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    Name, rank, service and badges will be more identifiable on OCP

    OCP rank insignia, badges, name, and service tapes will now feature a lighter, three-color background pattern, versus the current seven-color pattern, to increase readability and ease rank recognition.

  • SNCOs: Mentor Future Commanders!

    “More is caught, than taught.” This common colloquialism rings true for individual development. Regardless of your tenure in the Top 3, if you have just sewn on master sergeant, or are a chief master sergeant hitting high year tenure, senior NCOs shape tomorrow’s joint leaders. We set the example for what we want to see in emerging leaders and provide the template with our actions.
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Codey Martin, 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron tactical aircraft maintainer, stands next to an F-16CM Fighting Falcon at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Aug. 10, 2018.

    What it means to serve

    Across the Department of Defense, military members dedicate themselves to protecting the United States and the American way of life through voluntary service. Just as individual Airmen, Soldiers, Marines and Sailors joined the military for different reasons and support their branches in diverse ways, each has a unique way of defining what it means to serve based on their experiences. For some 20th Fighter Wing Airmen, this is what it means to serve.
  • Post 9/11 GI Bill Update (U.S. Air Force graphic/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)

    DoD Announces Policy Change on Transfer of Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits

    The Department of Defense issued a substantive change today to its policy on the transfer by service members in the uniformed services of Post-9/11 GI Bill educational benefits to eligible family member recipients.
  • Gary Willis, Society of the Vietnamese Airborne director speaks at the O-2 Skymaster static display rededication ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., May 4, 2018.

    Skymaster relives glory days at Shaw

    Far from the jungles of Vietnam where it served in the war effort from 1969 to 1970, an O-2 Skymaster sits perched above Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.
  • This graphic represents service members from around the world who participate in the Blended Military Retirement System.

    Blended Military Retirement System to take effect Jan. 1

    One of the most wide-reaching and significant changes to military pay and benefits over the last 70 years goes into effect Jan. 1, 2018, with the implementation of the Uniformed Services Blended Retirement System, known as BRS.
  • Master Sgt. Thomas Moore is the first sister-service to undergo the School’s Advanced Maintenance Superintendent Course at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., May 16, 2016. With the skills learned at the AMSC, Moore will serve a vital role in reengineering the way the Marine Corps handles aircraft maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum)

    First Marine graduates USAF AMMOS

    On May 20, 2016, Master Sgt. Thomas Moore, Marine Aviation and Logistics Squadron 11 aircraft maintenance chief, will graduate the AMMOS course at Nellis AFB, becoming not only the first Marine to complete the course, but the first sister-service member ever.
  • Airman 1st Class Karen, 432nd Maintenance Squadron munitions flight crew members, inspects a GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb during a build March 1, 2016, at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada. On August 31, 1949, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced the creation of an Armed Forces Day to replace separate Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christian Clausen/Released)

    Armed Forces Day: a tribute to those who serve

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