Sept. 10, 2009 AF seeks nominations for top civilian employees Air Force Personnel Center officials here are seeking nominations for the 2010 Air Force Association's Outstanding Air Force Civilian Employees of the Year Awards. Each year, the AFA recognizes four Air Force civilian employees for their outstanding achievements. The four award categories are:
Sept. 8, 2009 Yokota restaurant in step with transformation The grand opening of a Chili's restaurant at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 14 is another step in the sustained efforts by Air Force leaders to care for their people by improving quality of life.Several hundred Airmen, their families and civic leaders from the Yokota community took part in a ribbon
Sept. 4, 2009 Policy change benefits disabled Airmen A policy change by officials here now allows some Airmen retiring with less than 20 years active service to receive retirement certificates.A change to Air Force Instruction 36-3203, Service Retirements, authorizes Airmen who are retired permanently for disability with less than 20 years of active
Sept. 4, 2009 Osan command sponsorship at capacity An overwhelming response for command sponsorship by Airmen serving tours at Osan Air Base, South Korea, is compelling officials there to establish a waiting list after having reached capacity."The availability of command sponsorship at Osan Air Base is an important and highly impactful initiative to
Sept. 2, 2009 Fiscal closeout may delay orders in hand Some Airmen may experience slight delays in receiving permanent-change-of-station orders in September as officials here begin implementing new procedures for closing out the fiscal year PCS budget. Active-duty Airmen with assignment report dates or a date eligible for return from overseas of January
Aug. 20, 2009 Air Force unveils new fitness program Approval of the new Air Force fitness instruction in the coming weeks brings about some of the most significant changes to the Air Force fitness program in the last five years and shifts a greater responsibility of maintaining physical fitness 365 days a year to all Airmen. Those changes take effect
Aug. 17, 2009 Fourteen force support courses move to Maxwell AFB Fourteen Force Support courses will transition from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to the Eaker Center for Professional Development at Maxwell AFB, Ala., by Oct 1. "We are always focused on educating, developing and preparing our career field leaders, and recent changes to the emerging force
Aug. 6, 2009 Education opportunity available for senior level civilians Air Force civilians interested in applying for the Academic Year 2011 Defense Senior Leader Development Program (DSLDP) have until Sept. 11 to submit nomination packets to the Air Force Personnel Center here. The Department of Defense's DSLDP focuses on how to effectively lead organizations and
July 28, 2009 Post-9/11 GI Bill guidance sent to Airmen, commanders Air Force Personnel Center leadership provided updates to the field recently on the Air Force implementation of the Post-9/11 GI Bill. For updated guidance, checklists and timeline information, visit the "Ask" AFPC Web site and click on the Post-9/11 GI Bill link. The updates include guidance on how
July 21, 2009 Air Force to hire civilians to manage unit programs Squadrons with more than 50 military and civilian members could start seeing relief in managing their additional duties as early as this fall, courtesy of 1,200 newly created civilian unit program coordinators positions. Feedback from the 2008 Airman's Time Assessment revealed Airmen were being