June 3, 2021 DOD Officials Testify on Defense Environmental Restoration Program Defense officials recently provided testimony at a virtual House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing on the defense environmental restoration program, also known as DERP.
June 1, 2021 Airman’s Foundational Competencies: An Air Force Initiative In this episode of The Air Force Starts Here podcast, we explore the Airman’s Foundational Competencies. The Air Force has identified 24 Airman’s foundational competencies for all Airmen, as part of a systematic competency-based approach to develop the force. In to episode 51 of "The Air Force
May 26, 2021 Air Force releases updated fitness test score breakdown Without the waist measurement as a scored component, push-ups and sit-ups will increase from 10 to 20 points each, while the 1.5-mile run will remain at 60 points. Scoring will fall into five-year age groups, as opposed to the previous 10.
May 25, 2021 Multi-unit maintainer workshop pools expertise The 315th Maintenance Group hosted its first maintenance resource workshop involving a dozen bases between units from Air Force Reserve Command and the National Guard, May 12 to 13, at the North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, South Carolina. The 315 resource workshop brought the units
May 22, 2021 Aerial Port of the Future initiative comes to Exercise Mobility Guardian Among the many innovation ideas and collaborative efforts taking place behind scenes of Exercise Mobility Guardian 2021 is the initiative, Aerial Port of the Future.
May 20, 2021 DOD Seeing Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccination Rates, Health Leaders Say As of today, the Defense Department has administered over 3.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to eligible DOD personnel, with 58% of active duty members having had at least one dose and 44% fully vaccinated, DOD health leaders said.
May 20, 2021 Summer Safety & Health A message from the Acting Secretary of the Air Force John P. Roth about summer safety & health.
May 20, 2021 Wing Top Three offering scholarships The 315th Airlift Wing Top Three Association is offering two $2,500 scholarships for eligible, enlisted Reservists at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. The association’s scholarship, named after former wing member Senior Master Sgt. George Counts, is a memorial scholarship set up to assist
May 19, 2021 Scobee highlights Reserve contributions during Senate hearing Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve, and his counterparts from the Marines, Army, Navy and National Guard testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Defense during a hearing May 18.
May 18, 2021 DAF releases update on telework, remote work guidance The DAF guidance memorandum, DoDI1035.01_DAFI 36-816 Telework Program, provides necessary clarification and expands the Department’s use of telework and remote work based on current lessons learned, pending a comprehensive review of the Department of the Air Force telework program.