The Air Force has begun sending to USAF facilities around the world to jump start the transition to a new centralized financial services operation. The teams will spend the next nine months indoctrinating local finance personnel develop the process that will put travel and pay voucher processing in the hands of a new Air Force Financial Services Center opening at Ellsworth AFB, S.D. The service expects to save more than $200 million in the first 10 years of operation.
Airmen and Guardians in the Active and Reserve component, as well as civilian employees, in “mission critical and high-risk populations” are now required to receive influenza vaccinations annually to “preserve force readiness,” according to a recent Department of the Air Force memo.