March 18, 2019 Shift Happens: Green Dot aims to change culture Since it’s 2016 roll-out, Green Dot has been used by commands across the Air Force as part of a strategy to decrease interpersonal violence across the service. With the initial goal of teaching avenues of response, Green Dot has encouraged thousands to intervene and respond during high-risk
March 13, 2019 Air Force’s fiscal 2020 budget focuses on modernization, readiness, confronting global threats The Air Force’s budget would rise to $165 billion in fiscal year 2020 under the White House spending plan unveiled March 12, a $10 billion increase that allows the service to grow, modernize and effectively adapt to an array of changing global threats.
March 5, 2019 Training for any mission, any environment More than 40 Citizen Airmen from the 154th Wing, 313th Airlift Squadron and 624th Regional Support Group conducted joint aeromedical staging and aerial port training here March 3 in order to build relationships and train for future real-world missions.The event was a collaborative effort between the
March 1, 2019 AUAB power projection: En Route Patient Staging Facility Patients across U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility who require various degrees of medical treatment often find their way to Al Udeid, where they are met with open arms from Airmen of the 379th Expeditionary Medical Support Squadron’s En Route Patient Staging Facility. Medics from the ERPS
Feb. 26, 2019 New guidance for travel to Mexico The United States Army North Force Protection division has new guidelines regarding travel to Mexico to ensure that our service members are kept safe.
Feb. 25, 2019 Air Force Reserve senior leaders visit deployed ADAB members U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Ericka Kelly, command chief of AFRC, visited deployed Air Force active duty, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve personnel at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 13, 2019.
Feb. 21, 2019 COPE North Airmen demonstrate agility during Typhoon Wutip evacuation COPE North 2019 paused Feb. 22 as a precautionary measure due to hazardous conditions and potentially damaging winds caused by Typhoon Wutip.
Feb. 20, 2019 Air Force formalizes policy on retention of non-deployable Airmen In accordance with Department of Defense policy on military retention of non-deployable service members, the Air Force implemented its guidance in a memo signed Feb. 19. Airmen who have been non-deployable for more than 12 consecutive months will be notified by their chain of command and evaluated
Feb. 12, 2019 Chief of Air Force Reserve approves changes to the Active Guard Reserve program Over the next three fiscal years, the AGR program will grow from 20 percent of Reserve full-time support to 26 percent. Therefore, the Human Capital Management Leadership Team was tasked to review current laws, policies and processes of AGR management to support the growth of the program and provide
Feb. 8, 2019 Air Force Reserve simplifies, assembles emergency preparedness resources The Air Force Reserve Command at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, recently simplified access and assembled emergency preparedness resources into one location on the Air Force Reserve Command website.This effort provides Reserve Citizen Airmen with a variety of online emergency preparedness tools,