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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      SNCO Academy brings first-ever PME course to JordanSNCO Academy brings first-ever PME course to Jordan
                        
                        
                        U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Teresa Ray and Senior Master Sgt. Juan Garza, Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy mobile course flight instructors, congratulate a course student during the Senior NCO Academy mobile education course graduation ceremony in Amman, Jordan, June 27, 2019. The course provides followership, critical thinking, problem solving and team building tools, all of which empower Airmen and assist with NCO and officer relationships. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Delano Scott)
                
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        SNCO Academy brings first-ever PME course to JordanSNCO Academy brings first-ever PME course to Jordan
                        
                        
                        U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Emilio Avila, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing command chief, congratulates Royal Jordanian Air Force students during the Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy mobile education course graduation ceremony in Amman, Jordan, June 27, 2019. A team of three instructors from the U.S. Air Force Senior NCO Academy visited Jordan to provide the first-ever Senior NCO mobile education course where students learned skills in followership, critical thinking, problem solving and team building, all of which empower Airmen and assist with NCO and officer relationships. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Delano Scott)
                
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SNCO Academy brings first-ever PME course to JordanPublished July 1, 2019
                    
                    By Senior Master Sgt. Matthew McGovern
                    
                    
                    332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
            **SOUTHWEST ASIA  --**A team of three instructors from the U.S. Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy visited Amman, Jordan, to provide the first-ever Senior NCO mobile education course, June 10-27.
The instructors partnered with Royal Jordanian Air Force translators to present the two week course to 30 RJAF senior enlisted.
“This was an awesome opportunity to share concepts of education to move our teams and our forces forward and to build better partnerships,” said U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jennifer Kersey, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force - Levant command chief.
Although the course was condensed from the full five-week course held at Maxwell Air Force Base Gunter Annex, Alabama, it included key skills including visionary and ethical leadership, cross-cultural competence and self-awareness.
“We hope the students here use the tools they’ve learned over the last couple of weeks and share with their subordinates,” Kersey said. “This is a great opportunity for us and them to grow and make a better, more forward thinking force. That’s what we need for the future.”
RJAF Chief Master Sgt. Saif Al-Dammin envisioned a stronger, leadership-based RJAF enlisted force when he set the plan in motion to have the class taught in Jordan. This was after he himself attended the full course at Gunter Annex.
“I was invited by Chief Wright (Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Air Force) to attend the course in Alabama and I know how important it is for Senior NCOs to go through this education,” said Al-Dammin. “Old ways won’t get you new results, applying the constants of innovation and bringing new ideas to the Air Force is a big driver for me. The context of the course is very strong for the goals of our Air Force.”
The course also provides followership, critical thinking, problem solving and team building tools, all of which empower Airmen and assist with NCO and officer relationships.
“Our officers in the U.S. empower their senior enlisted members precisely because we have education like this,” said U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Jason Key, SNCO Academy mobile course flight instructor. “These classes will help officers empower you if you show them you have these leadership skills. This is going to be a huge culture shift for them where their officers can increase their relationship in terms of trust. These courses will give the Senior NCOs tools like thinking rationally in terms of ideas, data and not only bringing problems but solutions as they think outside the box.”
Improving the officer NCO dynamic was a deciding factor for Al-Dammin, who convinced his leadership to hold the course.
“We can fill the gap between our officers and Senior NCOs with required knowledge from this course,” Al-Dammin said. “When NCOs are equipped with the rules and responsibilities required of them and know their expected leadership role, they can communicate with their officers and build trust and confidence in their capability to lead and assume higher leadership responsibilities.”
Al-Dammin spoke with the RJAF students himself before the classes started to ensure they had a high level of motivation and the desire to take this knowledge back to their work centers.
“Hopefully this kind of training will stay available to us since it improves our work strategy while widening our vision for leading, adapting and changing, all with the main goal of making us great leaders,” said RJAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Mostafa Otoum, course student.
As the class progressed, the students and instructors became more comfortable with one another and even met occasionally for dinner.
“I enjoy the Jordanian Airmen educating us on their language and culture,” said U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Teresa Ray, SNCO Academy mobile course flight instructor. “I love how excited they are to share so many aspects of their culture and teach us words and phrases, share food and drinks and tell us about their customs and traditions.”
This time spent was important not only to the students and instructors, but also to the leaders in higher headquarters.
“The most profitable investment we can make in others is our time,” said U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Shawn Drinkard, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, command chief. “Investing in human capital is fundamental to building leaders. A professionalized and empowered NCO Corps is our coalition’s greatest competitive advantage over our common adversaries.”
This partner-building instruction came to a close with the students dressed in Class B uniforms, equivalent to U.S. Air Force dress blues, gathered together to accept their graduation certificates.
“I’m sad to say goodbye to the instructors,” RJAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Mansour Al Hussan, course student said. “They are more like family to me as they improved me as a person. I have more confidence to go to my chief and commander with solutions. What they taught us will push the limits of what we can become.”Jordan 



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