The head of the National Guard Bureau, Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Blum, says that the National Guard provides “real, critically needed skills and real capabilities, not just some PowerPoint slide promises.” Blum, who was speaking at the National Guard Association of the United States conference in New Mexico, said that 9/11 sparked a “no-notice transformation” of the Guard, citing, as one example, the phenomenal progress the Guard has made over the past five years in creating 45 weapons of mass destruction and civil support teams, 54 24-hour-a-day joint operations centers, and 54 reaction forces, among other capabilities. Blum said: “You name the theater, the Guard is there. You name the operation, the Guard is there.”
Now Enlisted Airmen Can Stay in Uniform Longer
Dec. 8, 2023
The Air Force is extending the amount of time Airmen can spend at most enlisted ranks by two years, as the service looks to combat sluggish recruiting and balance its force structure. The High Year of Tenure (HYT) program sets limits on how long service members can spend in each grade…