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Jan. 31, 2025
Strengthening the spirit for global readiness

The Basic Chaplain Course, a month-long training program at the Air Force Chaplain Corps College here, is now placing a greater emphasis on global readiness. This updated training is led by U.S. Air Force Maj. Thomas West, Air Force Chaplain Corps College staff chaplain, the course is from January
Jan. 28, 2025
"Hands go, hands come”: An Airman’s journey from Ghana to graduation

“There were bushfires and famine; people were dying of hunger—it was horrible.”Growing up in Ghana, Staff Sgt. Isaac Barfi’s younger years were marked by conflict and adversity, but it was not the challenges that defined him rather, it was the kindness of strangers that shaped the course of his
Jan. 28, 2025
Air Force Wargaming Institute hosts tabletop exercise for the Department Level Exercise series 2025

Experts converged at the Air Force Wargaming Institute at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Jan. 14-17, 2025, to solidify planning elements critical for a series of successful Pacific theater exercises scheduled for the 2025 summer.
Jan. 27, 2025
Mastering Leadership: Getting ready for SNCO success

As one of the initial lead cadres of the Junior Enlisted Foundations course 300, NCO Foundations course 500 and the SNCO Foundations course 700 here, U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy Fogleman, 8th Battalion and Montgomery Military Entrance Processing Station senior enlisted advisor, and
Jan. 23, 2025
Air Force doctrine realigns to create a more lethal, resilient force

The U.S. Air Force has released three doctrine publications to emphasize reoptimizing for Great Power Competition efforts: Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-0, Operations; AFDP 3-0.1, Command and Control; and AFDP 5-0, Planning.
Jan. 13, 2025
CMSAF: Combat Ready

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David A. Flosi details the importance of training and maintaining a combat ready posture within the Air Force. With the threats the force is faced with today and in the future, he suggests that a holistic approach to building 21st century warfighters puts the
Dec. 20, 2024
Beyond the badge: First civilian defender graduates ALS

Whitney Motley, 42nd Security Forces Squadron police officer, recently became the first security forces civilian to graduate from Airman Leadership School on Dec. 5, 2024.
Dec. 20, 2024
Diamond Sharp Award: The actions behind caring for others

There are few who rise above their peers but even fewer who give their own personal time to support their wingmen. Senior Airman Julian Elson, Air War College executive services admin, just so happens to do both. 
Dec. 20, 2024
Air Staff Development Course Team Assists Newly Formed Air Task Forces

In an effort to modernize and enhance operational effectiveness, the U.S. Air Force has shifted its structural strategy, leading to the establishment of Air Task Forces.
Dec. 5, 2024
Global College of Professional Military Education: CMSAF Flosi

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David A. Flosi details how the Global College of Professional Military Education provides the force with agility needed to re-optimize the force for Great Power Competition at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, December 5th, 2024.

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