A Defense Department review of disability board results between 2001 and 2012 could grant some separated airmen eligibility for re-evaluation, announced the Air Force Personnel Center. This action came after DOD officials learned the criteria for some diagnoses had changed during board processing between the respective dates, states the release. The review identified 250 eligible airmen whose mental health diagnoses changed during the evaluation process. All were to be notified via mail, although only 31 have responded as of Dec. 9, states the release.
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…