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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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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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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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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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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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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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DoD announces Iraq summer deployments

About 15,000 soldiers from three brigade combat teams and one armored cavalry regiment will deploy to Iraq beginning in summer 2010, the Defense Department announced Thursday.In addition, two units currently in Iraq will be extended to support the country’s elections … Continue reading

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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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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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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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