Military Training
Officer (Reserve)
Applicants entering the Air Force Active Reserve through the officer stream are required to complete the Initial Officer Course (IOC). You may complete the full-time, residential IOC of 17 weeks, the same as your Permanent Air Force colleagues or the modularised IOC (Air Force AR) training which must be completed within a two year period.
Currently all five phases of the IOC (Air Force AR) require residential attendance at the Officers Training School (OTS), East Sale, Victoria. The phases and their duration are as follows:
- Phase 1 - Induction/Orientation phase (6 weeks);
- Phase 2 - Academic Consolidation Phase (3 weeks);
- Phase 3 - Leadership Preparatory and Ground Defence Preparatory Phase (3 weeks);
- Phase 4 - Ground Defence Assessment Phase (2 weeks); and
- Phase 5 - Leadership Assessment Phase (2 weeks).
The aim of the IOC is to develop in newly commissioned Air Force and Air Force AR officers and officer cadets the core military skills, knowledge and attitudes required for effective performance as junior officers.