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Officers with advanced civilian degrees are getting pushed out of the Army. But they are the very people Defense Secretary Ash Carter wants in the military. The Army's aging personnel evaluation system may be to blame.
The Air Force is cutting ancillary and computer-based training so its airmen can have more time for family and profession development.
Here's a quick overview of the Federal News Radio's special report The Army is Shortchanging its Future Force.
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The Air Force is still struggling to shorten its contract award times as it begins a big modernization push.
For the Navy, virtual reality is more than a training tool. It's also becoming a novel way of public outreach. The Recuiting Command plans to field trailer-sized virtual reality chambers to let citizens experience a real-life Navy Seal operation. Capt. Dave Bouve, the national director of Navy Marketing and Advertising. He talked about the VR project on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The Pentagon says its new Silicon Valley-based technology outreach office is seeing some early successes in rapid acquisition. It handled its first dozen procurements in an average time of 60 days. But most of the money it spent went to established companies, not garage-style startups.
The Air Force is standing up a new human capital analytics office, hoping to make better use of the data it already has in order to help solve ongoing recruiting and retention challenges.
FedRAMP is boasting increased authorizations and return business, and the new dashboard is making it easier for feds to use the program.
The Chief of Naval Operations is in charge of manning, training and equipping the Navy. And Adm. John Richardson, the current CNO, says that means civilians too. In a bit of an unusual step for a military service chief, Richardson issued his own framework for improving the health of the civilian workforce on Friday.
For the better part of 15 years, the Army has canceled and otherwise dis-invested in new technologies and capabilities. That means its soldiers work with old equipment and capabilities increasingly matched by potential adversaries.
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The Air Force is thinking about its hiring practices and its physical requirements to better its force for the future.
The Air Force is looking at how it assesses its officers to fit its needs with 21st century demands.
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