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June 12, 2025
Barnes Center’s Foundations receives prestige education achievement award

The Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education’s Foundations Force Development Section received the 2024 General Muir S. Fairchild Educational Achievement Award during a ceremony on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, June 11, 2025.
May 9, 2025
Barnes Center brings enlisted PME to AU campus

The headquarters for Air Force enlisted professional military education is now on Air University’s Chennault Circle, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
Jan. 28, 2025
"Hands go, hands come”: An Airman’s journey from Ghana to graduation

“There were bushfires and famine; people were dying of hunger—it was horrible.”Growing up in Ghana, Staff Sgt. Isaac Barfi’s younger years were marked by conflict and adversity, but it was not the challenges that defined him rather, it was the kindness of strangers that shaped the course of his
Dec. 20, 2024
Beyond the badge: First civilian defender graduates ALS

Whitney Motley, 42nd Security Forces Squadron police officer, recently became the first security forces civilian to graduate from Airman Leadership School on Dec. 5, 2024.
Oct. 2, 2024
CCAF looks to the future with advisory council

The Community College of the Air Force held its inaugural Workforce Development Advisory Council committee meeting at the Kress Building in Montgomery, Alabama, Sept. 26, 2024.
Sept. 17, 2024
Chief Leadership Course revamping for future fight

The Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education is developing a new Chief Leader Course (CLC) with an increased focus on providing chiefs the education required for them to meet the challenges and excel in an era of Great Power Competition.
July 25, 2024
Enlisted Foundations courses ready for Airmen

The Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education’s Foundations curriculum achieved full operational capability July 19, 2024, after nine months of course testing and training.
July 17, 2024
Commandants guide EPME strategic direction at conference

Enlisted professional military education commandants from around the world gathered for the 2024 Summer Commandants Conference in Montgomery, Ala., July 8-12. The conference, which included 21 commandants from Air Force noncommissioned officer academies and above, was hosted by the Thomas N. Barnes