Merri M. Shaffer
Recent stories by Merri M. Shaffer
Reducing End Strength
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgOrlando, Fla. The Air Force is expected to reduce its end strength...
Finding the Right Formula
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgOrlando, Fla. The Air Force will more clearly define performance-assessment and promotion-recommendation...
Getting Personal
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgOrlando, Fla.—Changes to the enlisted performance review will also reflect an emphasis...
Getting Personal
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgOrlando, Fla.—Changes to the enlisted performance review will also reflect an emphasis...
Finding the Right Formula
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgOrlando, Fla.—The Air Force will more clearly define performance-assessment and promotion-recommendation processes...
Reducing End Strength
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgOrlando, Fla. The Air Force is expected to reduce its end strength...
Tunnel to Resiliency
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgOrlando, Fla.—An initiative at Grand Forks AFB, N.D., nicknamed “the Tunnel” is...
Attacking Sexual Assaults in the NDAA
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgWhile the bipartisan agreement on the Fiscal 2014 defense authorization bill unveiled...
Competing Amendments Look to Combat Military Sexual Assault
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgSenators have introduced a host of competing amendments to the Fiscal 2014...
Moving In On the Cyber Mission
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe National Guard’s first test unit has begun cyber training at the...
Senators Look to Protect A-10 Fleet
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgSen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) introduced an amendment...
Equality For All…Coming Soon
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgEven though the Defense Department’s deadline for extending benefits to same-sex spouses...
Experimental Satellite Set for Launch
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe Air Force is poised for Tuesday’s launch of the Space Test...
PACAF Relief Efforts in the Philippines
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgPacific Air Forces has directed two teams to support humanitarian operations in...
Defining the Line
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgFinding a surveillance consensus post-Edward Snowden will require looking at transparency, oversight,...
