Education is one of the greatest benefits of serving in the Armed Forces. As a servicemember, veteran, or family member, you have special opportunities that can help provide money for school, support, and ways to save both time and money. MGIB-SR Update The benefit eligibility date for the MGIB-SR may be extend to include activation time plus 4 months. This will cause the … [Read more...]
Reserve Medical Benefits
TRICARE offers comprehensive, affordable health coverage with several health plan options, a robust pharmacy benefit, dental options, special programs and demonstrations. TRICARE Retired Reserve TRICARE Retired Reserve (TRR), which is expected to begin this fall, will allow qualified members of the Retired Reserve and survivors to purchase TRICARE Standard coverage by paying … [Read more...]
Soldiers May Soon Have Lighter Machine Guns
July 15, 2011 By Eric Kowal, RDECOM PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- Any Soldier who has ever served as a squad automatic weapon gunner is resigned to the burden of lugging a heavy weapon and ammunition on patrol. Soldiers may soon have a solution, however, one that cuts the weight of small-arms ammunition nearly in half and provides a potential replacement for the SAW that weighs … [Read more...]
Soldiers Volunteer for ‘Extreme Makeover’ Project
July 15, 2011 By Stephenie Tatum, Fort Bragg PAO FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- The residents of Langdon Street are used to seeing neighbors walk up and down the streets of their quiet community. But on the morning of July 14, they were as surprised as homeowner, Barbara Summey Marshall, to see an army of volunteers walk up and stop in front of 120 Langdon Street. Ty Pennington, and … [Read more...]
1AE HQ Jumps Head-First into New PT Program
July 18, 2011 By Sgt. Darius Kirkwood, First Army Division East FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. -- If nearly a decade at war has taught us nothing else, we have learned that Soldiers do not fight like marathon runners, and that training for a test does not equal maximum results on the battlefield. The Army is addressing the shortcomings of the physical training standards nearly … [Read more...]