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Small business outreach attracts record number of registrants
May 3, 2024 — Small business officials from the command wrapped up the Mission and Installation Contracting Command Advanced Planning Briefing for Industry last week, attracting a record more than 2,700 registrants... MORE

AFIMSC Airman helps secure Air Force, HBCU partnership
May 3, 2024 — An Air Force Installation and Mission Support Airman played a pivotal role in helping a former teammate establish a partnership between Air University and Fayetteville State University marking it as the first Historically Black College or University to join the AU Associate-to-Baccalaureate Cooperative Program. ... MORE

Official photos of Dodson and Rivera-Acosta

Allvin: Aligning Air Force’s approach is key to reoptimizing for Great Power Competition
May 3, 2024 — Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin discusses the need to solidify the Air Force’s currently splintered approach and unify the fragmented nature of planning and operations... MORE

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin speaks at the McAleese Defense Programs Conference in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2024. Allvin discussed future Air Force priorities and programs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)

Around the Air Force: Warrant Officers Needed, Collaborative Combat Aircraft, Five & Thrive Expands
May 3, 2024 — In this week’s look around the Air Force, Airmen can now submit applications to become warrant officers, two industry partners are awarded contracts under the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, and the Five and Thrive initiatives expand... MORE

In this week’s look around the Air Force, Airmen can now submit applications to become warrant officers in information technology and cyber career fields, two industry partners are awarded contracts under the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, and the Five & Thrive initiatives expand to include Reservists and their families.

Good cyber hygiene can impede adversary meddling in U.S. infrastructure
May 3, 2024 — Good cyber hygiene, which includes things like regularly changing passwords or applying software security patches, plays an outsized role in preventing America's adversaries from hacking into and crippling U.S. infrastructure systems... MORE

A man looks down on a computer screen that displays zeros and ones and a padlock.

TRICARE and marriage: What you need to know
May 3, 2024 — Getting married is an exciting time in your life. If you’re a new military spouse, there are certain things you need to do to enroll in a TRICARE health plan... MORE

White, three-tiered wedding cake with white and pink flowers and greenery.

Age 45 or Older? Screen for colorectal cancer with TRICARE
May 2, 2024 — Colorectal cancer is on the rise in people under 50 in the United States. Recent guidelines state that anyone at average risk for colorectal cancer should start getting screenings at age 45. Getting screened is easy, and TRICARE covers several options for colorectal cancer exams... MORE

Patient wearing mask sits on exam table and speaks with doctor, wearing mask and lab coat, who is holding a pamphlet about colon health.

Naturalization program at BMT reaches one-year milestone
May 2, 2024 — As the streamlined naturalization process at U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training marks its one-year anniversary, the program continues to gain traction and expand its reach... MORE

An Airman signs his U.S. Certificate of Citizenship after Basic Military Training Coin and Retreat Ceremony April 26, 2023 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The Airman was one of 14 who became U.S. citizens through the Naturalization at BMT Program.. The program, which was streamlined last year, is now online. As of May 1, 2024, more than 1,000 trainees have become U.S. citizens through the program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Vanessa R. Adame)

Special Warfare Training Wing Airman wins Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award
May 2, 2024 — U.S. Air Force Capt. Marc Esposito, 350th Special Warfare Training Squadron flight commander, was presented with the Lance P. Sijan Award at the Pentagon on April 8, 2024... MORE

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Rated Preparatory Program: Boom operator jumps into the cockpit
May 2, 2024 — When U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Alex Gavon, 343rd Training Squadron flight chief, stepped off the Cessna 182T Skylane he had just flown through the skies of Denton, Texas, his eyes seemed to relish the sight of flat ground, an all-new experience for him despite being no stranger to the air. Before becoming a Security Forces military training leader at the 343rd Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, where he helps to train and develop Security Forces Airmen, Gavon spent more than six years as a boom operator on the KC-135 Stratotanker, an Air Force aerial refueler. ... MORE

RPP students and a Civil Air Patrol instructor pilot in a hangar.

Air Force updates mental health care policies, lowers barriers
May 2, 2024 — The Air Force’s mental health waiver policy in both the Air Force’s Medical Standards Directory and Aerospace Medicine Waiver Guide has been updated to allow for Airmen to receive 60 days of treatment for mental health concerns before a return to duty waiver to fly is required... MORE

U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Minihan, Air Mobility Command commander, delivers remarks during the Phoenix Rally conference at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, April 29, 2024. Spring Phoenix Rally brought together more than 300 Total Force Mobility Air Force leaders and spouses to discuss Warrior Heart, Air Mobility Command's strategy and priorities, and how to work together to ensure the Mobility Air Force is ready to deliver Rapid Global Mobility across the Joint Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jessica Do)

Embodying the American Spirit, honoring Asian Heritage
May 2, 2024 — It was April 28, 1975, and Saigon was about to fall to North Vietnamese forces, ending the Vietnam war. Tam Do Nguyen, a South Vietnamese naval officer, was fighting alongside the U.S. Navy 7th Fleet for three years when life as he knew it ceased to exist. ... MORE

DOD needs competitive, innovative, robust defense industrial base
May 2, 2024 — The Defense Department's recently published National Defense Industrial Strategy lays out four long-term strategic priorities to help build a modernized defense industrial ecosystem... MORE

In a large, brightly-lit facility with blue- and yellow-colored scaffolding, military aircraft are lined up in varying states of assembly.

Army to suspend temporary promotions for NCOs
May 2, 2024 — Beginning in June, the Army is suspending a requirement for Soldiers to complete a previously required level of professional military education, or PME, to qualify for promotion to noncommissioned officer, or NCO, ranks up through master sergeant... MORE

Army to suspend temporary promotions in June

149th Medical Group participates in emergency medical response exercise
May 1, 2024 — Members of the U.S. Air Force 149th Medical Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, and the U.S. Army's 454th Engineer Company, from San Angelo, Texas, took part in a training exercise at Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas, on April 13, 2024. ... MORE

149th Force Support Squadron goes through shelter training
May 1, 2024 — Members of the 149th Force Support Squadron went through shelter training at Joint Base Lackland-San Antonio on April 10, 2024. While building a tent, the members were wearing mission oriented protective posture gear to simulate building a shelter while under a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear attack... MORE

149th Force Support Squadron build a shelter tent for training

Local San Antonio honorary commanders take flight
May 1, 2024 — On April 26, 2024, a significant milestone was reached in a series of military experiences facilitated through the 340th Flying Training Group Honorary Commander program. Three honorary commanders had the unique opportunity to participate in a T-38C Talon familiarization flight... MORE

Emma Faye Rudkin 340th FTG honorary commander

DOD's FY 2025 budget focuses on defense, people, teamwork
May 1, 2024 — Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III told lawmakers the Department of Defense budget request centers on defending the nation, taking care of service members and their families, and strengthening relationships with like-minded U.S. partners and allies... MORE

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IMCOM Army Support Activity senior NCO relinquishes responsibility, heads to JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
May 1, 2024 — The Army Support Activity, under U.S. Army Installation Management Command, hosted a change of responsibility ceremony for ASA senior noncommissioned officer, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Jametta Bland, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, on April 30, 2024... MORE

A photo of service members passing the colors.

Air Force Junior ROTC expands opportunity to actively serving Guard and Reserve members
April 30, 2024 — The opportunity to serve as an Air Force Junior ROTC instructor has expanded significantly, adding thousands of newly eligible personnel. The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act created for the first time, the eligibility for non-retired, currently serving members of each military service’s Guard and Reserve components, as well as some honorably discharged veterans, to serve as Junior ROTC instructors... MORE

Air Force Junior ROTC cadets along with JROTC cadets from the other services now have a new Career Technical Education pathway at high schools across the nation and many countries and U.S. territories around the world, effective Sept. 1, 2021. (U.S. Air Force courtesy graphic)