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AIR FORCE PERSONAL APPEARANCE
The Air Force has updated its dress and personal appearance instruction. The new guidance memorandum for DAFI 36-2903, Dress and Personal Appearance of Department of the Air Force Personnel, clarifies mandatory uniform items and personal appearance standards while...
3.8% Raise for Service Members Endorsed by House and Senate Defense Bills
Military.com Service members are on track to get a 3.8 percent pay raise next year under versions of the annual defense policy bill moving through the House and Senate this month.
Army National Guard Soldiers – Early Retirement Program
Tens of thousands of Army National Guard Soldiers mobilized under authority 12304b will now receive full credit toward early retirement retroactively to 2012, thanks to a NGAUS push for the Pentagon to adhere to applicable law. “For too long, thousands of Guardsmen...
Supreme Court – Thousands of Disabled Veterans Could Be Eligible
Thousands of disabled veterans could be eligible for additional retroactive combat-related special compensation after the Supreme Court unanimously ruled earlier this month that the federal government had unfairly capped payments. Officials from the National Veterans...
President Nominates New NGB Vice Chief
President Donald Trump has nominated Lt. Gen. Thomas Carden, the deputy commander of U.S. Northern Command, for the No. 2 position at the National Guard Bureau.
Court Upholds President’s Control of California Guard
A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to maintain control of the California National Guardsmen he deployed to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids.
CMSAF Says 2-Mile PT Test ‘Likely’, but Final Changes Still Uncertain
By David Roza Changes are coming to the Air Force physical fitness assessment, but the service is not yet revealing what those are or when Airmen might expect to see them. A message from Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David A. Flosi to other enlisted leaders...
Report: No Easy Solution for Overweight Troops
More than 65% of National Guard and Reserve personnel can be classified as overweight or obese, which presents a “threat to manpower, mission readiness, and service member well-being,” according to a recent American Security Project report, citing 2017 data.
GENERAL OFFICER REDUCTIONS
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday directed a minimum 20% reduction of four-star positions across the active-component military. He also told the National Guard Bureau to cut at least 20% of its general officers and ordered the elimination of another 10% general...
Hegseth Orders 20% Cut in 4-Star Generals and Admirals, Seeks Overhaul of Commands
By Chris Gordon Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is directing the Pentagon to slash the number of senior generals and admirals, he announced May 5—at least 20 percent of four-star positions would be eliminated under the move. Hegseth also said he is directing a...

