For some 200 colonels and more than 400 lieutenant colonels the Fiscal 2007 Selective Early Retirement Board meeting next week will decide whether they must retire by the end of the fiscal year. The number meeting the SERB is down by about 60 officers from just over a month ago. At that time, USAF officials told the Daily Report that the board must select 200 officers to retire early.
Airmen and Guardians in the Active and Reserve component, as well as civilian employees, in “mission critical and high-risk populations” are now required to receive influenza vaccinations annually to “preserve force readiness,” according to a recent Department of the Air Force memo.