At Kadena AB, Japan on the island of Okinawa, airmen who are not Security Forces are being trained by the 18th Security Forces Squadron to protect their units. The training comes under a program the Air Force has dubbed Selective Arming Program and calls SELARM for short. SrA. Nestor Cruz reports that the effort is in a “trial and error period” and has been undertaken by just a few units. However, Capt. Sarah Bragg, 18th SFS operations officer, expects it to be “wing-wide eventually.”
How Miss America 2024 Took the Air Force Somewhere New
Dec. 20, 2024
When 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh became the first ever active service member crowned Miss America on Jan. 14, top Air Force officials recognized a rare opportunity to reach women and girls who otherwise might not consider military service as an option.