1 00:00:02,070 --> 00:00:06,310 - The PAS program is one component 2 00:00:06,310 --> 00:00:10,460 of SAF/IA's International Affairs Strategist program, 3 00:00:10,460 --> 00:00:15,460 and the main ascension route for PAS officers 4 00:00:15,580 --> 00:00:17,970 is through air command at Staff College. 5 00:00:17,970 --> 00:00:20,380 - And sometime between when we leave here 6 00:00:20,380 --> 00:00:24,020 and our 20 year point, we'll give a assignment 7 00:00:24,020 --> 00:00:27,010 to the political affairs strategist career field. 8 00:00:27,010 --> 00:00:30,760 There's opportunities to work on joint staffs 9 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,110 in the PAS program, at headquarters, NATCOMs. 10 00:00:34,110 --> 00:00:37,550 And it's really an opportunity to expand your horizons 11 00:00:37,550 --> 00:00:41,460 and potentially influence on a bigger scale 12 00:00:41,460 --> 00:00:42,900 than you would otherwise. 13 00:00:42,900 --> 00:00:45,750 You get to fill a role that is working 14 00:00:45,750 --> 00:00:48,160 with international officers 15 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:51,640 or you're providing a perspective to leadership, 16 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:55,790 and you're pulling from what you learned here at ACSC. 17 00:00:55,790 --> 00:00:57,010 - [Rebecca] There's not gonna be a time 18 00:00:57,010 --> 00:01:01,273 that we're not gonna be in a coalition of some sort, 19 00:01:01,273 --> 00:01:06,030 or working with partner nations to strengthen their defenses 20 00:01:06,030 --> 00:01:09,123 so, that we're strengthening our security situation as well.