Tell Us: Are you comfortable telling your supervisor and others in your chain of command that you are working too many hours when you include your job, mandatory training, professional military education, PT and your commute to and from work? Have you tried telling your chain of command that you are overworked or you don’t have the staff to supervise all of your airmen? Please email senior writer Jeff Schogol at jschogol@airforcetimes.com or call him at 703-750-7436. Your comments may be used in a story.
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A new petition to the White House is calling on Congress to hold hearings about what U.S. government officials know about the existence of extraterrestrial life. As of Thursday evening, the petition was about 3,500 signatures toward the 100,000 signature threshold required to get a response from the White House. In November 2011, the White House responded to a similar petition by asserting the U.S. government has no evidence that aliens exist, that aliens have visited Earth, or that there is a conspiracy to hide evidence of alien life from the U.S. public. “There are scores of government/agency/political witnesses of…
Our sister publication, Marine Corps Times, has an interesting story today on how power influences justice in the Corps. Check it out here: 3-star: Commandant wanted Marines ‘crushed’ for urination video
Film and military buffs viewed dozens of movies about military life and culture at the sixth annual GI Film Festival in Washington, D.C., which wrapped up May 20. A rundown of the critics’ favorites, and their trailers: Best Narrative Feature: “Memorial Day,” directed by Sam Fischer WATCH THE VIDEO HERE In this fictional narrative, Kyle is about to return to combat in Iraq, and he’s explaining to a doctor why he’s so compelled to collect souvenirs from the war. When he was a kid, Kyle explains, he approached his grandfather, Bud, with the contents of Bud’s footlocker, which was stuffed…
Just over a year since Congress passed DADT repeal legislation, the OutServe chapter Bagram, Afghanistan has posted its “It Gets Better” video. OutServe is an organization that serves LGBT military personnel and the video is part of a campaign to combat suicide among LGBT teens who are being bullied about their sexuality.
The former commander of U.S. Central Command will lead the Pentagon’s review of how the remains of the nation’s war dead were handled at Dover Port Mortuary. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta asked retired Army Gen. John Abizaid to replace former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona, who recused himself from the position when he decided to run for the Senate, according to a DoD press release. Abizaid, who retired in 2007 after 34 years of service, will chair a panel of medical and funeral-service officials in reviewing the steps Air Force officials took after investigators found “gross mismanagement” at…
