There are still people who do not know that the military services employ civilians. It came as welcome news to many of the 300 Hispanic teens attending the Viva Technology Day, co-sponsored by DOD and the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corp., in Anaheim, Calif. Air Force Col. James J. Campbell, with the Pentagon’s personnel and readiness office, talked, in particular, about USAF’s civilian scientists and engineers.
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,…