 Front row (l-r): Sandy Johnson (Schriever AFB), Ella Harris (Eielson AFB) Second row (l-r): Brinda Hazard (Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson), Elisha Fields (Joint Base San Antonio), Andrea Riojas (Joint Base San Antonio), Barbara Brandt (Eglin AFB) Third row (l-r): Mandy Timon (Scott AFB), Starlyn Kelley (Langley AFB), Roxanne Kean (Buckley AFB), Jeannen Baker (Patrick AFB), Brandi Bohanon (Peterson AFB), Denise Leavelle (Cannon AFB) Fourth row (l-r): Darren Ledger (Maxwell AFB), Bobby Roberts (AFRPA), April Burnette (Shaw AFB), Judy Stensland (Grand Forks AFB), Sherri Youngs (Joint Base San Antonio), Wendy Schrage (Schriever AFB), Susan White (Columbus AFB), Carol Queen (Charleston AFB) Fifth row (l-r): Mike Godsey (Oregon ANG), Dale Bohnenkemper (Indiana ANG), Crystal Records (Niagara Falls AFB), Mary Baker (Fairchild AFB), Annette Layden (Charleston AFB), Annette Velazquez (Joint Base San Antonio), Jerry Garcia (Laughlin AFB), Johann Stracey (RAF Menwith Hill) Sixth row (l-r): Michael Coy (Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson), Richard Parent (Barksdale AFB), Christopher DuPont (Westover AFB), Rick Singleton (Langley AFB), Yvette Sampson (Joint Base San Antonio) Back row (l-r): Todd Cross (Wyoming ANG), Ron Durbin (Moody AFB), Richard Noble (Wright-Patterson AFB), Barb Krimminger (Offutt AFB), Hank Borghardt (Whiteman AFB), Juan Ramos (Arnold AFB)
AFRPA realty course builds real property expertise
Students came from as far away as Alaska and England - and from installations throughout the U.S. -- to attend the inaugural Advanced Realty Course in San Antonio, June 13 to 17.
The ARC, sponsored by the Air Force Real Property Agency's Real Estate Transactions Division, is a week-long course designed to provide career-broadening training in all aspects of real property transactions to experienced Air Force installation realty specialists. Thirty-eight realty specialists from various installations met at the Hotel Contessa in downtown San Antonio to gain advanced knowledge about acquisitions, management, disposals, in-grants and out-grants.
The week was capped off by five group presentations and a final exam, after which AFRPA Director Robert Moore presented coins to the top four students - Dale Bohnenkemper (Indiana ANG), Wendy Schrage (Schriever AFB), Brandi Bohanon (Peterson AFB) and Michael Coy (Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson).
"You are receiving the kind of training we expect everyone to ultimately have," Mr. Moore told the students. "You will be the experts."
ARC attendees were nominated by major commands (MAJCOMs) and selected by RET to fill the classroom slots. Twelve MAJCOMs were represented. AFRPA funds each participant's attendance to the course, an indicator of the agency's commitment to training the next generation of real property leaders.
RET Division Chief Brian Brown said the ARC is also a "perfect example" of how real property best practices are leveraged to support clientgoals..
"We have collaborated with our A7C, MAJCOM and installation partners since September 2010 to develop this training," Mr. Brown said. "ARC training ensures installation commanders have access to highly qualified and knowledgeable real property officers to meet mission needs and achieve A7C strategic goals."
As Mr. Moore told the students, "Our number one goal in AFRPA is people, and you're the ones who get the job done. Use your business sense, mission sense and common sense to make the right decisions for today and for the foreseeable future."
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