The 2005 BRAC drama is nearly done—Congress just has to do nothing—but for many Air National Guard units across the country the “anxiety” they face in aircraft and personnel movements is really sinking in, says Lt. Gen. Daniel James III, ANG director. Speaking at a Capitol Hill seminar Wednesday, James acknowledges the old days when the Air Guard “just changed airplanes” are over.
Unit commanders are being told to separate service members who can’t shave their cheeks and chin for medical reasons for more than a year, according to new guidance from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
