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AFRC News

  • Enlisted EPME course return policy explained

    The Air Force is giving three options to Airmen who were sent back to their home station while in the process of completing their respective Enlisted Professional Military Education course, as a result of the government shutdown.For the 900 affected Airmen who were attending Airman Leadership School

  • AF civilians to be retroactively paid, urged not to access pay system

    Civilian Air Force employees, who were furloughed during the government shutdown, have been authorized to return to work Oct. 17.Civilians, including those who returned to work earlier this month, will be retroactively paid but are urged not to access the pay system, as mass amounts of website

  • Hagel stresses workforce's value after 'manufactured crisis'

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel issued a message to the Defense Department's workforce today, welcoming back employees furloughed by the 16-day government shutdown and emphasizing their value to the nation. Here is the text of the secretary's message:Today the Department of Defense is resuming normal

  • AF clarifies same sex marriage policy

    The Air Force recently published guidance clarifying the service's policy on implementation of same sex marriage. The guidance clarifies how Airmen may be eligible for administrative absence to obtain legal marriage, if the state or country they are stationed in does not yet recognize same sex

  • Congress passes bill reopening federal government

     President Barack Obama signed legislation late yesterday night bringing federal employees back to work after Congress finally resolved the budget logjam which led to a 16-day shutdown.Senate leaders championed bipartisan legislation to reopen the government and remove the threat of government

  • Shutdown endangers reserve component readiness

    Reserve component personnel continue to be affected by the government shutdown, and officials are concerned about readiness.Within DOD, the reserve components are the Army National Guard, the Air National Guard, the Army Reserve, the Air Force Reserve, the Navy Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve.

  • McConnell reserve commander throws morning weather viewers for a loop

    When viewers of CBS affiliate, KWCH Channel 12, tuned in for the morning weather report at 8:10 today, they expected to receive the weather report from veteran meteorologist, Mark Larson but the Mark Larson they saw wasn't a meteorologist or a broadcaster.Morning news anchor, Kara Sewell, handed off

  • CFC suspended as shutdown continues

    As a result of the government shutdown, the Department of Defense has indefinitely suspended the Combined Federal Campaign.The campaign was slated to start its official solicitation period Sept. 1 and run through Dec. 15.According to a memorandum released Oct. 9, CFC campaign activities are not

  • Civilian retiree identification card to be replaced

    Retired Air Force civilians who use the Air Force Form 354, Civilian Identification Card, to access Air Force installations have until early 2014 -- when the AF354 will be rescinded -- to get a Department of Defense Civilian Retiree ID Card or other access credentials, Air Force Personnel Center

  • Unemployment benefits may help some furloughed DOD civilians

    On the 10th day of the partial government shutdown, Defense Department civilians excluded by law from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's Oct. 7 recall to work of thousands of fellow employees still await an end to the political standoff that sent them home and stopped their paychecks Oct. 1.Hagel said