About 80 people would have been affected by the changes, and many said they would quit rather than take a pay and benefit cut.
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Downs and Staff Sgt. Derek Bolton, staff weather officers assigned to Detachment 3, 1st Combat Weather Squadron, return to an Alaska National Guard UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter during a survey of Geronimo Drop Zone in advance of upcoming airborne operations at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 25, 2022. The 1st CWS provides forward atmospheric observation and tailored exploitation capabilities to ground force commanders and aviation assets.
Pirak said the program “did not fully consider” the requirements of Alaska Air National Guard duties and that the envisioned changes were “incompatible” with the Guard’s work.This week’s letter comes three weeks after Sullivan placed a hold on Pirak’s promotion to lieutenant general, saying that the hold would be lifted only when Alaska was exempted from the Fulltime Leveling program.
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