Gift Rules Changing for Wounded Troops
A provision in the fiscal 2006 Defense Authorization Act directed the Defense Department to OK gifts to wounded troops from …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersUproar Mounts Over Health Care Fee Proposal
Last week, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Peter Pace, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. …More
Committee Gives Rationale for Pay Findings
In preparing its report, the compensation committee (previous items) offered the following rationale for its findings: “cliff-vesting” retirement at twenty …More
DACMC Offers Reserves Pay Parity
Although the Defense Advisory Committee on Military Compensation (DACMC) report (previous item) would stall the onset of retired annuities until …More
Pay Panel Recommends Sweeping Changes
The Defense Advisory Committee on Military Compensation (DACMC) released details of its recommendations Feb. 28. For the retirement system, the …More
Beware of Tax Refund Scam
Armed Forces News readers should be aware of a new tax refund phishing scam. An e-mail message supposedly from the …More
Individual Augmentation Knowledge Program Launched
The Individual Augmentation (IA) program is a joint-service operation between the Army and the Navy at Fort Jackson, S.C., where …More
Navy Commander Board Disbanded
The Navy’s fiscal 2007 active-duty commander line promotion selection board was disbanded Feb. 21 after it was discovered that written …More
Top Marine Clarifies CAR Eligibility
The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. M. W. Hagee, has clarified the eligibility requirements for the Marine’s Combat Action …More
Troops Want More Boots on the Ground
According to a poll of American troops in Iraq, 53 percent said the United States should double its strength in …More
Tricare for Life Trust Fund Waylaid
The Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) charges that the Defense Department’s complaint about rising health care costs ignores a …More
Two Other Senators Say ‘No Way’ to Budget
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., calls the administration’s proposal to hike health care fees and co-pays for military retirees under age …More
Two Senators Back Administration’s Anti-Retiree Budget
Senators Larry Craig, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., chairman of the Senate Armed …More
AFA Objects to Budget Impact on Retirees
Along with many other veterans organizations, the Air Force Association (AFA) has objected to several provisions in the President’s fiscal …More
NEX to Hold Drawing for Savings Bonds
The Navy Exchange’s A-OK Student Reward Program will hold a drawing Feb. 28, to help four students pay for a …More
AAFES Facilitates Connections After Military Moves
Service members moving to a new duty station anywhere in the United States can now connect their utilities, cable, telephone, …More
TSGLI Provides Traumatic Injury Payments
TSGLI provides automatic traumatic injury coverage to all service members covered under Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI ). Coverage began …More
Military Emergency Rooms Reported Overcrowded
A report by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) asserts that the Defense Department’s estimated 70 emergency rooms are …More
Legion Links GAO Report to Call for Assured Funding
“The GAO report (concerning VA medical care funding, dated Feb. 1) confirms what everyone has known all along,” Legion National …More
Shortfalls Listed in 2007 VA Budget
The Veterans of Foreign Wars, along with other veterans organizations, have other concerns about the ’07 budget request for the …More
VFW: New VA Budget “Significant Step”
The administration’s fiscal 2007 budget proposal provides the Department of Veterans Affairs an 8 percent or $2.65 billion increase in …More
Tricare Rises Would Degrade Retirement
Under the administration’s proposed budget , the annual fees described in the previous item would be indexed to the Federal …More
Proposed Tricare Hikes Labeled “Reprehensible”
In a notice to its members, the Air Force Sergeants Association says the Bush administration’s “reprehensible” plan in its fiscal …More
Class Act Closes Down
Retired Air Force Colonel and Medal-of-Honor holder George “Bud” Day closed down the Class Act Group Dec. 31. The group, …More
Legion Commander Decries Divisiveness
Ushering in a new legislative session, American Legion commander Thomas L. Bock declared that “a veteran is a veteran,” and …More
Young Vets Face 15% Unemployment
The Department of Labor reported that the unemployment rate for veterans ages 20-24 was more than 15 percent in July …More
Tricare Dental Program Adds Benefits
Tricare Management Activity began a new Tricare Dental Program (TDP) contract with United Concordia Companies Inc. Feb. 1. United Concordia …More
Navy Skills Earn Civilian Certification
The United Services Military Apprenticeship Program (USMAP), managed by Naval Education and Training Command, is a formal military training program …More
Evans, Akaka, Lambaste VA Budgeting
Lane Evans, ranking Democratic member, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, says the Department of Veterans Affairs used “phantom claims to …More
GAO Declares VA Budgeting Process Flawed
The Government Accountability Office has made an initial report of an investigation requested by House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman …More
