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Males: 20477

Females: 3997

Total: 24474

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Duties and Responsibilities

Leads, manages, supervises, and performs force protection duties employing up to the use of deadly force to protect personnel and resources. Protects nuclear and conventional weapons systems and other critical resources.

Performs air base defense functions contributing to the force protection mission. Defends personnel, equipment, and resources from hostile forces throughout the base security zone of military installations.

Operates in various field environments, performs mounted and dismounted individual and team patrol movements, tactical drills, battle procedures, convoys, military operations other than war, antiterrorism duties, and other special duties.

Operates communications equipment, vehicles, intrusion detection equipment, individual and crew-served weapons, and other special purpose equipment. Applies self-aid buddy care and life saving procedures as first responders to accident and disaster scenes.

Provides armed response and controls entry to installations and protection level resources. Detects and reports presence of unauthorized personnel and activities and implements security reporting and alerting system.

Enforces standards of conduct, discipline, and adherence to laws and directives. Directs vehicle and pedestrian traffic; investigates motor vehicle accidents, minor crimes, and incidents; and operates speed measuring, drug and alcohol, and breath test devices. Secures crime and incident scenes; apprehends and detains suspects; searches persons and property; and collects, seizes, and preserves evidence.

Conducts interviews of witnesses and suspects and obtains statements and testifies in official judicial proceedings. Responds to disaster and relief operations and participates in contingencies.

Develops plans, policies, procedures, and detailed instructions to implement SF programs. Plans, organizes, and schedules SF activities and provides oversight, guidance, and assistance to commanders with the application of physical security and force protections in support of priority resources.

Operates pass and registration activities and supervises and trains SF augmentees. Employs and utilizes the Incident Command System construct during emergency planning, response recovery operations. Inspects and evaluates effectiveness of SF personnel and activities.

Provides guidance on employment and utilization of military working dog teams. Ensures proficiency training and certification standards are maintained.

Employs military working dogs to support worldwide security force operations and executive agency requirements to include nuclear, Presidential support, federal law enforcement and national strategic programs. Ensures health and welfare of military working dogs.

Trains handlers and military working dogs on all aspects of military working dog training. Maintains dog training and usage records and is responsible for storage, handling, and security of drug and explosive training aids.

Leads, manages, supervises, and implements ground weapons training programs. Controls and safeguards arms, ammunition, and equipment and instructs ground weapons qualification training.

Provides guidance on weapons placement to security forces and ground defense force commanders. Inspects ground weapons and replaces unserviceable parts and analyzes malfunctions by inspection and serviceability testing.

Uses precision gauges, testing instruments, and special tools to adjust parts and operating mechanisms. Function- fires weapons for accuracy and serviceability.

Controls and operates firing ranges and associated facilities to include supervising construction and rehabilitation.

Specialty Qualifications

Knowledge is mandatory of: 

• Weaponry, laws, directives, programs, policies, and procedures governing SF activities.
• Installation security.
• Weapon system and resource security.
• Anti-terrorism.
• Law enforcement and investigations.
• Military working dogs.
• Air base defense.
• Training.
• Pass and registration.
• Civilian work force.
• Combat arms.

• 3P031. Completion of the security forces(SF) apprentice course.
• 3P0X1A. Completion of the military working dog handler course.
• 3P0X1B. Completion of the combat arms apprentice course.
• 3P071. Completion of all SF Craftsman requirements listed in the Career Field Education and Training Plan.

• 3P051. Qualification in and possession of AFSC 3P031.
• 3P051A. Qualification in and possession of AFSC 3P031A.
• 3P051B. Qualification in and possession of AFSC 3P031B.
• 3P071. Qualification in and possession of AFSC 3P051/A/B. Also, experience supervising or performing functions such as weapon systems and resource security, air base defense, law enforcement, military working dog functions, or combat arms functions.
• 3P091. Qualification in and possession of AFSC 3P071. Also, experience in leading and directing SF activities.

• Normal color vision as defined in AFI 48-123, Medical Examinations and Standards.
• No history of excessive alcohol use or been arrested in the past two years for two or more alcohol related incidents regardless of disposition, except when found not guilty.
• Must not have used a substance (sniffing/huffing) to obtain an altered conscious state from aerosol spray, lighter fluid, petro chemical, adhesives, Freon, or any other chemical for a purpose not intended for use.
• No more than one active wage garnishment for delinquency.
• No more than two delinquent charge off/collection (>= 30 days) payments within last two years.
• Within three years prior to entry into military service, not have been terminated from civilian employment more than twice for reasons of misconduct, theft, or alcohol use.
• No record of sleep disorders to include, but not limited to, sleep apneas, insomnias, hypersomnias, narcolepsy, or restless leg syndrome.
• No current diagnosis of Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or perceptual or learning disorder(s), with no use of medication(s) to treat same in the last 12 months.
• No history of any of the Bipolar and Related Disorders, Depressive Disorders, or Anxiety Disorders.
• For entry into 3P0X1A/B, qualification in and must possess a minimum 3P031 AFSC and two years of total active federal military service.
• ANG/AFRC personnel must be at least an A1C with 2-years time in service (TIS) up to a TSgt with less than 16-years TIS.
• Must earn a minimum of 5 on the Security Forces 3-Facet model completed in Tailored Adaptive Assessment System (TAPAS).
• Must not have a record of Self-Directed Violence or Self-Directed Violence-Preparatory or suicide attempts.

• No recorded evidence of personality disorder that negatively affects duty performance.
• Must not have a sustained or untreatable emotional instability to include depression or suicidal ideations.
• Distance visual acuity correctable to 20/20 in one eye and 20/30 in the other.
• Qualification for arming, suitability to arm, or suitability under Personnel Reliability Assurance Standards IAW AFI 31-117, Arming and Use of Force by Air Force Personnel.
• Never been convicted by a general, special, or summary courts-martial.
• Never received non-judicial punishment under the UCMJ for offenses involving substantiated drug abuse as defined in AFI 44-121, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment (ADAPT) Program.
• Never been diagnosed with a severe substance use disorder by a certified medical provider. For the purpose of retention standards as part of this classification directory, alcohol related disorders are defined separately from other substance use disorders.
• Never received nonjudicial punishment for acts of larceny, wrongful appropriation, robbery, burglary, unlawful entry, housebreaking, misconduct in combat as defined in UCMJ articles 99-106, or any act that harms or has the potential to harm the physical safety or well- being of animals to include Military Working Dogs.
• Never have been convicted by a civilian court of a Category 1 or 2 offense. Conviction of Category 3 offenses are not acceptable for entry into the AFSC.
• After award of the AFSC, conviction of Category 3 offenses are grounds for withdrawal of the AFSC if deemed appropriate by the commander. Category 4 traffic offenses alone are not disqualifying. Offenses are described and listed in AFI 36-2002, Regular Air Force and Special Category Accessions, Uniform Guide List of Typical Offenses.
• No speech disorder or noticeable communication deficiency as defined in AFI 48-123.
• Individuals who have had their spleen removed are not eligible for assignment to the military working dog program or any canine functions.
• Must possess a valid state driver’s license to operate government motor vehicles (GMV) in accordance with AFI 24-301, Vehicle Operations.
• No diagnosed fear of fear of heights or confined spaces.
• No documented record of gang affiliation.
• No fear working around nuclear weapons or components, nor have an identifiable negative opinion of the role of nuclear weapons in our nation’s strategic deterrent mission.
• Must not have used/distributed/manufactured illicit narcotics as defined in schedule I/II, used a drug that can cause a flashback, or been arrested for narcotics in schedules I through V as listed in 21 USC §812. Exclude use of marijuana, hashish, or other cannabis-based products for entry unless that use resulted in the documentation of a use disorder by a credentialed medical provider.
• Never failed (or failed to participate in) prescribed rehabilitation program or treatment regimen after being diagnosed by a certified medical provider with an alcohol use disorder.

Civilian Career Options

High Salary: $116,350

Low Salary: $26,080

• Crossing Guards and Flaggers: $30,790
• Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs: $47,110
• Interviewers $36,170
• Police Identification and Records Officers: $86,940
• Transportation Security Screeners: $44,300
• Security Guards: $31,050
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers: $60,910
• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives: $92,970
• Customs and Border Protection Officers: $65,540
• Dispatchers: $40,980
• Parking Enforcement Workers: $42,070
• Public Safety Telecommunicators: $43,290
• Remote Sensing Technicians: $52,460
• Retail Loss Prevention Specialists: $31,960
• Animal Trainers: $31,520
• Office Clerks, General: $35,330
• Transit and Railroad Police: $72,580
• Bailiffs: $48,000
• Fish and Game Wardens: $58,040
• Loss Prevention Managers: $116,350
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers: $65,540
• Correctional Officers and Jailers: $47,410
• Detectives and Criminal Investigators: $86,940
• Private Detectives and Investigators: $53,320
• Security Management Specialists: $77,420
• Security Managers: $98,890
• Training and Development Managers: $115,640
• Training and Development Specialists: $62,700
• Emergency Management Directors: $76,250
• Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists: $55,690
• Animal Caretakers: $26,080
• Animal Control Workers: $38,430
• First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers: $52,650

***This information was retrieved from Veterans Job Matcher at CareerOneStop (www.careeronestop.org), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.

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