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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Homeowner assistance program now under way
A program to help military homeowners caught in the downturn of the housing market started processing applications Wednesday, sources said, with the publication of the implementing rules in the Federal Register.About 4,300 homeowners have applied for assistance under the expanded … Continue reading
Emergency GI Bill payments: How to get yours
The Veterans Affairs Department has come up with a simplified system to provide emergency payments for students waiting for their Post-9/11 GI Bill claims to be processed.Beginning Friday, students who need the promised $3,000 payments right away can receive an … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Bill, emergency, Secretary Eric Shinseki, veterans affairs department
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Officials announce homeowners assistance program details
Defense Department officials announced Sept. 30, the details for distributing $555 million available under the Homeowners Assistance Program. The program is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed in February, and it’s designed to partially reimburse those whose … Continue reading
Hawaii Guard, Navy bound for American Samoa
About 90 Hawaii National Guard members left Wednesday for American Samoa to help in the recovery efforts on the Pacific island, National Guard officials said. Two C-17 Globemaster IIIs from the 154th Wing, an associate unit based at Hickam Air … Continue reading
Iraqi air force assumes control of their C-130 operations
Iraqi air force officials officially began fully independent C-130 air operations Sept. 29, marking the end of the U.S. C-130 air advisory mission here. A ceremony deactivating the U.S. Air Force’s 321st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron and marking assumption of … Continue reading
Posted in Air Force
Tagged Ahmed, Air Base, air force commander, Al-Muthana, Col. Christopher Pehrson, Force, Iraq, Kane, Maj. Gen. Robert C, U.S. Air, U.S. C-
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Joint maritime threat working group convenes at Kunsan
More than 30 South Korean and American law enforcement agents met at Kunsan Air Base Sept. 3 for a joint forces maritime threat working group hosted by Air Force Office of Special Investigations officials here. This inaugural meeting had representatives … Continue reading
Not everyone is facing GI Bill delays
A retired Navy chief petty officer has jumped in to defend the Veterans Affairs Department’s processing of Post-9/11 GI Bill payments, saying he received his benefits on time and without much fuss.Kevin Ramey, a retired chief fire controlman attending Old … Continue reading
Posted in Benefits
Tagged Bill, Don, Keith Wilson, Kevin Ramey, old dominion university, school, Virginia
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Not everyone is facing GI Bill delays
A retired Navy chief petty officer has jumped in to defend the Veterans Affairs Department’s processing of Post-9/11 GI Bill payments, saying he received his benefits on time and without much fuss.Kevin Ramey, a retired chief fire controlman attending Old … Continue reading
Posted in Benefits
Tagged Bill, Don, Keith Wilson, Kevin Ramey, old dominion university, school, Virginia
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Homeowner assistance program begins tomorrow
A program to help military homeowners caught in the downturn of the housing market can start processing applications Wednesday, sources said, with the scheduled publication of the implementing rules in the Federal Register.About 4,300 homeowners have already applied for assistance … Continue reading