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  • TRICARE informs beneficiaries about ID card changes

    Beneficiaries should make sure they have their Social Security number committed to memory, say TRICARE officials. It won't be found on new Department of Defense ID cards.As of June 1, Social Security numbers are no longer printed on new ID cards issued to members of the Uniformed Services, retirees

  • New warrior, family operations center opens

    Air Force officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening for the Air Force's new Warrior and Family Operations Center here May 25.More than 200 people witnessed the grand opening of the 7,000 square-foot facility housing four critical programs -- Air Force Wounded Warrior; Airman and

  • AFW2s can use myPay mobile

    Users of myPay now can check pay statements on the go using a smartphone or other mobile device that has a web browser.This update for myPay, the online pay account management system for service members, military retirees and many federal civilian employees, is based on customer feedback received

  • Hero Miles brings families to healing Warrior Games

    For wounded or injured service members, family support is a vital lifeline during the initial and long-term recovery process that helps them find a new "normal" in their life.The Hero Miles program provides family members the commercial airline flights to the injured service member in the hospital

  • Medical, physical evaluation board processes improving

    From the moment an Airman is injured or becomes ill, one of his or her biggest questions becomes: Can I stay on active-duty? Thus begins the wait. But, thanks to new processes, answers are coming much faster.Since Sept. 11, 2001, the number of service members processing through the Disability

  • Air Force makes a splash in swim prelims

    Members of the Air Force team qualified in five swimming events during the 2011 Warrior Games preliminary competition here May 18.Matt Pirrello secured two spots in the finals for the Air Force team in the men's 50m long course freestyle single limb amputee and the 100m long course freestyle SLA.

  • Warriors Way: A Cadet's Journey

    Gotta, Gotta, Gotta win! Can't Stop! Won't Stop! Air Force!This is the rallying cry of the Air Force Wounded Warrior wheelchair basketball team. And for Ohio University ROTC Cadet Matthew Pirrello, age 20, it describes his journey over the last year to overcome an injury that changed his life. In

  • Warrior Games welcomes new faces

    For the second year, the Warrior Games has returned here, bringing competition among all branches of the military and Coast Guard, during a week-long series of sporting events. The Air Force Warrior Games team has seen many veterans return, but there are also many new faces joining them.These

  • VA partners with Easter Seals to train family caregivers of wounded warriors

    Officials from The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Easter Seals formally announced a partnership to provide comprehensive caregiver training to family caregivers of eligible post-9/11 veterans, as authorized by the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010. "We at VA are

  • Lynn cites progress in DOD, VA partnership

    The partnership to ensure seamless transitions for wounded warriors from military to Veterans Affairs medical care has made significant progress, but work remains to be done, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said here May 18. In testimony before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, Mr.

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