Military Life
A major retirement savings tool available to all service members and DOD civilians is the Thrift Savings Plan, and soon there will be a new way to save for retirement -- the Roth TSP, a senior Defense Department official said. The Roth TSP, which uses after-tax dollars, will
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A new mobile application developed by mental health experts combines behavioral therapy with satellite navigation technology to offer returning service members options for adjusting to the slower pace of life at home. An advertisement in New York City's Times Square showcases the new Positive Activity Jackpot
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Beginning this month, some National Guard and reserve members will need to pay dental premiums directly rather than through payroll deduction, a senior official of the TRICARE military health plan said today. A change to the TRICARE Dental Program means that payroll deduction for premiums is not
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Service members and Defense Department civilian employees who are eligible for the Thrift Savings Plan will soon have a new Roth option for retirement savings under the program, defense finance officials announced today. The change will allow participants to contribute after-tax dollars to the federal government-sponsored retirement
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A state-of-the-art millimeter-wave system developed by the Joint Non-lethal Weapons Directorate gives warfighters something more persuasive than shouting but less harmful than shooting when dealing with potentially hostile crowds, Defense Department experts said during a recent demonstration. At a training area on Marine Corps Base Quantico
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Service members now will receive imminent danger pay only for days they actually spend in hazardous areas, Pentagon officials said here today. The change, which took effect yesterday, was included in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law Dec. 31.
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The Defense Department needs another round of base realignments and closures if the military is to retain its balance, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here yesterday. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey told the Reserve Officers Association that as the military cuts $487 billion
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Air Force Col. Ginger Wallace, an intelligence officer, had a choice seat for President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech yesterday -- she listened to it live, as a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama. Kathy Knopf, left, pins colonel's wings on her partner, Air force
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Navy medical researchers have expanded the knowledge of the bacterium that causes "travelers' diarrhea" and are in the early stages of clinical trials of a vaccine they developed for it. Recognizing the impact of travelers' diarrhea on military readiness, particularly when it affects deployed forces, the Defense
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A sophisticated prosthetic knee with a newly designed microprocessor is giving many wounded warriors with above-the-knee amputations the chance to return to active duty, military medical officials here reported. Wounded warriors who had such severe limb loss in the early days of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars
