Now that we have brought you – the unit PDO and your Senior Officers – through the regulations, e-Services and Level 1 required training, it's time to complete the AFIADL Senior Officer Course exam (see the support page),  I cannot stress enough the importance of getting this exam completed and out of the way as early as you can in your senior officer career. This exam is dreaded because of its length, yet not having completed it can keep an officer from reaching other levels of advancement. As volunteers, we are busy, and the thought of going through 4 volumes of reading material and then taking an 80-question exam can make us put it off for "just another day"!

I have found that doing the review as a group, then testing as many candidates as possible on the next  meeting is very helpful.

The next step is to set up and complete a Squadron Leadership School. This can be done two ways:

• Over a 2-day weekend, open to all who wish to attend, or

• In weekly meetings as a unit, until all components have been covered.

For the second choice, your most senior and/or knowledgeable officer should teach the course. Often, a member who has experience in teaching the SLS will agree to teach it once a week as well. Either way, please get in touch with me and I will assist you in setting up the trainings and even getting or approving instructors.

The easiest way is to attend the courses offered periodically in Group III or other parts of Texas Wing.