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James applauds DOD
force of future initiatives
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James
declared her support of department-wide
reforms focused on improving quality of
life for military parents, following Defense
Secretary Ash Carter’s Jan. 28 announce-
ment on the next round of Force of the
Future initiatives.
“I applaud Secretary Carter and welcome
these announcements as a positive step
forward for our Airmen and their families,”
James said.
James has been vocal about her support
for extending maternity leave, and the
importance of a comprehensive update to
the Air Force’s current policy, including
paternity leave reform as well.
“This change places our Air Force in the
top tier of organizations that offer 12 weeks
maternity leave to new mothers,” James
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said. “The department will also be introduc-
ing legislation to increase paternity leave
to 14 days across the total force.”
The maternity benefit will be offered to
the more than 200,000 women in uniform
today, who comprise 14.8 percent of enlisted
corps in the Defense Department.
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Article/645937/james-applauds-dod-force-of-the-
future-initiatives.aspx
Have you tried MyVector yet?
National Mentoring Month is coming to
a close, but there are still opportunities for
Airmen at all levels to invest in their de-
velopment and the advancement of others
through MyVector.
In 2015, the Air Force launched MyVector
to provide members seeking mentoring an
opportunity for personal and professional
development to help Airmen achieve their
goals and ultimately strengthen the overall
mission of the Air Force.
“I’ve recently discovered the MyVector
tool through an announcement by the
(secretary of the Air Force),” said Staff Sgt.
Joseph Romero, an Air Force Operations
Group emergency actions controller. “It
was a bit of a relief to see this tool come out
because I’d been looking for a strong mentor,
and now had a resource full of volunteers
who were able and willing to assist me in
my career.”
For Romero, throwing his name out there
and asking someone to be his mentor was
a little intimidating, but said he felt it was
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Romero was the system not only matches
by using a by-name method, it also provides
a mentor-matching capability based on
weighted characteristics identified by the
Airman searching for a mentor.
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Article/645676/have-you-tried-myvector-yet.aspx
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concept for WWI memorial
The United States World War One Cen-
tennial Commission announced Jan. 26
the winning design concept for a national
memorial for what was known at the time
as “The Great War.”
The incredible service and sacrifice of
those who served in World War I a century
ago finally will be honored in a memorial in
the nation’s capital, said Edwin Fountain,
the commission’s vice chairman.
Fountain, the grandson of two WWI veter-
ans, announced the winning design concept
at an event at the National Press Club here.
The winning concept is “The Weight of
Sacrifice” by 25-year-old Joe Weishaar, a yet-
to-be licensed architect, and veteran sculptor
Sabin Howard.
The design concept met the challenges of
creating a concept for such an important me-
morial, Fountain said. Those challenges, he
explained, included finding an appropriate
way to honor the magnitude of the service
and sacrifice of the nearly 5 million people
who served and the more than 116,000 who
died.
In addition, Fountain said, the design
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concept had to work into the surrounding
landscape, complement the iconic architec-
ture and design of historic Washington, and
serve as a city park.
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Please try to write back
Bringing a little holiday cheer to an un-
known service member was all an 8-year-
old boy was trying to do 25 years ago.
A single letter united a pair of Air Force
veterans, and the handwritten greeting
made its way back to its author -- now an
Air Force major -- at Hurlburt Field.
It started 25 years ago, when students
from Fulmar Elementary School in Ma-
hopac, New York, wrote letters to military
members who were deployed in support of
Operation Desert Storm.
A young Stephen Rausa started his let-
ter anonymously with “Dear Any Service
Member,” and ended it with “Please try to
write back.” As he sealed his letter, he didn’t
know if he would receive a response.
He never dreamed that he would get
back a letter from someone with such a
familiar name.
“There were a lot of letters boxed up, all
addressed to ‘Any Service Member,’” recalled
retired Master Sgt. Ben Rausa. “As I dug
through the box, a return sender’s name
caught my eye. He had the same last name
as me. Rausa isn’t a very common name.”
http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/
Article/645891/please-try-to-write-back.aspx
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