Air Force officials announce staff sergeant selections

Air Force officials selected 12,209 of 28,098 eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant for a selection rate of 43.45 percent. The average score for those selected was 268.39, with an average time in grade and time in service of 2.25 and 4.85 years respectively. The average score was

Medical/temporary retirees now eligible for CRSC payments

Former Airmen receiving military retired pay who served less than 20 years may now be eligible to receive Air Force Combat-Related Special Compensation. CRSC is part of a legislative initiative designed to restore a veteran's military retirement pay that has been reduced by Veterans' Affairs

Airmen feedback essential to additional duty study

Airmen may now take advantage of a free-form text questionnaire, readily identifying additional duties they believe are non-value added or need redesigning. The Air Force Manpower Agency here will use this feedback to assist in the Air Force's drive to reduce additional duty demands in order to free

Travel regulation change protects renters whose landlords default

A new change to the Joint Federal Travel Regulations authorizes the military to pay to move servicemembers and their families whose landlords default on property the military members are renting. Bill Carr, deputy undersecretary of defense for military personnel policy and chairman of the Per Diem,

21st SFS changes command

First Knight

Tech. Sgt. John. Grijalva II was selected for this week's First Knight award. This award is designed to recognize outstanding Airmen each week for the work they do each day. Name: Tech. Sgt. John. Grijalva II Unit: 4th Space Control SquadronDuty Title: Non-commissioned Officer in Charge, Physical

AF-level team gets Airmen’s insights at Peterson

Everyone's heard the old lament: "If only there were 25 hours in a day..." Talking to Airmen around today's Air Force, it's one you'll likely hear often, thanks to deployments, extra duties and mundane tasks. Well, the Air Force wants to change that. The Airmen's Time Assessment Team will visit

New leave and liberty policies for servicemembers

Several changes to leave and liberty policies are giving servicemembers a little more freedom with their time off. The National Defense Authorization Act 2008, passed in January, boosts the amount of leave servicemembers can accrue and increases special leave accrual retention limits. The changes

Proper wear of cell phones, PDAs

Retraining gives NCOs opportunity to shape their careers

The Air Force is seeking volunteers to accept jobs in more than 1,077 shortage career field and special duty positions during the 2009 Non-commissioned Officer Retraining Program which began Aug. 1. The Air Force especially needs NCOs to choose opportunities to conduct investigative work in the