JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS, August 30, 2013) - Same-sex spouses of Air Force military members, eligible civilian employees and military retirees may be enrolled in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System by their sponsors and get their dependent identification card beginning Sept. 3, Air Force Personnel Center officials said today. Following a … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2013
Army Launches 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Vietnam War
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2013 - The afternoon in the Pentagon auditorium on Aug. 28 was a time for reflection on a war that spanned 10 years and cost the country the lives of more than 58,000 young men and women. It was also an occasion to honor and thank nine Vietnam War veterans who’d served a total of 14 tours in-country and 225 years in uniform. Kicking off the … [Read more...]
VA Announces Big Expansion of ‘VetSuccess on Campus’
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2013 - As a new school year begins, a Department of Veterans Affairs official announced today that VA will nearly triple the number of colleges and universities it partners with to offer on-campus vocational and rehabilitative VA counseling through its “VetSuccess on Campus” program. Curt Coy, VA’s deputy undersecretary for economic … [Read more...]
AF Tuition Assistance Application Window Delayed for FY14
WASHINGTON (AFNS, August 30, 2013) - Airmen applying for tuition assistance in fiscal 2014 will see several changes in both eligibility for and administration of the program. Due to these changes, the application window for classes beginning on or after Oct. 1 will not open until Sept. 9 to allow for system updates. This program is applicable to Guard and Reserve only when … [Read more...]
Navy Saves Plants from Extinction
SAN DIEGO (NNS, August 30, 2013) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced that they will be reclassifying the two plants from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The San Clemente Island (SCI) lotus and the SCI paintbrush are two names that you nearly never heard again, unless you were talking about dinosaurs and dodo birds. The lotus and … [Read more...]