May 8, 2014, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - The Air Force will convene a fiscal year 2015 force management reduction in force board Oct. 1, 2014, to evaluate some captains and majors for continued retention, Air Force Personnel Center officials said May 6. The RIF, combined with voluntary separation pay program and temporary early retirement authority … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2014
New Manual to Shift Army Aviation Focus to Air-Ground
NASHVILLE (Army News Service, May 8, 2014) - A completely rewritten field manual for Army aviation, now in development, will be published in about a year. Field Manual 3-04 will reflect a strategic shift to air-ground operations. That's a "big shift," according to Brig. Gen. Michael Lundy, commander, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker, Ala. Lundy spoke … [Read more...]
DOD Values Civilian Employees’ Contributions
May 8, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - The Defense Department greatly appreciates the contributions of its civilian employees as it works toward achieving more efficiency across the workforce, a senior personnel official told a Senate homeland security and governmental affairs panel May 6. Paige Hinkle-Bowles, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for civilian personnel … [Read more...]
Mental Health Care Services Connect to Serve More Efficiently
May 7, 2014, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort - Headquarters Marine Corps mandated a stand-alone case management system to help track mental health care from non-medical services in Marine Administrative Message 219/14, April 25. These changes mean more effective care for patients through strong connections between the myriad of mental health resources. “It’s … [Read more...]
Tablet Technology to Aid Maintenance Airmen
May 7, 2014, SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (AFNS) - A 10-member pilot test team assigned to Air Combat Command’s directorate of logistics set up shop at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., April 28, to work with 20th Maintenance Group Airmen testing the use of iPads to view maintenance technical orders. Senior Master Sgt. Ed Dierkens is the noncommissioned officer in charge of the … [Read more...]