MARCH 18, 2021 - Headquarters Air Force ROTC has reduced the number of years enlisted cadre serve at detachments from four to three years. Effective March 1, the reduction aligns the tour length with those of other special duty assignments, such as military training instructors and leaders, stateside enlisted professional military education instructors and technical training … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2021
Marines Deploy Tents to Support Command and Control Missions
MARCH 18, 2021 - Marine Corps Systems Command recently fielded sturdy, spacious tents, fulfilling an Urgent Universal Need Statement during the COVID-19 pandemic to support command and control missions. In September 2020, MCSC acquired a pair of Command Platform Airbeam Tents—a mobile shelter constructed using beams of compressed air—after receiving a U-UNS from II Marine … [Read more...]
Air Force Offers 1,300-Plus Summer Jobs for Students
MARCH 18, 2021 - More than 1,300 students will get an opportunity to develop and hone their skills under the Department of the Air Force’s flagship summer-hire program. The 2021 Summer Hire Employment Program provides students in high school, college, trade school, vocational school and other qualifying educational programs with opportunities to work in federal departments … [Read more...]
Army Continues Greatest Transformation in the Past 40 Years
MARCH 18, 2021 - The Army is in the middle of the most significant transformation in the past four decades, as the service continues to advance initiatives to support personnel under the Army People Strategy, all while maintaining critical modernization priorities to bolster joint multi-domain operations. In the coming weeks, an update will be released to expand on the … [Read more...]
DoD Working With Norway to Develop High-Speed Propulsion Technologies
MARCH 18, 2021 - The Defense Department and the Norwegian Ministry of Defense jointly announced in April that they will partner on the development of an advanced solid fuel ramjet that could find use in supersonic and hypersonic weaponry. The Tactical High-speed Offensive Ramjet for Extended Range, or THOR-ER, involves research by the U.S. Navy's Naval Air Warfare Center … [Read more...]