Military and DOD civilian personnel can receive medals for their assistance during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita relief efforts, according to the Air Force Personnel Center. Services may award military members the Humanitarian Service Medal or the Armed Forces Service Medal and civilians, the Armed Forces Civilian Service Medal. Officials say personnel may receive only one medal, not one for each hurricane. Read more here.
Air Force Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost—a trailblazer and one of the first 10 women to reach a four-star rank across the U.S. military—retired and passed control of U.S. Transportation Command to Air Force Gen. Randall Reed on Oct. 4, finishing an eventful tenure at TRANSCOM.