Dobbins speaks from personal experience when he talks about the Total Force concept. His wife is with the medical staff of a local Reserve wing. As Dobbins was preparing for the official opening of Warrior Week, she was getting ready to leave for a two-week active duty tour in Japan. It's too early to judge how well the new routine is preparing airmen for duty in the real Air Force, but Lackland does have feedback on its shorter field training. Most of it has been positive, said Schuller.
Airmen say that's why they came to basic training.
That's what they wanted to learn. Commanders and government commissions have indicated the same thing, that we're going in the right direction. Bruce D. Callander, a regular contributor to Air Force Magazine, served tours of active duty during World War II and the Korean War. In 1952, he joined Air Force Times, serving as editor from 1972 to 1986.