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Spring 2021 commissionees from UTK Air Force ROTC program Courtesy of Detachment 800 A6 Team The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at the University of Tennessee has had a series of major accomplishments from its recent cadet class. The Air Force ROTC program recruits students, usually freshman, into a four year program that works in tandem with their college experience. After four years and graduation, the cadets will rise to the rank of second lieutenant as they serve in either the Air Force or Space Force. The program is funded by U...

Transgender airmen, guardians guaranteed equal opportunity under new policy May 13 Staff Sgt. Logan Ireland and his wife, Laila, speak to an audience in Polaris Hall about transgender issues during the National Character and Leadership Symposium hosted by the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2018. (Tech. Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes/Air Force) The Department of the Air Force has rolled out a new set of policies for transgender airmen and guardians that aim to treat troops undergoing a gender change more equitably. “Service in the Air Force and Space Force should be open to all persons who can mee...

May 05, 2021 In November 2020, Air Force Gaming made its debut as the global gaming and esports hub for the Air Force. The intramural program for service members in the Air and Space Forces began with the Air Force Gaming League connecting players and teams from the eight U.S. bases under the Air Force Global Strike Command. The league features a Discord community and competitive "pop-up" opportunities for service members; the goal is to eventually cover every base in the Air Force.  More than 80% of Airmen ages 18 to 35 identify as gamers, playing between four and 10 hours per week, Col. Ma...

AEC. “With the growth in the aerospace sector, whether it’s the Air Force or Space Force or by the private sector and both here in Hawaiʻi and across the globe, it is even more critical that the College of Engineering and other units like SOEST be able to offer programs like the new aerospace engineering program within our mechanical engineering department so that our graduates can take advantage of these rapidly growing opportunities and employers can have a local workforce from which to pull from,” College of Engineering Dean Brennon Morioka said “It is exciting for us to be a pa...

Apr 27, 2021 In November 2020, Air Force Gaming made its debut as the global gaming and esports hub for the Air Force. The intramural program for service members in the Air and Space Forces began with the Air Force Gaming League connecting players and teams from the eight U.S. bases under the Air Force Global Strike Command. The league features a Discord community and competitive "pop-up" opportunities for service members; the goal is to eventually cover every base in the Air Force.  More than 80% of Airmen ages 18 to 35 identify as gamers, playing between four and 10 hours per week, Col. Ma...