• Obama: Future force will be smaller, agile, ready

    At a moment of national transition, the U.S. is reshaping defense priorities and its military force to sustain U.S. global leadership and respond to changing security and fiscal needs, President Barack Obama said Jan. 5 at the Pentagon.Obama, the first president to address reporters in the Pentagon

  • Obama: Defense strategy will maintain U.S. military pre-eminence

    President Barack Obama announced a defense strategy Jan. 5 that he said will allow the military to defend the United States and its national interests while cutting military spending in a responsible, balanced manner.The president spoke about the conclusions of the defense strategy review at the

  • Air Force offering second round of VERA/VSIP

    The Air Force is offering a second round of voluntary early retirement authority and voluntary separation incentive pay beginning Jan. 9.The move is part of the Air Force's continuing effort to meet the Department of Defense requirement to maintain civilian funding at fiscal 2010 levels"The Air

  • Defense bill affects pay, separation bonuses, more

    President Barack Obama signed the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act on Dec. 31, 2011, which increases active-duty and reserve pay by 1.6 percent and governs Defense Department activities, from procurement to military personnel policy.Several provisions in this year's act will potentially

  • Traffic signal interruptions at main gate beginning Jan. 2

    The Texas Department of Transportation will begin a project to upgrade the traffic signals and pedestrian accommodations at the intersection of Arnold Blvd, FM 3438, and Hartford Street (Main Gate) Jan. 2. Workers will be on-site from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Existing traffic signals will be

  • 56 Dyess airmen graduate ALS

    Fifty-six Dyess airmen graduated Airman Leadership School here Dec. 15. The 56 students of class 12-A spent more than five weeks learning leadership, followership, how to write enlisted performance reports and more. Names with an asterisk (*) indicate individuals who graduated with distinction.