April 9, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - A limited number of Airmen who received notice that their previously approved applications for early retirement had been declined will be given the option to retire if they still desire to do so, officials announced April 8. “We are aware that some Airmen received erroneous (temporary early retirement authority) approvals and were … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2014
Officials: Military Medicine Must Support Readiness
April 8, 2014, WASHINGTON - U.S. national security and defense strategies must be supported by a strong, forward-leaning Military Health System, the Defense Department's top physician told Congress last week. At an April 2 hearing of the House Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee, Dr. Jonathan Woodson, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, said DOD's … [Read more...]
Sex-Offender Registry Among Top Army Family Action Plan Issues
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 8, 2014) - While the Army is aware of the status of every Soldier convicted of a sex offense, no such searchable database exists that identifies convicted sex-offender family members and Army civilians that may live and work on Army installations. An individual stationed in Baumholder, Germany, in 2005, wondered why none existed, and … [Read more...]
Work Continues to Open Military Occupations to Women
April 08, 2014, ARLINGTON, Va. - Efforts continue for the services and U.S. Special Operations Command to meet a Jan. 1, 2016, deadline by which all military positions and occupations will be open to women, a senior Pentagon official said at the Officer Women Leadership Symposium here April 5. Juliet Beyler, officer and enlisted personnel management director in the office of … [Read more...]
Hammack Testifies on 2015 Budget, Calls for BRAC in 2017
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 8, 2014) - The Army's assistant secretary for Installations, Energy and Environment told senators that the Army needs another round of base realignment and closure in 2017. Katherine G. Hammack, along with her Defense Department and service counterparts, testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee April 2. She presented the Army's … [Read more...]