March 13, 2014, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO - RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - Eligible line officers interested in 2015 command opportunities must complete and submit senior rater endorsed statements of intent to the Air Force Personnel Center in time to meet the April 18 deadline, AFPC officials said. Development teams from various Air Force specialties will convene between May and … [Read more...]

March 13, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - With the Air Force making every dollar count, the fiscal year 2015 President’s Budget request was presented to the Air Force Association by Maj. Gen. James Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller deputy assistant secretary for budget, March 11, during the association’s monthly … [Read more...]

March 13, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Late last week, Air Force officials initiated a strategic pause to all force management programs to fully evaluate potential changes to the timing, composition and eligibility criteria for each program based on budget adjustments and early lessons learned. “Complex strategies are rarely perfect from their inception but evolve as new … [Read more...]

March 10, 2014, ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (AFNS) - Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody and their spouses, Betty and Athena, spent two days here to tour the installation and meet Airmen and their families March 5 and 6. Welsh also served as keynote speaker at the Altus Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet in the … [Read more...]

03/07/2014, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) -- Two free mobile applications produced by the Center of Excellence for Medical Multimedia, or CEMM, are now available for Airmen and all military health system beneficiaries. The CEMM Virtual Medical Center app and a pregnancy app called "My Pregnancy A to Z Journal" are available for free download from the iTunes … [Read more...]