‘Skills development’ becomes ‘arts and crafts’ Published Sept. 15, 2005 By Steve VanWert Air Force Services Agency SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- Air Force Services Agency officials gazed into the past to predict the future recently when they changed the name of skills development to the name it held until the early 1990s -- arts and crafts.“Generations of Air Force families took advantage of arts and crafts programs on Air Force bases worldwide,” said Darold Carpenter, Services Agency community programs division chief. “We decided the name best describes what arts and crafts offer on base and name recognition is important to future success.”The name change also cleared up some confusion at base level, where the term “skills” is used in several unrelated programs.“We found out that many Airmen and their families were confused by the ‘skills development’ name,” said Greg Trapuzzano, Services Agency arts, crafts, tickets and travel branch chief. “So why not call it by the name that describes what it really is: arts and crafts?”Arts and crafts programs are also important in supporting the Air Force mission, said Al Dooley, of Services Agency marketing.“By calling ‘arts and crafts’ by a name that is actually a description of what we do, we hope more Air Force families will realize the extent of our programs and take advantage of activities both for deployed Airmen and their family members at home,” he said.