4/11/2013 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Upon release of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2014 budget here April 10, the services' senior leaders said the shadow of sequestration in 2013 and on-going fiscal uncertainty will affect critical programs and objectives for years to come. While Air Force officials have scrambled to minimize impacts on readiness and people, the bow-wave of … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2013
New Approach Helps Sexual Assault Victims Recall Details
BALTIMORE, April 10, 2013 – A new approach to interviewing sexual assault victims is gleaning more information about the crimes and leading to greater numbers of offender prosecutions. At the End Violence Against Women international conference here last week, Russell Strand, chief of the behavioral sciences education and training division for the Army’s Military … [Read more...]
In 2014 Soldiers to get 1% Raise and 3.9% Increase in BAH
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 10, 2013) -- Soldiers will see a one percent pay raise in 2014. Their untaxed paycheck will also benefit from a 3.9 percent increase in basic allowance for housing and a 3.4 percent increase in basic allowance for subsistence as well. The Army announced April 10 its fiscal year 2014 budget request, which amounts to $129.7 billion -- that's … [Read more...]
Air Force Restarts Tuition Assistance
4/10/2013 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The Air Force has officially restarted military tuition assistance, effective immediately. The service restarted the program as a result of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013, where Congress called for the MTA program to continue in the current fiscal year. As a result of the restart, the program will resume … [Read more...]
Combat Engineers Hit Virtual Road to Save Resources
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. (April 11, 2013) -- Thirteen combat engineers with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 bolstered their mobility skills in the Combat Convoy Simulator at Camp Lejeune Monday as part of their annual training. Although combat engineers are primarily known for their construction and demolitions roles, the job entails much more, said Sgt. … [Read more...]