The Government Printing Office has released a 64-page book highlighting National Guard support following devastating Hurricane Katrina that struck the Gulf Coast in 2005. National Guard historians Bill Boehm and Renee Hylton and Army Maj. Thomas Mehl collaborated on the effort. Boehm, lead author, believes much of the Guard support received little press and some media coverage was incorrect. (Readers can access the book online—”In Katrina’s Wake: The National Guard on the Gulf Coast, 2005) (NGB release)
Active-Duty Airmen only have a few days left to submit an official waist-to-height ratio into the Air Force’s new online application. But the service clarified July 23 that this first body composition measurement is not meant to be scored as part of the new Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, or PFRA