WASHINGTON, January 9, 2014 (NNS) - With the arrival of tax season, service members should begin gathering documentation to file their 2013 taxes, the director of the Pentagon's office of family policy and children and youth said. In an interview with American Forces Press Service and the Pentagon Channel, Barbara Thompson suggested visiting the Military OneSource website … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON, January 8, 2014 (NNS) - Navy officials said Sailors and Marines who used their Navy Cash/Marine Cash® cards at any U.S. Target® stores between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15, 2013, are not liable for any transactions that occur as a result of the unauthorized access to card data reported by Target® Corporation in December. Navy Cash/Marine Cash® … [Read more...]

PEARL HARBOR, Jan. 7, 2014 (NNS) - More than 100 athletes will gather for first Wounded Warrior Pacific Invitational (WWPI) in Honolulu, Jan. 8-10. Members of Team Navy, which includes 40 Sailors and Coast Guardsmen, are preparing for competition by participating in a training camp at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan. 5-7. The WWPI is the largest joint-service … [Read more...]

NORFOLK, Jan. 06, 2014 (NNS) - Guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) and embarked air detachment, the "Vipers" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 48, returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Jan. 5 after completing a nine-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operations. Monterey deployed April 8 as a ballistic missile defense ship, in … [Read more...]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., December 31, 2013 (NNS) - Unlocking your Non-Resident Training Course (NRTC) online account just got a little easier. NRTC accounts that were inactive for longer then 30 days were locked as a result of network security measures ordered by the Defense Department and U.S. Fleet Cyber Command, which took effect late summer 2013. Because of the large … [Read more...]