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Airmen from Pacific . Air Force's

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headquarters have developed a new

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communication system to improve agile

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combat employment operations across the

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Indo Pacific . The Intelligence

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Surveillance Reconnaissance directorate

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produced a deployable joint worldwide

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intelligence communication system for J

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Wicks kit . The kit allows units to

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access critical ISR data at the

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tactical edge , even in remote

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locations , equipped with tactical

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routers , encryption devices and

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electromagnetic shielding . The J Wix

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kit provides secure and agile

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intelligence processing capabilities .

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The Air Force culture and language

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center has announced that the language

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enabled airmen program or leap is now

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open for air National Guard members in

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specific career fields . Guard members

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can apply directly during the

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application window from November 11th

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2024 through January 13th , 2025 . The

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new partnership aims to develop guard

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members language skills and connect

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them to utilization opportunities that

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support national security missions . In

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the past , only active duty members

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could apply to le but now select

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officers and enlisted members in the

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Air National Guard can join airmanship .

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200 a groundbreaking curriculum focused

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on preparing airmen for both personal

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and professional challenges has been

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introduced at Shepard Air Force Base ,

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Texas . The curriculum will launch

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across a etc bases and aims to shift

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training to be not only technical in

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nature but also teach resiliency ,

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leadership teamwork and adaptability

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skills . These skills are important for

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success in the great power competition .

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And with airmanship , 200 airman will

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be equipped with the mental toughness

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and emotional intelligence to navigate

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both combat and daily operations . That

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is your look around the air force . I'm

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technical Sergeant , Lewis Kokonas .