Instructional emphasis is on contingency and humanitarian relief scenarios.
Course work is scenario-based and accomplished by teams.
The Operational Entomology Course is composed of conventional classroom lectures, specimen identification in the laboratory, field exercises, and web-based fact finding. There are four semester hours of credit towards a CCAF degree. OEC is open to a number of AFSCs, and is the only course provided by the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine that brings medical and civil engineering troops together to train as they operate - side by side. If you are eligible and want to attend, contact your training manager to pursue a seat through medical training channels. OEC does not provide training for routine installation medical entomology and pest control programs.