Cyber News

  • COUNTER-CYBER REFLECTIONS FOR NATO

    Captain Casey RiggsThe progression of Russian military cyber capability, increasing complexity and frequency of malicious cyber action, and the threat to civilian populous through cyber effects on both military and civilian architectures garners increased attention by the NATO Alliance. NATO must

  • Super Bowl Brief – How Safe Is Your Super Bowl Party?

    A lot of people have fun watching the Super Bowl, whether it be for the commercials, the teams competing, the food or just the comradery with family and friends. However, the safety protocols you implement can determine if your party is a success or not. Here are some safety tips to get through the

  • COVID-19 convalescent plasma; how to save a life today

    The Department of Defense Blood Donation Centers are looking for volunteers to donate COVID-19 convalescent plasma. COVID-19 convalescent plasma is human plasma collected from individuals whose plasma contains anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.“Do for somebody what they can’t do for themselves,” said Staff

  • Social Media: Tactics for tact

    Social media allows us to connect to our friends, family and even strangers, all across the world. We post photos of our loved ones, our wins and losses, photos of our family, but military personnel have additional guidelines when it comes to their social media presence.

  • CY22 Enlisted Developmental Education Board invitation to apply now open

    The invitation to apply is now open for the calendar year 2022 (CY22) Air Force Reserve Enlisted Developmental Education Board, which will convene May 24-28, 2021, at the Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center, Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. Applicants must submit a nomination package through

  • Warning: There Are Two Other Chinese Epidemics—Finance and Technology

    There are signs of systemic weakness and rising risk to the global community as China expands its market share and competes globally in the finance and information communications technology (ICT) sectors. There is the specter of an immediate pandemic in global finance and an emergent pandemic in

  • DOD vaccinating personnel worldwide against COVID-19

    A little more than a month after the Food and Drug Administration issued emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines Dec. 12 and Dec. 17, respectively, vaccines have been increasingly and successfully distributed and administered to Department of Defense

  • Reserve, Guard ready to take force-shaping troops

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas – The Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard should benefit from active-duty Air Force force-shaping actions made necessary by record Air Force retention levels.Amidst concerns during the ongoing pandemic, many active-duty Airmen who planned on retiring or

  • Civilian Developmental Education key to leadership, growth

    Ensuring civilian Airmen are prepared to fulfill and excel in leadership positions across the command is the driving force behind the dedicated effort by Air Force Materiel Command leaders to encourage employees to apply for upcoming Civilian Development Education opportunities.

  • AFR Major promotion, Captain continuation boards postponed

    The Calendar Year 2021 Air Force Reserve Major Line and Nonline Promotion Board has been rescheduled for March 29, pushing it back two months from its original date of January 29. This change is due to new Department of Defense and Department of the Air Force requirements, and the time need to

  • Information Warfare capabilities demonstrated at table top exercise

    Lt. Gen. Christopher Weggeman, the deputy commander of Air Combat Command and Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, Sixteenth Air Force commander, co-hosted a virtual Information warfare table top exercise to demonstrate convergence of various IW capabilities below and up to the threshold of armed

  • Adding another New Year’s resolution to the list – computer security

    It’s that time of year again, when people -including myself- make resolutions for the new year.  Lose weight, exercise more, spend less - the list goes on.  After a recent review of the passwords for my various apps and accounts after our family’s recent cell phone upgrade, I think I need to add one

  • Nominations for Outstanding IR of the Year accepted until Feb. 15

    Nomination packages for the 2020 Outstanding Individual Reservist of the Year Award are due to your servicing HQ RIO Detachment no later than Feb. 15, 2021.This award recognizes Individual Mobilization Augmentees and Participating Individual Ready Reserve members who distinguish themselves from