AF High School Seniors May Get Break
Some Air Force families with a child entering senior year of high school may be allowed to stay longer at …More
Armed Forces News
Enter your email to subscribe free!Reserve Employment Information Program Begins
A new Defense Department reporting system called the civilian employment information program requires members of all seven reserve components to …More
Expanded Reservist Tricare Measures Stalled
On March 17, the General Accounting Office notified the congressional armed services committees that the Defense Department is moving in …More
House Chairmen Question Life Insurance Procedures
Two House committee chairmen have written the General Accounting Office asking it to investigate allegations that the Army failed to …More
Family Separation Allowance: DoD Bids $125
Principal DoD deputy for personnel and readiness Charles Abell has told the House Armed Services total force subcommittee that a …More
VA Extends CHAMPVA Deadline
An extended deadline will allow more time for some remarried surviving spouses of veterans to seek health care insurance under …More
Northwest Airlines Miles for Wounded Veterans
Under a partnership between Northwest Airlines and the nonprofit Fisher House Foundation, travelers can donate their miles from the airline’s …More
Temporary Programs
Temporary Program 1. This program, begun mid-February, extended benefits from 60 or 120 days to 180 days for active-duty and …More
Reserve Health Benefit Summary
The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act and the 2004 National Defense Authorization Act authorized enhanced Tricare health-care benefits for reserve component …More
Free Resort Lodging for Returning Troops
Vail Resorts is treating troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan to R&R with “Operation Freedom Lodging” between April …More
DoD Weighs In on Retirees, Drilling Reservists
On March 24, Charles S. Abell, principal defense deputy for personnel and readiness, told a congressional panel, “it is possible …More
Medals for Iraq, Afghanistan On Tap Again
Despite a Senate vote of 48-47 last year against campaign medals for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, Rep. …More
Senior Officer Careers Back on Front Burner
In his input for the fiscal 2005 defense authorization bill, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has resurrected last year’s plan to …More
Regular, Reserve Commissions May Blend
As part of its input to the fiscal 2005 defense authorization bill, the Defense Department has proposed several changes that …More
AAFES Overseas Fuel Prices Spurting
Gasoline and diesel fuel prices are scheduled to jump this week at Army and Air Force Exchange Service stations in …More
