Air Force officials hosted a ceremony at Maxwell Air Force Base, Oct. 8, highlighting the activation of the Air Force Accessions Center (Provisional) at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, and the implementation of a broader strategy to improve how the Air Force inspires, engages, recruits and trains the next generation of Total Force Airmen and Guardians needed to compete, deter and win in today's global landscape.
Air University's Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development at Maxwell AFB merged with JB San Antonio-Randolph's Air Force Recruiting Service to form the newly established AFAC (P), which is expected to reach full operating capability by Oct. 1, 2025.
"Combining recruiting and specific training missions enables Air Education and Training Command to optimize resources and weight of effort across the enterprise ensuring agility, adaptability and effectiveness to meet Department of the Air Force, and by extension, combatant command requirements," stated Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein, AFAC (P) commander. "Our goal is to be able to inspire, recruit, train and develop the right talent, whether Airman or Guardian, into the right job at the right time and while being agile enough to adjust while in execution."
Recruiting across the Department of Defense has become increasingly challenging due to a widening unfamiliarity gap between the civilian sector and the military.
While the DAF exceeded its recruiting goals for this year, this gap has made the mission of attracting high-quality recruits more difficult."
This gap has made the mission of attracting high-quality recruits more difficult. However, the Air Force is committed to communicating that service in the Air Force or Space Force offers much more than employment; it provides opportunities, community and sense of purpose. The Accessions Center will now be able to garner that talent as well as train and develop the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Officer Training School and Warrant Officer pipelines under one umbrella.
