Maj. Jeffrey Magee and Capt. Tom Clerici each received a Bronze Star Medal at separate events in February for their meritorious service in Afghanistan. Magee was recognized Feb. 17 at Lackland AFB, Tex., for his work in assisting the Afghan National Civil Order Police’s chief of logistics, including helping establish the first national vehicle depot outside of Kabul for the Afghan National Army. Clerici, a telecommunications assessments chief at Lackland, received his medal Feb. 9 during a ceremony at Camp Eggers in Kabul, where he served with the NATO Training Mission and Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, advising on matters such as deployment operations, training, soldier retention, and equipment acquisition. (Lackland report on Magee; Lackland report on Clerici)
Trainees in Basic Military Training and technical school no longer have the option to try alternate PT drills if they fail an initial assessment, according to a policy change the Air Force made in April. The move is part of a larger shift out of the classroom and into hands-on,…