President Obama has selected Maj. Gen. Bradley Heithold to be vice commander of US Special Operations Command. He’s also nominated Heithold for promotion to the rank of lieutenant general. Heithold has been in charge of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency at Lackland AFB, Tex., since February 2009. (DOD release)
The Air National Guardsman who was arrested last year for sharing hundreds of top secret and classified documents to online chatrooms was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison on Nov. 12 after pleading guilty to several charges this March.