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  • Deployed 315th EOD Airman shows leadership, courage under fire

    Bullets rained down on a joint group of U.S. Air Force Airmen and British Army forces fighting for their lives in an intense firefight along the bank of the Helmand River in southwestern Afghanistan Sept. 21, 2012.Tech Sgt. Jarrod V. Mills, of the 315th Airlift Wing's Civil Engineering Flight at

  • Reserve component leaders discuss FY14 budget

    The top leaders from the U.S. military's reserve components went on Capitol Hill April 17 to provide statements and answer questions about their fiscal 2014 budget proposals.Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), chairwoman of the full U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations; Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.),

  • Air Force officials announce civilian Reduction in Force

     In a continuing effort to meet the Department of Defense funding targets in the FY12 President's Budget and re-balance the civilian workforce, approximately 60 Air Force installations will implement civilian Reduction in Force authorities effective through about Aug. 23, to assist in the placement

  • DOD 'Scrubbing Money Pot' to Reduce Furloughs, Carter Says

    Pentagon leaders from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on down are looking for ways to reduce the pending civilian employee layoffs known as furloughs, Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter said yesterday.Under the department's current plan, more than 700,000 civilian employees will receive furlough

  • 315th Airlift Wing announces latest quarterly award winners

    Selection boards for Airman, noncommissioned officer, senior NCO, junior officer, field grade officer, and Air Force civilian have announced 315th Airlift Wing winners for the 1st quarter (January - March).Winners are: Airman of the Quarter Senior Airman Joseph Thames, 315th Aircraft Maintenance

  • Air Force restarts tuition assistance

    The Air Force has officially restarted military tuition assistance, effective immediately. The service restarted the program as a result of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013, where Congress called for the MTA program to continue in the current fiscal year. As a

  • VA funding reflects commitment to vets

    Emphasizing that a nation's budget reflects its core priorities, a senior Veterans Affairs Department official said the proposed 10 percent fiscal year 2014 budget increase for VA and the fact that the department is specifically sheltered from sequestration demonstrate America's unwavering

  • 315th FSS gets new commander

    The 315th Force Support Squadron here at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., welcomed a new commander today during an assumption of command ceremony at the Building 60 auditorium.Maj. James A. Rigsbee, who took command of the 315th FSS, succeeding the previous commander Lt. Col. Maureen Robinson, took a

  • FY 14 budget: Sequester puts key Air Force objectives at risk

    Upon release of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2014 budget here April 10, the services' senior leaders said the shadow of sequestration in 2013 and on-going fiscal uncertainty will affect critical programs and objectives for years to come.While Air Force officials have scrambled to minimize impacts on