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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

633rd LRS, CES Airmen participate in fuel spill exercise
August 1, 2014 — MORE

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alexis Smith, 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron fire protection crew chief, and Airman 1st Class Scott Kolar, 633rd CES fire protection journeyman, approach a fuel truck during a simulated fuel spill exercise at Langley Air Force Base, Va., July 31, 2014. During the exercise, approximately 1,000 gallons of fuel spilled, initiating response efforts to contain and clean-up the fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubrey White/Released)

Repurpose, reuse, recycle: Langley Airmen keep base environmentally friendly
July 30, 2014 — MORE

Edith Lynn Thompson, U.S. Air Force Hospital Langley housekeeping aid, empties a bag of recyclables into a bin at Langley Air Force Base, Va., July 29, 2014. The recycling is taken out three times daily by different shifts from every department in the hospital. Thompson said there is at least one recyclables can in each office and lobby throughout the hospital. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Devin Scott Michaels)

DBIDS implementation process update
July 29, 2014 — Editor's note: This is an update to a previous article about the implementation of the Defense Biometric Identification System at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.Because certain forms of identification are not compatible with the Defense Biometric Identification System, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sandra Chisholm, 633rd Security Forces... MORE

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Bass, 633rd Security Forces Squadron officer, returns a Common Access Card after scanning it at Langley Air Force Base, Va., July 29, 2014. Due to incompatibility with the Defense Biometric Identification System, retirees with identification cards created before 2003 should visit the Military Personnel Section prior to Jan. 1, 2015, to attain an up-to-date ID card; and contractors with locally-generated badges must visit the VCC for their new IDs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Austin Harvill/Released)

Senate confirms Allyn as Army vice chief
July 29, 2014 — Gen. Daniel B. Allyn has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next vice chief of staff of the Army.The current vice chief, Gen. John F. Campbell, has been confirmed as the next commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan. Campbell has been serving as vice chief of staff of the Army since March 8,... MORE

Gen. Danield B. Allyn has been confirmed as the Army's vice chief of staff. (U.S. Army photo)

Protect yourself from new-to-U.S. virus carried by mosquitoes
July 29, 2014 — A virus called "chikungunya" carried by mosquitoes that are common in the continental United States is likely to appear in locations where Soldiers, Army civilians and their families work and live.The virus, transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito, causes high fever and joint pain, explained public health experts at the U.S. Army Public... MORE

Chikungunya is spread by two species of mosquitoes that are commonly found in the United States, according to entomologists at the U.S. Army Public Health Command. The Aedes aegypti is one mosquito species that can spread the chikungunya virus. (U.S. Army Public Health Command photo)

AF Assistance Fund may not hit 2014 goal
July 29, 2014 — In spite of persistent economic difficulties, active-duty and retired Airmen have contributed more than $6 million to the Air Force Assistance Fund, or AFAF, during this year's fund drive.Although the annual AFAF drive has yet to garner this year's $6.4 million goal, contributions continue to roll in from the 79 assistance fund campaigns around the... MORE

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