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Personnel chiefs warn against cuts to bonuses

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Angel

Despite meeting all recruiting and retention goals, the service personnel chiefs pleaded with a House panel Wednesday to keep paying enlistment and selective re-enlistment bonuses.Clifford Stanley, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, said military pay and benefits generally are … Continue reading →

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Personnel chiefs warn against cuts to bonuses

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Angel

Despite meeting all recruiting and retention goals, the service personnel chiefs pleaded with a House panel Wednesday to keep paying enlistment and selective re-enlistment bonuses.Clifford Stanley, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, said military pay and benefits generally are … Continue reading →

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Report details mistakes that cost airman legs

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Angel

Airman 1st Class Colton Read was in the intensive care unit, unconscious. Jessica Read was on the telephone with a master sergeant from her husband’s unit. She was so upset the senior NCO could barely make out what she was … Continue reading →

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Report details mistakes that cost airman legs

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Angel

Airman 1st Class Colton Read was in the intensive care unit, unconscious. Jessica Read was on the telephone with a master sergeant from her husband’s unit. She was so upset the senior NCO could barely make out what she was … Continue reading →

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Medicating the military

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Angel

At least one in six service members is on some form of psychiatric drug. And many troops are taking more than one kind, mixing several pills in daily “cocktails” — for example, an antidepressant with an antipsychotic to prevent nightmares, … Continue reading →

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Cargo jet crashed at Bagram earlier this month

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Angel

A civilian cargo jet skidded off one of Bagram Airfield’s runways this month when the Airbus A300’s left-side landing gear collapsed. No one was seriously injured in the March 1 crash landing, but it took a day for crews from … Continue reading →

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New protocol to provide early brain injury detection

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Angel

Defense Department officials are rolling out a new set of guidelines for the treatment of mild traumatic brain injury among servicemembers in combat areas. “We’re morphing from a symptom-based approach in theater to an incident-based approach,” a senior official said March 15 during a … Continue reading →

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Next retiree COLA could be tiny, analysts say

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Angel

The cost-of-living adjustment for retirees next year could test the idea if something really is better than nothing.After getting no COLA this year in military and federal civilian retired pay, veterans disability compensation and Social Security because of the weak … Continue reading →

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New procedures for Redux retirement plan

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Angel

Officers and enlisted airmen coming up on 15 years of active-duty service soon will have new procedures to accept enrollment in the Redux retirement plan, officials announced Friday.Beginning April 1, airmen will receive an electronic notification of their eligibility for … Continue reading →

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