http://www.airforcetimes.com en-us Copyright 2013, airforcetimes.com SaxoTech Online Mon, 12 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0400 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:44:30 -0400 15 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/EDU02/308120031 The Coast Guard has restored tuition assistance for all ranks through September, the service announced today. The program is also open to all degree levels. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:37:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/EDU02/308120031 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS08/308120030 Military announcements of deaths in Afghanistan - generally terse, bare-bones statements - have undergone a subtle change this summer, reflecting the shift to Afghans for the security of their country. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:35:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS08/308120030 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS06/308120029 Lawyers for Army Pfc. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:27:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS06/308120029 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120028 Despite the long-term buildup in the Pacific, the Air Force has had to put some exercises there on hold because of sequestration. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:07:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120028 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120023 The Air Force has identified an airman killed in a helicopter crash last week as Tech. Sgt. Mark A Smith. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:14:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120023 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS08/308120026 The leader of the Yemen-based al-Qaida offshoot vowed in a message posted Monday to free fellow militants from prisons and urged jailed fighters to remain faithful to the terror group's ideology. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:02:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS08/308120026 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120025 The new class of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy is set to wrap up the first six weeks of basic training with a 12-mile march to West Point. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:47:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120025 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120024 A Navy attack submarine is returning to Groton after completing its first deployment. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:43:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120024 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS06/308120008 Faced with an epidemic of child abuse across the four services, the Defense Department is establishing a child abuse working group, according to a Pentagon spokesman. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:53:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS06/308120008 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS05/308120007 As more and deeper budget cuts loom, the fate of the military's quality-of-life programs will be left to the individual services, defense officials say. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:51:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS05/308120007 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120021 Seven suggestions that pit sailor against sailor, enlisted against officer or command against rank-and-file: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:49:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120021 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120022 Thousands of sailors are stepping up to expose time-wasting, inane tasks and layout solutions - and the brass is listening. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:47:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120022 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120020 Some of the more ridiculous (albeit intriguing) ideas that prompted RAD posts: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:31:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120020 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120019 Bringing up the rear of the RAD site: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:05:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120019 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120018 An Army staff sergeant who previously served in the Marine Corps will receive the Medal of Honor on Aug. 26, making him the second soldier to be honored with the nation's highest valor award for actions during a fierce October 2009 battle in Afghanistan. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:47:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120018 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120013 A crackdown on what people wear off duty at several posts has provoked a surprising call for stricter dress codes across the Army. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:37:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120013 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120017 When Staff Sgt. Jeff Smith was assigned to the Marine Corps' Body Composition Program in 2009, he knew what to expect. After all, he helped run the exercise portion of his unit's BCP a few years prior. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:33:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120017 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120016 As the U.S. builds its presence in the Pacific, the Air Force is looking back to the Cold War for managing deployments. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:19:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120016 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/CAREERS02/308120015 The Qualitative Management Program again will be used in conjunction with senior noncommissioned officer promotion boards to screen out soldiers of the Regular Army and Active Guard and Reserve (Army Reserve) who do not measure up to service standards for Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:07:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/CAREERS02/308120015 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120014 A sample of comments from Army Times' Facebook page: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:01:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS/308120014 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/BENEFITS06/308120011 The Pentagon's latest proposal to rein in its medical costs could potentially block millions of retired troops and their familiy members from accessing the Tricare health system and is likely to set off yet another battle on Capitol Hill. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 07:27:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/BENEFITS06/308120011 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/CAREERS03/308120010 The Air Force Academy will get its first female superintendent when Maj. Gen. Michelle Johnson formally takes the academy's top job Monday. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 07:04:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/CAREERS03/308120010 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS01/308120009 When Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recently floated the broad outlines of his Strategic Choices Management Review, the section on military pay and benefits included now-familiar proposals to shrink future annual military pay raises and make changes in the Mon, 12 Aug 2013 06:42:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130812/NEWS01/308120009 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS/308110003 Alison Weir worked in the space and intelligence arena in the Air Force, but now she has a new mission - overseeing diaper supply programs to diaper banks across the U.S. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:03:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS/308110003 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS05/308110004 The Pentagon is considering a major overhaul of its geographical combatant commands, possibly realigning oversight within hot-button areas of the world and eliminating thousands of military and civilian positions,according to defense sources.. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:41:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS05/308110004 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS/308110010 Lt. Col. Christopher Dixon was in his office at Camp Lejeune, N.C., when he first watched the video of Marine scout snipers urinating on dead insurgents in Afghanistan. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:47:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS/308110010 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS04/308110005 The Marine Corps' M40 sniper rifle, in use since the Vietnam War, will get a radical upgrade to make the rifle more adaptable, compact and ergonomic for shooters of all builds. It will also become more deadly. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:47:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS04/308110005 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS08/308110002 If not for the Christmas card Capt. Jonathan Hudgins got while in Afghanistan or the summers he worked in his family's grocery, Flying Scarfs might not have taken off. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:21:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS08/308110002 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/CAREERS03/308110001 An Army officer who called on the military a year ago to come clean about the 'absence of success on virtually every level' in Afghanistan, is now calling for a sweeping overhaul of top Army leadership. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 07:55:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/CAREERS03/308110001 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS/308110011 A red circle slowly moves across one of seven computer screens on the desk of Tech. Sgt. Mary Maggiolino. Sun, 11 Aug 2013 16:12:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS/308110011 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS/308110009 New parents have a hard enough time dealing with crying, up-at-all-hours babies. Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:43:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS/308110009 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS06/308110008 Authorities say a 24-year-old Marine at Camp Lejeune has been charged with killing a former deputy from Crestview, Fla., at a shooting at his Jacksonville home. Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:41:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS06/308110008 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS06/308110007 The first week of the trial of Maj. Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:21:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS06/308110007 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS08/308110006 NATO said three of its service members were killed Sunday in eastern Afghanistan but provided no further details. Sun, 11 Aug 2013 11:03:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130811/NEWS08/308110006 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS/308100006 President Obama is tapping retired Sgt. Maj. John Estrada, the 15th sergeant major of the Marine Corps, to be U.S. ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:51:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS/308100006 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS08/308100010 The top U.S. Mon, 12 Aug 2013 07:43:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS08/308100010 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS06/308100012 Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan admits pulling out a pistol, shouting 'Allahu akbar' (God is great) and opening fire on unarmed people, killing 13 of them. All, he says, in an effort to stop them from going to Afghanistan and killing his fellow Muslims. Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:19:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS06/308100012 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS/308100014 The sign leaves no doubt about the risk in entering the steep seaside hills that North America's rarest bird calls home: 'Danger. Boom. Explosives. Unexploded Ordnance and Laser Range in Use. Keep Out.' Sun, 11 Aug 2013 10:15:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS/308100014 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS03/308100005 More than a half-ton of confiscated cocaine came this spring with the aid of a small unmanned drone - signaling the first time the Coast Guard deployed a unmanned aerial system from a cutter in a drug interdiction. Sun, 11 Aug 2013 10:01:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS03/308100005 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS/308100003 Plebe parents could rejoice Friday. After six weeks, they were once again able to see their mids and spend a couple days touring Annapolis for Plebe Parents' Weekend. Sun, 11 Aug 2013 09:55:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS/308100003 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS/308100004 The Army wants to learn from the Air Force's mistakes. Sun, 11 Aug 2013 09:55:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS/308100004 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS/308100002 The Army is expanding its preparatory course for all soon-to-be battalion and brigade commanders and command sergeants major. Sun, 11 Aug 2013 09:53:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS/308100002 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS05/308100019 Sometime next month, the heads of the US military's global combatant commands will convene at the Tampa, Fla., headquarters of U.S. Sun, 11 Aug 2013 09:41:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS05/308100019 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS02/308100020 St. Paul police have arrested two people in connection with the shooting death of a Minnesota National Guard sergeant earlier this week. Sat, 10 Aug 2013 17:08:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS02/308100020 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS08/308100016 A suspected U.S. drone strike killed two alleged al-Qaida militants in southern Yemen on Saturday, military officials said, making it the ninth such strike in just two weeks. Sat, 10 Aug 2013 17:04:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS08/308100016 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS04/308100018 Tom Mader remembers the USS Miami when it was a metal hull filled with shipbuilders putting the final touches on the nuclear-powered submarine at Electric Boat in Connecticut. He was the skipper when the submarine was commissioned in 1990. Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:33:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS04/308100018 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS/308100017 The U.S. Air Force is looking into the death of an airman at a base in southern Arizona. Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:27:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS/308100017 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/BENEFITS04/308100015 President Barack Obama assured disabled veterans Saturday that his administration is making progress on reducing a backlog of disability claims and said the number of requests for assistance has fallen by nearly one-fifth since peaking at more than 600,000 just a few months ago. Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:19:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/BENEFITS04/308100015 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/BENEFITS04/308100001 President Obama will use his Saturday speech to Disabled American Veterans to talk about fulfilling the government's promise to veterans, now and in the future. Sat, 10 Aug 2013 13:25:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/BENEFITS04/308100001 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS08/308100011 President Barack Obama seems determined to make sure he doesn't have another Benghazi. Sat, 10 Aug 2013 11:22:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS08/308100011 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/CAREERS03/308100009 A new officer has taken charge at the Millington Navy base in West Tennessee. Sat, 10 Aug 2013 10:54:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/CAREERS03/308100009 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS02/308100008 About 200 Maine National Guard soldiers are ready to deploy to Afghanistan. Sat, 10 Aug 2013 10:44:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS02/308100008 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS/308100007 Sixty-two residents of the New Hampshire Veterans Home are being recognized for their service in the Korean War. Sat, 10 Aug 2013 10:40:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130810/NEWS/308100007 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130809/NEWS08/308090001 Marine security guards may be temporarily moved into facilities abroad that others are vacating following a worldwide terrorism alert that led to the closure of more than two dozen diplomatic embassies and consulates. Sun, 11 Aug 2013 10:01:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130809/NEWS08/308090001 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130809/NEWS/308090022 On Aug. 8, one year after Maj. Walter David 'DG' Gray died in Afghanistan when a suicide bomber attacked his vehicle, 13 of his men finished a 140-mile ruck march from Dover Air Force Base, Del., to Arlington National Cemetery to honor him. Sun, 11 Aug 2013 09:53:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130809/NEWS/308090022 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130809/NEWS05/308090035 Troops' pay will continue to be exempted from the budget cuts known as sequestration during fiscal 2014. Sun, 11 Aug 2013 09:25:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130809/NEWS05/308090035 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130809/BENEFITS02/308090031 Lawyers for about 300 sailors kicked out of the Navy last year filed an appeal in late July in their case against the service - nearly two months after losing their latest court battle. Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:41:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130809/BENEFITS02/308090031 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130809/NEWS06/308090028 Five former military training instructors sentenced to jail time but spared a punitive discharge in a series of courts-martial at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland are no longer in the Air Force. Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:41:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130809/NEWS06/308090028 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130809/NEWS08/308090034 At least seven suspected militants from Saudi Arabia were among the alleged al-Qaida members killed in Yemen in a recent wave of U.S. Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:42:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130809/NEWS08/308090034 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130809/NEWS06/308090004 Since his arrest in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Maj. Nidal Hasan has challenged most everything about the case: restrictions on how he can pray, orders to shave his beard, the court-assigned attorneys forced to help his defense. Sat, 10 Aug 2013 11:34:00 -0400 http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130809/NEWS06/308090004