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Master sergeant promotion boards –this week's Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on September 9, 2013 Air Force, Leadership, PME, Promotions, sexual assaults, UCMJ, Uncategorized

Facing the need to retain quality airmen as it gets smaller, the Air Force is considering holding promotion boards for technical sergeants who want to advance to master sergeant. In this week’s Air Force Times, we explain why the Air Force thinks holding boards for master sergeant would be a good move and when it might be implemented. Also this week: The Air Force is giving senior noncommissioned officers until Nov. 30 to finish version 5 of Course 14 before it implements a new distance learning course for NCOs about to enter the Senior NCO Academy. We explain the change…

Master sergeant promotion boards –this week’s Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on September 9, 2013 Air Force, Leadership, PME, Promotions, sexual assaults, UCMJ, Uncategorized

New tuition assistance rules — this week's Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on September 3, 2013 Afghanistan, Air Combat Command, Air Force, PT, Tape test, UCMJ, Uncategorized, Waist measurement

Starting Oct. 1, new rules will be in place for tuition assistance. In this week’s Air Force Times, we explain how they affect you. Also this week, a Predator and C-130s are helping with efforts to combat the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park. You can read how the aircraft are being used to fight the huge blaze. In somber news, the report into the April 5 fatal crash in Afghanistan has been completed and determined what caused Capt. James Steel’s F-16 to go down. Steel is son of retired Maj. Gen. Robert Steel, a former commandant of the National…

New tuition assistance rules — this week’s Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on September 3, 2013 Afghanistan, Air Combat Command, Air Force, PT, Tape test, UCMJ, Uncategorized, Waist measurement

Apply for 15-year retirement starting today — this week's Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on July 29, 2013 Air Force, budget cuts, DOS rollabcks, sexual assaults, UCMJ, Uncategorized

Starting today, eligible enlisted airmen and officers with between 15 and 19 years of service can apply for retirement. This week’s Air Force Times explains who is eligible and how much money you can expect to get if you are approved for early retirement. Also in this week’s edition: Security forces are bearing the brunt of DOS rollbacks. You can read why they represent an increasing portion of airmen who are being forced out of the service. Meanwhile, the Air Force has issued new guidance about how to conduct themselves in social media. Air Force Times gives you five things…

Apply for 15-year retirement starting today — this week’s Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on July 29, 2013 Air Force, budget cuts, DOS rollabcks, sexual assaults, UCMJ, Uncategorized

Advocacy group says lawmaker’s reforms don’t go far enough

By Kristin Davis on July 22, 2013 Air Force, Pentagon, sexual assaults, UCMJ, Washington, Women

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., has candidly criticized the military’s handling of sexual assault in the ranks. She has called to task general officers on Capitol Hill and backed bipartisan reforms that would add protections for victims and hold offenders accountable. She also put a permanent hold on the nomination of an Air Force three-star who granted clemency to an officer convicted of sexual assault. Yet McCaskill has raised the ire of a prominent advocacy group for military victims of sex crimes — not once but twice in the last month. In late June, Protect Our Defenders accused the lawmaker of minimizing a…

Voluntary early outs extended — this week’s Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on July 22, 2013 Air Force, budget cuts, chief master sergeant of the air force, sexual assaults, UCMJ, Uncategorized

The Air Force has added voluntary separation programs as part of its effort to cut about 1,860 airmen next fiscal year. In this week’s Air Force Times, you can find out more about what voluntary options the Air Force is offering and which ranks are affected most by end strength cuts. If you plan on staying in, you may get voluntold for special duties now that the Air Force has officially announced it will nominate airmen for those positions. Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody talks to Air Force Times about the new selection process for developmental…

Voluntary early outs extended — this week's Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on July 22, 2013 Air Force, budget cuts, chief master sergeant of the air force, sexual assaults, UCMJ, Uncategorized

Advocacy group object to lawmaker’s comments on military sex assault

By Kristin Davis on June 21, 2013 Air Force, Politics, sexual assaults, UCMJ, Uncategorized

An advocacy group for victims of military sexual assault objected to a U.S. congresswoman’s take during a TV interview yesterday on just how common the crime is. “The numbers bandied about are not how many sexual assaults there have been,” Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” June 20. She was talking about a recent Defense Department report that 26,000 military members were subject to some form of unwanted sexual contact in 2012. “That could be someone looking at you sideways and saying something about how nice you look in a sweater,” the senator said. That’s simply not…

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