Maj. Douglas A. Gimlich was named recipient of the second place individual award in the Pentagon’s 2008 chief information officer awards program, and Lt. Col. Angela J. Burth received third place honors, the Department of Defense announced Oct. 31. Gimlich is assigned to US Air Forces in Europe headquarters; Burth works on the Joint Staff. Pentagon CIO John Grimes selected the recipients from among 80 nominations worldwide. These awards, in their eighth year, recognize exemplary performance in information management and information technology management. Army Lt. Col. Anthony O. Evans of Ft. Belvoir, Va., received the first place individual award, while US Strategic Command’s joint task force global network operations took home the first-place team award.
The top Air Force commander on on the Japanese island of Okinawa has clamped down alcohol and issued a curfew for junior enlisted Airmen and Guardians at Kadena Air Base for the next month. The order came roughly two weeks after a U.S. Marine was arrested for allegedly robbing and…