JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Education and Training Command, along with AETC's senior enlisted leader, Command Chief Master Sgt. Julie Gudgel, discuss the recently released command priorities on the latest episode of the "Developing Mach-21 Airmen" podcast series, released Nov. 22, 2019. Featuring the audio stream from the recent AETC Command Team Facebook  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Air Force (25th Air Force) issued the following news: Air Force officials selected 43 Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) senior master sergeants for promotion to chief master sergeant today. Congratulations to the following selects: Addington, Michael Ancic, Andre Benge, Warren Boles, Kevin Bouchard, Nathan Brown, Jason Burton, Jason Cochran, Joseph Coffin, Grange Conner, Scott Cummins, Terryl Drummond, Sean Dulier, D  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Air Force officials have selected 530 out of 2,529 eligible senior master sergeants for promotion to chief master sergeant in the 2019 promotion cycle--a selection rate of 20.96%. This was the first senior noncommissioned officer promotion cycle in which the promotion board focused strictly on performance as the Air Force eliminated the requirements for promotion testing and points for decorations   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Personnel Center issued the following news: Air Force officials have selected 530 out of 2,529 eligible senior master sergeants for promotion to chief master sergeant in the 19E9 promotion cycle--a selection rate of 20.96 percent. This was the first senior noncommissioned officer promotion cycle in which the promotion board focused strictly on performance, as the Air Force eliminated the requirements for promotion testing an  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Ever since Mary Tighe, a 21-year-old from New York, was a child, she dreamed of following in her father's and grandfather's footsteps to become an Air Force pilot. Even though women have been Air Force pilots since the 1970s, Tighe's 5 feet, 1 inch stature could have stood in her way. Tighe, however, never thought of the 5-feet-4-inch height standard as an eliminating factor, merely an obstacle. "  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: Air Force natural and cultural resources are now safer, thanks to a new conservation law enforcement partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center and USFWS kicked off a joint Conservation Law Enforcement Partnership, or CLEP, this fall, placing six USFWS conservation law enforcement officers, or CLEOs, across five Air Force installat  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Air Force natural and cultural resources are now safer, thanks to a new conservation law enforcement partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center and USFWS kicked off a joint Conservation Law Enforcement Partnership, or CLEP, this fall, placing six USFWS conservation law enforcement officers, or CLEOs, across five Air Force installations. These officers a  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: Air Force natural and cultural resources are now safer, thanks to a new conservation law enforcement partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center and USFWS kicked off a joint Conservation Law Enforcement Partnership, or CLEP, this fall, placing six USFWS conservation law enforcement officers, or CLEOs, across five Air Force installati  more

SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, Nov. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force (82nd Training Wing) issued the following news: Do you think you're too short or too tall to become a pilot in the world's greatest Air Force? Fear not, you may still have a chance. The Air Force is encouraging aspiring aviators who don't meet height, or anthropometric, standards to continue to pursue their dreams of flying and apply for waivers to reach their goal. At the end of Fiscal year 2018, the Air Force had a pilot shortage  more

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force (47th Flying Training Wing) issued the following news: The United States Customs and Border Patrol utilized Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas' fire drill tower Nov. 22, 2019, to practice rappelling and fast-rope maneuvers. The Border Patrol Tactical (BORTAC) and Search, Trauma and Rescue (BORSTAR) teams jointly practiced maneuvers to familiarize themselves with rappelling off helicopters, steep canyons or buildings. Jesse Esquivel, Bo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from The Economics Daily: From June 2018 to June 2019, employment increased in 279 of the 355 largest U.S. counties. Adams County, Colorado, part of the Denver metropolitan area, had the largest over-the-year increase in employment with a gain of 5.3 percent. Richmond County, New York (Staten Island); Williamson County, Texas; and Utah County, Utah, tied for the second largest percent i  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 27 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following news release: The Trimmed Mean PCE (https://www.dallasfed.org/research/pce) inflation rate over the 12 months ending in October was 2.0 percent--unchanged from September--according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The one-month annualized rate of Trimmed Mean PCE inflation was 1.6 percent. The overall personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation rate for October, released by the Bureau of Economic Anal  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fireman 1st Class Lawrence E. Woods, 28, of Greenwood, Texas, killed during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 29, 2019. (This identification was initially published Sept. 11, 2019.) On Dec. 7, 1941, Woods was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, w  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fireman 1st Class Bethel E. Walters, 25, of Bellevue, Texas, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Sep. 23, 2019. (This identification was initially published Oct. 30, 2019.) On Dec. 7, 1941, Walters was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl H  more

SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, Nov. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Classrooms have long been a place of structure -- chairs and desks neatly aligned in rows, books and binders stowed in an orderly fashion -- from elementary school on up to the finest colleges and universities. That scene hasn't been much different in the technical training arena of the Air Force, where time is split between classroom instruction and hands-on training. While it has been a tried and true me  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: Since joining the Army in 2006, First Sgt. Stephen Raya has always aspired to be a Leader. For someone who was unsure of what he wanted to do with his life, he has accomplished quite a bit in his career. Searching for purpose, structure and a way to make his family proud, he decided to follow a few of his high school friends into the Army. Over his 15 year career, Raya has become a Master Fitness Trainer, Master R  more

AUGUSTA, Georgia, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, Bobby L. Christine, issued the following news release: * * * - Former Nigerian man and woman were convicted as fraudsters * * * Two people who stole nearly a quarter-million dollars from an Augusta attorney have been sentenced to federal prison. Gloria Ifem Okolie, 39, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Court Chief Judge J. Randal Hall, said Bobby L. Christine, U.S. Atto  more

GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, Nov. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force (17th Training Wing) issued the following news: Goodfellow chief master sergeant selects celebrated their success during the Chief Master Sergeant Release Ceremony at the Event Center, Nov. 26. Goodfellow held the ceremony to notify the selected promotees and give fellow wingmen and friends an opportunity to congratulate them on their success. Chief Master Sgts. serve as key leaders at all levels in the Air force from flight-leve  more

GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, Nov. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force (17th Training Wing) issued the following news: Air Education and Training Command recognized the Civil Engineer Squadron who received the Air Force Outstanding Civil Engineer Unit Award, active duty small unit, for the second year in a row along with the Brigadier General Michael A. McAuliffe Housing Excellence Award. This was only possible because of their award winning staff who also won the Harry P. Rietman Award, Air Force Em  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Army Special Operations Command issued the following news: The innovative approach for awarding a contract in support of approximately 6,800 facilities geographically displaced in three states over more than 1 million acres for Fort Bliss, Texas, earned a team led by the Mission and Installation Contracting Command top acquisition honors. The integrated process team, made up of members from the MICC, Installation Management Co  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Army Contracting Command issued the following news: The innovative approach for awarding a contract in support of approximately 6,800 facilities geographically displaced in three states over more than 1 million acres for Fort Bliss, Texas, earned a team led by the Mission and Installation Contracting Command top acquisition honors. The integrated process team, made up of members from the MICC, Installation Management Command a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release - SEC vs. Brett Pittsenbargar, et al., Case No. 19-cv-10059 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 25, 2019): The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Brett Pittsenbargar, a Texas-based external sales agent for Woodbridge Group of Companies LLC, and his wholly-owned alter ego company, for illegally selling Woodbridge securities and other securities in unregistered transactions to retail   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54393) involving Texas Department of State Health Services, Pasadena, Texas: TEXAS AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - GAUGE SHUTTERS STUCK OPEN The following information was received from the State of Texas via email and phone call: "On November 18, 2019, the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) notified the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] that on November 5, 2019, during routin  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Trent Shores, issued the following news release: Dr. Ian Reynolds, 71, of Friendswood, Texas, agreed to pay the United States $300,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he accepted illegal kickback payments from OK Compounding, LLC, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. This is the twelfth kickback settlement involving OK Compounding, LLC, since November 2018. "Thanks to the work of the U.S. Attorne  more

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Alabama, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Profession of Arms Center of Excellence continues to integrate its mission and personnel into Air University. PACE moved from Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, in July 2019, realigning under AU's Ira C. Eaker Center for Leadership Development. "We're positioning the Eaker Center as the Air Force's go-to source for comprehensive leadership development with top-notch curriculum and instructors,"   more

FORT BLISS, Texas, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news: The NCO Leadership Center of Excellence introduces a student-centric, educational and web-based platform, known as the NCOLCoE World Campus, Nov. 25. The World Campus site is the latest initiative the NCOLCoE produced to enhance the professional lifelong learning capabilities for Soldiers to share across the world. The World Campus site is a centralized online delivery system of professional military education that will ma  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 19-00033-11) summary on "Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the El Paso VA Health Care System, Texas": Summary: This Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program provides a focused evaluation of the quality of care delivered at the El Paso VA Health Care System, covering leadership, organizational risks, and key processes associated with promoting quality care. Fo  more