JUNE 22, 2020 - The Department of the Air Force welcomed its first group of privatized housing resident advocates June 15 with a clear mandate: rebuild trust in the privatized housing program. The Air Force established the RA positions as part of a sweeping effort to improve privatized housing customer service and quality. Sixty new resident advocates will be hired in the … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2020
Deployed Soldiers Graduate From Basic Leaders Course
JUNE 22, 2020 - Even a pandemic like COVID-19 cannot stop the Army from developing and training its future enlisted leaders, and the Emergency Basic Leaders Course in Kuwait made sure of that. Deployed soldiers in the next generation of Army enlisted leaders were able to complete the Basic Leaders Course in Kuwait without having to go back to the United States for classes or … [Read more...]
National Guard Airlifts ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Out of Alaska Wilderness
JUNE 20, 2020 - A 1940s-era bus featured in the book and movie, "Into the Wild," was extracted from the Stampede Trail west of the Teklanika River by the Alaska National Guard June 18. In a coordinated effort with the Department of Natural Resources, 12 Alaska Army National Guardsmen assigned to 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, airlifted the abandoned bus to a secure … [Read more...]
Former USS Theodore Roosevelt Commander Will Not Be Reinstated
JUNE 20, 2020 - Following the release of a report into the events surrounding an outbreak of COVID-19 on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Navy Capt. Brett E. Crozier, the ship's former commander, will not be reinstated, Navy Adm. Michael M. Gilday, chief of naval operations said at a Pentagon news conference. Based on facts found in the report, which Gilday and … [Read more...]
SMA Takes to Social Media, Addresses ACFT 2.0 Concerns
JUNE 19, 2020 - A day after publishing the new Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT 2.0, Army leaders jumped on social media to directly answer questions about it, and how it may impact Soldiers during a virtual town hall Tuesday on Facebook. More than 270,000 viewers from around the globe streamed the live event, as Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael A. Grinston, along with a panel … [Read more...]