Air Force Special Operations Command has created a Battlefield Airman Clinic, which it expects to “better serve the unique physical needs” of USAF’s ground warriors as they go through advanced skills training. The new clinic is primarily the work of the medical staff of the 720th Special Tactics Group at Hurlburt Field, Fla. “Our special operators and TACP [tactical air control party] students have different needs and different injuries that require different focus and perspective,” said Maj. Gen. Don Wurster, AFSOC vice commander, at the official ribbon cutting.
Active-Duty Airmen only have a few days left to submit an official waist-to-height ratio into the Air Force’s new online application. But the service clarified July 23 that this first body composition measurement is not meant to be scored as part of the new Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, or PFRA