Police Officer-Combat Arms Training (T32)

Air National Guard Units • Montgomery, AL

6d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 excepted-service position with the Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing in Montgomery, Alabama. It is an indefinite appointment for an unspecified period and may be terminated with 30 days’ notice. The position requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the Alabama Air National Guard, and the selectee must wear the military uniform.

The incumbent conducts combat arms training and instruction on handguns, rifles, machine guns, and other base-defense and ground-combat skills. The role also manages the installation’s ground-weapons training and maintenance program, including weapons inspection, safety and environmental compliance, security of weapons and munitions, budgeting, records, and coordination with military and civilian organizations. When needed or directed, the incumbent performs the full range of Security Forces duties at the installation, including armed law-enforcement and security work.

Requirements

• National Guard membership is required; applicants must be members of, or eligible for immediate membership in, the Alabama Air National Guard in a compatible military assignment.
• Minimum military rank: SSG; maximum military rank: MSG.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, involving knowledge of basic laws and regulations, law-enforcement operations, practices, and techniques, and responsibility for maintaining order and protecting life and property.
• Knowledge of security and Security Forces requirements, procedures, and tactics supporting installation physical security.
• Knowledge of firearms and tactics for their use in emergency situations.
• Knowledge of instruction principles and techniques used in combat-arms weapons and firing-range training.
• Knowledge of combat-arms facilities management, including maintenance, classrooms, firing-range structures, munitions buildings, and weapon vaults.
• Knowledge of safety, security, and EEO regulations, practices, and procedures.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to train and evaluate instructors and students in classroom instruction techniques for assigned weapons.
• Knowledge of Security Forces procedures and operating methods to independently perform Security Forces activities, including protection-level resources, installation entry controls, armed responses, and dispatch duties.
• Ability to provide budget input directly.
• Knowledge of small arms and maintenance requirements, and of Air Force supply and equipment systems.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with Security Forces branch and section chiefs.
• Knowledge of applicable Air Force and Department of Defense law-enforcement and security rules, regulations, instructions, practices, principles, and procedures, including force protection, integrated base defense, antiterrorism, and physical security.
• A selectee may be required to complete a probationary period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• A male applicant born after December 31, 1959, who is required to register under the Military Selective Service Act must be registered to be eligible for appointment.

Responsibilities

• Present combat arms courses and instruction on the proper use of handguns, rifles, machine guns, and other base-defense and ground-combat equipment, following approved lesson plans and course documents.
• Adapt instructional methods and subject matter to student needs and changing classroom conditions; use training aids and demonstrate combat and police agility skills.
• Maintain accountability and security of weapons, ammunition, and explosives used in instruction.
• May oversee subordinates and Traditional Guardsmen; train employees, assign work, set priorities, and ensure the technical quality of work.
• Manage and oversee the installation ground-weapons training and maintenance program; instruct personnel and inspect ground weapons.
• Plan, organize, and direct program activities while incorporating safety requirements and ensuring compliance with safety regulations and other governing requirements.
• Evaluate accidents, conduct self-inspections, prepare reports for senior leadership, and monitor environmental and other safety hazards, including lead and noise hazards.
• Coordinate with Civil Engineering personnel on environmental matters, including hazardous-waste disposal procedures and sites.
• Direct and monitor security and resource-protection procedures, explosive safety, and munitions-movement safety.
• Monitor training attendance and failures, notify unit commanders of relevant rates, initiate follow-up actions, and brief data as directed.
• Oversee and assist with maintenance and inspection of installation ground weapons, including weapons covered by host-tenant support agreements.
• Forecast and requisition training weapons, equipment, tools, gauges, target materials, and expendable items; validate annual munitions allocations.
• Develop and publish local operating instructions, review directives, prepare the annual program budget, maintain office records, and requisition office supplies and related materials.
• Represent the Security Forces Squadron at installation and functional-area meetings; coordinate with local civilian agencies on weapons training and maintenance.
• Meet with customer and coordinating officials to assess satisfaction, explain policies and procedures, resolve problems, and provide or arrange customer guidance and training.
• Participate in special projects and initiatives and perform other assignments as directed.
• When needed or directed, perform and enforce Security Forces duties at the installation, including armed responses, security, and law-enforcement duties; carry a firearm as required or directed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package; specific benefit eligibility depends on position type.
• Recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized for up to 25%, subject to approval before the employee’s in-processing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed