Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz on Friday announced four new general officer assignments:
• Maj. Gen. Otis G. Mannon will become chief of staff, Headquarters U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany. Mannon is vice commander, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla.,
Q. My fiancé is active-duty military. I am diabetic and am on the insulin pump. I have been told that once I get married and go on Tricare, my care will not be what I’m used to. I have seen the same doctor for 17 years, and I heard Tricare won’t let me pick my doctor. I have also been told I may have to give up my insulin pump and go back to shots. Is that true? Also, when we get married, do I have to wait for an open enrollment date for Tricare, or is there a way that coverage can start right away?
Out-of-pocket child care costs for military families outside installations vary widely among the services, according to a recent report from congressional auditors.
Anti-corruption units in Afghanistan have helped remove more than 30 Afghan public officials — including governors and police chiefs — and convict about 50 contractors linked to corruption cases in the past year and a half.
The Air Force will lose an A-10 squadron in Germany as well as an air control squadron in Italy as part of proposed budget cuts in fiscal 2013, a senior defense official said Thursday.
A group of lawmakers proposes to prevent any school from receiving all of its funding from federal education programs, including the GI Bill and military tuition assistance.
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The school where bomb technicians from all branches of the U.S. military learn their craft has been ordered to remove the unofficial motto “Initial Success or Total Failure” from its classroom walls.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. — The school where bomb technicians from all branches of the U.S. military learn their craft has been ordered to remove the unofficial motto “Initial Success or Total Failure” from its classroom walls.
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The future of tuition assistance for active-duty service members is in limbo as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta works on a wide-ranging review of military benefits.
The Pentagon’s 2013 budget proposal released Monday calls for a 6 percent drop in overall spending, a contraction that reflects the end of the war in Iraq, the drawdown in Afghanistan and a delay in purchasing several new weapons systems.
