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A Military Widow’s Story: Army Reserve Soldiers Receive Different Perspective during Suicide Prevention Training Photo By Maj. Ebony Gay | Sarah Smith holds a framed photograph of her late husband, Sgt. 1st Class James Smith...... read moreread more Photo By Maj. Ebony Gay | Sarah Smith holds a framed photograph of her late husband, Sgt. 1st Class James Smith during a beachfront family photo this...

1 JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – More than 80 U.S. Army trainees at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, are completing English Language Training (ELT) without interruption thanks to a partnership between the Defense Language English Language Center and the Army post. The trainees completed their ELT through a Virtual Training Team (VTT) effort that began Nov. 9, 2020, and continues through January. They are members of the U.S. Army English as Second Language (ESL) Program that help...

Chinese Communist Aggression Is Why the US Space Force Is Imperative Commentary In 2018, President Donald Trump directed the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to create a sixth branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, now known as the U.S. Space Force, which was formally established in December 2019. Though some have poked fun at the new military branch after it recently revealed that its troops would be called “Guardians,” the circumstances necessitating our Space Force are no laughing matter—the...

By Stephanie Kanowitz Dec 23, 2020 The Defense Innovation Unit and Google Cloud have entered into an agreement with the Air Force to modernize pilot training. Through the artificial intelligence-driven Joint Immersive Training System (JTS), the 19 th Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, will use off-the-shelf equipment such as virtual reality headsets, joysticks, throttles, rubber pedal controls and video gaming chairs to build training devices that can be deployed to service members ...

Two Women Are Currently Attempting Special Warfare Training, Air Force Says Air Force Special Tactics operators conduct a static line jump out of a C-130H Hercules during training at Eglin Range, Florida, Aug. 21, 2020. (U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Rose Gudex) 22 Dec 2020 Two women -- an enlisted member and an officer -- are currently tackling special warfare training courses within the Air Forces rigorous combat training pipeline, according to the service. In July, Military.com reported that a s...

Advertisement The sun rose over Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and aircraft began departing for the Air force’s annual green flag exercises. After several early morning hours of prepping information for various operations, intelligence officer and then lieutenant, Richard Bergeron, took in the scene from the ramp. Despite years of service and accomplishment, one very important goal eluded him: earning the coveted wings of an Air Force aviator. In 2008, less than 10 years prior to his commission...

When getting some good, life-changing news, it doesn’t really matter how it’s delivered. Technical Sgt. Vincent Boven found out over the airwaves in early November that the commander of Air Education and Training Command had tapped him for a highly selective program to receive a commission. The 12-year veteran was sitting with fellow cadre members at the Air Force ROTC detachment at Michigan Technological University chatting with the Headquarters AFROTC commander, who was doing a virtual vi...

Black Airmen More Likely to Be Investigated, Arrested and Discharged, Air Force Finds U.S. Air Force basic military graduation is held Apr. 16, 2020, on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S. Air Force/ Johnny Saldivar) 22 Dec 2020 Black airmen are nearly twice as likely to be suspects in a military criminal investigation, arrested or apprehended by base patrol, or involuntarily discharged based on misconduct. These and other findings are part of a comprehensive, six-month Inspector Gene...

By COREY DICKSTEIN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 21, 2020 WASHINGTON — Black troops in the Air Force and Space Force are investigated and punished far more often than their white counterparts and they receive fewer career advancement opportunities, according to a review by the Air Force inspector general published Monday. The four-month data analysis by the inspector general found disparities exist in the treatment of Black and white troops within the Air Force Department, Lt. Gen...

Space Command site team in meetings with San Antonio leaders FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Mayor Ron Nirenberg speaks with the San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board in 2017.Bob Owen /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Aerial view of Port San AntonioPort San Antonio / Port San AntonioShow MoreShow Less Local leaders will huddle Monday with a Pentagon site selection team that within weeks is expected to recommend either San Antonio or one of five other cities as the new home of U.S. S...