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Category Archives: Benefits
AF wants airmen to join Redux retirement plan
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
Senators seek funds for concurrent receipt
The Senate Armed Services Committee has given a sliver of hope to some disabled military retirees still waiting for the right to receive their full military retirement pay and veterans disability compensation.The committee is asking the Senate Budget Committee to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ariz., budget, Carl Levin, congressional budget procedures, John McCain, Mich.
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Senators seek funds for concurrent receipt
The Senate Armed Services Committee has given a sliver of hope to some disabled military retirees still waiting for the right to receive their full military retirement pay and veterans disability compensation.The committee is asking the Senate Budget Committee to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ariz., budget, Carl Levin, congressional budget procedures, John McCain, Mich.
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Plan would expand leave for some families
Military family members who are ineligible for family and medical leave still could get time off for deployment-related issues under potentially controversial legislation pending before two congressional committees.The Military Family Leave Act would provide up to two weeks of leave … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, America, Bill, family, Iraq, military family members, Ore., Rep. Adam Smith, Sen. Ron Wyden, Veterans, Wash.
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Plan would expand leave for some families
Military family members who are ineligible for family and medical leave still could get time off for deployment-related issues under potentially controversial legislation pending before two congressional committees.The Military Family Leave Act would provide up to two weeks of leave … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, America, Bill, family, Iraq, military family members, Ore., Rep. Adam Smith, Sen. Ron Wyden, Veterans, Wash.
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Enrollment surge forced tuition program to halt
An abrupt sixfold increase in the number of military spouses enrolling in the My Career Advancement Account program caused the sudden halt of the program Feb. 16, according to a defense official.About 95,000 spouses enrolled in the first six weeks … Continue reading
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Tagged military onesource, Naval Station, Norfolk, Nye, program, Rep. Glenn, Robert Gates, Thomas, Tommy Thomas, Va., Virginia Beach
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Enrollment surge forced tuition program to halt
An abrupt sixfold increase in the number of military spouses enrolling in the My Career Advancement Account program caused the sudden halt of the program Feb. 16, according to a defense official.About 95,000 spouses enrolled in the first six weeks … Continue reading
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Tagged military onesource, Naval Station, Norfolk, Nye, program, Rep. Glenn, Robert Gates, Thomas, Tommy Thomas, Va., Virginia Beach
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Va. Beach lawmaker to hold MyCAA discussion
Rep. Glenn Nye, D-Va., will hold a roundtable meeting at 4 p.m. Sunday at his Virginia Beach office to hear from local military spouses affected by the Defense Department’s sudden halt of a tuition assistance program that paid up to … Continue reading
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Tagged 4772 Euclid Road, Clark Pettig, Nye, program, Rep. Glenn, tuition assistance program, Va., Virginia Beach, Washington
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Benefits reconsidered for ill Gulf War vets
WASHINGTON — The Veterans Affairs Department says it will look again at the rejected claims of veterans who say their Gulf War service caused a mysterious illness, the first step toward potentially compensating them nearly two decades after the war … Continue reading
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Tagged Charleston, gulf war service, James Bunker, John Gingrich, Robertson, Secretary Eric Shinseki, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, Steve Robertson, the Gulf, Va., Vietnam, W.Va., War, Washington
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New hires won’t speed VA claims soon
Key senators said Friday they are pleased that the Veterans Affairs Department is hiring more than 4,000 more claims processors, but they are worried this won’t result in most veterans getting their disability benefits any faster.VA Secretary Eric Shinseki acknowledged … Continue reading
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Tagged Hawaii, increase, John Wilson, Secretary Eric Shinseki, Sen. Daniel Akaka, Sen. Mike Johanns, veterans affairs department, Vietnam, Wilson
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