September 28, 2012 By Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr. American Forces Press Service The Defense Department is working with airlines to implement a new flight cancellation policy that will affect air travel for temporary duty travelers. Andrea Carlock, chief of the program management branch, which serves as part of the Defense Travel Management Office, discussed … [Read more...]
Job Reservation Program Continues Through FY13
By Debbie Gildea Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs 9/28/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- The Air Force career job reservation program will continue through fiscal year 2013, with more than 1,000 Airmen from 30 career fields likely to be affected, Air Force officials announced today. The CJR program is implemented to help control the number of … [Read more...]
Air Force Training Visits the Navy’s Only Boot Camp
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (NNS) -- Air Force training met Navy training when commanders from the Air Force's Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, and Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., visited Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy's only boot camp, Sept. 25. Gen. Edward A. Rice, Jr., commander, Air Education and Training Command (AETC), was part of the visiting group of Air Force training … [Read more...]
Marine Corps Changes Their Deployment Training
September 28, 2012 Since 2001, the Combat Center has provided comprehensive and collaborative training for combat operations in the Middle East. Training exercises have evolved from the Combined Arms Exercise to what is known today as Enhanced Mojave Viper. As the demands of war have evolved, so has training. The Corps is taking a new step in training evolutions and … [Read more...]
DoD/POW Identifies Airman missing from WWII
9/28/2012 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Samuel E. Lunday, of Marianna, Fla., will be buried Sept. 28 at Arlington … [Read more...]