March 13, 2009 Careers in science, engineering available to transitioning Airmen In today's struggling economy, job opportunities for separating and retiring military members may seem scarce. However, numerous programs exist for veterans interested in post-military careers in science, technology, engineering and math--or STEM. The STEM initiatives either offer to train and
March 10, 2009 New records viewing system improves access to unit records Air Force Personnel Center officials will release the new Personnel Records Display Application--or PRDA--in early April. PRDA is an electronic viewer for the Automated Records Management System, facilitating search, retrieval and management of personnel records in ARMS through a role based access
March 2, 2009 Officials announce senior master sergeant selections Air Force officials have selected 1,450 of 13,216 eligible master sergeants for promotion to senior master sergeant for a selection rate of 10.97 percent. Last year's selection rate was 8.77 percent. The average score for those selected was 661.49, which was based on the following point averages:
Feb. 27, 2009 Air Force looking for military training instructors Few other figures in the Air Force exemplify leadership more than the military training instructor and more are needed to help meet short- and long-term manning goals. Because of the demands of increasing end strength, the Air Force needs to bring in about 220 additional MTIs. The Air Force will
Feb. 18, 2009 Additional career enlisted aviator positions open for retraining The Air Force recently added 20 openings for first term Airmen to retrain into the Airborne Mission Systems (1A3XX) and Airborne Operations (1A4XX) specialties. First-term Airmen interested in retraining into the flight engineer specialty will also find more than 30 positions available in the
Feb. 12, 2009 Air Force officials reinstate Good Conduct Medal Air Force officials have announced the reinstatment of the Good Conduct Medal for exemplary service by enlisted Airmen, here Feb. 11. Reinstatement of the medal is effective Feb. 11, officials said. The Air Force Uniform Board announced on Feb. 6, 2006, that the Good Conduct Medal would no longer be
Feb. 4, 2009 Deployment history to be removed from officer, senior enlisted promotion documents Air Force officials recently announced that deployment history data will be deleted from duty qualification briefs (officer selection and preselection) and from senior noncommissioned officer evaluation briefs. This total force initiative will apply to all active-duty members, Reserve and Guard
Jan. 27, 2009 Nurse commissioning program seeks enlisted applicants Officials at the Air Force Personnel Center will conduct the annual Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program board May 4-8 to select candidates for fall 2009 and spring 2010 semester start dates. The program offers active-duty enlisted personnel the opportunity to earn a bachelor's degree in a high-need
Jan. 22, 2009 Spread the Word teams to start base-to-base visits A team from the Air Force Personnel Center here successfully wrapped up phase one of the educational Spread the Word briefings Jan. 14, paving the way for the next round of experts to begin phase two - which involves taking the message to more than 70 remaining Air Force bases. "This has been a
Dec. 30, 2008 Officials seek 10 enlisted for AFIT degree program Air Force Institute of Technology officials are offering 10 noncommissioned officers the opportunity to pursue an advanced science, engineering or management degree at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Ten NCOs from around the Air Force will be selected in February to attend the