Navy Modifies IRAD Rule
Under the Navy’s Involuntary Release from Active Duty program, officers who don’t achieve required certifications or qualifications for their communities …More
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The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee is considering legislation to close a gap in the Montgomery GI Bill. Servicemembers who entered …More
Nonprofit Group To Build Homes for Disabled Troops
John Gonsalves, a construction supervisor from Wareham, Mass., says he was struck by television news accounts of a Humvee driver …More
AF Identifies NCOs for Involuntary Retraining
Although many Airmen have volunteered to change career fields or separate under the initial phase of the Air Force’s fiscal …More
VA Reaching Out to Afghanistan, Iraq Vets
Veterans Affairs secretary Anthony J. Principi is sending a personal letter to more than 150,000 veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom …More
Multi-disciplinary Team Treats OIF Wounded
Marines and sailors wounded in battle and treated at the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Md., are receiving a …More
Continuation Pay Set for Navy Full-time Support Aviators
The Navy is commencing Aviation Career Continuation Pay for Full-Time Support pilots and naval flight officers. The pay, authorized for …More
House Panel Would Drag SBP Fix to 2014
The House Armed Services Total Force Subcommittee put a Survivors Benefit Plan fix into its draft of the fiscal 2005 …More
Fix Discussed for Partial BAH Imbalance
Currently, reservists mobilized for less than 140 days draw only a partial housing allowance, called “Type II Basic Allowance for …More
DoD Expanding News for Troops
The Defense Department is launching two internal communication vehicles: a free electronic version of the “Stars and Stripes” newspaper, effective …More
Study Nixes Commissary Variable Pricing Scheme
A long-awaited study assessing the feasibility of using variable pricing within the Defense Commissary Agency has recommended that DeCA not …More
Program Cuts Red Tape for WIAs
A new Army program will help severely disabled soldiers and their families cut through red tape so they can tap …More
Comptroller Nominee Would Correct Pay Problems
The presidential nominee tabbed to replace former Defense Department Comptroller Dov. S. Zakheim told a Senate committee April 27 that …More
DoD Issues CRSC Guidelines
Last week the Defense Department released consolidated rules and application forms for both original and expanded Combat-Related Special Compensation procedures. …More
Drive Starts to Abolish ‘Military Widows Tax’
On March 30, Congressman Chet Edwards, D-Texas, joined House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif, and representatives …More
Involuntary Extensions Bring Bucks
Some 20,000 soldiers who were involuntarily extended in Iraq and Kuwait for up to 90 days beyond their 12-month rotation …More
New Callups, Deployments Set
The 2nd Brigade 10th Mountain Division from Fort Drum, N.Y., the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Camp Pendleton, Calif., and …More
Bill Aids Reserve, Guard Pension Withdrawals
Last week the House passed the Guardsmen and Reservists Financial Relief Act, which allows guardsmen and reservists who are activated …More
Military Phone Card Donation Expands
The Defense Department has authorized the Armed Services Exchanges to sell prepaid calling cards to individuals and organizations that wish …More
GAO Says Iraq Mail Services Flawed
After receiving more than 300 complaints about mail delivery in Operation Iraqi Freedom, lawmakers asked the General Accounting Office to …More
