Oct. 6, 2020 AF Reserve Tuition Assistance Update Department of the Air Force officials recently announced a reduction in tuition assistance benefits from $4,500 to $3,750 per fiscal year. This change, however, applies only to the military tuition assistance program (MilTA) and does not impact the Reserve tuition assistance program (ResTA).
Oct. 2, 2020 Air Force Recruiting makes goal for FY20 JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- Despite challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Air Force Recruiting Service had a successful fiscal 2020 making adjusted recruitment goals and achieving new milestones for the year.The regular Air Force accessed 26,268 non-prior service enlisted Airmen, as
Oct. 1, 2020 15th Wing hosts COMPACAF The Sky Warriors welcomed Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, and his wife, Cindy Wilsbach, with much aloha Sept. 28.
Sept. 28, 2020 Operation Deep Freeze kicks off 2020-2021 main season The U.S. military kicked off the 2020-2021 season of Operation DEEP FREEZE (ODF), when a U.S. Air Force Globemaster III, assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., completed three winter fly-in, or WinFly missions, to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, a key research and operations facility for the
Sept. 18, 2020 Celebrating 73 years of US Air Force legacy The National Security Act of 1947 was implemented Sept.18 giving birth to a brand new military branch of service, the United States Air Force.President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 on July 26, 1947, and this act officially set in motion the establishment of the U.S. Air
Sept. 16, 2020 Department of the Air Force pushes fitness testing to Jan. 1 Official physical fitness assessments across the Department of the Air Force will resume Jan. 1, 2021, officials announced Sept. 16.
Sept. 15, 2020 Citizen Airmen in Pacific promote mental, physical resilience September is Suicide Awareness Month, and the 624th Regional Support Group in Hawaii and Guam took this opportunity during the unit’s Unit Training Assembly Sept. 12-13 to focus on this topic and resiliency.The purpose of a resilience tactical pause is to take time out during the normal routine to
Sept. 15, 2020 Voting Becomes Easier for the Mobile Military Life As a guardian of our nation, you protect the American way of life. The Federal Voting Assistance Program is here to ensure you and your family are able to exercise your right to vote.
Sept. 11, 2020 DOD educates military service members, civilian employees on Social Security Payroll Tax Deferral In order to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Presidential Memorandum was issued on August 8, 2020, followed by Internal Revenue Service guidance issued on August 28, 2020, to temporarily defer the withholding of Social Security taxes for certain individuals beginning September 1, 2020
Sept. 11, 2020 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command forces come together for Valiant Shield 2020 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command forces are participating in exercise Valiant Shield (VS), Sept. 14-25, on Guam and around the MarianaIslands Range Complex.