Same article, no paywall - https://news.yahoo.com/old-again-air-force-special-201159107.html
A few more interesting tidbits:
"Going forward, Bauernfeind wants to use the first four years differently. As he sees it, airmen would spend up to two years in initial qualification training before reaching their special ops squadron. Once there, they’d get up to 18 months of training time to learn more about their mission and the special operations culture before deploying."
"Other tweaks, like dropping a requirement that students learn a particular type of landing that has never been used in combat, are streamlining the C-130 syllabus as well. And adding more simulators and virtual reality software can free up aircraft to fly combat missions instead of being tied up in training at home."