Defense Health Agency Director Ends 32-Year Career with Unceremonious, Abrupt Retirement
Army Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland, the Defense Health Agency’s top official, retired last week, according to a surprise announcement from the Pentagon on Friday. Dr. Stephen Ferrara, acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, said Crosland, who had served as the agency’s director for two years, was “beginning her retirement” effective Friday. No reason […]
No Retirement Required: How JROTC Aims to Combat an Instructor Shortage
Army planners are hoping a new law dramatically expanding who can teach high school students in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, or JROTC, can dig the program out of a significant instructor shortage. The program has hundreds of vacancies, but Congress has set a new policy reducing the number of years of service needed […]