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The Pentagon has nominated Maj. Gen. Philip A. Garrant for a promotion to three-star general and to take on the job of Space Force deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs, and requirements. In the role, he would also be responsible for the ...
As Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall looks to modernize the force, he is calling for tough decisions that will shrink the size of the fleet and make the waging of two simultaneous wars “unrealistic,” he said at an AFA Leaders in Action event. Kendall sat ...
Service members facing potential discharges for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine received little relief from the House Armed Services Committee as it marked up the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, with a series of provisions challenging the vaccine mandate getting voted down. Troops hoping ...
Service members from other branches have a chance to switch to Space Force in the coming weeks, as USSF will accept applications for its interservice transfer program from June 15 to 30. The billets available are limited, though: only 243 slots—29 officers and 214 enlisted—are ...
A single “hooah” filled the atrium of the Electromagnetic Warfare Facility at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., on June 15, where a former Army officer received his first salute as commander of the USSF's 4th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron. Lt. Col. Nicholas R. Shaw became the ...
Troops were “fatigued, worn, and frayed around the edges” in 2013, as the Government Accountability Office put it. That was when U.S. Special Operations Command established its Preservation of the Force and Family program designed to provide extra resources for service members’ holistic well being ...
Breaking weapons up into modular segments for ease of upgrade could also improve defense industrial surge capacity, said the outgoing head of Air Force Materiel Command Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr. Modularity could also help address the issue of intellectual property while keeping more companies ...
