July 25, 2023 Strategy in Action: AFIMSC establishes MERGs and BAWGs to address issues impacting diversity and inclusion More than 50 volunteers from across AFIMSC worked together to develop eight Barrier Analysis Working Groups, or BAWGs, and nine Member Employee Resource Groups, or MERGs, to help the center identify and address issues impacting diversity and inclusion. (U.S. Air Force Graphic)For more info on this,
March 27, 2023 Edwards AFB hosts "Suffrajitsu" in honor of Women's History Month In honor of Women's History Month, Edwards AFB hosted a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu demonstration, March 24. The demo included historical lessons about Women's Suffrage in the early 1900s and how protestors learned the martial art as a way to defend themselves from angry mobs.
March 17, 2023 Female Fitment Program drives positive change in the Air Force The Female Fitment Program continues to influence daily life and duty for female Airmen, moving history forward for generations of women.
Aug. 30, 2022 Bases continue advances to support pregnant, nursing Airmen Efforts to expand support of working mothers across Air Force bases continue, including access to lactation rooms and pods.
Feb. 11, 2022 Harmony Council continues conversation A new initiative in the F-16 Division co-located at Hill AFB, Utah and Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, called the Harmony Council, was created to expand perspectives of members to see life experiences unlike their own.
Feb. 4, 2022 AFIMSC council continues work toward improving diversity, inclusion Since standing up in the fall of 2020, the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Diversity and Inclusion Council has taken several steps to help the center build an inclusive workplace that ensures a fair and just environment regardless of race, ethnicity or gender.
Jan. 11, 2022 AFIMSC reviewing EOD physical fitness tests for postpartum Airmen The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is leading the postpartum health guidance revision efforts for the upcoming Explosive Ordnance Disposal Airmen-specific physical fitness test policy.
Oct. 26, 2021 Arnold Diversity and Inclusion initiatives now in motion Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel Command, issued diversity and inclusion, or D&I, guidance last fall, and shortly followed it with the 2020 AFMC D&I Survey.The survey led each site or installation to establish a D&I Command Action Plan, or CAP, and all CAPs were due to AFMC
Oct. 21, 2021 AFRL hosts Diversity Speaker Series to foster innovation, collaboration WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate hosted the Diversity Speaker Series throughout 2021 to provide employees with unique perspectives and learning opportunities through virtual events.This series enhances internal
Oct. 4, 2021 Re-branded DEIA office targets removing barriers to employment opportunity Ensuring the current structure is named accordingly for all aspects of opportunity, the command has rebranded the office charged with leading diversity efforts across the enterprise, resulting in a new “DEIA” acronym that encompasses Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility as mission