9/1/2010 - For the first time, members of the Retired Reserve who are not yet age 60, the so-called “gray area” retirees, can purchase Tricare health coverage for themselves and their eligible family members with the Sept. 1 launch of Tricare Retired Reserve.
9/1/2010 - Adjustments to the Submarine Support Incentive Pay (SSIP) program were announced Aug. 31 in NAVADMIN 293/10.
9/1/2010 - It is the season for zigzagging around cones, sprinting in boots and lifting 30-pound ammunition cans at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar as Marines gear up to take their annual Combat Fitness Test.
9/1/2010 - The change from Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation New Dawn does not affect the pays and entitlements troops serving in Iraq receive, a Pentagon spokeswoman said Sept. 1.
8/31/2010 - President Barack Obama today announced the official end to combat operations in Iraq during a prime-time Oval Office address, declaring “a new beginning” for the Iraqi people.
8/31/2010 - Sailors considering leaving active duty now have an easier path to explore Navy Reserve options prior to separation, and continue to serve and enjoy Navy benefits.
9/1/2010 - Beginning Sept. 1, the new Tricare Overseas Program contract goes into effect, giving beneficiaries easier and greater access to health care outside the United States.
8/30/2010 - The Navy is adjusting its child care fees beginning Oct. 1 and adding categories for its highest income earners to compensate for six years without increases.
Aug. 31, 2010 – The Department of Defense and all of its components maintain thousands of Facebook pages according to the assistant secretary of defense for public affairs’ registry maintained on http://www.Defense.gov.
8/30/2010 - In the early days of a Marine’s career, it is instilled that they inherit the honor of representing the United States Marine Corps through their conduct, proficiency, and appearance, both in and out of uniform.
President Barack Obama called on the American people today to provide new care, opportunity and commitment to the million military men and women who’ve served in Iraq.
8/27/2010 - ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. (AFNS) - “The hardest part of my deployment was being away from my wonderful and beautiful wife,” said Senior Airman Daniel Bolt, a 28th Munitions Squadron aircraft armament systems journeyman.
8/26/2010 - The Chief of Naval Operations Heritage Committee commemorated the 90th anniversary of women’s right to vote at a Women’s Equality Day celebration at the Arlington Annex Aug. 26.
8/26/2010 - The U.S. Postal Service will again allow shipping tobacco-filled care packages to deployed troops Aug. 27, 2010, by adding priority mail as a shipping option with delivery confirmation.
8/26/2010 - The Department of Veterans Affairs is partnering with the National Institutes of Health to award $6 million in grants for research examining the link between substance abuse, military deployments and combat-related trauma.
8/26/2010 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Defense Department spokesman today termed as “ridiculous” the notion that Pentagon officials were involved in recent rape allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
8/26/2010 - Female Soldiers may be wearing a more form-fitting version of the Army Combat Uniform featuring more room in the hips and legs by 2014, according to developers at Program Executive Office Soldier.
8/26/2010 - A 2008 law that increased annual leave carry over from 60 days to 75 days has been extended to 2013.
8/24/2010 - Pentagon officials today mailed out 150,000 new “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” surveys, this time seeking input from military spouses about the potential repeal of the law that bars gay men and lesbians from serving openly
8/23/2010 - Navy Personnel Command (NPC) has an all new “My Personnel Information” link on the NPC homepage, directing Sailors to a single grouping of web links for personnel information and career management.
8/23/2010 - In working closely with the Office of the Secretary of Defense staff on a congressional action involving veterans submitting claims for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay, major command and wing level officials are working to inform veterans who were affected by stop loss.
Four Marines were added to the Purple Heart’s list of heroes injured during battles in Iraq and Afghanistan.
8/23/2010 - Defense Department officials today released a letter the Pentagon’s top lawyer sent to a man purported to be an attorney for the WikiLeaks website, which published tens of thousands of classified documents last month and is threatening to release 15,000 more.
8/20/2010 - Although tough economic times can help with Army recruiting, it wasn’t the economy that drove Pvt. Dale Langrehr to join the Army at age 41.
8/20/2010 - Pentagon officials today released the Defense Department’s final review of recommendations issued by an independent panel in the wake of the Nov. 5, 2009, shooting spree on Fort Hood, Texas.
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