MAY 22, 2019 - Two years and nine days since becoming the 24th Secretary of the Air Force, Heather Wilson bid a formal farewell, May 21, to the institution and its Airmen, expressing gratitude for the opportunity to serve and declaring, “I will always be an Airman.” “I lived a blessed life,” Wilson said in a 15-minute speech which reflected on her tenure as the Air Force’s … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2019
Tuition Assistance and Navy College Program Policy Updates Announced
MAY 22, 2019 - Navy announced changes to Tuition Assistance (TA) and Navy College Program for Afloat College Education (NCPACE) program management May 21, in NAVADMIN 114/19. Beginning Oct. 1, 2019, enlisted Sailors and officers must complete a minimum of two years of service before becoming eligible to use TA or NCPACE instructor-led or Distance Learning (DL) courses. This … [Read more...]
Army-funded Research Boosts Memory of AI Systems
MAY 21, 2019 - A project of the U.S. Army has developed a new framework for deep neural networks that allows artificial intelligence systems to better learn new tasks while forgetting less of what they have learned in previous tasks. The North Carolina State University researchers, funded by the Army, have also demonstrated that using the framework to learn a new task can … [Read more...]
Army to Conduct Assessment of Alternate ACFT Events
MAY 21, 2019 - Following successful initial field testing, Army senior leaders have approved the development of alternate Army Combat Fitness Test assessments for selected Soldiers with permanent profiles that prevent full participation in the six-event test. Although final determination of standards will not be completed until Oct. 1, 2019, the Army's lead for development … [Read more...]
Air Force Advancing Wearable Human-Monitoring Technology
MAY 20, 2019 - Through an industry-academia partnership and a recently-released request for proposals, the Air Force Research Laboratory is looking to advance human-monitoring research and development for the future warfighter. The request for proposals, announced May 6, 2019, targets projects designed to accelerate innovations in health monitoring, diagnostics, and … [Read more...]