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  • President signs bill authorizing changes to TSP for civilians

    On June 22, President Obama signed into law the Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009 as part of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Public Law 111-31). One of the provisions of the new law eliminates the waiting period of appropriated fund civilian employees covered under

  • Air Force officials name 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    Air Force officials have selected the service's top enlisted members, naming the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2009. An Air Force selection board at the Air Force Personnel Center here considered 33 nominees who represented major commands, direct reporting units, field operating agencies and

  • Airmen can now apply to transfer Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits

    The Department of Defense began accepting applications from Airmen to transfer Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to dependents June 29. "The Post-9/11 GI Bill transfer of benefits option is a landmark benefit to eligible Airmen," said Lt. Gen. Richard Newton III, Air Force Personnel and Manpower deputy

  • Air Force officials name Sijan award winners

    The Air Force recently recognized four Airmen with the service's 2008 Lance P. Sijan Air Force Leadership Award. The Sijan award annually recognizes Airmen who demonstrate outstanding leadership abilities. The senior officer category winner is Maj. James Hughes Jr., who is assigned to Bolling Air

  • ROTC commander, instructor positions open for Total Force officers

    Air Education and Training Command Headquarters announced projected Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps detachment commander and instructor vacancies for Summer 2010, and opened vacant 2009 instructor positions to Air Reserve Component officers. Lieutenant colonels way apply for the detachment

  • AF officials announce officer selections

    The 2009A Line of the Air Force, Biomedical Science Corps, and Nurse Corps central selection boards recently selected 466 lieutenant colonels, 92 majors and 271 captains for promotion. The boards considered 4,156 lieutenant colonels, 729 majors and 407 captains for promotion. The results of the

  • Streamlined ancillary, expeditionary skills training eliminates redundancy

    New policy, released in March, streamlines redundant and outdated ancillary training programs and aligns expeditionary skills training with warfighter requirements. However, Air Force leaders recently addressed the time requirement to complete ancillary training, after discovering a common

  • PCS policy changes promote stability, quality of life

    Air Force officials have modified two permanent change of station policies to give Airmen more flexible assignment options and better force development opportunities. The time on station requirement for government funded join-spouse assignments, where the Air Force assigns military couples (when

  • Texas students to get taste of Air Force science, engineering

    Air Force Personnel Center officials here are looking to whet the appetites of young science, math and engineering students, so that they might later seek "blue chip" career paths, hopefully Air Force blue. Toward this end, AFPC's science and engineering career field management team have partnered

  • Special Duty Assignment Pay increase approved for MTIs

    Pentagon officials recently revised Special Duty Assignment Pay for Military Training Instructors. The revision, effective June 1, increases SDAP levels for MTIs. According to officials, Air Force Basic Military Training has faced a shortage of MTIs since 2007. To incentivize MTI recruitment and

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