Air Force Survey Shows One-Third of Respondents Fear Reprisal for Reporting Mistreatment
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., commander of Air Force Materiel Command, fields questions during a breakfast with Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members, Feb. 7, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee. (Jill Pickett/U.S. Air Force)
21 Apr 2021
About one-third of respondents to a new Air Force diversity survey say they fear reprisal if they report discrimination, harassment or other poor treatment in their unit.
Approximately 14,000 airmen and civilians answered the Air Force Materiel Command survey, which will be presented to senior leaders from Air Force manpower, personnel and services and the newly created Office of Diversity and Inclusion, said Bill Snodgrass, director of AFMC s Manpower, Personnel and Services at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The survey, officials say, could inform future studies about inclusion efforts across the workforce.
The USNS Spearhead (JHSV-1) is shown during sea trials. (U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command)
21 Apr 2021
The Navy is investing more than $200 million to configure two of its catamarans to function as high-speed ambulance ships for medical emergencies on the water. And the Navy s surgeon general said Tuesday that the service is enormously excited to gain the new capability.
The $235 million contract modification was issued in March, allowing Austal USA to develop the Navy s next expeditionary fast transport, or EPF, ships with built-in enhanced medical capability. The 14th ship in the class, EPF-14, to be called USNS Cody after the city in Wyoming, will be the first of these ships; the yet-to-be-named EPF-15 will be the second. The ships are operated by the Navy s Military Sealift Command, just like the service s two large hospital ships.
Air Force Two-Star General to Face Court-Martial on Sexual Assault Charge
Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, then-Air Force Research Laboratory commander, speaks during the FIRST LEGO League Tournament closing ceremony at the Wright State University Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio, on Feb. 3, 2019. The state competition was sponsored by the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Educational Outreach office. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
21 Apr 2021
The former head of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is headed to court-martial on a sexual assault charge. It may be the first time in modern history an Air Force general has faced such a trial.