6/18/2013 - HOUSTON (AFNS) -- NASA officials selected an Airman as one of the eight military and civilian candidates to become an astronaut trainee. After a 1 ½ year search, officials chose Lt. Col. Tyler N. Hague, the Department of Defense deputy chief of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, out of more than 6,100 applicants. Hague is a graduate of … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2013
New Professional Development Guide Available
6/18/2013 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) -- The new Professional Development Guide, or PDG, AFPAM 36-2241, is now available at www.e-publishing.af.mil. Printed guides will be distributed to all promotion-eligible active duty Airmen in the grades of E-4 through E-8 and airmen first class with at least two years in service. Base and unit Weighted Airman … [Read more...]
Website Allows Units to Claim Repurposed Supplies to Save Money
6/18/2013 - RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AFNS) -- Units in U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa now have the ability to obtain equipment and supplies for free through the command's Business Transformation Office Airmen's List SharePoint site. The site, accessible through the USAFE Portal, allows unit representatives to post equipment or supply items no longer needed for … [Read more...]
U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Information and Communications Technology Security
Recognizing the extraordinary growth in the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs), the United States and the Russian Federation have engaged in dialogue over the past two years on international security in this new and crucial area. Our two nations now are leading the way in extending traditional transparency and confidence-building measures to reduce the … [Read more...]
United States and the Russian Federation Sign New Bilateral Framework on Threat Reduction
On June 14, the United States and the Russian Federation signed a new bilateral framework on threat reduction that reinforces our longstanding partnership on nonproliferation. This new framework builds upon the success of the 1992 Agreement between the United States of America and the Russian Federation Concerning the Safe and Secure Transportation, Storage and Destruction of … [Read more...]