MARCH 14, 2019 - At $718.3 billion, the fiscal year 2020 defense budget request announced at the Pentagon today by defense officials is an increase from last year’s $685 billion approved budget. This year’s request focuses on addressing peer threats emanating from Russia and China, which are modernizing their forces at an unprecedented rate, according to David L. Norquist, … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2019
Wreckage of USS Wasp CV-7 Discovered in Coral Sea
MARCH 14, 2019 - The expedition crew aboard the late Paul G. Allen’s research vessel (R/V) Petrel discovered wreckage from USS Wasp (CV 7), which was sunk in 1942. Wasp, found Jan. 14, was sunk Sept. 15, 1942, by four Japanese torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I-19 while escorting transports carrying the Seventh Marine Regiment to Guadalcanal as reinforcements. Of the … [Read more...]
Airmen Helping Airmen: 2019 AFAF Campaign Kicks Off
MARCH 14, 2019, Spangahlem Air Base, Germany - The 2019 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign is scheduled to start March 18, 2019, to raise funds for charities that provide support to Airmen in need. To kick off the event, U.S. Air Force Col. Jason Bailey, 52nd Fighter Wing commander, Col. Tad Clark, 52nd FW vice commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Alvin Dyer, 52nd FW command … [Read more...]
DFAS Explains Civilian Relocation Tax Changes
MARCH 14, 2019, Sembach Kaserne, Germany - The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed in December 2017 made the majority of government civilian employee relocation entitlements taxable, causing some concern and confusion over what elements would be taxed. The Defense Finance and Accounting Service and U.S. Army's Personnel Division held a town hall here to provide transparency and … [Read more...]
10th Mountain Soldier to be Posthumously Awarded Medal of Honor
MARCH 13, 2019 - A 10th Mountain Division squad leader credited with saving the lives of three of his Soldiers by throwing himself atop a suicide bomber in Iraq will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the White House announced today. President Donald J. Trump will award the Medal of Honor at the White House, March 27, 2019. Staff Sgt. Travis W. Atkins went above … [Read more...]