Congress has quashed the 2003 provision that would allow new military recruits to serve part of their commitment in the Peace Corps. A band of lawmakers, led by Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), were successful in getting an amendment in the 2006 defense policy bill that eliminated the Peace Corps option under the National Call to Service program. This will not please some like Colman McCarthy who saw it as an opportunity for the Peace Corps to raid the Pentagon money bank.
The Department of the Air Force is limiting medical shaving profiles to a maximum of six months, down from the previous limit of five years, and will soon require Airmen and Guardians with profiles issued in the last 10 months to be reevaluated as part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s…
