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New Docs Shed Light On Air Force’s ‘Goal’ To Reduce ‘White Male Population’ Joining Officer Ranks

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By Jake Smith  |  Daily Caller News Foundation
The Air Force finally handed over a trove of documents pertaining to its sweeping “goal” of reducing the number of white male applicants in a popular officer program after spending months stonewalling requests for their release.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman C.Q. Brown — at the time the highest-ranking member of the Air Force — issued a memorandum in 2022 that the branch was updating its racial and gender demographic goals for applicants seeking to become officers, in a bid to prioritize “diversity and inclusion.

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Author of ‘The Wives’ to headline free, online retreat for military spouses

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PILLAR Deployment Retreat has offered camaraderie, information, and entertainment to nearly 5,000 military spouses and significant others since their first retreat five years ago. The goal? To support spouses and significant others experiencing — or anticipating — a military separation, like deployment, TAD/TDY, or geobaching.
“Deployment is a stressful time for military families. We want to make this season of life one that is transformative and healthy,” Becky Hoy, Army spouse and Co-Host of PILLAR whose family is currently stationed in Hawaii, shared.

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Army Pvt. Travis King sentenced for desertion after fleeing to North Korea

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The U.S. Army soldier who fled into North Korea last year was dishonorably discharged from the military and sentenced to a year in confinement, following a guilty plea on Friday.
Pvt. Travis King, 24, pleaded guilty to five of the 14 counts against him on Sept. 20 at Fort Bliss, Texas. The military judge dismissed the other nine counts. He was released a free man as well. U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Rick Mathew, the military judge overseeing the court martial, agreed that King’s time spent in pre-trial confinement in Otero County jail in New Mexico counted towards his sentence.

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