Coming: Foreign Language for All Officers
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz has approved a Defense Language Transformation Roadmap, which contains 43 tasks needed to transform foreign …More
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A number of Airmen at several bases have been implicated recently in the possible compromise of Weighted Airmen Promotion System …More
Army Raises Enlistment Age for RCs to 39
The Army has raised the maximum age for Guard and Reserve recruits from 34 years to 39. The three year …More
Confidentiality Policy Issued for Sexual Assault Victims
A new Defense Department policy memorandum establishes DoD guidelines for confidential, restricted reporting by victims of sexual assault. Using restricted …More
Pay Officials Assure Personal-Data Security
With “phishing” scams occurring more frequently, Defense Finance and Accounting Service officials said they want to assure customers that DFAS …More
VA Enrollment Fee is Non-Finisher
Early this year, the Bush administration proposed to charge Priority 7 and 8 users of the Department of Veterans Affairs …More
Separation Incentives, Forced Retirements On Tap
The Defense Department has asked Congress for separation incentives and forced-retirement authorities the services could use as force shaping tools …More
Fix Set For Senior NCO HHG Inequity
Rep. Tom Lathan, R-Iowa, has introduced H.R. 1406, which seeks increases in household goods (HHG) weight allowances for senior NCOs …More
AF Doctors Perform Alternative Back Surgery
Doctors at Wilford Hall Medical Center performed a total-disc arthroplasty March 7. It was the first of its kind to …More
CNE Stresses Human Capital Strategy
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe Adm. Mike Mullen released his Guidance for 2005 on March 4. The document outlines strategic …More
Changes Recommended to AF Fitness Program
Air Force health officials have recommended seven changes to the fitness program. First, the Air Force is adding height and …More
Marines Face Foe at Home
The 1st Battalion, 24th Marines helped take the Japanese island of Iwo Jima in 1945, but when today’s members of …More
Reimbursement Plan for Combat Gear Lags
Legislation authorizing reimbursements of up to $1,100 to service members, their families and certain groups that bought health, safety and …More
New Scheme to Merge Exchanges, Commissaries
In spite of congressional action last year to retain separate military exchange and commissary systems, the Congressional Budget Office has …More
Benefits Offset Exchange Rates at Overseas Military Banks
Service members and their families overseas will not suffer from higher currency exchange rates at military banks and ATMs, officials …More
State Taxpayers Donate Refunds to Military Families
Beginning last year, Illinois taxpayers could check a box on their state tax returns to donate their tax refunds to …More
Navy Seeks Traffic Safety Competition Entries
The Naval Safety Center is urging all Navy bases to consider submitting packages for the International Association of Chiefs of …More
AF Identifies Non-Volunteers for First Sergeants
Air Force officials have identified 368 master sergeants as candidates for first sergeant duty through a nonvolunteer process. Each candidate …More
Army Sets Possible Automatic Promotions to Sergeant
A shortage of sergeants in some specialties has prompted a new Army policy in which corporals and specialists could be …More
Vet Centers Offer Grief Counseling to Military Families
In an expansion of its traditional client base, Department of Veterans Affairs officials are offering grief counseling to families of …More
DFAS Web Site Moves
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service public Web site has moved to a new location on the Internet, officials announced …More
Program Offers Subsidized Child Care to RCs
The Defense Department has contracted with the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies for Operation Military Child …More
Survivor Benefits Example – AF Lt. Col.
The Congressional Research Service has offered an example of cash benefits a spouse of an Air Force lieutenant colonel (O-5) …More
Survivor Benefits Example – Marine Corporal
The Congressional Research Service has provided an example of cash benefits a 30-year-old spouse of a Marine Corps corporal (E-4) …More
Advance Pay Okayed for Some Deploying Troops
A provision in the fiscal 2005 DoD authorization act authorizes troops with orders to combat duty for at least one …More
DeCA, Tricare Partner for ‘Healthy Choices’
The Defense Commissary Agency is partnering with Tricare in its “Healthy Choices for Life” campaign in an effort to create …More
Navy Officer Job Analysis Kicks Off
Some 6,000 naval officers began the first phase of the Officer Job Analysis project Feb. 14. The analysis is designed …More
Second Scam Targets Military Families
Officials with the Department of Homeland Security are warning the public about a second Iraq-related Internet scam (see previous item). …More
Scam Targets Families of KIAs
Officials with the Department of Homeland Security are warning the public about an Iraq-related Internet scam directed at the relatives …More
Troops in Combat Areas Can Get Tax Credits
Troops deployed to combat zones now can apply for tax refunds based on earned income tax credits and additional-child tax …More
