University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras Department of Aerospace Studies Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) AS200 The Evolution of USAF Air and Space Power Spring 2017 Instructor: Lt Col Kenneth A. Sierra Class meeting times: Monday 1400-1500 or Wed 0900-1000 e-mail: kenneth.sierra@upr.edu Telephone: 787-764-0000/ext.85219 Location: AFROTC Building 1. Course Description. AS 200 is a course designed to examine general aspects of air power from a historical perspective. The course covers the period from the first balloons and dirigibles to the space-age systems of the Global War on Terror. Historical examples are provided to show the development of Air Force core functions to demonstrate the evolution of what has become today's USAF. Furthermore, the course examines several fundamental truths associated with war in the third dimension, e.g., principles of war and tenets of air power. As a whole, this course provides the students with a knowledge-level understanding for the general employment of air power, from an institutional, doctrinal, and historical perspective. In addition, what the students learned about the Air Force Core Values in AS100 will be reinforced through the use of operational examples, and they will complete several writing and briefing assignments to meet Air Force communication skills requirements. 2. Attendance Policy: Absences You are expected to attend all classes unless you have a valid excuse. You must attend 80% of all classes or you will receive an F in the course and be disenrolled from the program. Prioritize your schedule to ensure compliance. If absent, then provide a memorandum for record in accordance to the Tongue and Quill prior to next class. Tardiness Cadets must be seated and ready to start the lesson at the time class is scheduled to begin. Official time will be based on the instructor s cell-phone time. Three tardy events will equal one absence. Academic only students - Students are not required to attend LLAB or PT. Students must attend a minimum of 12 of 14 scheduled classes to reach 80% attendance and receive a passing grade. Leadership Lab (LLAB) Leadership Lab is graded on a pass/fail basis. It will not affect your AS academic grade. AFROTC cadets must pass Leadership Laboratory or be
investigated for disenrollment. You should attend all Leadership Lab periods. The OFC publishes the policies and grading criteria during the first Leadership Laboratory. You must attend at least 80% of scheduled LLABs, or substitute activities, in order to pass this course. Physical Training (PT) The Cadet Wing will conduct PT from 0630-0730 on Monday/Wednesday/Friday. GMC cadets must attend every Friday session plus one other PT session. POC cadets must attend every Friday session plus two other PT sessions. College athletes may be exempt if approved by the Detachment commander after they have successfully passed the PFA with a 90 or better and submitted a letter from their coach accompanied by a complete competition schedule. PT will be at the UPR track unless otherwise advertised. 80% attendance is the minimum standard. 3. Classroom Behavior: General Conduct: In the eyes of the community, ROTC Cadets represent the Air Force. Therefore, you must conduct yourself in a professional manner at all times, especially at the Detachment or while attending an AFROTC sponsored activity. You are VOLUNTARILY being trained as future officers in the United States Air Force. You represent the USAF and AFROTC to all students and professors at UPR, at your crosstown, on social media, and in Puerto Rico. Represent AFROTC proudly and with the proper respect. Avoid any situation that could be interpreted as unprofessional, unbecoming of an officer candidate, or confrontational towards any organization that does not agree with the presence of ROTC on campus. Personal Appearance Each class session is not only a university function, but also a military formation. For AS classes you will wear ABUs. If you have a need to be in civilian clothes, submit your request and justification via memo for instructor approval prior to class. When not attending class, we expect you to dress appropriately while in the detachment area. Determining what is appropriate is up to your best judgment; keep in mind, you are here to make a positive impression and compete for a position in the world s greatest Air Force. Poor judgment on your part, as perceived by the cadre, will not reflect favorably. Cadre will correct problems on the spot by dismissing the cadet until the matter is corrected. Cell Phones Cell phones will be turned off prior to entering the class and are prohibited during LLAB. If a cadet cell phone rings, vibrates, or draws attention in any other way, the cadet will be dismissed from the classroom and awarded an absence for the day. Cell phones will be maintained out-of-sight during class. Additional Instructions: Food and drink are not allowed in class unless authorized by the instructor. Foul language is prohibited in class and at any Detachment activity; it is unprofessional. When one of your classmates is giving a briefing, you will provide your undivided attention. This means no talking, writing, studying or sleeping. 2
4. Grading and Evaluation Procedures: Examinations: Three examinations will be administered. These exams will consist of true/false, multiple choice, matching, and short-essay questions. Students who have a valid excuse to be absent on the day of the test must arrange to take the test ASAP and will not discuss exams with any other cadet. Each exam will be worth 100 points. 300 points available. Communication Assignments: Communication is an important skill for an Air Force Officer. Students will be required to complete one written assignment and one formal briefing during the course of the semester. The written assignment will include a preparatory assignment leading to the final paper. Students will be graded on content, grammar, format, speaking ability/presentation, and time. All products must be your own work. 150 Points Available. Preparatory Assignment (20 of 150 pts): Outline. The outline must follow the basic outline presented in the initial AS200 class. Subsequent product may change based on research, but the general flow of the research paper should vary little from your outline. Research Paper (80 of 150 pts): Each student will present one three-to-five (3-5) page paper on a Legend of Airpower. You may choose any of the airpower legends covered (or not covered) in the previous semester up to the current conflicts. Your paper must be prepared using Tongue & Quill guidance on pages 345-346 regarding Text-notes and Bibliography. Your paper will be graded on content (45pts), format (10pts), grammar (10pts), and proper citing (15pts). Failure to cite your sources will be considered plagiarism (see paragraph 12). The paper must at a minimum include the following. Intro (9pts) One or two highlights of what made the individual a legend. (9pts) How the individual embodies one of our core values (9pts) How you are inspired by this legend of air power.(9pts) Conclusion (9pts) Briefing (50 of 150 pts): Your briefing will be on the same topic as your paper. You will present a 3-5 minute briefing on your legend. You will lose 10 points if you go over 5 minutes or 20 points if you are over 6 minutes. If you exceed 7 minutes, you will receive a zero. An example of a standard briefing checklist might look like this:» Attention Step» Introduction of Self (Good Morning/Afternoon Sir/Ma'am, I'm...)» Introduction of Topic and Main points» Transition to Main Point 1» Main Point 1» Transition to Main Point 2» Main Point 2 3
» Transition to Summary» Conclusion/Position/Recommendation Grading breakdown and Scale: REQUIREMENT POINT VALUE GRADING SCALE Exam 1 100 405 to 450 = A (90-100%) Exam 2 100 360 to <405 = B (80% - <90%) Exam 3 100 315 to <360 = *C (70% - <80%) Communications Assignment 150 270 to <315 = D (60% - <70%) TOTAL POINTS 450 <270 = F *Students must achieve a C or better to pass the AS course. NOTE: UPR does not use +/- 5. Required Texts: AS 200 The Evolution of Air and Space Power, T-213 (2015-2016 Edition) AFH 33-337, The Tongue and Quill (2015) 6. Scheduling Information: Office Hours: Cadre availability may vary based on course schedule or other duty requirements; appointments are highly encouraged. The following are normal office hours: Monday: 0800-1630 hours Tuesday: Administrative Day (no cadets) Wednesday: 0800-1630 hours Thursday: 0800-1630 hours Friday: 0730-1600 hours Course Meeting Days: Monday 0900 or Wednesday 1400 (detailed lesson schedule attached); LLAB Fri 0900-1100 Holidays and Breaks: The following days are scheduled breaks from class: 20 Feb Presidents (and 22 Feb AS100/200) 13 15 Apr Holy Week Recess 7. Uniforms: You must meet Air Force height and weight standard to be issued the uniform. All uniforms will be returned to the military custodian during Post-LLAB or the day you withdraw from class. You are responsible for cleaning the uniforms prior to turn-in. Students who fail to return uniforms will not receive a grade and will be reported to the school registrar as delinquent. 8. English: English is the primary Air Force language; therefore you are required to speak English at all times while at the Det and while attending any ROTC sponsored activity. Students who do not have an ECL score of 90 or greater and/or do not have an Oral Proficiency Interview 4
Score of 2+/2+ should attend the DLI English classes (space available) or conversational English at your university. 9. Counseling: Cadets enrolled in this course can sign up for a counseling session. Once an appointment is made, it is your responsibility to be there or reschedule prior to the appointment. If you are late for any appointment, you can plan to reschedule and to receive a Form 16 for counseling. 10. Email Use/Admin Support: Due to the high volume of print requirements, time it consumes, large email sizes, and limited computer capacity, coursework or memorandums will not be accepted via email. It is your responsibility to print a hardcopy (and sign if necessary). Additionally, Cadre will not be requested to provide printing support from their terminals. It is incumbent upon you to plan ahead and provide the required products on your own. Use email for questions and general communication needs. 11. Compliance with American with Disabilities Act: Students who have a documented disability that requires academic support should notify the instructor within the first two weeks of class. You may refer the information to me by e-mail. Also contact the office for disabled students (Procurador del Impedido). 12. Academic Integrity: Integrity is one of the three Air Force Core Values. Academic dishonesty is an offense that will get you disenrolled from the program resulting in an F for the course and will be reported to your academic institution for action they deem appropriate. It is not worth the risk. Cheating is defined as obtaining or attempting to obtain, or aiding another to obtain credit for work, or any improvement in evaluation of performance, by any dishonest or deceptive means. Cheating includes, but is not limited to: lying; copying from another's test or examination; discussion of answers or questions on an examination or test, unless such discussion is specifically authorized by the instructor; taking or receiving copies of an exam without the permission of the instructor; using or displaying notes, "cheat sheets," or other information devices inappropriate to the prescribed test conditions; allowing someone other than the officially enrolled student to represent same. Plagiarism is defined as the act of using the ideas or work of another person or persons as if they were ones own without giving proper credit to the source. Such an act is not plagiarism if it is ascertained that the ideas were arrived through independent reasoning or logic or where the thought or idea is common knowledge. Acknowledgement of an original author or source must be made through appropriate references; i.e., quotation marks, footnotes, or commentary. Examples of plagiarism include, but are not limited to the following: the submission of a work, either in part or in whole completed by another; failure to give credit for ideas, statements, facts or conclusions which rightfully belong to another; failure to use quotation marks when quoting directly from another, whether it be a paragraph, a sentence, or even a part thereof; close and lengthy paraphrasing of another's writing without credit or originality; use of another's project or programs or part thereof without giving credit. Plagiarism is cheating! 5
13. Academic Freedom: Air University faculty, students, and staff are members of a learned profession, and members of their respective educational organizations. The free exchange of opinions and ideas is essential to the educational process and, to the greatest extent possible, faculty, students, and staff are encouraged to speak and write freely. Even in this academic setting, however, the importance of the University s military mission requires limits on some types of expression. For example, in accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), commissioned officers, officer trainees, and cadets may not use contemptuous words toward the President, Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force, and others. In addition, military members may not make disrespectful remarks about a superior commissioned officer, nor may an enlisted member make a disrespectful statement toward a superior noncommissioned officer. In addition to these specific restrictions on military members, faculty, students, and staff should remember that the public might judge the armed forces or Air University by their spoken or written statements. In any public forum, Air University faculty, students and staff members should make every effort to indicate clearly that the opinions they express are personal to the member, and do not represent the official views of their organization, Air University, the United States Air Force, the US government, or any other government or academic community. 6
AS 200 Spring 2017 ACADEMIC COURSE CALENDAR Presenter Date Lesson Subject Notes Lt Col Sierra 23/25 Jan 1 Syllabus Overview Lt Col Sierra 30 Jan /1 Feb 5 Airpower Through the Cold War, Part II Lt Col Sierra 6/8 Feb 5 Airpower Through the Cold War, Part Legend Topic Due II Lt Col Sierra 13/15 Feb 5 Airpower Through the Cold War, Part II BLOCK 1 EXAM 17 Feb BLOCK 1 EXAM Before LLAB N/A 20/22 Feb No Class-Presidents Day Lt Col Sierra 27 Feb /1 6 Airpower in the Post-Cold War Mar Lt Col Sierra 6/8 Mar 6 Airpower in the Post-Cold War Lt Col Sierra 13/15 Mar 6 Airpower in the Post-Cold War BLOCK 2 EXAM 17 Mar BLOCK 2 EXAM Before LLAB Lt Col Sierra 20/ 22 Mar 7 Air Power in the 21 st Century Outline Due Lt Col Sierra 27/29 Mar 7 Air Power in the 21 st Century Lt Col Sierra 3/5 Apr 7 Air Power in the 21 st Century Lt Col Sierra 10/12 Apr 7 Air Power in the 21 st Century Lt Col Sierra 17/19 Apr 7 Air Power in the 21 st Century BLOCK 3 EXAM 21 Apr AT BLOCK 3 EXAM Before LLAB Cadre 24/26 Apr Comm Persuasive impromptu Briefing Research Paper Due Cadre 1/3 May Comm Briefings Cadre 8 / 10 May Year End Review/Feedback/Grades NOTE: NO class does not mean NO PT or LLAB. ALWAYS refer to your Cadet Wing operations orders for further guidance on PT and LLAB schedules. 7