The Air Force does plan to reduce ancillary training requirements—training outside an airman’s specialty—to just 90 minutes come Oct. 1. Gen. Michael Moseley, Air Force Chief of Staff, claimed last month that the growth in such training was affecting mission accomplishment. A team reviewed 16 courses, paring them down to a 90-minute block instruction program that Air Force manpower and personnel chief, Lt. Gen. Roger Brady says will save each airman an entire workday.
Back from a Thanksgiving week recess, the push to pass the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act hit another snag Nov. 29, as the Senate voted against ending debate on its version of the bill. At the same time, Congress is staring down a Dec. 3 expiration date for its continuing…