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Air Force reservists in space related

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career fields can now volunteer for the

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US Space Force in a full time capacity .

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The application window is open until

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November 30th . The Space Force

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Personnel Management Act , part of the

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fiscal year 24 National Defense

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Authorization Act enables the transfers .

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Chief of Space Operations , General

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Chance Salt and says this is an

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important step toward fully integrating

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critical space expertise from the

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Reserve into the Space Force eligible .

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Specialties include space operations ,

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cyber operations , intelligence and

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engineering amongst others . In time ,

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the Air Force Reserve will no longer

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maintain space operations as career

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fields . Air Force Material Command is

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working with small businesses as part

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of the effort to re optimize for great

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power competition . The Command's

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outreach efforts recognize how small

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businesses are pivotal in fostering

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innovation and agility . The Material

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Command hosted a recent gathering at

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the Wright Brothers Institute in Dayton ,

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Ohio to explain the effort and provide

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foundational information to businesses

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that want to work with the Air Force .

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One small business owner in cyber

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security says the information he got

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from the session was invaluable because

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it allows him to align his capabilities

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with the air force's priorities making

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his work more relevant and impactful .

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The US Air Force has begun the pilot

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phase of its smart start breakfast

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program at seven Air Force in locations .

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The program offers complimentary

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breakfast options to service members

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and their families at six stateside

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locations and one location overseas .

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Following the pilot program , Air Force

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NS program managers will evaluate the

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results with the goal of implementing

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the program across the Department of

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the Air Force by the end of this year .

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With your look around the Air Force ,

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I'm Staff Sergeant , Jasmine Granger .