Nine AF Career Fields Open to Vets
Veterans interested in joining or re-joining the Air Force may be eligible if they have served in one of nine …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersAuthorization Act Tweaks Officer Careers
The fiscal 2007 defense act directs that any officer nominated for promotion by the Defense Department and the president but …More
VA: Wear Medals on Veterans Day
R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and leaders of major veterans organizations have called on America’s veterans to help …More
VA Claims Processing Crunch Looms
VA Claims Processing Crunch Looms The National Security Archive, a nonpartisan research organization affiliated with George Washington University, has obtained …More
Veterans Eat Free on Nov. 5
Veterans Eat Free on Nov. 5 McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants has announced that on Nov. 5, they will “pay …More
NEXCOM Lowers Telephone Call Rates
The Navy Exchange Service Command will lower the price on ship-to-shore phone calls and domestic and international rates for ashore …More
USMCR Combat Battalions May Face Redeployments
USMCR Combat Battalions May Face Redeployments The Marine Corps has started planning to activate some of its reserve combat battalions …More
PTSD Study Proposed in Texas
A proposed Prolonged Exposure for Combat-Related Stress Disorders study links Wilford Hall Medical Center, Brooke Army Medical Center and the …More
Enlisted BAs Coming Through the Air Force
The Air Force expects to field a program within two years that will offer enlisted Airmen the chance to gain …More
JASS Changes Logon Procedures
Sailors using the Job Advertising and Selection System (JASS) Career Management System or JCMS now must log on using their …More
Mandatory Anthrax Vaccinations to Resume
The Department of Defense announced Oct. 16 that mandatory anthrax vaccinations will resume within 60 days. More than 200,000 military …More
SEALS and SWCCs End Source Ratings
Effective Oct. 1, Navy SEALS and special warfare combatant-craft crewmen (SWCCs) dropped their original source rates to enter their own …More
AF Adds Troop Reduction Tools
Air Force officials have chosen two additional methods to reduce active-duty enlisted strength by 40,000: a date of separation (DOS) …More
Higher Special Ops Annuities Possible
The fiscal 2007 defense authorization bill requires the Defense Department to report measures by next August to increase retention of …More
VA COLA Bill on Track
Congress has passed S-2562, which will increase the compensation rate for veterans with service-connected disabilities awarded by the Department of …More
Air Force Memorial Launched
President Bush dedicated the new Air Force Memorial during a ceremony in Washington Oct. 14 attended by past and present …More
Congratulations to the U.S. Navy
The publisher and staff of Armed Forces News send hearty congratulations to the U.S. Navy on the occasion of its …More
Some Airmen Can Carry Over Leave
The Air Force has announced that Airmen who were recalled from or unable to take annual leave this past year …More
Navy Seeks Command Chief Applications
The Navy is encouraging senior and master chief petty officers to apply for the Command Master Chief and Command Senior …More
DoD Overhauling Casualty Programs
The 2007 defense act addresses transportation of remains of service members from Dover Air Force Base, Del., to the escorted …More
Army Expands $2,000 Enlistment Referrals
The fiscal 2007 defense authorization act has expanded and clarified who within the Department of the Army (DA) is eligible …More
Navy Sets Perks for IAs
The Navy has issued a directive designed to enhance assignments of Sailors assigned to combat duty as individual augmentees (IAs). …More
Voluntary Separation Pay Sweetened
The 2007 defense act authorizes voluntary separation pay as high as four times the amount of the separation pay given …More
More Cash for Certain Medical Skills
The national defense act will increase medical education loan repayment authority from $22,000 to $60,000. It also will Increase the …More
Special Pays, Bonuses, Disability Fixes Coming
The National Defense Authorization Act will hike the maximum annual rate of special pay for selected reserve health care specialists …More
Score: Troops 2.2 percent, Generals 8.7
While the fiscal 2007 defense authorization act has decreed the lowest basic pay raise in 12 years for the troops, …More
Air Force Uniform Changes
The Air Force made three significant uniform changes Oct. 1: it did away with enlisted shoulder board ranks, introduced a …More
New VEAP Bill Introduced
Rep. Mike Bilirakis, R-Fla., has introduced HR-6100, which would allow those who entered service prior to the start of the …More
Tricare Catastrophic Cap Resets
On Oct. 1, the Tricare catastrophic cap began anew for fiscal 2007. The cap limits out-of-pocket Tricare expenses to $1,000 …More
Act to Deter Insurance, Investment Predators
Congress has passed the Military Personnel Financial Service Protection Act, designed to protect service members and their families from deceptive …More
