President Joe Biden has nominated Lt. Gen. James C. Slife, now deputy chief of staff for operations, to be promoted to general and appointed vice chief of staff, succeeding Gen. David Allvin, who has been nominated to be Chief of Staff. Slife has had a ...
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WORLD-Personnel: New rules for speeding up Mental Health Care referrals under the Brandon Act.
As of Aug. 8, Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-Ala.) hold on unanimous consent confirmation for general and flag officers is affecting 301 nominations pending before the Senate, according to the Pentagon. And over a third of those affected officers are from the Air Force and Space ...
When the Senate overwhelmingly passed its version of the 2024 National Defense Authorization bill late July 27 in a bipartisan 86-11 vote, the differences between that measure and the House version of the bill were left to a panel of conferees to resolve. Differences regarding ...
The Senate overwhelmingly passed its version of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act late July 27 in a bipartisan 86-11 vote. But the House version of the bill was passed largely on party lines, and the two chambers must resolve their differences before the annual ...
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President Joe Biden has nominated Gen. David W. Allvin to be the next Air Force Chief of Staff, according to a Senate notice posted July 25. If confirmed, Allvin, the current Vice Chief of Staff, would succeed Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., who has been nominated ...
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted to forward the nomination of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.’s to become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sending it to the Senate for action. Just how long that might take is unclear. ...
Congress has approved the Pentagon’s request to reprogram personnel funds, Air & Space Forces Magazine confirmed July 19—but it remains to be seen whether that will be enough for the Air Force to reverse its decision to stop awarding new bonuses and delay some permanent ...