17th TRG hosts JITTF open house Published April 10, 2014 By Staff Sgt. Laura R. McFarlane 17th Training Wing Public Affairs GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- More than 240 San Angelo community distinguished visitors and base members attended an open house for the $12.9 million new Joint Intelligence Technical Training Facility here March 29. Construction on the 50,000 square feet building began in October 2010 and completed in March 2014. The open house included 10 stations with briefers and interactive demos showing the training capabilities of the JITTF. "The JITTF will provide classroom spaces for LONESTAR, our Capstone exercise for four Air Force Specialty Code-awarding courses in the 315th Training Squadron as well as classrooms for our advanced courses to include: the Distributed Common Ground System-Formal Training Unit, Targeting-Intelligence Formal Training Unit, Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Operators Course, Critical Thinking and Structured Analysis Course, Intelligence Master Skills Course, and the Senior Enlisted ISR Master Skills Course," said Capt. Kelly M. Hook, 315th TRS instructor. Dr. Carol Ann Bonds, San Angelo Independent School District superintendent, attended the open house to support Goodfellow and receive the rare opportunity to see the inside of an intelligence training building. "It is a blessing to have been able to experience the technology that our military has to stay the best in the world," said Bonds. "I'm aware that if I had missed this open house, I would never have been able to have seen it with all its bells and whistles." The open house was a chance for the instructors to show what they train on a day-to-day basis. "The JITTF Open House was a great opportunity to share with the community what it is we actually do behind closed doors and windowless buildings," said Capt. Joshua L. Schulze, 315th TRS instructor. "We're grateful for the turnout and the act of support from the community." Schulze worked with Tech. Sgt. Nicholas M. Morehouse, 315th TRS instructor, to create an interactive scenario where attendees had to determine which plastic cups had candy and which had simulated explosives using only three intelligence reports and the application of critical thinking and applied analysis. "Our favorite part was watching the children discover the candy and seeing them leave smiling," said Schulze. The attendees left with a better understanding of the base's mission.
