Nov. 24, 2014 Changes coming to officer board documents Changes are coming to the advanced academic degree and developmental education information visible on officer selection briefs for promotion boards.Beginning Dec. 1, advanced academic degree information for line officers will be masked for promotion selection boards below the grade of
Nov. 24, 2014 President Announces Hagel’s Resignation as Defense Secretary Praising Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's "class and integrity," President Barack Obama announced Nov. 24 at the White House that Hagel will leave his post.The president said Hagel has agreed to remain in his position until a successor is nominated and confirmed. For that, Obama said, he is
Nov. 24, 2014 Work Explains Strategy Behind Innovation Initiative The Defense Innovation Initiative will help to develop more innovative leaders and identify new operational concepts, but sequestration is still "a problem we need to address as a nation," Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said Nov. 23.Work discussed the new initiative on Gannett's "DefenseNews With
Nov. 18, 2014 First 90 returnees enter controlled monitoring period after Ebola response U.S. service members arrived at Joint Base Langley-Eustis' Langley Transit Center Nov. 13 to begin a 21-day controlled monitoring period prior to returning to their home stations.The group of 90 service members, which included Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, returned from supporting Operation
Nov. 18, 2014 Three local O-5 Reservists selected to attend senior development education courses Three lieutenant colonels from the 315th Airlift Wing were named this week in the 2014B Reserve School Selection Board results to attend in-residence Senior Development Education Courses in 2015-2016. The selectees are:Army War College · Lt. Col. Jeffrey Prindle, 315th Maintenance Group deputy
Nov. 17, 2014 Fiscal Crisis, Threats Test DoD Strategy, Readiness The threat of sequestration and an era that has produced simultaneous global crises is challenging future military readiness and may prompt Defense Department leaders to rethink core strategies going forward, senior DoD civilian and military officials said yesterday.Undersecretary of Defense for
Nov. 13, 2014 Liberia is Making Progress Against Ebola but Cases Continue New U.S.-funded Ebola treatment units and diagnostic laboratories are stoking progress on the ground in Liberia, but new cases of Ebola arise daily, U.S. officials reported Nov. 12 during a teleconference from the Liberian capital, Monrovia.Army Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, Operation United Assistance
Nov. 13, 2014 DoD Brings Unique Capabilities to Ebola Response Mission, Official Says The Department of Defense is playing a unique role in the United States' comprehensive Ebola response efforts, the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict told Congress Nov. 12.Those efforts are a "national security priority in response to a global threat,"
Nov. 12, 2014 Senior leaders, Airmen gather to focus on mobility mission More than 1,400 Air Force senior leaders and Airmen from across the mobility enterprise attended the 2014 Airlift/Tanker Association and Air Mobility Command Symposium from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2 in Nashville, Tennessee.The symposium gathered total-force Airmen and civilians, community leaders, and
Nov. 12, 2014 Air Force updates AF Instruction 1-1 Air Force officials approved Air Force Instruction 1-1, Air Force Standards, Nov. 7, to clarify guidance on Airmen's religious rights and commanders' authority and responsibility to protect those rights.The changes come as a result of a Religious Freedom "Focus Day" earlier this year when leaders in