The Air Force’s Ira C. Eaker Center for Professional Development at Maxwell AFB, Ala., recently established an online resource center to assist civilians with their professional development, according to a base release. The Civilian Development Resource Center is a flexible development tool that provides “access to development roadmaps, learning programs, and thousands of no-cost courses, books, videos, job aids, simulations, articles and more,” stated the release. It allows users to access courses required for professional certifications and custom-pace themselves as they go through different stages of their careers. “The civilian workforce is one of the Air Force’s greatest assets,” said Russell Frasz, director of the airman force development directorate at Maxwell. “Continuously developing oneself is a personal responsibility for all airmen.” The new resource center helps the Air Force maintain its edge, by “assisting personnel to develop their professional competencies in an efficient and cost-conscious manner,” he added.
United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket is slated to fly its second national security mission in February—nearly six months after its first operational launch and almost a year after it was certified to fly military payloads for the Space Force.
