MARCH 2, 2023 - The Department of the Air Force is committed to recruiting talented and qualified individuals, while retaining the experienced Airmen and Guardians currently serving. Throughout the upcoming months, a Barriers to Service Cross-Functional Team, championed by Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David W. Allvin, is examining existing policies and … [Read more...]
From Air to Sea: Navy Recruiter in Unchartered Waters
OCTOBER 31, 2022 - Electrician's Mate (Nuclear) 1st Class Caitlyn Brizzi was never supposed to join the Navy. As a member of her high school Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC), her path was set for a different branch. At one point, she held the $200,000 Air Force ROTC scholarship check in her hand. The future was laid out for her to study engineering at the … [Read more...]
Delayed Entry Program: Where Training the Future Force Begins
MAY 23, 2022 - Members of the Delayed Entry Program visited Dobbins Air Reserve Base on May 7, 2022 to tour a C-130H Hercules cargo aircraft, perform drill movements, and review the Airman's creed and core principles of the Air Force. "Seeing the C-130H Hercules today was a great experience," said Rylan Sietsema, DEP member. "I've ridden on passenger planes several times, … [Read more...]
Army Outlines Measures to Increase Inclusivity in Recruiting
MARCH 16, 2022 — While growing up in the south Houston suburb of League City, Texas, Staff Sgt. Rocky Spells attended a high school with few minorities. Raised by a single parent in a predominantly white community, Spells wanted to learn more about her African American ancestry. So, she enrolled in the historically Black Spelman College in downtown Atlanta, where she … [Read more...]
You Look Like You Belong in the Air Force
MARCH 15, 2022 - This is part of the Build Your Legacy feature series highlighting how new recruits were influenced to join the 307th Bomb Wing by veterans and current military members. Kalill Speight, a Shreveport native, spent high school focusing on academics and getting a sports scholarship for college. He had a plan, he said. “When I was in high school, I didn’t … [Read more...]