Although relatively few active duty personnel have signed up for the “Blue to Green” Program since its inception in July 2004, officials say the program will continue. According to a San Antonio Express-News report, the program, which offers airmen and sailors—the blue—the opportunity to switch to the Army—the green—rather than get cut in service force-shaping efforts, has attracted only 417 personnel. Considering the Air Force will be cutting up to 50,000 active, reserve, and civilian personnel over the next five years, there may be new interest in Blue to Green.
Pentagon Task Force, FAA to Test Counter-Drone Laser
March 7, 2026
The Pentagon’s counter-drone task force announced it would conduct a high-energy laser test with the Federal Aviation Administration less than a month after the use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border prompted the FAA to shut down the airspace over El Paso, Texas.