Air 
Force ROTC cadets took the oath of enlistment for the first time in decades on the Yale University campus in New Haven, Conn. Yale AFROTC Detachment 009 Commander Col. Scott Manning administered the oath for cadets from Yale and cross-town partnership institutions during a Sept. 6 ceremony. The return of an Air Force ROTC detachment to the Ivy League school came about under the agreement signed in September 2011 by Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Yale President Richard Levin. University officials agreed to allow the detachment’s return after the Obama Administration’s repeal of the law banning homosexuals from openly serving in the US military. Yale previously had an AFROTC detachment on campus until 1957. Yale’s new AFROTC detachment officially opens its doors on Sept. 21 with 38 cadets, according to AFROTC officials at Maxwell AFB, Ala. Classes at Yale began for the academic year on Aug. 29. (Maxwell photo caption by Michael Marsland)
Pentagon Releases Cost of Living, BAH Rates for 2026
Dec. 30, 2025
The Pentagon will pay cost of living allowances to 127,000 service members in the continental U.S. in 2026, an increase of 66,000 members in 2025. Airmen and Guardians across the U.S. will also receive an average increase of 4.2 percent for their Basic Housing Allowance, compared to the 5.4 percent…
