The Air National Guard has decided to consolidate its officer training program conducted over the past 40 years at McGhee-Tyson ANGB, Tenn., with the active duty and Air Force Reserve officer training program at Maxwell AFB, Ala., reports the The Daily Times. The last class of prospective Air Guard officers will graduate June 26, making nearly 15,000 graduates of the I.G. Brown Center. For a time, the Air Force Reserve also commissioned its officer through the Brown Center, but in 2007 shifted to Maxwell. The Brown Center celebrated its 40th anniversary last summer.
A provision in the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill will require the Defense Department to include the military occupational specialty of service members who die by suicide in its annual report on suicide deaths, though it remains to be seen how much data the department will actually disclose.