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960th Cyberspace Wing

Dec. 14, 2021
Airman Leadership Qualities will be integrated into feedback effective March 31, 2022

Effective March 31, 2022, the 10 Airman Leadership Qualities will be integrated into feedback for all Airmen, enlisted and officer, across all ranks. The ALQs will also form the basis for the new officer and enlisted evaluation systems projected for release later in 2022.
Dec. 14, 2021
AFW2 expands social connections

The pandemic highlighted the need to feel more connected, as people tend to feel isolated with various restrictions in place. Along with restrictions, warriors within the AFW2 program can sometimes already feel alone due to their trauma and recovery journey. With this challenge in mind, the
Dec. 14, 2021
Facemasks required at all military commissaries

The Defense Commissary Agency requires patrons and employees at all commissary and DeCA facilities to wear a mask/face covering. This includes all DeCA facilities across Joint Base San Antonio.
Dec. 5, 2021
960th Cyberspace Wing website gets upgrade

The 960th Cyberspace Wing will soon launch a redesign of its official website.
Dec. 3, 2021
DOD kicks off 5G dynamic spectrum sharing experimentation at Hill Air Force Base

The Department of Defense hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the successful deployment of a private 5G cellular network at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Dec. 2, 2021. The project will evaluate the technical feasibility, methodologies, and utility of spectrum sharing and coexistence with
Dec. 3, 2021
Civil Air Patrol celebrates 80th anniversary

Civil Air Patrol members throughout the United States and in overseas squadrons are celebrating the organization’s commitment to community service today — a commitment that began Dec. 1, 1941, and has continued for 80 years.
Dec. 1, 2021
Failing Forward - Disaggregated Command and Control in Strategic Competition

Currently, the Air Force has given lead wing commanders authority to conduct mission-type tactics, but these authorities have yet to be met with upgraded C2 capabilities nor the Airmen to effectively C2 lead wing assets in combat operations. Starting in World War II, the lead maneuver unit of the
Nov. 30, 2021
DOD's Chief Data Officer Encourages Students to Pursue STEM Careers

Attracting young people to embrace education in STEM subjects — science, technology, engineering and math — and sparking their interest in STEM careers, is critical to keeping the nation first in technology, a Defense Department official said.
Nov. 30, 2021
Mission Partner Environment Cuts Decision Making, Kill Chain

The DOD's Mission Partner Environment will allow partner nations to use their own networks to connect to SABRE and seamlessly share information between them so that decisions can be made more quickly.
Nov. 30, 2021
Biden Approves Global Posture Review Recommendations

President Joe Biden has accepted the recommendations formed by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the global posture review, which will inform the approach to the National Defense Strategy, a Defense Department official said.
Nov. 30, 2021
DOD looks at ways to improve child care access

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks has challenged the Defense Department to uncover new and innovative ways to expand access to quality affordable child care for military families.
Nov. 30, 2021
Advancing cyber warfare training with escape room

Accelerating and changing the possibilities of learning, the 333rd Training Squadron implemented a new cyber escape room to test knowledge and sharpen the skillsets of cyber warfare students.The students are put into a simulated hostile scenario, requiring them to think critically and apply their
Nov. 30, 2021
The Future of Information Warfare

Sixteenth Air Force leaders, various wing command teams, and group command teams gathered in-person and virtually here Nov. 8-9 to meet and discuss the future of the Air Force’s only Information Warfare command.Lt. Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, 16th Air Force commander, said the main goal of the leadership
Nov. 30, 2021
TRAVEL CHANGE: All passengers two years and older traveling to U.S. are required to present negative COVID-19 test results

In accordance with Center for Disease Control and Prevention travel guidance, all passengers two years and older traveling through Air Mobility Command terminals are required to present a negative COVID-19 viral test result or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19 in the last 90 days,
Nov. 30, 2021
Air Force graduates all-domain operational planners for air components

The 505th Command and Control Wing graduated the fifth class of Multi-Domain Warfare Officers, also known by their Air Force Specialty Code-designator “Thirteen Oscar”, during a livest reamed ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Nov. 19.
Nov. 30, 2021
Adaptation under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime

Authors: David Barno and Nora BensahelReviewer: Captain James M. Kennedy, USAF
Nov. 30, 2021
Air Force hosts Coalition VIRTUAL FLAG, premier coalition virtual air combat exercise

The 705th Combat Training Squadron, home of Air Combat Command's Distributed Mission Operations Center, recently hosted one of the DoD’s largest coalition and joint virtual air combat exercises across eight time zones at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Oct. 24 through Nov. 5.
Nov. 19, 2021
How an Air Force Recruiting commercial became a popular VR game

When Air Force Recruiting Service deployed its “Activate: Special Warfare” mobile tour in April 2021, the four-dimensional virtual reality, experience-on-wheels became the latest entry in an elite category of games.
Nov. 19, 2021
Multi-Domain Warfare Officer students dive deep into cyber global operations

The Multi-Domain Warfare Officer (13O) Initial Skills Training Class 21B conducted the final portion of their two-week, multi-location temporary duty training at Sixteenth Air Force’s 616th Operations Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, or JBSA, Texas.
Nov. 18, 2021
VA adds six new presumptive conditions related to service

Over the course of the last six months, the Department of Veterans Affairs has begun processing service-connected disability claims for six new presumptive conditions related to environmental exposures during military service.