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PEOPLE and their dependents 18 years old or older 24-month program, graduates will apply local agencies, as well as private companies.
FIRST were eligible to use SARC services, and they for acceptance to the USUHS medical
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Editor’s Note: The “People First” section is accepted for an approved medical school, Article/614272/af-adopts-new-dragon.aspx
compiled from information from the Air Force SARCs and SAPR victim advocates will participants will be commissioned as second
Personnel Center, TRICARE, 56th Force Support assist in contacting the appropriate law en- lieutenants in the Medical Service Corps. Program creates culture
Squadron, Airman and Family Readiness Flight, forcement agency for Air Force civilians who of minimizing costs
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armed forces news services. For the complete story, are properly investigated and prosecuted. The Air Force has initiated the Make Every
go to the web address listed at the end of the story. Article/614109/enlisted-to-medical-degree-prepa- Dollar Count program, aimed at creating a cul-
http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/ ture focused on minimizing costs, harnessing
SAPR services offered Article/614603/air-force-extends-sapr-services- ratory-program-intent-to-apply-due-oct-2.aspx HIÀFLHQFLHVDQGUHGHÀQLQJ$LU)RUFHEXVLQHVV
to Air Force civilians paradigms. Currently, the MEDC portfolio
to-af-civilians.aspx AF adopts new dragon consists of 13 Headquarters Air Force-level
The Air Force released a policy memo Mon- programs and 26 major command-sponsored
day allowing Air Force civilian employees who Intent to apply for med Lt. Gen. Bill Bender, the Air Force chief initiatives that cut across multiple Air Force
DUHYLFWLPVRIVH[XDODVVDXOWWRÀOHUHVWULFWHG degree program due 10/2 LQIRUPDWLRQRIÀFHUDQG0DM*HQ0DUWLQ lines of business including acquisition strat-
and unrestricted reports with their installa- Whelan, the Air Force director of future egy, contract management, maintenance
tion’s sexual assault response coordinator. Eligible active-duty enlisted Airmen operations, have partnered to increase repair operations and energy management.
interested in pursuing a medical degree awareness of the importance of operations
The policy is effective immediately and must submit their intent to apply emails security and cybersecurity to protect the Air The Airmen Powered by Innovation pro-
allows SARCs and sexual assault preven- to the Air Force Personnel Center no later Force mission, personnel and their families. gram is one of the initial 13 Headquarters
tion and response victim advocates to as- than Oct. 2. Air Force initiatives under the MEDC um-
sist Air Force civilians who report sexual OPSEC has always been an important brella. Moreover, it is the MEDC initiative
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and advocacy services 24/7. tory Program offers active-duty enlisted program launched during Vietnam in 1966 platform for empowering Airmen to make
members an opportunity to complete the pre- with Operation Purple Dragon. “Purple every dollar count and is intended to be an
The Defense Department recently signed paratory coursework for admission to medical 'UDJRQµ ZDV WKH XQFODVVLÀHG QLFNQDPH engine for grassroots innovation across the
an exception to policy, granting the Air Force school while maintaining active-duty status given by the joint chiefs of staff, for a study Air Force. It is the Airmen’s voice to share
the authority to extend SAPR services. Air and full pay and benefits. The program, done on the loss of B-52 Stratofortresses in innovative ideas that affect cost savings,
Force civilian employees will now receive the which incurs a three-year active-duty service Southeast Asia. National leadership became quality, productivity, cycle time, process
same services as those already eligible to use commitment, will include coursework in a concerned that there was a security breach improvement and morale from the ground
SARC services, with the exception of legal traditional classroom setting with structured since U.S. B-52 bombers were being shot up to Air Force senior decision makers.
and nonemergency medical services, which prehealth advising and formal medical col- down at a very high rate. It was apparent
are restricted by law. Prior to this exception, lege admission test preparation, with classes that the North Vietnamese had been gain- Since its inception in April 2014, the
only civilian employees at overseas locations slated to begin August 2016. ing prior knowledge of bombing mission API program has received more than 5,300
times and locations. Thus, Operation Purple LGHDV IURP $LUPHQ ZKLFK KDYH LGHQWLÀHG
Airmen selected for the program will Dragon was born and it was soon discovered cost savings of more than $37 million.
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orders to Bethesda, Maryland, where they to be received directly by Hanoi. http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/
will attend school full time at the Uniformed Article/613948/making-every-dollar-count-
Services University of the Health Sciences. OPSEC has since become an established
process used by military, federal, state and through-airmen-powered-by-innovation.aspx
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