Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) expressed concern during a Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday about a letter Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley sent to the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves. Leahy, who apparently had read a copy of the letter, interpreted it as expressing Moseley’s discomfort with the Guard’s dual mission and other issues. However, Moseley assured Leahy, who is co-chair of the National Guard Caucus, that his only concern was that the CNGR in its recommendations did not damage the USAF-ANG working arrangement. Moseley’s wish: “Don’t break my Air National Guard and my relationship with my Guard.”
The Air Force is promoting around 12,500 Senior Airmen to staff sergeant, roughly 20 percent fewer enlisted Airmen compared to last year’s massive total.