MAY 19, 2015, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - The Air Force is introducing several personnel and manpower initiatives to meet increased mission requirements outlined in the fiscal year 2016 President’s Budget. In order to enhance operational and mission capacity in support of combatant commanders, and to maintain readiness, the Air Force is setting a minimum active-duty force … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2015
Researchers Believe Capturing, Processing Brainwaves Will Better Enable Soldiers
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 18, 2015) - Brainwave detection may one day make it easier for Army researchers to train computers to detect threats captured in digital images of the battlefield. Jean Vettel, Ph.D., a neuroscientist with the Army Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, was wearing headgear lined with brain wave-sensing EEG, or … [Read more...]
Air Force Implements Automated Evaluation and Decoration Processing Via myPers
MAY 19, 2015, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - Beginning in May, supervisors of active-duty Airmen will be able to initiate, process, track and sign officer and enlisted evaluations using myPers, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced May 15. Additionally, beginning in June, supervisors of active-duty members will be able to use myPers to initiate and … [Read more...]
Engineers Develop Ballistic Wallpaper to Reinforce Temporary Shelters
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 19, 2015) - Troops often use abandoned masonry, brick or cinderblock structures for defensive purposes instead of building their own or digging foxholes. While these structures offer a degree of protection, they are blast impact from missile or other large projectiles, said Nick Boone, a research mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army Corps … [Read more...]
Attaché Duty Applications for Enlisted Members Due by June
MAY 19, 2015, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - Active-duty staff sergeants through senior master sergeants interested in attaché duty opportunities with international affairs teams around the world must submit their applications by June 15, to be considered. The Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs is accepting … [Read more...]