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  • USO Service Member of the Year nominees sought

    The Air Force is accepting nominations for the 2012 USO Service Member of the Year Award, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced today.This award, sponsored by the USO, recognizes specific acts of heroism by E-4 through E-6 enlisted members from each branch of the military.Organizations and

  • Development team to select chief nurses in June

    Lieutenant colonel and lieutenant colonel-select nurses interested in chief nurse opportunities must ensure their Airman Development Plan is up to date and statement of intent is submitted by the June 11 suspense, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.The nurse corps development team will

  • Black Flag: Taking care of those who wait

    The distinctive black flag, depicting a head lowered under a guard's watchtower, is often seen waving right below the American flag. Black patches with the mottos "You are not forgotten," "Keeping the promise" and "No one left behind" adorn leather vests, ball caps and bumper stickers across the

  • Air Force to conduct personnel accountability exercise

    The Air Force will conduct an Air Force-wide exercise this summer to test the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System, Air Force Personnel officials said.AFPAAS is a web-based application used to account for and assess the needs of the Air Force total force including active-duty

  • Knowing common hiring authorities critical in filling civilian positions

    As the Air Force continues to reform its hiring processes, hiring managers can make better, timelier decisions when they understand which hiring authorities they should use when recruiting new employees.Hiring appointment authorities provide managers with the legal means to hire employees via a new

  • Additional civilian employee self service requests available online

    Air Force Personnel Center human resources officials have expanded a self service initiative allowing civilians to request updates to their personnel records online.Employees can now request updates for resumes, name changes, veterans' preference for RIF, awards, education, training, certification

  • Air Force officials launch myPers

    The Air Force Personnel Services website is now known as myPers and has a new address. Airmen can access myPers via a secure link, https://mypers.af.mil, to use existing personnel services information and transaction applications. All transactions are conducted within a secure environment, officials

  • Expanded Palace Chase applications due June 1

    Some active duty officers who are unable to separate because of an active duty service commitment may still be able to take advantage of the Expanded Palace Chase program, said Lt. Col. Tara White, Air Force Personnel Center retirements and separations chief."This isn't a new program," White said,

  • ADSC waiver request window closing soon

    Active duty Airmen who would like to retire or separate but have an active duty service commitment that prevents them from doing so may be eligible for a waiver, said Lt. Col. Tara White, Air Force Personnel Center retirements and separations chief."We announced this opportunity last December as one

  • Prior enlisted retirement restriction waiver requests due by June 1

    Prior enlisted officers with 8 years of active duty commissioned time may be able to retire through the Air Force 10-8 Commission Waiver Program, which was originally announced last December, Air Force Personnel Center officials reminded Airmen today. "AFPC announced this program last December as a

  • Air Force libraries serve ‘delicious’ summer reading program

    The Department of Defense summer reading program returns this month to more than 250 installation libraries, including 74 Air Force libraries, with a goal to encourage and support a love of reading among military children and families. This year's theme is "Reading is so Delicious!" and library

  • AF announces master sergeant selections

    More than 5,400 technical sergeants were informed this morning that they have been selected for promotion to master sergeant, the first rung of the senior noncommissioned officer corps, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.Click here to see the list of selectees.Officials selected 5,464 of

  • Single staffing tool goes Air Force wide

    Beginning this summer, all Air Force civil service employees will have transitioned to a resume based system when seeking new positions for Air Force civilian vacancies worldwide. In 2010, the Air Force Personnel Center announced the transition to a single staffing tool for all Air Force job seekers

  • AF to announce master sergeant selections May 17

    Technical sergeants eligible for promotion to master sergeant will learn Thursday, May 17, if they were selected during the 12E7 promotion cycle, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.Officials selected 5,464 of 19,809 eligible technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant for a

  • AF selects emerging leader program participants

    Six Air Force officers have been selected for the 2012 National Defense University Center for the Study of Mass Destruction Program for Emerging Leaders, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.The purpose of the program is to foster a community of rising U.S. government leaders with the

  • AF uses unconventional programs to develop leaders

    The Air Force uses various methods to develop Airmen, including one program that exposes future leaders to experiences outside the Air Force norm. Three Air Force officers can attest to the personal and professional value of that outside experience. Having completed the Advanced Academic Degree and

  • Survey allows Airmen to speak frankly to leaders

    Would you like to tell your leaders what you think? You have that opportunity through the 2012 Air Force Climate Survey.The survey officially kicked off Monday, and soon all Airmen will receive email invitations with a personalized link to enable them to share their thoughts, said Nicole Gamez, Air

  • 21 enlisted members selected for physician assistant program

    Nearly two dozen enlisted Airmen have been selected for the 2013 Interservice Physician Assistant Program, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.The first group begins training at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, in December, said Kevin Smith, AFPC Biomedical Sciences Corps Education and

  • Intel field accepting squadron command applications

    Nomination packages for officers interested in intelligence squadron command opportunities are due to the Air Force Personnel Center by June 1, center officials said.Candidates selected will fill projected calendar year 2013 vacancies, said Maj. Nicole Francis, intelligence career field assignments

  • ‘You are not forgotten’

    Four simple words for years have defined the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action mission. "You are not forgotten" symbolizes the Department of Defense intention to bring home service members who are unaccounted for from past wars and conflicts.The members of the Air Force Missing Persons Branch at the

  • ‘Care Beyond Duty’ – The Air Force Wounded Warrior Program

    Since Oct. 1, Air Force Wounded Warrior Program nonmedical care managers have assisted Airmen with garnering more than $700,000 worth of benefits and entitlements. This is just one example of how the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program works with, and advocates for, wounded warriors and their

  • Weather field to consider command candidates

    The weather career field development team and 2013 weather squadron command selection board will convene in July to select officers for the squadron command candidate list, and to vector weather officers for developmental opportunities, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.Candidates will be

  • Vigilant Eagle command selection board convenes in June

    The Space and Missile Vigilant Eagle operations squadron commander selection board will convene in June to select command candidates for projected 2013 vacancies, Air Force Personnel Center officials said. Statements of intent are due to the AFPC by May 18.Candidates will be matched to command

  • AF nominates 111 for astronaut candidate program

    The Air Force has nominated 111 Airmen for the 2012 NASA Astronaut Candidate Program, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.The Air Force candidate selection panel met in April to review 192 applications, selecting 110 officers, ranging from captain to colonel, and one senior master sergeant.

  • Hiring managers to select employees in 15 days

    Hiring managers now have 15 days instead of 30 to choose the best-qualified candidate to fill civilian vacancies. The reduction, implemented May 1, is part of continued efforts to meet a presidential mandate to hire federal employees within 80 days by the end of fiscal year 2012."We continue to

  • Nominees sought for the 4th Annual Scouting Salutes the Military Award

    The Air Force is accepting nominations for the 4th Annual Scouting Salutes the Military Award, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced today.This award sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America, recognizes an enlisted member, grade E-4 through E-6, from each branch of the military who has either

  • Officer development program applications due

    Officers considering 2013 advanced academic degree and experience broadening programs have a narrow application window, with some applications due within the next few weeks, Air Force Personnel Center officials said. Public affairs and chaplain corps candidates have submitted their applications,

  • AF releases May supplemental promotion list

    Fifty-six Airmen have been selected for promotion as part of the May enlisted supplemental promotion process, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.Go to http://www.afpc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-120502-085.pdf to see the list. Those on the supplemental promotion list are Airmen who

  • Timely hiring helps prevent disaster

    In February, a group of civilian firefighters from Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, responded to a local emergency when a gasoline tanker truck rolled over on the highway spilling thousands of gallons of fuel. Had the incident occurred a few months earlier, they might not have been involved at

  • Air Force civilian achieves long-time deployment goal

    As a civil servant with the Air Force, Mitch Hebert has been all over the world. But there was one thing he hadn't done in his 31 years of service: deploy with Airmen.All that changed in February when the 380th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron needed a new deputy commander. Hebert finally had

  • 2012 Air Force Climate Survey coming soon

    Air Force active duty, Reserve, Guard, appropriated fund and non-appropriated fund civilians have an opportunity to voice their concerns to leadership during the 2012 Air Force Climate Survey, which kicks off May 14 and runs through June 22. The chief of staff of the Air Force-directed survey

  • Programs exist to minimize RIF impact on employees

    As demonstrated by the announcement of a third round of VERA/VSIP that began May 1, the Air Force is committed to maximizing voluntary separation measures to the greatest extent possible. Despite this, some bases may find the need to rebalance skills requiring reduction-in-force procedures. So what

  • First lady, chairman recognize wounded warriors at Warrior Games opening

    First lady Michelle Obama and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were among those who paid tribute to wounded warrior athletes at the opening of the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 30.Dempsey, accompanied by his wife, Deanie, called the six-day

  • Warrior Games set to start

    The 3rd Annual Warrior Games begin April 30 at the Air Force Academy and Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Wounded, ill and injured servicemen and women from the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard will participate in the Warrior Games, which is hosted by the U.S. Olympic

  • Air Force Specialty Code changes take effect in May

    Various officer and enlisted Air Force Specialty Code changes will take effect in May, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.Updated Air Force officer and enlisted classification directories have been posted on the Air Force Personnel Services website (see link below). These updates include AFSC

  • AFPC children honored for their sacrifices

    More than 85 children of Air Force Personnel Center employees took part in the center's inaugural "Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day" April 26 as part of Month of the Military Child.In 1986, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger designated April as Month of the Military Child, a time to

  • AF begins centralizing major commands' Services functions

    The Air Force is moving forward with Services Functional Centralization, transferring Services roles and responsibilities from major commands' headquarters to San Antonio to centralize functions and improve efficiencies. Services Functional Centralization is the direct result of guidance provided in

  • SAIGE award winners named

    Tech. Sgt. Dana J. Timpany, Air Force Special Operations Command, and Gayle C. Blue-Keyes, United States Air Force Academy, are the Air Force's 2012 Society of American Indian Government Employees Meritorious Service Award winners, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced today.The SAIGE

  • Enlisted early retirement applications due Monday

    Airmen eligible for the Temporary Early Retirement Authority have until Monday to complete and submit their applications, Air Force Personnel Center officials said today.TERA is one of several programs the Air Force is using to size and shape the force to meet current and future mission

  • Some lieutenant colonels can apply for TIG retirement waiver

    Lieutenant colonels with at least two years time in grade may be able to retire at their current grade through the Time in Grade Waiver Program, said Lt. Col. Tara White, Air Force Personnel Center retirements and separations chief. Air Force officials announced last December that the TIG Waiver

  • Air Force officials to launch myPers

    Air Force officials are launching a new name for on-line personnel services and human resources knowledge called myPers.Rebranding the Air Force Personnel Services website, previously known as AFPERS, requires more than just a flip of the switch. Members of the Air Force Personnel Center are in the

  • Missing personnel records impact more than promotions

    When Senior Master Sgt. Randy Scanlan wasn't promoted to his current rank the first time his records met the board, he was a little confused. As a maintainer and an aerial gunner, he deployed often and received many decorations. When he was asked if he wanted to review his records before they met

  • AF vectors 38 to regional affairs strategist positions

    More than three dozen line officers have been selected for development as regional affairs strategists, under the International Affairs Specialist Program, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.RAS is a developmental initiative offered to Airmen who have 7-10 years of commissioned service,

  • Officials implement flexibilities for third round of VERA/VSIP

    As the Air Force continues a fiscal 2012 civilian workforce restructure through voluntary retirement and separation initiatives, officials have instituted new flexibilities to help minimize the impact of downsizing and workforce shaping.Unlike the previous two rounds, the third round of Voluntary

  • AF officials plan for scheduled downtime to upgrade MilPDS

    The Air Force Personnel Operations Agency here is upgrading and transferring the Military Personnel Data System to the Defense Information Systems Agency's Defense Enterprise Computing Center later this year. The upgrade project is scheduled to take 23 days to complete. During this period, MilPDS

  • Diversity matters

    One Air Force Personnel Center officer describes diversity as more than male or female, black or white, young or old. "It's bigger than that," said Lt. Col. Jenise Carroll, chief of the Total Force Service Center operations division at AFPC. "It's bigger than race. Diversity includes age, race,

  • Self-service requests available for civilians online

    Air Force civilians are now able to request updates to their personnel records through an online self-service initiative.Air Force Personnel Center human resources officials here launched an initiative that allows civilians to submit online requests for name change and veterans preference inquiries.

  • Career opportunities available for those up to the challenge

    Interesting career opportunities exist for enlisted Airmen who are ready for new challenges and have a desire to take their careers in a whole new direction, said Technical Sgt. Jessica Cobb, Air Force Personnel Center Mission Support/Joint Department Assignments branch.Airmen who want to stay in

  • 48 officers selected for career field change

    Air Force officials selected 48 company and field grade officers to crossflow into the intelligence and public affairs career fields during a selection board held last month at the Air Force Personnel Center, Air Force officials announced today.The nonrated line officer crossflow program is one of

  • Air Force accepting nominations for chief of staff award

    Each year the Air Force chief of staff presents the Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award to teams that use a systematic approach to enhance mission capability, improve operational performance and create sustained results.Nominations for this year's award are due June 29. Major commands, headquarters

  • AFA names team of the year

    The Airborne Operations career field is the Air Force Association 2012 Team of the Year, Air Force officials announced today.Annually, AFA recognizes a specific enlisted career field (as well as Airmen in that specialty) that personifies professionalism, technical expertise and leadership.The

  • 45 selected for promotion

    Nearly four dozen Airmen have been selected for promotion as part of the April enlisted supplemental promotion process, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.Go to http://www.afpc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-120412-010.pdf to see the list. Those on the supplemental promotion list are

  • 2012 Hennessy Trophy winners announced

    Air Force officials announced the winners of the 2012 Hennessy Trophy awards on April 6.The Hennessy Trophy is an annual award presented to Air Force installations with the best food-service programs. This year marks the 56th anniversary of the single- and multiple-facility category

  • 3 enlisted Airmen selected for advanced degree program

    Three Air Force master sergeants will pursue master's degrees through the Air Force Institute of Technology Enlisted to AFIT Graduate Degree Program, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.Master Sgts. Yared M Abegaz, Air Mobility Command; Corey J. Perkins, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; and

  • Early retirement possible for some enlisted Airmen

    Staff sergeants, technical sergeants and master sergeants in 19 overmanned career fields may be eligible for early retirement in fiscal year 2012 under the Temporary Early Retirement Authority, Air Force officials announced.The application window for TERA, commonly referred to as the 15-year

  • AF accepting test pilot school applications

    Eligible pilots, combat systems officers and engineers have an opportunity to join the ranks of airpower pioneers like Jimmy Doolittle and Chuck Yeager, but they have to apply for USAF Test Pilot School to do so.The 2012 USAF Test Pilot School selection board will convene in July to fill openings

  • 29 Athletes selected for 2012 Warrior Games team

    Twenty-nine Air Force athletes will compete for gold after being chosen to represent the service at the 2012 Warrior Games.Warrior Games is an Olympic-style event open to all wounded, ill and injured military members and veterans. This year's event takes place April 30 through May 5 in Colorado

  • Air Force names 2011 top athletes

    Air Force officials recently named the service's 2011 top male and female athletes of the year. Capt. Weston S. Kelsey, a force support officer from the 310th Mission Support Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., is the 2011 male athlete of the year. Airman 1st Class Emily J. Shertzer, an

  • AEF directorate helps build home for Habitat for Humanity

    Twenty members of the Air Expeditionary Force and Personnel Operations directorate at the Air Force Personnel Center here volunteered to help Habitat for Humanity build a house March 29.Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit housing organization that partners with families in need and helps them build

  • DARPA looking for 8 motivated Airmen

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency needs eight motivated officers for the fiscal year 2013 Service Chiefs Program, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.Application packages for the three-month program, which begins in September, are due to the AFPC officer developmental

  • Food transformation program adds seven bases

    Airmen at seven installations will see a new era in food service operations in October as the Air Force Food Transformation Initiative expands.FTI is a pilot program designed to provide Airmen with improved food quality, variety and availability, while maintaining home station and warfighting

  • AF releases captain promotion list

    More than a hundred first lieutenants were selected for promotion to captain during the 2011E Chaplains, Line of the Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps, Nurse Corps, Medical Service Corps and Biomedical Sciences Corps Quarterly Captain Selection Process, Air Force Personnel Center officials

  • Senior panel: leadership isn't gender dependent

    Six female leaders shared their perspective on Air Force life and careers during a March 28 Air Force Personnel Center's professional development council seminar, illustrating that leadership isn't gender dependent.The seminar highlighted the success of women in the Air Force as Women's History

  • Ecuadorian Air Force knights AFMA civilian

    An Air Force Manpower Agency civilian at Team Pete has a new title to add to his signature block: Knight.On March 23, in Quito, Ecuador, the Ecuadorian Ministry of Defense awarded Mark Backlin, 4th Manpower Requirements Squadron manpower engineer, the "Atahualpa Merit" decoration in the category of

  • New tool helps process new civilian employees

    Air Force civilian hires will soon have access to a new virtual tool that provides more efficient and timely processing for job placement.The USA Staffing Onboarding Manager tool will help reduce the average amount of time it takes to inprocess new civilians before they enter on duty. The tool is

  • Wounded warriors continue service through employment program

    The Air Force's goal is to retain injured Airmen on active duty. But when this is no longer an option, wounded warriors may explore new opportunities to serve through the Air Force Wounded Warrior Civil Service Employment Program.The program helps all combat or hostile-related ill, injured and

  • Warrior Games selection camp concludes for AF

    More than 25 active-duty, retired and separated Airmen competed for a spot on the Air Force team in the 2012 Warrior Games during a selection camp March 25-30 here.The Warrior Games, now in its third year, was designed to introduce disabled veterans to Paralympic sports. The Airmen selected for the

  • Air Force installations host 'Cook It Up' events

    Air Force installations worldwide are organizing local cooking contests to foster and instill a sense of community and promote a healthy lifestyle.Known as 'Cook It Up', Air Force community centers are hosting food challenges to draw participants from the entire community and highlight culinary

  • AF selects 2,450 for colonel, lieutenant colonel, major

    More than 2,450 officers were selected for promotion to colonel, lieutenant colonel and major during the 2011C Colonel Medical Service Corps and Lieutenant Colonel Nurse Corps and the 2011D Major Line of the Air Force central selection boards, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced today.To

  • Exceptional performer promotion nominations due by April 6

    Stripes for Exceptional Performers nomination packages meeting the Central STEP Board and the Combatant Command Board are due to the Air Force Personnel Center enlisted promotions section by April 6, AFPC officials said.The fiscal year 2012 central and COCOM boards will meet April 23-24, according

  • Olmsted scholars named

    Six Air Force captains will spend their next tour of duty in Russia, the Ukraine, Brazil, China or India pursuing an academic mission as Olmsted Foundation Scholarship winners, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.The Olmsted Scholar Program, sponsored by the George and Carol Olmsted

  • AF announces 2012 aviator continuation pay program

    Air Force officials released the details of the fiscal year 2012 Aviator Continuation Pay program this week, with continuing focus on retaining highly-qualified manned and remotely piloted aircraft rated crew members. The ACP program gives some pilots and combat systems officers the opportunity for

  • Air Force officials expand electronic ADSC notifications

    Air Force Personnel Center officials are expanding automated notifications to Airmen of personnel actions requiring them to sign Active Duty Service Commitment acknowledgement statements.The automated ADSC notifications were successfully tested in November 2011 for more than 800 Airmen selected for

  • Coaches selected for 2012 Warrior Games

    An Air Force orthopedic surgeon has been tapped to be the head coach for the U.S. Air Force 2012 Warrior Games team during the competition slated for April 30-May 5 in Colorado Springs, Colo.Maj. James Bales, 2010's Air Force Male Athlete of the Year, from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., will coach

  • Air Force officials announce third round of VERA/VSIP

    In its continuing effort to meet the Defense Department requirement to maintain civilian manning at fiscal 2010 levels, the Air Force is offering a third round of Voluntary Early Retirement Authority and Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment beginning May 1."The Air Force recognizes the invaluable

  • Casualty assistance reps help next of kin after member's death

    War movies often portray the ominous scene of military members, in full dress, approaching the home of a fallen member with the grave task of notifying the family.These scenes actually do occur and are the solemn responsibility of the casualty notification team, typically comprised of a commander,

  • AEFIs ensure Airmen know deployment window

    Do you know your Air and Space Expeditionary Force Indicator, or AEFI? The two-digit code identifies when your deployment period occurs within an AEF Cycle. All Airmen should know their AEFI and be prepared to deploy during that time period.AEFIs also give the Air Force Personnel Center's AEF and

  • TFSC-SA, AFPC Web applications unavailable for system maintenance

    The Total Force Service Center-San Antonio, A1 Service Desk and Air Force Personnel Center Web applications will be unavailable from 6 p.m. March 24 to 4 p.m. March 25 CDT for system maintenance. The Air Force Personnel Services, or AFPERS, website will still be available for general personnel

  • Intel civilians transition from pay bands this month

    Sunday, 6,000-plus Air Force Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System employees will transition from a pay-banded structure to a graded structure similar to the federal general schedule pay structure, Air Force Personnel Center officials said. The Secretary of Defense decision to transition

  • AF extends Retroactive Stop Loss application window

    Airmen eligible for the Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay Program who did not apply before the fall deadline will have another opportunity to do so, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.The Retroactive Stop Loss program benefits retired and former Air Force members who were involuntarily held

  • Organizations earn Meritorious Unit Award

    The Secretary of the Air Force Personnel Council named five organizations as 2010 to 2011 Air Force Meritorious Unit Award winners for the periods indicated.-- 1st, 2nd, 3rd Combat Camera Squadrons, Oct. 1, 2009-Sept. 30, 2010.-- 361st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, Jan. 1,

  • National Public Service Award nominees sought

    The Air Force is seeking nominations for the 2013 National Public Service Award, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced today.The National Public Service Award recognizes individuals at all levels of public service who have agency-wide responsibility, and exhibit the highest standards of

  • Summer hire season is just around the corner

    With summer just around the corner, now is the time to apply for temporary positions with the Air Force.Annually, federal agencies post summer opening announcements for positions that range from office clerk to food service worker and more. Participation in the program varies from base to base, but

  • Officials seek Sijan award nominations

    The Air Force is accepting nominations for the 2012 Lance P. Sijan U.S. Air Force Leadership Award, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.The Sijan award recognizes the accomplishments of officers and enlisted members who have demonstrated the highest quality of leadership in the performance of

  • 104 Airmen selected for supplemental promotion

    More than a hundred Airmen have been selected for promotion as part of the March enlisted supplemental promotion process, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.Those on the supplemental promotion list are Airmen who tested outside of their required cycle because of an extended temporary

  • AF announces intelligence leadership position matches

    More than 60 Airmen have been matched to specific major's leadership positions within the intelligence community, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.The intelligence career field developmental team met at AFPC last fall to review eligible officers' records and select candidates for

  • Developmental teams to consider 2013 command candidates

    Developmental teams from 11 different Air Force specialties will convene between May and September to consider eligible officers for calendar year 2013 squadron command, deputy logistics commander and deputy mission support group commander positions. Officers interested in command opportunities must

  • 2011 crossflow officers reflect on their experiences

    Three officers who crossflowed into undermanned career fields last year reflect on the challenges and successes they have experienced so far, and offer some insight for those considering it this year.The nonrated line officer crossflow program was implemented to help balance the force. While

  • Armed Forces receive free NCAA March Madness Live special access

    Military members wishing to root for their favorite college basketball team as they compete in the upcoming NCAA basketball championship tournament now have free online access to do so. Using their .mil e-mail address, military members can register with the NCAA.com website to receive free online

  • Officials seek nominations for 2012 GEICO awards

    Air Force officials are accepting nominations for the 2012 Government Employees Insurance Company Military Service Awards.The annual GEICO Military Service Awards recognize enlisted service members from all military service branches, including active duty, Guard and Reserve, for their contributions

  • High year of tenure change continues to affect assignments

    The January return to pre-2003 enlisted high year of tenure rates continues to impact assignments, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced today.Assignment cancellation has no affect on an Airman's promotion eligibility, said Col. Jerry Couvillion, AFPC personnel services directorate

  • Developmental education application deadlines set

    Civilians interested in basic developmental education, and officers and civilians interested in intermediate and senior developmental education should begin preparing their applications, which are due April 9 for officers and May 1 for civilians, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.Basic

  • AF officials release video tutorial to educate civilians about AFPERS

    Air Force officials have created a video tutorial, or vodcast, to educate civil service employees, supervisors and human resources specialists about the information and resources available to civilians on the Air Force Personnel Services, or AFPERS, website.The five-minute vodcast teaches civilians

  • AF selects 1,700 for senior master sergeant

    More than 1,700 master sergeants have been selected for promotion to senior master sergeant, Air Force Personnel Center officials said today. Selectees will be notified this week and the selection list will be released March 8 at 8 a.m. central time. The list will also be posted on the AFPC public

  • Services officials announce teen summer camps

    Air Force Services Agency officials recently announced the call for three Air Force teen summer camps for 2012.The annual camps are designed to help Air Force youth build leadership skills and aspire to careers in space or aviation. The Teen Aviation Camp will be held June 2-7 at the Air Force

  • AFPC automates civilian education application submission process

    Civilians who apply for developmental education programs will do so through the Air Force Personnel Services website this year, rather than via email or fax, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.Individuals interested in applying during the academic year 2013 civilian developmental

  • March webcasts address AY13 civilian developmental education

    Air Force civilians interested in developmental education programs can sit in on a March webcast tailored to their grade and the opportunities available, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced.Webcasts will include information about programs available for each grade group, as well as

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