JUNE 25, 2024 - The Air Force and Space Force have completed the annual review of special duty assignment pay for enlisted members and established new guidelines to support a quadrennial SDAP board process. The SDAP board has transitioned to having a board every four years, rather than annually. The change is intended to stabilize the budget for Airmen and Guardians … [Read more...]
DoD Raising Awareness of Avenues for Public Service
JUNE 25, 2024 - The Defense Department is actively working to raise the public's awareness of opportunities to serve their country both in military and civilian capacities, according to DOD's top two leaders for personnel and readiness. Ashish S. Vazirani, performing the duties of undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, and Shawn G. Skelly, who is performing … [Read more...]
DoD Warrior Games are Back!
JUNE 24, 2024 - The Department of Defense Warrior Games officially began today and will run through June 30, 2024, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida. U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command is the host for this year’s event that features hundreds of wounded, ill, and injured active duty and veteran service members, … [Read more...]
i5 Space Expands to 1K Members Nationwide
JUNE 24, 2024 - A space policy and strategy club founded at the U.S. Air Force Academy has expanded to a nationwide organization with over 1,000 members at dozens of U.S. Air Force ROTC detachments. Originally called the Institute for Applied Space Policy in Strategy in 2021, the club was rebranded i5 Space a year later. It now has almost 70 host detachments across the … [Read more...]
Guard’s Fighter Wing Hosts Partner Cyprus
1st. Sgt. Akakios Pelekanos, right, and 1st. Lt. Andreas Pavlou, both 70th Combat Engineer Battalion of the National Guard of the Republic of Cyprus explosive ordnance disposal team technicians, prepare small explosive charges for detonation June 11, 2024, at the Warren Grove Gunnery Range, Warren Grove, New Jersey. The Cypriot national guardsmen and the 177th Civil Engineers … [Read more...]