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  • General Schwartz: Taking care of families critical to AF mission

    The roles and responsibilities that Airman and Family Readiness professionals perform on a daily basis are critical to the Air Force's ability to help defend the country, the Air Force chief of staff said here March 10.Gen. Norton Schwartz and his wife Suzie addressed more than 200 Air Force

  • Ghedi accompanied tour now 36 months

    Airmen selected for an assignment to Ghedi Air Base, Italy, who elect to serve the accompanied tour will now be required to serve 36 months rather than 24, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced today."The change does not affect Airmen whose orders were issued before May 31, or those who

  • GI Bill education transfer incurs 4 years for all Airmen

    When initially implemented, the Post-9/11 GI Bill education transfer program was phased in to enable Airmen nearing retirement to accept a 1-, 2-, or 3-year active duty service commitment. That phase-in period expired July 31, 2012 and all active duty Airmen now incur a 4-year ADSC, said Bruce

  • Giving Airmen time back

    Improvements in technology, review of manpower solutions and additional duty workload, and refining ancillary training topped the recommendations presented to Lt. Gen. Richard Newton III, deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services, by a team he chartered to find what impacts Airmen's

  • Gold Star survivors are part of Air Force family tree

    The Air Force family tree has many branches and one branch, representing the service’s Gold Star families, has leaves that glow consistently with the rest.   Gold Star families are survivors of military service members who lost their lives during armed hostilities, including deployments in support

  • Grateful Nation Award nominees sought

    The Air Force is seeking nominations for the 2013 Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs Grateful Nation Award, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced today.This award is presented annually to enlisted members from each service who have been recognized for superior conduct in

  • Gun safes excluded from household goods weight allowance

    As the number of accidental child injuries and deaths continue to rise, more and more incidents are attributed to unsecured, loaded guns. Defense leaders are confident this update will help improve overall gun safety in homes, while also helping to decrease service member suicides.

  • Hagel announces reduction in civilian furlough days

    Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees who have had to take a weekly unpaid day off from work since July 8 are getting some relief, as the total number of furlough days has been reduced from 11 to six, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today.Here is the complete text of

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