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Only 17% of airmen were promoted to staff sergeant this month, marking the lowest promotion rate since at least 1996.

The Air Force chose just over 20% of eligible senior airmen to move up the career ladder.

The Air Force chose 17.4% of eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant, down from last year’s selection rate of 21.1%.

Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his brave action in Kunar Province during a conflict in 2008.

The remains of a Kansas WWII veteran killed during the largest bombing mission against the oil fields and refineries at Ploiesti in Romania, are being returned to Plains to be buried.

Sixteen percent of nearly 34,000 eligible staff sergeants were tapped for promotion to technical sergeant.

Recent research shows that nearly 10,000 active duty Army soldiers became newly obese between February 2019 and June 2021, after restricted duty and limited exercise led to higher body mass

Three active-duty Law Enforcement Officers, all from South Shore communities, passed away suddenly within the last seven days.

William Mellows was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, where his father, Staff Sergeant William Mellows, was then stationed. His father had ambitions for the son to become the fourth generation of the family to serve in the armed forces, but after they moved back to Ireland, Liam became steadily disillusioned with the British Government. He lived in Dublin for a time and spent a lot of time living in his grandparents house in Co Wexford, where his mother came from.

NEW ORLEANS – Sgt. Christian Knoll, a 24-year-old Louisiana Army National Guardsman (LAARNG) originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, was named the top National Guard recruiter in the Strength Maintenance Advisory Group