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AFSFC begins DAF-wide periodic confinement assessments
March 24, 2023 — The Air Force Security Forces Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland recently began its first full year of established, Level I confinement facility assessments, solidifying a plan to ensure health, safety and security standards across the Department of the Air Force... MORE

two people inspecting a confinement cell in Guam

AFIMSC expanding readiness with regional training sites
February 6, 2023 — Fully equipped, multi-functional training sites will soon be within easy traveling distance of most civil engineering, force support and security forces units, thanks to the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center... MORE

NextGen 2.0 helmets on the way to Defenders across DAF
September 20, 2022 — Defenders at installations across the Department of the Air Force are set to don the Security Forces NextGen Helmet 2.0 later this year... MORE

graphic showing SF helmets version 1.0 and 2.0

Air Force Security Forces Center welcomes new commander
July 26, 2022 — Col. Phillip Born took charge of the Air Force Security Forces Center today during an assumption of command ceremony July 26 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas... MORE

National Police Week Spotlight: Master Sgt. Jeremy Smith
May 16, 2022 — National Police Week, May 15-21, is a solemn occasion celebrated to honor the service and sacrifice of security and law enforcement officers, including those Defenders who’ve made the ultimate... MORE

National Police Week Spotlight: MSgt. Jeremy Smith

AFSFC transforming Defender readiness with realistic training curriculum
March 24, 2022 — The Air Force Security Forces Center is transforming Defender readiness with two new courses designed to challenge security forces members with a more realistic representation of a deployed environment... MORE

Agile Combat Defender Course and Mission Focused Rehearsal Training

Registration opens for I-WEPTAC 2022
March 9, 2022 — Registration is now open for the Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference, the main innovation and collaboration forum for installation and mission support to the Air and Space Forces... MORE

I-WEPTAC focuses on agile combat support core functions and addresses current and future challenges in the I&MS mission sets. The outputs will be actionable recommendations that ensure we continue to deliver agile I&MS capabilities in support of national defense and major command operational plans

AFSFC initiatives modernize Total Force Defenders
November 10, 2021 — When it comes to equipping more than 38,000 security forces members across the Total Force, the Air Force Security Forces Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland seeks to give Defenders every advantage over their adversaries. The AFSFC Logistics Directorate is charged with making sure it happens... MORE

AFIMSC expands development programs with supervisor rotation program
August 20, 2021 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center will offer more professional development opportunities for unit members when it launches the Supervisor Rotation Program Sept. 1... MORE

The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center will offer more professional development opportunities for unit members when it launches the Supervisor Rotation Program Sept. 1.

AFSFC assessment tool improves health, readiness of military working dogs
July 6, 2021 — The upgrades are a result of Kennel Health Assessment 2.0, Air Force Security Forces Center’s web-based evaluation system that tracks and evaluates the condition of military working dog kennel facilities across the Air Force... MORE

Nelson, a military working dog at the 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida.

Air Force Security Forces Center to improve U.S. government-wide working dog programs
March 4, 2021 — The Air Force Security Forces Center-led Government Working Dog Category Intelligence Team aims to improve the cost, process and procurement of government working dogs across 14 federal agencies. ... MORE

Sofi, 9th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) military working dog, waits with her handler Staff Sgt. Jason Herrier, at a simulated checkpoint during military working dog detection training on Beale Air Force Base.

Air Force Security Forces Center innovates to develop virtual visitor passes
February 27, 2021 — The Air Force Security Forces Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is testing a virtual process to streamline visitor pass requests and reduce foot traffic at visitor control centers across the force... MORE

Security Forces Personnel with the 147th Attack Wing and Texas Military Department test the Defense Biometric Identification System Visitor Enrollment System at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Texas. The Air Force Security Forces Center worked with Security Forces there to test DVES, a virtual process which streamlines visitor pass requests and reduces foot traffic at visitor control centers across the force. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo).

Getting to know the new Air Force Security Forces Center commander
August 18, 2020 — Col. Aaron Guill took command of the Air Force Security Forces Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland during a change of command ceremony Aug. 11. ... MORE

Graphic to introduce Col. Aaron Guill to the AFIMSC team.

New Security Forces Center commander focuses on lethal, ready Defenders
August 14, 2020 — The Air Force Security Forces Center welcomed Col. Aaron Guill as its new commander during a change of command ceremony Aug. 11. Guill becomes the center’s third commander since it became a primary subordinate unit under Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center in 2015... MORE

Col. Aaron Guill, right, Air Force Security Forces Center gaining commander, salutes Maj. Gen. Tom Wilcox, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center commander, during the AFSFC change of command ceremony held at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 11, 2020. Guill gained command from Col. Brian S. Greenroad. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarayuth Pinthong)

Air Force awards contract for improved Female Body Armor
June 22, 2020 — The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Female Fitment Program Office awarded a contract to begin production and development for body armor designed to better protect female Airmen during combat and contingency operations... MORE

Commentary: Transforming the Civilian Defender Program
June 16, 2020 — U.S. Air Force leadership declared 2020 as the Year of Integrated Base Defense, or IBD, focusing on how every Air and Space Professional fits into a layered defensive network. IBD is greater in scope than any single career field. It requires active participation between all Air Force Specialty Codes and ranks to operate as a cohesive fighting force... MORE

Security Forces Initiated an effort to improve retention, recruiting, training, and professional development of civilian defenders. Photos and accomplishments of the program in CY2020.

Air Force develops hard-hitting Defender Challenge 2020 drills for Security Forces
March 4, 2020 — The U.S. Air Force Defender Challenge will pit security forces teams against each other in San Antonio May 11-15, 2020. ... MORE

JBSA-Lackland receives Air Force’s new handgun
March 8, 2019 — The Air Education and Training Command Combat Arms Apprentice Course at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is one of the first units to receive new M18 Modular Handgun Systems as part of the Air Force Security Forces Center’s effort to modernize weapons systems and increase warfighter lethality... MORE

Security and Protection Category Council proves category management saves millions
July 13, 2018 — The Security and Protection Category Council has been busy saving the Air Force millions of dollars and fine tuning contracting processes using a structured approach called category management... MORE

Dashboard offers holistic approach to small arms range lifecycles
June 23, 2017 — The nearly 200 firing ranges in the U.S. Air Force desperately need improvement and Senior Master Sgt. James Eselgroth, Air Force Security Forces Center, or AFSFC, program manager, knows this firsthand... MORE

Senior Master Sgt. James Eselgroth (right), Combat Arms Program branch chief, Air Force Security Forces Center, points out trends to Eric Kennedy, Small Arms Ranges action officer, as they review the newly created Small Arms Dashboard data program that provides a comprehensive, business-data model that ranks and prioritizes all Air Force firing ranges by vital statistics.