The Air Force is offering a $10,000 bonus for prior-service enlisted Airmen who join the Reserve and fill an open job, part of an effort to boost flagging recruiting numbers for the component. The Active-Duty Air Force’s troubles meeting its recruiting goals have been well documented, ...
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The Air Force expects the final report of a sweeping, first-of-its-kind suicide analysis board in the next few months, as the department looks to refine its prevention and response efforts. The Department of the Air Force partnered with suicide researchers to compile over 1,000 data ...
The Space Force is now one step closer to delivering its service dress uniform to the entire branch after 100 Guardians fit tested it. Now that the fit test is complete, the next step is the wear test, where selected Guardians will wear the uniform ...
Amid a high-profile recruiting crisis, Air Force leaders and experts increasingly note the challenging long-term trends the service faces in convincing young Americans to join: Declining numbers of eligible candidates, lower interest and propensity to serve, and reduced exposure to military people and service. But while ...
The U.S. Air Force Academy is doubling its sexual assault prevention and response (SAPR) workforce from 12 to 24 employees after a recent Pentagon report showed incidents rising across the service academies.
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Today’s recruiting challenges are systemic to our national circumstances. The military is in a more competitive environment than ever, at a time when other societal changes are also working to the services’ disadvantage.
The new Blended Retirement System (BRS) is now five years old, and its consequences remain hard to decipher.