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Category Archives: Education
Dismissed majors say warning wasn’t enough
Call it betrayal. Or a broken promise. Maj. Brian Baude says the Air Force he’s served as an air traffic control officer for 15 years, through domestic and overseas tours and multiple deployments, cast him adrift without warning.
Schwartz urges DoD to keep 1-star legal billets
Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz has asked the Defense Department to reconsider the decision to downgrade three one-star legal billets, saying each position merits “having a general officer in the seat.”
Air Force manpower chief discusses hot topics
Lt. Gen. Darrell Jones is all things Air Force personnel.
$7.7M grant to help Md. with BRAC moves
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The state has been awarded a $7.7 million federal grant to help more than 6,500 people who are moving to the state because of military base realignment, officials say. Maryland Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin announced … Continue reading
Sailors rise in rank faster than airmen
The Air Force and the Navy both base promotions primarily on exam scores and job evaluations, but sailors move up the ranks so much faster than airmen that, over the course of a career, a sailor who makes it to … Continue reading
Line, medical O-5; medical O-4 selections out
The Air Force announced Thursday the selection of 1,171 majors for promotion to lieutenant colonel and 75 captains for promotion to major. The 2011A lieutenant colonel Line of the Air Force and Medical Services Corps selection board considered 6,438 majors, … Continue reading
Obama’s veterans jobs effort has modest success
The Obama administration’s big push to find jobs for veterans in the federal government has had modest success, a report from the Office of Personnel Management shows.
New assignments announced for 8 generals
An Air Force officer will leave his post at U.S. Special Operations Command to become the deputy commander of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Morris E. Haase currently serves as director for … Continue reading
May jobs report shows market worsening for vets
May employment numbers from the Labor Department show little improvement in the job market, especially for veterans.
Thousands of civilian jobs won’t be filled
The Air Force has put the breaks on civilian hiring in an effort to slow civilian workforce growth and save money. It had planned to fill 21,500 new civilian positions for fiscal 2012, but the cost of a decade at … Continue reading