Air Reserve Personnel Center has selected a total of 2,218 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command officers—out of about 3,200 considered—for advancement to a higher grade. The selection rate for line officers to lieutenant colonel IPZ was 76 percent and APZ was 28 percent. For a complete list, go here.
The U.S. supports “a stronger and more capable” European defense, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said during an Oct. 22 press conference in Brussels—but that defense should not duplicate the functions and capabilities of the NATO alliance.