Eight medics from five US Air Forces in Europe bases are working in Liberia to train some of the country’s scarce medical personnel, as part of an initiative by President Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson to re-energize security forces within the fledgling democracy.
Trainees in Basic Military Training and technical school no longer have the option to try alternate PT drills if they fail an initial assessment, according to a policy change the Air Force made in April. The move is part of a larger shift out of the classroom and into hands-on,…