New EPR could drop number ratings
The Air Force is considering dropping numerical performance ratings as part of a major upcoming overhaul of enlisted airmen's evaluations.
View Article600 seek help of new victims counselors
Air Force attorneys assigned to allegedvictims of sexual assault represented nearly 600 airmen within the first 11 months of the program's January 2013 launch, the service reported.
View ArticleBring on the Strykers;1st BCT, 4th ID switches mission
The 4th Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team will become a Stryker brigade, the Army announced Wednesday.
View ArticleSenate bill would restore COLA reduction for military retirees
The Senate is poised to consider a massive veterans bill that not only would improve education, health and employment benefits for former troops, it would restore the cost-of-living adjustment...
View ArticleReligious exemptions for troops easier to request under new rules
The Pentagon on Wednesday announced new rules that make it easier for troops to request religious exemptions from uniform rules, grooming standards and other military policies.
View ArticleJudge orders media to turn over interviews in Naval Academy sex assault case
A military judge has ordered the release of un-aired portions of interviews that CBS and CNN conducted with a woman at the center of a sexual assault case that involved three U.S. Naval Academy...
View ArticleArmy aviation leaders conduct delicate balancing act
Leaders in the Army say they can meet 'about 80 percent' of the aerial scout mission over the next several years by using a mix of Apache helicopters teamed with a variety of unmanned aircraft, while...
View ArticleLuke AFB expected to get its first F-35 soon
Luke Air Force Base expects to get its first F-35 in the near future.
View Article'Death Road' blocks Afghan minority from homeland
Maps refer to it as part of the Kabul-Behsud Highway. Motorists call it Death Road.
View ArticleMilitary pulls MRI machines for treating troops from war zone
Advanced brain imaging machines sent to Afghanistan in 2011 at the urging of Adm. Mike Mullen when he was the Pentagon's top military officer have since been quietly dismantled.
View ArticleU.S. commander predicts more Afghan suicide attacks
The second-ranking U.S. military commander in Afghanistan is predicting more violence like the assault last week on a Kabul restaurant that was the deadliest single attack against foreign civilians in...
View ArticlePACOM chief concerned over Japan-China tension
The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said Thursday the tensions between China and Japan are likely to grow unless they talk to each other.
View ArticlePolice ID Holloman airmen killed in car crash
The identities of three Holloman Air Force Base airmen killed in a single-vehicle rollover accident are now being released.
View ArticleBoard targets colonels for early retirement
Colonels who are pilots, combat systems officers, special tactics officers, intelligence officers, among other career fields, could be retired under a broadened selective early retirement board the Air...
View ArticlePolice identify 3 Holloman airmen killed in car crash
Police identified three airmen from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., who were killed Tuesday morning in a car crash.
View ArticleFort Hood deaths likely a murder suicide
The man and two children who were found dead Tuesday in an on-post residence at Fort Hood, Texas, are believed to have died in a murder-suicide, officials said Wednesday.
View ArticleReady to get out? Army ramps up transition help
Regulations require that separating soldiers receive transition services no later than one year before departing active duty, but Army is moving toward a strategy that will initiate those services much...
View ArticleArmy announces sergeant, staff sergeant promotions
These soldiers will be promoted to sergeant or staff sergeant in February, Army officials announced Thursday. They can expect to be promoted as of Feb. 1:
View ArticleCorps developing a quick-strike force in Middle East
The Marine Corps is developing plans to establish a contingency force that will be based in the Middle East and be capable of responding to crises throughout the troubled region.
View ArticleOdierno: Ground Combat Vehicle is dead (for now)
If the omnibus budget bill that President Obama signed earlier this month didn't already make it clear, the Army's Ground Combat Vehicle program is all but dead.
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