By Sharon Foster TRICARE Management Activity 6/20/2011 - FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AFNS) -- When beneficiaries retire from active duty, they may have big plans for how they are going to spend their time. Along with choices about where to live and their next great adventure, they must make choices about their health care. Understanding these choices will help beneficiaries and their … [Read more...]
More Vets Gain Federal Employment
June 16, 2011 American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 16, 2011 -- Thanks to President Barack Obama’s Veterans Employment Initiative, more veterans are now federal employees. Federal agencies hired 72,133 veterans in fiscal 2010, about 2,000 more than in 2009, U.S. Office of Personnel Management officials said in a news release. "Through the president's Veterans … [Read more...]
Reaching Today’s Veterans Where They Are
June 16, 2011 Posted by Sonja Batten Under the leadership of Secretary Eric Shinseki, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is undergoing a remarkable transformation that has dramatically improved Veteran access to the services they have earned. Because so many of today's Veterans are familiar and comfortable with web-enabled applications and smartphones, our opportunities … [Read more...]
Army’s New School System Ensures Soldiers Live, Fight, and Learn Together
June 15, 2011 By Rob McIlvaine ARLINGTON, Va. -- The new "One Army School System," made up of active and reserve component schools will take the teachers to the students when and where they need the training -- rather than when the Army can give it. "Right now, each component of the Army -- the Army Reserve, the National Guard, and the active component -- has their own … [Read more...]
Hud, VA to Provide Permanent Housing To Nearly 700 Homeless Veterans
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced today that HUD will provide $5.4 million to public housing authorities in 18 states to supply permanent housing and case management for 676 homeless Veterans in America. This is the fourth and final round of the FY 2010 Veterans … [Read more...]