Colonels and lieutenant colonels who would rather retire on their own than face the upcoming Selective Early Retirement Board need to get cracking. The Air Force Personnel Center says it needs retirement papers by Dec. 15. The SERB, which meets Jan. 8, is one of the force-shaping tools USAF is employing to shave 40,000 personnel from its ranks over the next three years. As of Nov. 27—the most current data—the Air Force has identified some 730 SERB -eligible officers. A USAF spokesman told Daily Report Monday that the service expects to “SERB” about 200 officers.
Sharene Brown has led an initiative, “Five and Thrive,” to tackle some of the most vexing issues facing Airmen's families during her husband's time as the Air Force's top officer. Now that Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. has been nominated as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff…