WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: New civilian employees can expect to get on the job faster as a result of a new, standardized Air Force Materiel Command Civilian Acculturation Program. The program, officially launched in May 2019, encompasses the time from which an individual receives a firm offer of employment through the end of the new employee's two-year probationary period. It standardizes and streamlines the on-boarding proce  more

FORT LEE, Virginia, Jan. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Commissary Agency issued the following news release: Military commissaries would rather fill a food bank than a landfill. That's the mindset of the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) as it announces a new milestone in donations - 21 million pounds plus - to local food banks. DeCA reached this mark in donations over a five-year period; 5 million pounds of it coming in 2019 alone. The donated items are certified by food inspec  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The chief of staff, Air Force announces the assignments of the following general officers: Brig. Gen. Evan C. Dertien, director, Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Brig. Gen. select Matthew W. Higer, commander, Da  more