Maj. Gen. Peggy Poore took command of the Air Force Personnel Center in an Aug. 1 ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. Poore succeeds Maj. Gen. A.J. Stewart, who led AFPC for three years and will retire today after 32 years of service. “We picked the right person, at the right place, at the right time,” Lt. Gen. Darrell Jones, the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services, said during the change of command ceremony. “An organization like this is something a lot of officers grow up wanting to command. We know you are going to…
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Air Force officials are testing a new capability to speed up personnel assistance for deployed airmen, according to Air Force Personnel, Services and Manpower Public Affairs. Personnel Support for Contingency Operations, or PERSCO, teams are being established at deployed locations in U.S. Air Forces Central’s area of responsibility to give airmen access to the Air Force Case Management System. The first deployed team to have access to the system will be located at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. The rest of the teams will be in place by the end of the year. PERSCO teams will coordinate with the…
Chances are if you’re reading this you’re: a) gainfully employed by the U.S. government or draw a pension from the U.S. government; and b) have a few extra bucks to throw around. (And on that latter part, there’s an easy litmus test: You have cable TV? Then you have disposable income.) It’s time to spread some of that dough around. The Air Force is taking part of the Feds Feed Families food-drive campaign, which runs through Aug. 31. The 2,500 folks at Air Force Personnel Center are aiming to raise more than five tons of food and hygiene products. Allow…
