MAY 4, 2021 - It’s never too soon to start putting money aside for retirement, but financial experts advise debt reduction before retirement planning will maximize retirement income. A debt snowball method may help Soldiers and their Families make faster headway paying off debts so they can then invest larger amounts into retirement accounts. Soldiers and their Families … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2021
POW/MIA Agency’s Mission Gives Confidence to Service Members
MAY 3, 2021 - During a Friday visit to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, the secretary of defense visited the agency charged with attempting to locate, identify and return to families the remains of service members who were lost in combat. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III told the civilian and military personnel at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency that … [Read more...]
Army Tests Ophthalmic Slit Lamp
MAY 3, 2021 - The U.S. Army Medical Test and Evaluation Activity (USAMTEAC), formally named the U.S. Army Medical Department Board, conducted a customer test of an Ophthalmic Slit Lamp (OSL). The test was conducted for the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA) at the Deployable Medical System Equipment for Training site, Camp Bullis, TX. The customer test … [Read more...]
Air Force Chief of Staff Earns Doolittle Award
MAY 3, 2021 - Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. received the General James Doolittle Award from Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his significant contributions to the advancement of U.S. airpower during a virtual event April 22. Since 1994, the Security Studies Program has held an annual event to honor the memory of MIT alumni and World War II hero … [Read more...]
Navy Marine Corps Relief Society
MAY 3, 2021 - In 1904 a group of naval officers, their wives and a few friends founded the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) after they recognized the need for medical and pay assistance for the troops. Instead of “passing the hat” to collect money, Marines and Sailors now had a resource to relieve their financial burdens. The NMCRS initially generated funds from the … [Read more...]