{"id":23422,"date":"2020-09-15T19:20:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T19:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/15\/from-uniforms-to-first-sergeants-space-force-gets-down-to-basics\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:48:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:48:49","slug":"from-uniforms-to-first-sergeants-space-force-gets-down-to-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/2020\/09\/15\/from-uniforms-to-first-sergeants-space-force-gets-down-to-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"From uniforms to first sergeants, Space Force gets down to basics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/12\/21\/the-space-force-is-officially-the-sixth-military-branch-heres-what-that-means\/\" target=_blank>nine months into its existence<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2020\/09\/03\/space-force-or-air-force-lite-identity-matters\/\" target=_blank>Space Force<\/a> is working on the nuts-and-bolts elements of how it will operate as its own military service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an address Tuesday at the Air Force Association\u2019s virtual Air, Space, Cyber conference, Chief Master Sgt. 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For example, he said, when the Space Force earlier this year asked members for suggestions on ranks and insignia, it collected about 1,350 responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Force has so far brought together 133 of its members \u2014 from a variety of ranks, backgrounds and specialties \u2014 to discuss issues like promotions and human capital management, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there\u2019s one element of the promotion process Towberman isn\u2019t interested in: tests. The Space Force is planning to scrap promotion testing and move to a board system, he said. The specifics on this will be announced soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/09\/23\/step-forward-airmen-can-once-again-volunteer-to-be-first-sergeants\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/First-sergeants.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Step forward: Airmen can once again volunteer to be first sergeants<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Air Force in 2013 switched from a volunteer system for special duties such as first sergeants to a nomination process.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t want tests,\u201d Towberman said. \u201cI certainly don\u2019t want knowledge tests that teach someone that rote memorizing facts is somehow relevant in the world today. \u2026 What\u2019s the point? 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