Senior Enlisted Adviser to the Chairman Troy Black becomes the top enlisted voice on quality-of-life and combat readiness issues for the joint force. Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart has become the second Air Force general officer ever charged with a sexual crime. The U.S. government has warned a Virginia judge that allowing a U.S. Marine to keep an Afghan war orphan risks violating international law, The shortfall makes it more difficult for the service to fill a pilot shortage of around 2,000 people that has persisted for years. "We’ve got a real sense of the ‘tyranny of distance’ and how familiar we have yet to become with this theater," Maj. Gen. John Klein said. The former prisoner of war had his conviction thrown out by a federal judge last week. A Russian general in charge of forces fighting in southern Ukraine was relieved of his duties after speaking out about the problems faced by his troops. Maj. Katie Lunning, Military Times' 2023 Airman of the Year, helped saved dozens of lives during the evacuation of Afghanistan as a critical care nurse. Sgt. Maj. Troy Black, the No. 1 enlisted Marine, will take the role of senior enlisted adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Maj. Gen. Bill Cooley was found guilty of one of three counts of abusive sexual contact in an April 2022 court-martial. Load More