says U.S. Air Force.
So if you are going to AFA, especially if you are a chief, colonel, general officer, or anyone with enough rank to make someone’s day, Trent has one request: go talk to the MTIs. Ask them about the job. Ask them about the work. Show them some appreciation. A few honest words from the right person can change how someone sees the last few years of their life and the next few years of their career.
Also: Ones Ready, Outside The Wire, members-only chaos, OTS, AFA awkwardness, contractor-life boundaries, and Trent asking you not to tell the MTIs he said nice things because that would be embarrassing.
Links:
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Chapters:
- Trent Solo With a Fresh Haircut
- Ones Ready, Members, and Outside The Wire
- Why OTS Exists
- What Members Only Really Is
- Trent Is Heading to AFA
- Why He’ll Be at the Second Air Force Booth
- Keeping Ones Ready Separate From the Day Job
- Come See the BMT Work
- The Focus Should Be the MTIs
- What Basic Training Should Actually Do
- BMT Is Not Hard Because of the MTIs
- MTIs Affect the Next Generation
- The Hours and Responsibility Are Real
- Show Some Appreciation at AFA
- The MTI Link in the Chain
- Senior Leaders, Be Real People
- Focus on the MTIs, Not Trent
- Civilians Become Airmen Here
- Show the MTIs Some Love
- Like, Subscribe, and Trent Escapes
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