The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Georgia is hiring, in fact, according to a report by The Sun News, center commander Maj. Gen. Polly Peyer, told industry representatives at the seventh annual Requirements Symposium in Perry, Ga., “We are on the uptick of hiring.” Peyer added, “There’s a lot of opportunity here, regardless of what you hear about downsizing.” She expects to hire more than 770 personnel, primarily in electronics and engineering, in Fiscal 2010.
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.