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Students First-Hand Experience As USAF Civilian
by U.S. Air Force Donovan Potter
Hill Air Force Base
July 11,
2023
More than 200 college students from schools
across the country participated in the Premier College Intern
Program symposium held at the Davis Conference Center in Layton, Utah
during June 2023.
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June 28, 2023 - Student interns participating in the Premier College Internship Program Symposium tour the A-10 production depot
at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The symposium teaches interns
about the Air Force culture, mission and opportunities in
the Air Force Civilian Service. (Image created by USA
Patriotism! from U.S. Air Force photo by Cynthia Griggs.)
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This Air Force Civilian Service program
gives students first-hand experience of what life as an Air Force
civilian is like and what it has to offer, while giving gaining
organizations the opportunity to see if the students are a great fit
for them and the military.
Close to 500 students participated
and were split into two groups that were hosted at Wright-Patterson
AFB in Ohio and at Hill.
The PCIP objective is to attract
full-time college students, for a paid 12-week summer internship and
retain them for a dynamic Air Force career, developing them to
become the next generation of Air & Space Force’s leaders.
Barbara Hanlin, Hill AFB Site Senior Functional and coordinator for
Hill’s half of the PCIP symposium said it was a success because of
great support she received from the 75th Air Base Wing and the Ogden
Air Logistics Complex.
“We got great participation from our
senior leaders across the base, speakers and mentors and those who
provided all the logistics support, she said. “It truly would not
have turned out the way it did without all their wonderful support.”
The theme of the symposium was ‘Be Premier’ and demonstrated how
each of the PCIs are hired to bring innovation, leadership, and
diversity of thought to the civilian service by being premier
interns.
This was accomplished through a series of career
field breakout sessions, individual and group panel mentoring
discussions and development programs that federal civilian
employment offers.
Students also received an inside, hands-on
look at the base as they toured some of Hill’s military operational
support and aircraft maintenance shops and the Aerospace Museum.
“I was excited about what the Air Base Wing provided with their
displays and the briefers who told what they do, and the Complex
always gives a great tour of the cool things over there.” Hanlin
said. “The students really got a lot from seeing the base and
talking to the great people who make it run.”
The base tour,
designed to lead interns to pursue civil service opportunities after
graduation included stops at the landing gear facility, A-10
production, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Security Forces, emergency
management locations and the Aerospace Museum.
Hanlin said
the PCIP was an overall success and she was happy to play a part in
helping to recruit the right people for the future.
“I was
excited to meet the students from all over the United States and
help lead them to pursue civil service opportunities after
graduation,” she said. “This recruiting effort was easy to show why
civilians are important to the mission and how they can become part
of it.”
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