Air Force Top Enlisted Leader Says Trainees Carrying Real Rifles at Boot Camp Is 'Desired End State' Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Flosi said during a media roundtable at the annual Air and Space Forces...
During Basic Training, Airmen and Guardians Now Required to Carry Practice M4 Rifles at Most Times Airmen and Guardians will receive the nonfunctioning M4 rifle when they arrive at basic military training and will carry and...
Air Force Special Tactics Training The Air Force's Special Tactics teams consist of airmen who are combat controllers, pararescuemen and Special Operations...
6 Video Games (Sorry, ‘Simulators’) the US Military Used for Training So much money and development go into video games that the U.S. military sometimes scoops them out of the public sphere to...
Report: Air Force Leaders Want More High-Tech Flight Simulators to Train New Pilots for War The focus on investing in high-tech simulators comes as tensions grow with China and the Pentagon works to compete with the...
Air Force on Course to Again Miss Pilot Goal as Problems with Training Aircraft Persist With little more than a week until the fiscal year ends Sept. 30, the Air Force is set to finish with 1,350 new aviators...
Air Force Is Offering More Time for Training and Rest at Home In Deployment Cycle Change Air Force officials are changing the way the service deploys airmen, offering more time at home after a tour and more...
Air Force Scrambles to Address Officer Training School Instructor Shortage The Air Force is scrambling to overcome a significant shortage in the number of instructors at its only Officer Training...
Air Force's New $66M Special Warfare Training Center Will Have Mixed-Gender Facilities The 76,000 square-foot facility will have two swimming pools as well as private showers and bathrooms that will accommodate...
Air Force Creates Special Warfare Program for Cadets to Help Fill Empty Spots The Air Force's new program for cadets was tested at two-week Special Warfare Orientation Courses this summer at the Air...
Marine Sergeant Major Fired from Recruit Depot Was Arrested and Faces NCIS Investigation Sgt. Maj. Gerardo Trevino's firing follows seven known reliefs or reassignments of leaders responsible for Marine training in...
Trump, Vance, Walz and Harris Are All Talking About the National Guard. What Can (and Can't) It Actually Do? It seems like the National Guard has been everywhere in recent years: Battling wildfires this week in California, patrolling...
Pentagon's New Quality-of-Life Tweaks Aim for Temporary Housing, Uniform Allowances, Wi-Fi The Pentagon said it is working on another tranche of changes and programs -- including Wi-Fi in barracks rooms, new health...
Hawaii Marine Detained in Case of Dependent Death Amid Separate Search for Soldier's Missing Wife A Marine stationed in Hawaii remains in custody this week in connection to the death of a dependent, service officials told...
How 3 Young Americans Ended Up in the Middle of a Coup Attempt in Congo and Facing the Death Penalty The U.S. State Department has not declared the Americans wrongfully detained, making it unlikely that U.S. officials would...
![Pennant evaluation at Maxwell Air Force Base.](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-05/mil-pennant-evaluation-maxwell-1800.jpg?itok=T5zQ8oR5 "An Officer Training School Military Training Instructor addresses a group of officer trainees a part of the school's "Godzilla Class," during the Pennant evaluation, Aug. 9, 2019, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Charles Welty)")
