July 21, 2009 Air Force Academy seeking instructor applications Active duty officers interested in applying for instructor duty for academic year 2010-2011 at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. must submit applications to the Air Force Personnel Center here by Sep. 30. Officers in the ranks of First Lieutenant through Lieutenant Colonel may apply for positions in
July 8, 2009 New software release provides clearer deployment picture Air Force officials recently rolled out a new software upgrade whose benefits extend well beyond the office setting to the often arduous expeditionary arena. The new 4104 version of the Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments, or DCAPES, consolidates all personnel deployment
July 7, 2009 Air Force offers assistance with adoption expenses With thousands of children available for adoption in the U.S. alone, and with adoption fees that can reach well into the thousands of dollars, the Air Force is helping ease the initial financial obligations for those military families opting to adopt. Through the Adoption Expense Reimbursement
June 25, 2009 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
June 24, 2009 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
June 22, 2009 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ancillary, expeditionary skills training eliminates redundancy New policy, released in March, streamlines redundant and outdated ancillary training programs and aligns expeditionary skills training with warfighter requirements.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
May 19, 2009 New online application added to voluntary assignments Air Force officials recently introduced a new Web-based application that allows Airmen to withdraw or cancel a voluntary assignment from their desks at their convenience. Voluntary assignments are assignments that are self-initiated and that Airmen can apply for on their own. They differ from normal
May 15, 2009 Air Force Services Agency changes hands Col. Sandra Adams assumed command of Headquarters Air Force Services Agency during a change-of-command ceremony May 12 at the officers club here. Colonel Adams, who recently completed a six-month deployment to Afghanistan and served as the agency's director of programs for nearly a year, succeeds
April 6, 2009 Air Force separates promotion release dates for master sergeant, technical sergeant Air Force officials are initiating a new process to separate the release dates for the master sergeant and technical sergeant promotion lists. After 12 years of being the only ranks to have their release dates combined, the new master sergeant promotion list will now be released on May 14 and the
April 3, 2009 AFPC officials discuss personnel issues with McGuire Airmen Col. Jim Davis, Air Force Personnel Center Assignments Division chief support officer, speaks during an open participation town hall meeting March 12 at The Club. Colonel Davis and other AFPC experts visited McGuire to pass on information about AFPC and to collect feedback from their customers --