Airmen currently assigned to NAS Keflavik, Iceland, recently got a visit from a US Air Forces in Europe assignments team to sort out their fates following the announcement that the US was pulling American forces out of the facility. The team fielded questions on potential assignments and family situations, but it could not yet provide a date for the cessation of Air Force operations. All plans, said USAFE officials, await an execute order from the Chief of Staff.
Active-duty transgender troops have until June 6 to self-identify and begin the voluntary separation process or wait and risk possible involuntary separation later—even as questions linger over how that decision might affect their security clearances for future employment.