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Tricare Help: When it comes to Tricare rumors, remember the facts
Q. I just heard from a friend that Tricare for Life will not be granted to anyone not already enrolled after Oct. 1, 2012. Is there any truth to that?
Lawmakers wary of retirement commission plan
Lawmakers generally seem to agree that standing up an independent commission to study possible reforms to the military retirement system is a good idea, but they are less supportive of the fast-track approval process that the Defense Department is seeking to try to force Congress to adopt the commission’s recommendations.
539 O-5s, 112 O-3s moving up
Five-hundred thirty-nine lieutenant colonels and 112 captains have been selected for promotion in the line of the Air Force and Nurses Corps Central selection boards, the Air Force said Thursday.
The boards considered 4,100 lieutenant colonels and 180 captains for promotion. Here’s the breakdown.
DoD proposes to cut 7 squadrons, cancel C-27
Proposed reductions in defense spending would cut seven squadrons, cancel the C-27 and the Global Hawk Block 30, and retire numerous transport aircraft, according to documents obtained from sources by Air Force Times.
Big cuts coming; lower pay raises start in 2015
Service members can expect standard pay raises for the next two years — most likely 1.7 percent for 2013 — but that will change starting in 2015, according to a new budget plan unveiled at the Pentagon on Thursday.