April 5, 2011 Officials seek nominations for Sijan award Air Force officials are seeking nominations for the 2011 Lance P. Sijan United States Air Force Leadership Award.The Sijan award recognizes the accomplishments of officers and enlisted members who have demonstrated the highest quality of leadership in the performance of their duties and their
April 1, 2011 AF debuts pilot enlisted development team The Air Force's top enlisted leader addressed the service's first pilot enlisted development team March 31 for senior noncommissioned officers in the nuclear weapons career field.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy met with Air Force Personnel Center assignments representatives and EDT
March 23, 2011 AF officials raise awareness of personnel services for deployed Airmen Air Force Personnel Center officials conducted site visits at three bases in Southwest Asia March 1-9 to get feedback on personnel support for deployed Airmen and inform them about personnel services available through the Total Force Service Center and Air Force Personnel Services website. Col. Jim
March 17, 2011 Air Force announces enlisted supplemental promotions More than 125 Airmen have been selected for promotion to the next higher rank as part of the March enlisted supplemental promotion process. The enlisted supplemental promotion release announces those Airmen selected for promotion who tested outside of their required cycle due to an extended
March 16, 2011 Yokota, Misawa commanders stop incoming PCS moves Permanent change of station moves to Yokota and Misawa air bases are currently delayed in the aftermath of a 9.0 Richter scale earthquake and ensuing tsunami that caused catastrophic damage to multiple locations throughout the country.Wing commanders at both bases have issued stop movement
March 9, 2011 Officials announce E-8 selection stats Air Force officials selected 1,274 of 12,378 eligible master sergeants for promotion to senior master sergeant for a selection rate of 10.29 percent.The average score for those selected was 665.57, with an average time in grade of 4.30 years and an average time in service of 19.76 years. The average
Feb. 28, 2011 Air Force personnel services migration under way The Air Force migrated the first component of the Air Force Personnel Services website to the Defense Information Systems Agency's Enterprise Computing Center Feb. 23 to 27.This is the first phase in centralizing all total force personnel services and creating a single access platform for all active
Feb. 17, 2011 Air Force announces military service awards nominees The Air Force recently announced its four nominees for the 2010 Government Employees Insurance Company Military Service Awards.The annual GEICO Military Service Awards recognize enlisted servicemembers from all military service branches, active duty, Guard and Reserve, for their contributions to
Feb. 16, 2011 Commentary: Chief offers assignment advice for enlisted Airmen For the last few years, I've had the privilege of serving as a functional manager for enlisted communications assignments. When I first arrived, I questioned our assignment policies all the time. However, as I became aware of the reasons each rule was developed, and the consequences of not following
Feb. 10, 2011 Air Force announces enlisted supplemental promotions More than 200 Airmen have been selected for promotion to the next higher rank as part of the February enlisted supplemental promotion process. The enlisted supplemental promotion release announces those Airmen selected for promotion who tested outside of their required cycle due to an extended