Education
Operation Homefront and the Women's Self Worth Foundation will offer the Saban Military Wife Educational Scholarship to wives of uniformed service members who attend certain vocational training programs in the medical field and meet eligibility requirements. Two $30,000 scholarships will be awarded for tuition for vocational
Housing
With the summer moving season just around the corner thousands of Airmen and their families can now use a new housing website to help prepare for their move. The website,www.housing.af.mil, provides dormitory information for unaccompanied Airmen while detailing housing options and support services
Health
"I started to get really depressed and lacked the desire to do anything but sit around and play online to 'escape' the real world," he said. "I was having dreams of planes crashing, the smell of burnt flesh and rotting bodies. I still tried to push
Health
A new year often begins with resolutions to lose weight and get in shape. Air Force services officials recently launched a new program designed to help Airmen and families accomplish this common goal through proper nutrition and activity. The USAF FitFamily website now includes LivingFit,
Children
Deployment can be hard on a family. It can be even harder for a service member who would normally read their children a good night story but are not around to do so. However, the Pat Tillman Memorial United Services Organization here offers a service to
Health
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Despite questions about whether the Walgreens pharmacy chain will continue as a TRICARE provider, beneficiaries will have several options for filling prescriptions, Defense Department spokeswoman Eileen M. Lainez said today. The retail pharmacy contract between Express Scripts Inc., or ESI, and the Walgreens
Focus
With the excitement of the presidential primaries lurking around the corner, there are a few things Airmen must remember during this upcoming political season. When you joined the military or became a federal employee, you did so with the knowledge that this decision came with
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The National Guard unveiled its Vets4Warriors service members' counseling program at a Capitol Hill ceremony Dec. 13. Vets4Warriors is a toll-free, peer-to-peer counseling hotline that provides Guard members and Reserve component members with the ability to speak with counselors on the phone or online. Air Force
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The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board has announced the 2012 elective deferral limit for regular Thrift Savings Plan contributions has increased from $16,500 to $17,000 for 2012, Air Force Personnel Center officials said. The TSP catch-up plan contribution limit will remain at $5,500. TSP
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Columbus, Texas (AFNS) - A team of 18 special tactics Airmen have one objective in mind: honor the fallen. The team recently began an 812-mile march from Medina Annex, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt Field, Fla., to commemorate 17 fallen comrades. As they marched out at 5 a.m, carrying 50-pound rucksacks
Health
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- An Institute of Medicine study released Oct. 31 found no evidence between exposure to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan and long-term health problems. A 14-member committee from the institute, a nonprofit health research arm of the National Academy of Sciences, could neither prove
Military Life
SAN ANTONIO (AFNS) -- Air Force Clubs officials are ready to send a club member and a guest to one of three National Football League games through the Football Frenzy promotion. Since 1995, more than 425 club members and guests have attended 64 regular and post-season NFL
Housing
Pentagon officials are reminding service members stationed overseas to leave out cost-of-living pay when planning their personal budgets, due to fluctuations in the rate. The cost-of-living allowance, or COLA, paid to those stationed outside of the continental United States to off-set foreign costs, routinely is affected by
Operation Family Support
WASHINGTON (AFNS) - About a year ago, Maj. Nicholas Sabula received word of an upcoming assignment following his deployment in Afghanistan. He became concerned, however, when he learned that his new duty station and the local area didn't have adequate services for his son, who was diagnosed with autism in 2006. But shortly
Health
TRICARE officials are expanding the number of preventive vaccines covered at retail network pharmacies. Until now, the majority of vaccines were only covered when obtained through a physician's office. "Vaccines are a critical part of every family's preventive health program," said Rear Adm. Christine Hunter,
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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- The USNORTHCOM commander has added three Mexican states to the list of travel-restricted areas and confirmed the validity of the travel advisory to Acapulco. No states were taken off the list and additional requirements for Air Force personnel traveling on leave
Health
TRICARE beneficiaries who still get two or more maintenance prescriptions from a retail pharmacy should start checking their mailboxes. TRICARE Management Activity and Express Scripts Inc. are mailing out home delivery education "alert" letters to promote pharmacy home delivery. The alerts focus on
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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) -- Air Mobility Rodeo 2011, sponsored by Air Mobility Command officials, is set to take place July 24 to 29 at McChord Field on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Rodeo is a readiness competition that "focuses on improving our worldwide air
Military Resources
As our seasoned military families are keenly aware, the end of the school year typically marks the start of a high-volume moving season. Service members commonly know the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day as "PCS season," which refers to permanent-change-of-station moves. Many families aim to move
Military Resources
Each summer, about 225,000 Defense Department and U.S. Coast Guard household good shipments are slated for movement, creating a phenomenon in the transportation industry aptly called the "peak moving season." Officials from the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's personal property directorate, responsible for the DOD's
