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ACC commander: Readiness key to America's combat power
August 4, 2014 — Maintaining combat mission readiness in the midst of sequestration and budget cuts is a top concern for Air Combat Command and its commander Gen. Mike Hostage. The general drove those points home during remarks to members of the Air Force Association and the media during AFA's monthly senior leader breakfast July 29, in Arlington, Virginia... MORE

Aug. 1 - Pulse on AF force management
August 4, 2014 — Featured in this force management update are details regarding civilian force management program expansions, ongoing officer force shaping boards and the upcoming reduction in force board.Civilian force management - voluntary early retirement authority/voluntary separation incentive payThe VERA/VSIP Round IV survey window opened July 21 and... MORE

Security forces ensure base defense
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Walter Stiles, 633rd Security Forces Squadron response force leader, receives a dispatch from the Base Defense Operations Center at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Aug. 1, 2014. Security forces Airmen guard aircraft and specialized weapons and provide police functions, including traffic safety and detaining suspects. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Connor Estes/Released)

Investment in education needed, says vice
August 1, 2014 — America ranking 19th worldwide in math, reading and science is a national security issue, said the Army's vice chief of staff.Gen. John F. Campbell spoke Tuesday afternoon at the National Training Seminar of the Military Child Education Coalition. He was referring to an international assessment that measures the performance of 15-year-old students... MORE

Army investigators warn public about romance scams
August 1, 2014 — Special Agents from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, commonly known as CID, are once again warning internet users worldwide about cyber criminals involved in an online crime that CID has dubbed "the Romance Scam." CID special agents continue to receive numerous reports from victims located around the world regarding various scams of... MORE

Army statement on the Operational Camouflage Uniform
August 1, 2014 — The Army has selected a pattern as its base combat uniform camouflage pattern. The Army has confirmed through testing that the pattern would offer exceptional concealment, which directly enhances force protection and survivability for Soldiers. The Army is naming the pattern the Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP) to emphasize that the pattern's... MORE

Air Force to change enlisted evaluations, promotions
August 1, 2014 — Air Force officials announced a series of sweeping changes to the Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System July 31.The changes are intended to ensure the Air Force truly makes job performance the driving factor and will be implemented incrementally beginning in August 2014 and continuing through early 2016. Additional... MORE

James: Air Force grapples with Congress to fund readiness
August 1, 2014 — To balance readiness today and modernization tomorrow, the Air Force's fiscal year 2015 budget request is shrinking like today's defense budget thanks to Congress's own priorities and the approaching threat of sequestration in 2016, Air Force leaders said July 30.Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A... MORE

Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III answer questions during their "State of the Air Force" message during a Pentagon press conference July 30, 2014. They unveiled the Air Force's strategy, "America's Air Force: A call to the Future." (U.S. Air Force photo by Scott M. Ash)

AF implements career intermission pilot program
August 1, 2014 — Up to 40 active-duty, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard officers and enlisted members who meet eligibility requirements will be offered between one and three years of partially-paid time out of uniform to focus on personal and professional pursuits under the Career Intermission Pilot Program, or CIPP, Air Force officials announced July 30.In... MORE

Strategic agility is the future of the Air Force
August 1, 2014 — As the Air Force prepares for new challenges and opportunities of the coming decades, it faces sobering 21st-century realities: global centers of power have become more distributed and the terrorism threat more dispersed. Most importantly, the emerging environment is demonstrating a trend that could prove to be the defining one of current times:... MORE

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