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NEWS

  • National Security Personnel System goes under microscope

    The federal government's largest pay-for-performance system, the National Security Personnel System, is under review at the request of officials in the Defense Department and the Office of Personnel Management. Since October 2006, about 205,000 defense employees were brought under the new NSPS,

  • Airman field-tests modified PT uniform in Iraq

    An Airman here was selected to field-test the Air Force's modified physical training uniform while deployed here to provide feedback to Air Force leaders at the end of the testing process. Senior Airman James Debiase, a 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron emergency manager, was asked to

  • Heritage Coat production uncertain despite favorable reviews

    Though Air Force officials here have not made a final decision on the new service coat, pre-decisional results show Airmen who sampled the Heritage Coat gave it high marks. Survey feedback showed 92 percent of wear test participants deemed the coat suitable for military uniform, and overall 66

  • Revised 'Little Brown Book' now available

    Air Force officials here recently revised Air Force instruction 36-2618, The Enlisted Force Structure, also known as "The Little Brown Book," and the electronic version is available now with hardcopies expected to be available in May. The guide has long been a staple of establishing expectations and

  • ARPC announces captain, lieutenant promotions

    The Air Reserve Personnel Center announces the second half of fiscal 2009 line and nonline captain and the second half of the fiscal 2009 first lieutenant promotions. There were 299 Air National Guard and 299 Air Force Reserve officers selected for promotion to captain, and 252 Air National Guard

  • New command chief lays it out for the wing

    (Editor's note: Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Westerlund was appointed to the position of 302nd Airlift Wing command chief Feb. 7 by Col. Jay Pittman)There's no doubt he can be a little intimidating at first. Standing at six-foot, three-inches, together with his eight stripes and star, seeming to

  • Command of 22nd Air Force changes

    Twenty-Second Air Force welcomed a new commander during a change-of-command ceremony April 3 at the 22nd Air Force Senior Leaders Conference 2009 at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel here. Maj. Gen. James T. Rubeor, former deputy to the chief of Air Force Reserve in the Pentagon, succeeded Maj. Gen.

  • Fiscal 2010 budget to reflect 'fundamental shift' in defense

    Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will make budget decisions this weekend that will indicate a "fundamental shift in direction" for the department, the Pentagon press secretary said April 3. "These are not changes to the margins," Geoff Morrell said. The changes will affect the fiscal 2010 Defense