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  • Changes to academic degree and developmental education expectations

    Air Force officials announced actions designed to set clear expectations, restore Airmen's time and refocus officer promotions on job performance.The Air Force has addressed long-standing perceptions that to be promoted, officers must complete an advanced academic degree, and those officers selected

  • Career intermission accessible to officers, enlisted

    Beginning Aug. 15, up to 40 active-duty, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard officers and enlisted members may apply for a transition to the Individual Ready Reserve to focus on personal and professional pursuits under the Career Intermission Pilot Program, or CIPP, Air Force officials

  • Service members receiving RAND military workplace survey

    About 580,000 service members have begun receiving emails or letters inviting them to participate in the first RAND Military Workplace Study, Defense Department officials said.Active and reserve component members in all military branches and the Coast Guard are being invited to participate."The

  • Aug. 15 -- Pulse on AF force management

    Featured in this force management update are details regarding changes to the reduction in force board eligibility, enlisted retention and force shaping board results and the ongoing civilian force management programs.Reduction in force boardBased on voluntary losses, the Air Force no longer needs

  • Nominations open for 66th Annual Arthur S. Flemming Award

    Air Force officials are accepting nominations for the 66th Annual Arthur S. Flemming Award.The award is sponsored by George Washington University in conjunction with the Arthur S. Flemming Awards Commission. It honors outstanding federal employees who have made significant and extraordinary

  • Defense Health Agency makes progress

    As the Defense Health Agency approaches its one-year anniversary Oct. 1, it has already saved money and standardized health care in the Defense Department, said Dr. Jonathan Woodson, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs."The new medical agency was set up to establish common business

  • Voting now open for American Airman Video Contest

    Voting for the 2014 American Airman Video Contest is now open and runs until Aug. 22 at 3 p.m. CDT.The contest launched July 1 for all total force Airmen to showcase their Air Force stories in short selfie videos."Every Airman has a story -- and smartphone technology now allows those Airmen to share

  • Tobacco use harms military readiness, official says

    Because tobacco use is harmful to military readiness, the Defense Department has an added responsibility to curb its use, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs said today, noting that service members are more likely to use tobacco products than civilians.Tobacco use can lead to

  • Air Force Marathon seeks more volunteers

    The Air Force Marathon is still in need of volunteers to assist with the upcoming race, the desired number of volunteers is 2,300, according to Jeanette Monaghan, the Air Force Marathon volunteer coordinator."Volunteers are vital to the success of the marathon," Monaghan said. "They do everything