By Sharon Foster TRICARE Management Activity 8/2/2011 - FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AFNS) -- TRICARE will continue to provide coverage for family members if a sponsor dies. Options and costs will vary based on the sponsor's military status when he or she dies and if the surviving beneficiary is a spouse or child If a beneficiary is the spouse of an active duty service member who died … [Read more...]
Air Force Academy Ranked Among Nation’s Best Colleges
8/2/2011 - U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFNS) -- The Air Force Academy received top-10 rankings in most available professors, low drug and alcohol use, and best school administration, according to The Best 376 Colleges book, released today by Princeton Review. The Princeton Review ranks the Air Force Academy's faculty fifth in the nation in "most accessible professors" and … [Read more...]
Soldiers Prepare for New Army Physical Fitness Test
August 2, 2011 By Capt. Jeremy Tennent, 6-52nd Air Defense Artillery, 35th ADA Brigade Public Affairs SUWON AIR BASE, South Korea, -- As the U.S. Army overhauls its physical fitness program, Soldiers from the 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery are embracing the Physical Readiness Training and are preparing for the new Army Physical Readiness Test. The torrential rain … [Read more...]
Army Airborne ISR Platform Slated for Early 2013 Arrival
August 1, 2011 By U.S. Army WASHINGTON -- Army acquisition officials say they expect the service's newest airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance asset to be available to the force within 18 months. "What we're hoping is to be able to have the first platform deployed as a Christmas present in the 2012, early 2013 time-frame," said Lt. Col. Dean Hoffman, product … [Read more...]
Agreement on the Bipartisan Debt and Budget Discipline Plan
The debt deal announced today is a victory for bipartisan compromise, for the economy and for the American people. The agreement: Removes the cloud of uncertainty over our economy at this critical time, by ensuring that no one will be able to use the threat of the nation's first default now, or in only a few months, for political gain; Locks in a down payment on significant … [Read more...]