Air Force Security Forces in US Air Forces in Europe have totally revamped the command’s regional training program, known as “Creek Defender,” run by the 768th Security Forces Squadron at Sembach AB, Germany. Taking direct feedback from security forces members who had deployed to Southwest Asia operations, the squadron created more than 40 new lesson plans—taking the Defender from instruction-based to one that focuses on how to counteract insurgent threats, reports USAF journalist MSgt. John Lasky.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
