Based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index, there will be a 3.6 percent Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for retired pay and Survivor Benefit Plan annuities effective Dec. 1, 2011. Retirees will see the change on their Dec. 30 payment, and annuitants will receive it Jan. 3, 2012. Retirees who received a Career Status Bonus (CSB) will receive a 2.6 percent … [Read more...]
Last Airmen Arrive Home Just in Time for Christmas
BALTIMORE (AFNS) -- America welcomed home from Iraq more than 200 of her Air Force sons and daughters Dec. 20 at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The Airmen were the last of the Air Force contingent in Iraq and were home in time for the winter holidays as stated by the president. Among the senior Air Force leaders on hand to celebrate the return … [Read more...]
Toys for Tots Program
December 19, 2011 The mission of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted. The primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver, through a new toy at Christmas, a message of … [Read more...]
Panetta Sends Holiday Wishes To Troops, Families
Watch as Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta offers his holiday wishes to troops stationed throughout the world. "To all of our men and women in uniform, particularly those far from home, know that your service, your sacrifice keeps our country safe," he said. "Though our nation remains at war, we work towards a simple ideal - peace on Earth and goodwill to all." If you're … [Read more...]
Air Force Lifts Hiring Freeze Dec.15
by Debbie Gildea Air Force Personnel 12/13/2011 - (AFNS) -- The hiring freeze implemented in August will be fully lifted Dec. 15, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced. The freeze, preceded by hiring controls, was one of several measures implemented in 2011 to bring manning down to mandated 2010 levels. In addition, voluntary separation incentives were recently … [Read more...]