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Tag Archives: Ga.
Pentagon, VA officials expand disability claims test
Defense and Veterans Affairs officials today announced another step in their efforts to streamline the process of determining veterans’ disability ratings. Beginning in January, the Disability Evaluation System pilot program will expand to six medical facilities at Fort Benning, Ga.; … Continue reading
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Tagged disability, Fort Benning, Fort Bragg, Fort Hood, Fort Lewis, Fort Riley, Ga., Kan., N.C., portsmouth naval medical center, Texas, Va., Wash.
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7 airmen enter spec ops weather pipeline
Flipping to The Weather Channel isn’t an option for airmen deployed to austere locales such as Kandahar, Afghanistan, or the Philippines.That’s why the Air Force has started instructing airmen right out of basic training to be special operations weather technicians. … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Air, Base, Fla., Fort Benning, Ga., Kandahar, La., N.C., Philippines, pope air force, Texas, Wash., Weather Channel
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C-27J is first brand-new Air Guard plane
No hand-me-downs this time from the big Air Force.The Air National Guard is getting C-27J Spartans straight from the assembly line in 2010. It will be the first time the Air Guard has owned and operated brand-new aircraft.The first two … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Air, c 130 hercules, Ga., Lt. Col. Chris Beckman, Lt. Col. Joe Brophy, Maryland
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No retroactive early retirement for reserves
Congressional negotiators blamed themselves for leaving intact a reserve retirement formula that treats the 600,000 National Guard and reserve members who mobilized before Jan. 28, 2008, differently from those who mobilized later.Negotiators who prepared the final version of the 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged Defense, Ga., military retirement benefits, Rep. Joe Wilson, S.C.
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No retroactive early retirement for reserves
Congressional negotiators blamed themselves for leaving intact a reserve retirement formula that treats the 600,000 National Guard and reserve members who mobilized before Jan. 28, 2008, differently from those who mobilized later.Negotiators who prepared the final version of the 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged Defense, Ga., military retirement benefits, Rep. Joe Wilson, S.C.
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Female sailors could join sub crews by 2011
A handful of female seniors at the Naval Academy or in the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps could very well be the first women to be assigned to a U.S. submarine.And if initial plans fall into place, those women — … Continue reading
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Tagged Adm. Kirkland, Bangor, Charleston, Donald, Donnelly, Ga., Harvey, Maryland, Ohio, ohio class submarines, S.C., submarine, Wash.
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8th Air Force transfers nonbomber units, continues nuclear enterprise transformation
Officials from 8th Air Force here reached a milestone in its nuclear enterprise transformation Oct. 1 with the transfer of its nonbomber units to 9th Air Force and 12th Air Force. Under this unit reassignment, 12th Air Force officials at … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Ariz., Calif., davis monthan air force base ariz, Davis-Monthan, Ga., Mont., Okla., S.C., Shaw AFB
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Petraeus troubled by rising Afghan violence
FORT BENNING, Ga. – Gen. David Petraeus told infantrymen here Tuesday that the rising violence in Afghanistan is “very concerning,” echoing the top U.S. and NATO commander’s sobering assessment of the war-torn country.Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s anticipated assessment of the security … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Ga., Gen. David Petraeus, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Iraq, U.S., violence
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Air Force wastes millions on health care
The Air Force has wasted millions of dollars by paying for airmen to visit private doctors while appointments at military treatment facilities went unfilled, an Air Force Audit Agency report found.The Air Force could save at least $21 million during … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Alaska, Ariz., Ark., Davis-Monthan, Ga., Germany, Little Rock, Luke, Miss., Mo., Mont., Ohio, private health care, Ramstein, Va., Wright-Patterson
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