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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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Legion slams Congress on concurrent receipt

The nation’s largest veterans organization is “furious” over the omission from the final 2010 defense authorization bill of promised increases in retired pay for people whose disabilities cut short their military careers.Clarence Hill, national commander of the 2.5-million-member American Legion, … Continue reading

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Legion slams Congress on concurrent receipt

The nation’s largest veterans organization is “furious” over the omission from the final 2010 defense authorization bill of promised increases in retired pay for people whose disabilities cut short their military careers.Clarence Hill, national commander of the 2.5-million-member American Legion, … Continue reading

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Chaplain school holds last class at Maxwell

The last formal class of the Air Force Chaplain School to be conducted here was Sept. 14 to 25. Following an informal professional continuing education course Oct. 6 to 8, the school will resume its move to a new facility … 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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Can deadly ‘Trust’ game be stopped?

It wasn’t so different from other nights. Outside it was cold and wet. Inside, quarters were close, but they were comfortable enough. The half dozen or so Marines sharing the small wooden hooch at Combat Outpost Viking in Saqlaweiyah, Iraq, … Continue reading

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No joke: Petraeus apologizes to Schwartz

Apology accepted — by the chief, if not by you.Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, has offered a mea culpa for telling a joke to a Marine Corps audience that used the Air Force as the punch … Continue reading

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No joke: Petraeus apologizes to Schwartz

Apology accepted — by the chief, if not by you.Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, has offered a mea culpa for telling a joke to a Marine Corps audience that used the Air Force as the punch … Continue reading

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New commanders at Air Forces Central, 9th

The air campaigns over Afghanistan and Iraq will have a new boss Wednesday.At Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Lt. Gen. Gary North steps down as commander of 9th Air Force and Air Forces Central, part of U.S. Central Command.Replacing North … Continue reading

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