Air Force Advanced Leadership (ALE) Essay

Please provide an essay meeting the following requirements and questions.

•Your essay needs to be between 250 and 500 words long.

•Use your 250-500 words to tell a focused story and help the selection panel get to know you

•The essay needs to be written in essay format and not pose the question and response

Questions to be answered in essay:

1.How will attending the Air Force ALE Course support the Army’s This Is My Squad concept (TIMS)?

2.What benefit will attending ALE have for me and the Army?

3.How will I employ knowledge gained in ALE in my squad once I return to home station?(TIMS CONCEPT)

Reference on TIMS:

https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/NCO-Journal/Archives/2020/September/This-is-My-Squad/

Background Info

1. The AFSNCOA-ALE curriculum exposes Senior Noncommissioned Officers to education in the joint, combined, and inter-agency operating/strategic environment. Specifically, the AFSNCOA-ALE educates Senior Noncommissioned Officers to assist them to become adaptable senior enlisted leaders able to operate critically, strategically and jointly in complex and ambiguous environments through the application of four Air Force learning outcomes: Leadership, Problem Solving, Mission, and Culture.

2. The curriculum prepares SNCOs for increased leadership responsibilities in the joint, combined, and inter-agency operating/strategic environment. Specifically, the AFSNCOA educates SNCOs to help them become adaptable senior enlisted leaders able to operate critically, strategically and jointly in complex and ambiguous environments through the application of four learning outcomes: Leadership, Problem Solving, Mission, and Culture.

3. Learning Outcomes. SNCOA curriculum prepares SNCOs to:

· Shape organizational culture by promoting a healthy organizational ethos.

· Lead organizations through problem solving efforts to achieve mission success.

· Anticipate and direct transitions that lead to more effective, agile, and lethal organizations.

· Connect Air and Space organizations and capabilities to Joint Operations.