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  • AFPC podcasts help Airmen understand workforce shaping

    From hiring controls to voluntary separation initiatives, the civilian workforce footprint is changing, and Air Force Personnel Center officials are working to provide easy-to-digest information to the workforce.To help Airmen understand how they are or may be affected by workforce shaping

  • Air Guard, Reserve benefit from off-the-shelf equipment solutions

    By using ideas from recently deployed Airmen and off-the-shelf technology, the reserve components have developed new equipment that saved lives and led to highly successful combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.This streamlined process is speeding high-tech acquisitions and was briefed by Air

  • Airmen mourn fallen uniforms

    Battle dress uniforms, gone. Tan combat boots, gone. These new uniform changes, effective Nov. 1, have received strong responses from Airmen. The BDUs became the standard uniform of the U.S. Air Force in the late '80s and was the first to utilize a camouflage pattern. "There is a hole in my heart

  • Ambassador: National Guard uniquely suited to peacekeeping operations

    The National Guard is playing a critical role supporting desert peacekeepers at a critical moment in the Middle East, the director general of the Multinational Force and Observers said here Sunday.The National Guard is a perfect fit for peacekeeping and stability operations such as the MFO's mission

  • Department reminds troops of member-designated benefits

    In their ongoing review of military benefits in connection with the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Defense Department officials have now identified a total of 14 benefits where members may designate beneficiaries of their choosing, regardless of sexual orientation."We listed eight

  • National Guard Seat

    Backers of the National Guard say it's time for President Barack Obama to make good on his 2008 campaign promise to give the Guard a seat on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Ever since Obama's vow, congressional supporters of the Guard have pushed to pass legislation to add a citizen-soldier representative

  • The Military Retirement System

    In my first blog entry, I discussed the four themes that are important to me as I start my tenure as the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Among them I mention keeping faith with our Military Family. I was recently reminded of the importance of this when I testified before the House Armed

  • Air Force medical leaders gather to discuss future healthcare improvements

    The Air Force Medical Service gathered more than 300 senior healthcare leaders at The National Conference Center Oct. 19 to kick off its annual week-long workshop to discuss the continued transformation of military healthcare and find ways to improve the overall patient experience.Senior leaders

  • For Which It Stands

    The flag of the United States of America is one of the most recognizable symbols of our Nation. People from other nations across the world know our flag when they see it. Most of us grew up in a home where our parents, grandparents or neighbors flew the flag. Now we are grown up, and many of us

  • Engine Failure Cause of June F-16 Fighter Crash

    The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board released Tuesday that engine failure caused a Wisconsin Air National Guard fighter jet to crash in Adams County in early June.An F-16 assigned to the Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing in Madison crashed into an