4/18/2013 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO - RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) -- The Air Force Personnel Center now provides live chat capability through the myPers website, AFPC officials announced recently. Since April 5, live chat capability has provided users interested in retiring with the option of real time communication with personnel specialists. Additional topics will be rolled out … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2013
‘FET’ to Fight: Female Engagement Team Makes History
EL PASO, Texas (April 18, 2013) -- A female engagement team with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, will make history as the first female engagement team to deploy from Fort Bliss, Texas. Female Soldiers volunteered in April and waited to be released from their units to begin 24 weeks of training with 4th Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, … [Read more...]
Financial Literacy Month Great Time to Improve Fiscal Security
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- April is Financial Literacy Month and according to Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) it's a good time to learn about financial security. One important tool for financial security is the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). Data from the 2011 Financial Quickpoll showed that 58 percent of Navy officers and 62 percent of enlisted personnel contribute to … [Read more...]
Army Changes Requirements for Transfer of GI Bill Benefits
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 17, 2013) -- Beginning Aug. 1, 2013, every Soldier who elects to transfer their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to a family member will incur an additional four years in the Army, without regard to their time in service. That news comes in a message to military personnel, dated April 15, 2013. The new rule largely affects senior officers and … [Read more...]
Interactive Class Raises Assault Awareness
CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan -- Marines and sailors attended Sex Signals, an informative, comedic presentation given by professional civilian actors with Catharsis Productions April 10-12 at Marine Corps installations throughout Okinawa as part of Sexual Assault Prevention Month. Sex Signals uses new and interactive ways to approach one of the biggest issues that affects unit … [Read more...]