The Take Back the Air Guard group also has taken exception to the Air Force’s Future Total Force initiative to station active duty airmen with the Guard in Burlington, where they can gain experience working with seasoned Guardsmen. The group claims it’s an undercover way to turn the ANG facility into an active duty base. Just when we thought that most folks were unhappy when base closure action took away their facilities.
The Air Force Personnel Center announced that just 14.8 percent of eligible tech sergeants were selected for promotion to master sergeant in the 22E7 promotion cycle, marking the service’s lowest E-7 promotion rate since at least 2010. All told, 4,040 technical sergeants were selected to become master sergeants out of…