Historically Low Number of Staff Sergeants Are Getting Promoted by the Air Force Only 17% of airmen were promoted to staff sergeant this month, marking the lowest promotion rate since at least 1996.
The Navy Is Making Promotion to E-4 Automatic After 30 Months of Service The new policy also sets the time sailors need to serve for automatic advancement to E-2 at nine months of service, and 18...
Military Spouses Deliver Petition Calling for End to Tuberville Blockade on Senior Officer Promotions The spouses, organized by advocacy group the Secure Families Initiative, delivered a petition signed by more than 550...
'Families Get a Huge Vote': Joint Chiefs Nominee Warns Officers Will Leave Military Due to Confirmation Delay Charles "C.Q." Brown, who has been nominated to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned senators that an...
Tuberville Offered Vote in Senate But Still Won't Drop Hold on Military Promotions A Senate committee will debate a bill to roll back the Pentagon's abortion policy, but the senator who has blocked hundreds...
Want a Promotion? Bring New Recruits into the Air Force or Space Force In March, the Department of the Air Force started an effort to research what barriers exist to service amid military-wide...
Marines Offer Fast Promotions to Reenlisting Corporals The Marines say that this new program, dubbed the "Small-Unit Leader Initiative," is being rolled out to continue the push to...
There Are Too Many Generals and Admirals, a Senator Stalling Military Promotions Argues While a single senator cannot prevent confirmations, a hold significantly delays confirmations because the Senate needs to...
Army NCO Schools Going Partly Online, Temporary Promotions Going Away The Army is looking to shift parts of its noncommissioned officer academies to virtual learning and scale back temporary...
Specialist Among the First to Be Awarded the Army's New Recruiting Ribbon The Army's new award is part of the service's push to bolster recruitment efforts after its most dismal recruiting year in...
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting...
Commander of Air Force Weather Wing Fired After Legal Troubles Earlier This Year Col. Joseph Coughlin, commander of the 557th Weather Wing at Offutt, was removed from his position Tuesday "due to a loss of...
Top US General Argues Against Giving Up Command of NATO at Senate Hearing Giving up American military leadership of the NATO alliance would be "problematic," Gen. Christopher Cavoli told senators...
Capitol Hill Wants $15 Billion for Weapons Pentagon Didn’t Seek: Report The spending directions from Congress are included in tables that Republican Defense appropriators sent the department last...
'Psychological Warfare': Veterans Fired from Federal Government Speak Out at Informal Hearing Air Force veteran Shernice Mundell was testifying at a "shadow hearing" organized by Senate Veteran Affairs Committee ranking...