May 18, 2022 Future of nursing: Telehealth, more innovation, maybe some robots The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has fast-tracked many changes to the Military Health System and forced all providers - especially nurses - to innovate at near-quantum speed with agility and flexibility.
June 23, 2021 Emergency paid leave funds still available to civilian employees Federal employees may be eligible to receive up to 600 hours, or 15 weeks of emergency paid leave for reasons relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The qualifying period runs now through Sept. 30, 2021. Paid leave is made available through the American Rescue Plan, which Congress passed into law in
June 14, 2021 Current PCS, household goods affected by supply shortages According to a newly released communiqué from the Air Force’s Personal Property Activity Headquarters, Department of Defense demand this peak (PCS) season has greatly exceeded commercial industry capabilities, largely due to resource constraints associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 2, 2021 Depot group adapts, delivers amidst pandemic In the midst of a global pandemic caused by COVID-19, the 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group continued to provide world-class, depot-level maintenance and return aircraft to the warfighter. While adapting to protect the largest direct labor force in the Ogden Air Logistics Complex, the 309th AMXG
Jan. 11, 2021 575th AMXS brings damaged T-38 back into service On Dec. 28, 2018, a U.S. Air Force T-38A Talon assigned to Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, was involved in a landing mishap at nearby Newport News International Airport. Now, nearly early two years since the aircraft mishap, aircraft 63-8229 has been fully restored, passing its post-overhaul
Dec. 7, 2020 Department of the Air Force moves Physical Fitness Assessments to April 2021, removes waist measurement from composite score permanently To ensure social distancing practices remain in place during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and to give Airmen and Space Professionals time to prepare, testing was delayed from October to January and is now further delayed to April.
Sept. 8, 2020 Local COVID-19 trend analysis tool developed, provides significant time savings As the Arnold Engineering Development Complex team worked to understand the impact of COVID-19 to Arnold Air Force Base and the geographically separated units, data analysis was, and continues to be, a daily task.Trend analysis charts were developed, but updating the data inputs was a timely
Aug. 3, 2020 Coping with COVID: An Air Force Podcast In this episode of An Air Force Podcast, we look into how the renewed focus on Squadrons has prepared and supported Airmen and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 20, 2020 Wildland Fire pros battle fire season despite COVID-19 The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Wildland Fire Branch hasn’t let the COVID-19 pandemic stop it from protecting Airmen and their families as well as wildlife during this year’s severe fire season. Along with the pandemic, some installations have had to cope with the threat of wildfires damaging
April 15, 2020 DOD Continues Global Military Operations Even as It Battles COVID-19 Even as the Defense Department supports the whole-of-government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it continues its vital national security missions, Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said yesterday during a Pentagon news conference.