Starting July 1, Gen. Stephen Lorenz, head of Air Education and Training Command at Randolph AFB, Tex., will begin using the social networking site Twitter to communicate to internal and external audiences. Lorenz said June 25 using Twitter as an outreach tool goes hand-in-hand with AETC’s philosophy of applying innovation and leveraging technology to move the Air Force into the future. “It is critical for our command to have a voice and conduct discourse where millions of people are connected,” said Lorenz. He continued, “This is especially true for a commander who wants to interact with younger ‘digital native’ airmen and Americans.” Lorenz’s Twitter user name is “AETCBoss.” He intends to tweet (i.e., post entries) on command updates, his activities as commander, and insights about what is on his mind. Lorenz will be retiring later this year. (Randolph report by Mike Briggs) (Lorenz’s Twitter page)
The Space Force on April 15 released two highly anticipated future-casting documents that describe what the service expects the space environment will look like in the year 2040 and lay out the force structure it thinks it will need to operate in that environment.