The United States Postal Service and Military Postal Service Agency have released 2011 deadlines to ensure that packages arrive to Military and State Department post offices overseas by Dec. 25, 2011. 2011 Mailing Schedule is as follows: Nov. 12 for parcel post mail Nov. 26 for space-available mail; Dec. 3 for parcel airlift mail; Dec. 10 for priority mail and first-class … [Read more...]
New TRICARE Prime Enrollees Pay Adjusted Annual Fees
Sept. 30, 2011 From a Defense Department News Release WASHINGTON – Military retirees enrolling in the TRICARE Prime health plan after Oct. 1 will begin paying slightly higher annual fees, Pentagon officials announced yesterday. The fee change for fiscal 2012 means the plan will cost $260 per year for members and $520 per year for members and family. The increase amounts to … [Read more...]
Cost-Of-Living Allowance Rate Changes
Sept. 30, 2011 By Lisa Daniel WASHINGTON (American Forces Press Service) – Pentagon officials are reminding service members stationed overseas to leave out cost-of-living pay when planning their personal budgets, due to fluctuations in the rate. The cost-of-living allowance, or COLA, paid to those stationed outside of the continental United States to off-set foreign … [Read more...]
G.I. Bill Changes Start Today
The Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2010 was signed into law last year, but some of the changes will go into effect October 1, 2011. This is a list of the biggest GI Bill changes affecting you: Allows students to use the Post-9/11 GI Bill for - Non-college degree (NCD) programs: Non-college degree (NCD) programs offered at non-degree granting … [Read more...]
New TRICARE Prime Enrollees Pay Adjusted Annual Fees
Sept. 30, 2011 WASHINGTON (Defense Department News Release) – Military retirees enrolling in the TRICARE Prime health plan after Oct. 1 will begin paying slightly higher annual fees, Pentagon officials announced yesterday. The fee change for fiscal 2012 means the plan will cost $260 per year for members and $520 per year for members and family. The increase amounts to an … [Read more...]