The Air Force will launch an “Airman Comprehensive Assessment” form in the coming months that is intended to facilitate “meaningful and purposeful dialogue between supervisors and the airmen they lead,” said CMSAF James Cody in the most recent Roll Call. It will entail “a self-assessment, a detailed evaluation of current performance, and specific questions for the rater and ratee to discuss,” states the Roll Call, released March 31. It will be lengthy, “but it will be time well-spent,” wrote Cody. “We all need feedback and we need it often. It enables us to accomplish great things? for our nation, as individuals, and as a team.”
The use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border this week—which prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to abruptly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas—will be a “case study” on the complex web of authorities needed to employ such weapons near civilian areas and the consequences of agencies…
