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  • Barnes Center keeps education pipeline flowing despite limitations

    To mitigate negative impacts to Airmen, the Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education shifted its enlisted professional military education courses from in-residence to virtual in-residence during the government shutdown, graduating the last virtual IR classes, Nov. 19, 2025.

  • Air Force leaders discuss enlisted force development

    Air Force leaders came together at the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell Air Force Base, Gunter Annex, Ala., for the Enlisted Professional Military Education Biennial Review and the Enlisted Force Development Panel, Sept. 8-9. The Biennial Review board convenes no less than

  • Barnes Center welcomes new commander

    Col. Stephanie Q. Wilson took command of the Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education during an Assumption of Command ceremony at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, July 14, 2025.

  • Chief course returns with warfighter emphasis

    The Chief Leadership Academy welcomed 34 students to the facilitated distance learning portion of the new Chief Leadership Course, June 16, 2025, after a nine-month course pause for curriculum refinement.

  • 21st Century Warfighter

    To prepare Airmen for future conflict, they are being trained and equipped with the tools needed to adapt and react to any and all threats they may face. Col. Robert O'Keefe, the commander of the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, and Bridget Bruhn, the command chief of the Thomas N. Barnes