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AF leaders describe future force under sequestration
Two senior Air Force leaders testified before Congress Oct. 23, along with their Army and Navy counterparts on the impact of the continuing resolution and sequestration on the service's acquisition and...
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Leaders advise against merging Guard, Reserve
Air Force Reserve leaders told members of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force that merging the Air Force Reserve with the Air National Guard would create little value and cause...
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Hagel: Six priorities shape future defense institutions
In the months since the 2012 defense strategic guidance first reflected a new budget reality, Pentagon officials and military leaders have been working on the department's longer-term budget and...
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CSAF launches new initiative to improve communication with Airmen
As part of a series of recent efforts to enhance communication with Airmen, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III released the first of a new video series called "Airman to Airman." With all...
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Acting SECAF: AF at increase level of risk under sequestration
Air Force readiness was the topic of concern for the Air Force's senior leader as he addressed members of the Air Force Association and the media during the association's monthly breakfast, in...
View ArticleComptroller: Instability Affects Readiness, Civilian Workforce
The Defense Department has assumed a substantial level of risk to military readiness and to its civilian workforce because of the long-term instability of its budget and the budget process, Pentagon...
View ArticlePentagon Official Says DOD Needs More BRAC
The Defense Department is again asking Congress to allow it to use a tool that would help alleviate draconian budget cuts possible under sequestration: the base realignment and closure process. The...
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Welsh: Budget Woes Force Cuts to Some Base Facilities
In this time of sequestration, the Air Force must focus on its primary mission of being able to fight and win the nation's wars, Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, the Air Force chief of staff, said here...
View ArticleAF implements new personnel policies as it prepares to get smaller
The Air Force will implement new personnel policies to posture for future force management programs as it prepares to become smaller, officials announced today. In the absence of Congressional...
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Pentagon Reductions ‘First Step’ in Realigning Defense Spending, Hagel Says
The Defense Department's senior leaders announced changes today in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Staff designed to save money and better align the department's structures and...
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AF announces additional force management programs to reduce force size
Air Force leaders announced force management programs Dec. 11 designed to reduce the force by thousands of Airmen over the next five years as a result of sequestration. Fiscal 2014 force management...
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AF officials announce FY14 civilian workforce shaping
The Air Force will reduce the size of its civilian workforce by about 900 positions in addition to maintaining approximately 7,000 vacancies across the force to meet the demands of a constrained fiscal...
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Budget 'Step in the Right Direction,' Hagel Says
The budget deal that passed Congress yesterday means the page is turning on a prolonged period of fiscal uncertainty, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said today during a joint news conference with Army...
View ArticleForce management programs necessary despite budget deal
Despite a congressional budget deal that lessens the impact of sequestration on the Air Force, it doesn't go far enough to halt actions to shrink the service, senior service officials said. Under...
View ArticleObama signs $633 billion defense authorization act
President Barack Obama signed the $633 billion fiscal 2014 National Defense Authorization Act into law Dec. 26. The legislation allows the department to institute pay raises, bonuses and incentive pay,...
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Pentagon praises bipartisan spending bill
A Pentagon spokesman has praised a budget bill that won final Congressional approval Jan. 16 which would fund the government through September, but cautions tough spending decisions remain.more...
View ArticleHagel recognizes DOD agencies for audit progress
A clean audit is the Holy Grail of U.S. military financial goals. Generations of defense secretaries have pushed an unwieldy and confusing financial system closer to a clean audit, and Feb. 6 Defense...
View Article‘Great deal of symmetry’ between AF, national commission recommendations
The national commission which was created to examine how to modify the Air Force's structure to best fill current and future mission requirements, presented its recommendations during two public...
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DOD takes holistic view of slowing military compensation growth
The Defense Department can no longer put off slowing the growth of military personnel costs, and the fiscal year 2015 budget request DOD is recommending to the president begins that process, defense...
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Hagel Outlines Budget Reducing Troop Strength, Force Structure
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has proposed cuts in military spending that include further reductions in troop strength and force structure in every military service in the coming year as part of an...
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