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Amanda Doerr discusses the current state of Air Force Basic Military Training and what recruits need to know.

Send us Fan Mail Aaron and Peaches sit down with Amanda Doerr, an Air Force Military Training Instructor, to talk about what Basic Military Training looks like now and what future Airmen need to know before they ship. Amanda walks through her own path into the Air Force, how her MTIs inspired her to become one, what BMT looks like today, how training has changed, why Pacer Forge matters, and why the Air Force is putting more emphasis on small team movements, critical thinking, mission readine...

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