Air Force seeks recruiters

RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — Air Education and Training Command officials here are seeking hundreds of members for immediate assignment as recruiters, technical school and Basic Military Training instructors.

The need for instructors is in response to the Air Force end-strength increase of roughly 4,000 members and the Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training buildup, said Tony Taylor, the chief of enlsited development.

This year, there are openings for about 500 recruiters, 205 technical school instructors, and about 200 MTIs.

Since Basic Military Training just moved to an 8.5-week training program, the elite MTI corps is searching for highly-motivated airmen to join their ranks at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Members identified for the Fiscal 2009 NCO Retraining Program are allowed to apply for MTI duty.

The 205 technical school podium instructors in various Air Force specialty codes are needed for technical training centers, including those at Keesler AFB, Miss., and Goodfellow, Lackland and Sheppard AFBs in Texas. Those selected will be trained to teach classes within their primary career field. Members may not apply for podium instructor duty if they have been identified for the 2009 NCORP.

To spread the word about recruiting opportunities, members of the Air Force Recruiting Service’s recruiter screening team visit bases around the nation to share information about the job.

“We like folks who are hard working, self-motivated, enthusiastic, resilient and tenacious,” said Master Sgt. Craig Ploessl, the recruiter screening team noncommissioned officer in charge. “These traits are typical among recruiters and what we specifically look for in potential recruiters.”

To volunteer for special duty assignments, members should check EQUAL Plus regularly and apply online as directed there.

Interested members may learn more about recruiting duty by reading the fact sheet here or by e-mailing the screening team at [email protected].

More information on MTI duty is available by e-mailing the BMT recruiting team at [email protected] or calling 210-671-1018 (DSN 473).

Staff Sgt. Jennifer Lindsey of the Air Force Recruiting Service Public Affairs contributed to this story.