December 17, 2012 Today, the Department of Defense released the 2013 BAH Rates, that will take effect January 1, 2013. Overall, you can expect to see an average increase of 3.8%. The average increase in BAH for members with dependents is approximately $60/month. For example, a typical E-6 with dependents will see about a $60/month increase over last year's amount, while … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2012
Physical Fitness: Make a Commitment with Yourself
December 16, 2012 From Navy Personnel Command Public Affairs MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- An exercise physiologist from the Navy Physical Readiness Office encourages Sailors to make small changes to their exercise plan in order to maximize success. Many people look at the New Year as a time to set goals and make grand resolutions to get physically fit. However, most resolutions … [Read more...]
The Gadget That Changed The World
By Dylan Leckie, Office of Naval Research It was Dec. 16, 1947 and while most Americans were preparing for the Christmas holiday, three physicists were locked in their laboratory, hunched over a work bench, constructing a peculiar gadget that would forever change the world. The transistor – the Bell Laboratories invention built by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and … [Read more...]
Military Spouses Able to Transfer Cosmetology Licenses Between States During PCS
December 2012 It's just part of military life. Whether you’re a military member or married to one, you know it involves a great degree of uncertainty in terms of where you'll live and for how long. Military families are uprooted and replanted in the span with very little notice. It's all part of the intense demands placed on full-time service members, particularly when it … [Read more...]
Veterans Honored at Arlington Cemetary with Christmas Wreaths
An estimated 27,000 people converged on Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Dec. 15, to lay some 110,000 wreaths on grave sites of veterans and their spouses, according to cemetery officials. The annual tradition, called "Wreaths Across America," started two decades ago, when Morrill Worcester, owner of Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, Maine, found he had a surplus of … [Read more...]