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Lt. Col. Noel Colls, flight surgeon for the Air Force's "Thunderbirds" air demonstration squadron, administers the oath of enlistment to new recruits during the Wings Over Houston Airshow in Houston, Texas, Oct. 9, 2021. The team typically performs an enlistment ceremony at each show site. (Staff Sgt. Andrew D. Sarver/Air Force)

What’s missing from the conversation on Air Force recruiting?

The Air Force says it’s having one of the toughest recruiting stretches of the past quarter-century.

By Rachel S. Cohen

6 months ago

Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David D. “DT” Thompson swears in the first four Space Force recruits at the Baltimore Military Entrance Processing Command station, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, Oct. 20, 2020. (Tech. Sgt. Armando Schwier-Morales/U.S. Space Force)

Air Force, Space Force may let in applicants who test positive for THC

“We have to be realistic today,” Air Force recruiting boss Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas said.

By Rachel S. Cohen

7 months ago

Michèle Flournoy could become the first woman to run the Pentagon. Here’s what would change.

Flournoy has for years been expected to take the Defense Department's top job. With Joe Biden now the president-elect, this may be her time.

By Aaron Mehta

2 years ago

Public health must be part of national security calculus, says Flournoy

Michèle Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy at the start of the Obama administration, says the COVID-19 pandemic should change how the U.S. defined national security.

By Aaron Mehta

3 years ago

How veterans may be overwhelmed by too many programs to help them find jobs

A new report says many civilian sector efforts to get veterans into new jobs may be too focused on providing quick employment instead of new careers.

By Leo Shane III

3 years ago

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