After Causing Crash that Killed 2, Supporters of Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis Say He Should Be Promoted The Navy officer whose family and friends mounted a successful, if controversial, campaign to get him out of Japanese prison...
Army Has Temporarily Promoted 52,000 Soldiers, But Over 10,000 Still Haven't Completed Required Schooling NCOs are supposed to lose their new rank if they don't attend the proper schooling within a year of their promotion, but Army...
Marine Corps Will Give 1st Lieutenants Shot at Promotion to Captain Without Selection Board Beginning in October, first lieutenants, who previously required selection boards to review their files to promote to captain...
The Blockade on Promotions Is Finally Over. Here's How to Ensure it Never Happens Again. "The story of Tuberville's failed blockade is essentially the story of a schoolyard bully."
7 More Generals, Admirals Get Promotions Approved as Senate Chips Away at Tuberville Backlog It remains unclear whether senators will be able to approve the rest of the officers awaiting confirmation by the end of the...
Army Changes Course Again and Extends Rules Allowing NCOs to Be Promoted Before Schooling The extension into 2024 will make the third year that the COVID-19 pandemic-era policy has been in effect, as Army planners...
Back Pay Floated for Officers Whose Promotions Were Delayed by Tuberville While Handful Still Await Confirmation The bill comes as a couple of dozen officers are still waiting to be promoted despite the Senate clearing 425 nominees from...
Hundreds of Military Promotions Approved by Senate Just Hours After Tuberville Releases His Hold Tuberville announced he was dropping his procedural hold on military confirmations on all but those nominated to be four-star...
Navy Modifies 'Up or Out' Policy by Giving Sailors Who Don't Advance an Option to Fill Critical Jobs The blunting of the sometimes controversial high-year tenure rules is yet another policy change the Navy has taken that aims...
Democratic Plan to End Senate Blockade of Military Promotions Takes Critical Step Forward The Senate Rules Committee voted along party lines to advance the "standing order resolution" to circumvent Tuberville's hold...
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-40-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...