What can you expect in the Air Force Public Affairs?

Having served in many joint assignments with Air Force PAOs, I'd like you to consider that the service differences are not as unique as people want us to believe. The Defense Information School is definitely a good place to start with common core philosophy and policies. A few service procedures do vary, and of course leadership is always situational, not inherent in any particular skill or service. That said, I believe the Air Force and Marines "get it" more than the Army or Navy sometimes. Of course, that too varies by command. Marines probably have the best community relations programs and in my opinion (as someone who critiqued and evaluated Air Force and Army publications)-the Air Force has the best public information program. There are many reasons for that, as I see it, and they are all good. What wasn't good, in my experience, is the fixation people get on their own service when they don't get enough joint assignments. The personalities of commanders and PAOs vary no matter which uniform they wear. Exact missions vary from command to command and by service. The ability to tell the command's story, the capacity for empathy for every other service person so that you can tell their story, to get them recognition and support from the American public is a rare skill that we hope you will find.

I am currently at DINFOS for Public Affairs Qualification Course and the training is really great. When you get to your duty station, before you go to training, try to absorb as much information as you can. It will help immensely throughout the training here. Also, a lot of people are struggling with the journalism writing so try and get spun up on that before heading to DINFOS.

i am interested in this as well