JUNE 8, 2023 - VA-backed home loans offer several advantages, including 100% financing. Are you thinking about buying a home but are worried about money for a down payment, a low credit score or even a previous bankruptcy or foreclosure? You may want to check out your heard- earned VA home loan benefit. There are several benefits to using a VA home loan. When using a … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2023
Partnerships are Key to Global Mobility
Commander, U.S. Transportation Command, U.S. Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, delivers testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2024, Washington, D.C., April 27, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza) JUNE 8, 2023 - Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, U.S. … [Read more...]
National Guard Starts New Fitness Initiative
JUNE 7, 2023 — The Tennessee National Guard launched the pilot program of GRIT, Guard Readiness Improvement Training, at the Volunteer Training Site in Smyrna in May. Maj. Gen. (Retired) Jeff Holmes, Tennessee’s former adjutant general, asked Sgt. 1st Class Ken Weichert, to update a version of what was once called “Warrior Fit Camp.” Holmes said it was highly successful, but … [Read more...]
NATO Forces Work Together to Maintain Mission Readiness
JUNE 7, 2023 – Sailors aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61), assigned to the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, and the UK worked together to conduct repairs that allowed the ship to maintain mission readiness, during a port visit in Liverpool, U.K., the week of May 25. Ramage sailors partnered with United Kingdom and NATO allies to … [Read more...]
Air Force Tests New Tool to Streamline Kennel Projects
JUNE 7, 2023 - The Air Force Security Forces Center recently tested a new assessment tool designed to streamline the way the Department of the Air Force tracks and prioritizes repair, renovation and replacement projects at military working dog kennels. The Kennel Health Assessment Tool, developed with other units in AFSFC’s parent command, the Air Force Installation and … [Read more...]