Category Archives: Benefits

That’s how they roll: Derby women play it fast and physical

The ladies of the two competing roller derby teams whizzed around the track at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C.

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‘All American’ knockout: Former Marine Brian Stann rises up the UFC ranks

To chants of “U-S-A! U-S-A!” a former Marine and Iraq war hero crushed a leading mixed martial arts contender at an Ultimate Fighting Championship pay-per-view event May 28 in Las Vegas.

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Foreign-made shotguns are among the best – and most affordable – of 2011

Turkish walnut has been shaped, polished and finished to create work-of-art shotgun and rifle stocks for generations. But when it came to crafting the whole enchilada — the full scattergun or rifle — quality was often suspect.

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Foreign-made shotguns are among the best – and most affordable – of 2011

Turkish walnut has been shaped, polished and finished to create work-of-art shotgun and rifle stocks for generations. But when it came to crafting the whole enchilada — the full scattergun or rifle — quality was often suspect.

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Tricare Help: Losing Tricare coverage a few weeks before giving birth

Answering your questions on Tricare.

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Deployed now have new personnel-info resource

You’re in Afghanistan and you’re coming up on your re-enlistment window. You figure the best person to ask about a bonus is back at your home base in California.

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GAO: Fewer civilian providers accepting Tricare

A new congressional report confirms what Tricare beneficiaries already know: It is getting harder to find private health care providers who accept the military’s health insurance.

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Tricare Help: Will Tricare cover nursing home care?

Answering your questions on Tricare.

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VA extends Post-9/11 GI Bill overpayment period

Student veterans required to give back Post-9/11 GI Bill overpayments will get more time to do so under a new Veterans Affairs Department policy.

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Tricare Help: Can my girlfriend’s baby be covered before birth?

Answering your questions on Tricare.

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