Dec. 11, 2013 AF announces additional force management programs to reduce force size Air Force leaders announced force management programs Dec. 11 designed to reduce the force by thousands of Airmen over the next five years as a result of sequestration.Fiscal 2014 force management initiatives are in addition to the announcement made in July, stating the Air Force will implement
Dec. 11, 2013 DOD officials order disability board results review Some Airmen who met a medical or physical disability evaluation board between Sept. 11, 2001 and April 30, 2012 prior to separating from the Air Force may be eligible for re-evaluation, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.When defense officials learned some diagnoses had been changed during
Dec. 11, 2013 Wing announces 4th quarter award winners The selection boards for the Airman, Noncommissioned Officer, Senior Noncommissioned Officer, Junior Officer, and Field Grade Officer selected the following winners for October to December 2013: - Airman of the Quarter, Senior Airman Casey Griffin, 701st Airlift Squadron - NCO of the Quarter, Tech.
Dec. 8, 2013 Santa visits 315 AW airmen, families Airmen and their families gathered on the flight line here Saturday afternoon waiting for Santa's arrival aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and an opportunity for the children to tell him what they want for Christmas.This year marks the fifth anniversary for the Santa flight bringing more than
Dec. 6, 2013 VA Warns of Marketing Scam The Department of Veterans Affairs recently posted an alert on its Facebook page warning of a marketing scam targeting veterans.A marketing company has purchased telephone numbers that differ by one digit from the VA's national call center and the GI Bill call center. Callers who misdial and reach
Dec. 5, 2013 Pentagon Reductions ‘First Step’ in Realigning Defense Spending, Hagel Says The Defense Department's senior leaders announced changes today in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Staff designed to save money and better align the department's structures and resources. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Dec. 3, 2013 Reserve Components' Yellow Ribbon Program Remains Vital A program that has helped ease the post-deployment process for thousands of Guard and reserve members and their families in recent years will remain vital even after combat operations wind down in Afghanistan, a senior defense official who helped establish it told American Forces Press Service.The
Dec. 2, 2013 AF implements new personnel policies as it prepares to get smaller The Air Force will implement new personnel policies to posture for future force management programs as it prepares to become smaller, officials announced today.In the absence of Congressional direction to mitigate the impact of sequestration, the Air Force must proceed with changes to personnel
Nov. 26, 2013 Welsh: Budget Woes Force Cuts to Some Base Facilities In this time of sequestration, the Air Force must focus on its primary mission of being able to fight and win the nation's wars, Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, the Air Force chief of staff, said here yesterday.Family programs that support that mission will receive funding, but "nice-to-have" facilities
Nov. 25, 2013 Pentagon Official Says DOD Needs More BRAC The Defense Department is again asking Congress to allow it to use a tool that would help alleviate draconian budget cuts possible under sequestration: the base realignment and closure process.The latest call came from Frank Kendall, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and