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  • Project Convergence: Achieving Overmatch by Solving Joint Problems

    As the United States confronts Great Power competition (GPC), incremental improvements to individual Service capabilities will not produce a military able to decisively win on the battlefield. The enhanced range, precision, and survivability of our weapons systems are just one part of achieving

  • The Tactical Defense Becomes Dominant Again

    It has become widely accepted that the convergence of technological advances is leading to a revolution in military affairs or perhaps even a military revolution. One of the unanswered questions concerning this shift is whether it will lead to continued dominance by the offense or a period of

  • Domestic abuse, violence victim shares her story

    My husband was an active-duty soldier stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas. The first time he failed a drug test and his leadership went to bat for him. Understandably, they didn’t want to leave him behind. He was demoted, put on extra duty for a month and ordered to briefly attend substance abuse

  • The Great ShakeOut: what you can do to prepare for an earthquake

    Emergencies can occur in the blink of an eye, with the impact ranging from temporary disruption of activities to a loss of an installation’s ability to perform its assigned missions. Employees receive warnings of approaching weather emergencies, such as blizzards, tornados, floods, etc., in time for

  • ARPC Announces Reserve Lt. Col. and Maj. Promotions

    Air Reserve Personnel Center officials announced results for the Calendar Year 2021 Air Force Reserve Line and Nonline Lieutenant Colonel Promotion Selection Boards today, October 14. The boards selected more than 700 Citizen Airmen for promotion.The selection boards convened at ARPC June 7 - 23 to

  • Stop the Snowball: Protect Yourself from Phishing Scams

    Technology is the commonality between everything in our daily lives. Whether you’re checking email at home or in the office, or scrolling through social media, you’re connected. That access and freedom is a staple in our country’s advancements and successes, but we can’t forget about those trying to

  • Family Care Plan: What you need to know

    As any Airman knows, a situation could arise at any time that would require them to leave their homes and their families, whether it be for a short or extended period of time.In order to ensure an available, ready force, the Air Force encourages and, in some instances, requires Airmen to have a

  • Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Gone Phishing

    The digital world has become an important part of our lives. We pay bills, we stay connected with our friends and family, we shop. All of this adds up to vast amounts of data moving around the internet, leaving our personal and financial information vulnerable to cybercrimes.

  • Cybersecurity Awareness Month - Secure Teleworking

    While teleworking is not a new concept, the COVID pandemic highlighted the complexities of working efficiently, productively and most importantly, securely from home. Operating under the emerging constraints of COVID and the need for social distancing, the Air Force quickly adapted by implementing

  • New processes happening at AFW2

    The Air Force Wounded Warrior, or AFW2, Program is always looking for new ways to keep up with the world, expand and improve current processes to ensure they meet the needs of their warriors and caregivers.

  • DISA Director Says Common Access Card Showing Age

    The director of the Defense Information Systems Agency said he thinks it might be time to look for better ways for Defense Department personnel to prove who they are to gate guards, computers and chow hall personnel.

  • Kant in the Age of Thucydides

    For the past generation, one of the key ideas of International Relations (IR) theory has been that of “Kantian peace.” Following its introduction by Michael Doyle in 1983, it became an empirical research paradigm intended to explain the relative peace of the modern era as well as the

  • Long lost and rare Italian cipher machine found

    At the outbreak of WWII in 1939, Nazi Germany’s Enigma encryption machine stood as the state-of-the art method for sending and receiving secret messages. It wasn’t until 1940 that English mathematician Alan Turing, and the team at Bletchley Park, cracked the daily changes Berlin made to its cipher

  • Community College of the Air Force Transcripts

    Ordering Options   CCAF provides several options for ordering your official transcript as detailed below. Note we do not have the ability to send transcripts electronically at this time. All official transcripts are hard copy. Option 1: Free online order from CCAF You may order an official

  • Where There's Smoke

    Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of October 9th in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871. The blaze claimed the lives of more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures, and burned more than 2,000 acres of

  • DOD Must Pivot to Counter Climate Change, Official Says

    The Defense Department has to understand what's happening to the climate and how to mitigate or adapt to the effects — and then be part of the solution, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for environment and energy resilience said.