Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin told airmen in a newly released memo that officials are focusing on updating family and mental health resources for airmen as they continue to highlight the urgent preparation needed for a potential future conflict in the Pacific.
The memo, provided first to Military.com and shared publicly Tuesday, was titled “Refocusing Family Readiness.” Amid the Air Force’s latest shift to reorganize the force for great power competition — the service’s term for increased spending and strategy against adversaries such as Russia and, most notably, China — it offered an inward look at how it plans to support airmen and families during the sweeping changes.
“While our efforts to prepare the force for future challenges are essential, they will be incomplete without a parallel focus on family readiness,” Allvin wrote. “In order to meet the moment in this time of consequence, we need to ensure that families and communities connected to the Air Force are as well prepared as our service members for the possible challenges that lay ahead.”
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A number of programs have been rolled out and revamped in recent months, and Allvin hinted that others are currently underway including combining the Air Force’s True North programs and Operational Support Team programs to best support airmen and their families.
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