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  • VA reaches out to veterans about the health care law

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched an awareness campaign and a new website, www.va.gov/aca, to let veterans know what the Affordable Care Act means for them and their families. Veterans receiving health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs will see no change in their benefits or

  • TRICARE moves forward with Prime service area reductions

    Defense Department officials will reduce the number of TRICARE Prime service areas in the United States beginning Oct. 1, affecting about 171,000 retirees and their family members.Those beneficiaries, who mostly reside more than 40 miles from a military clinic or hospital, received a letter earlier

  • Face of Defense: Air Force tennis coach battles back after strokes

    Each day Air Force Lt. Col. Dan Oosterhous is reminded to keep fighting when he glances at the bright green wristband he sports on his right arm that reads: "Tough times don't last, tough people do."Oosterhous, the men's tennis coach here and the only active-duty head coach at the academy, wears the

  • Website teaches coping skills to military community

    As part of the Integrated Mental Health Strategy, the Defense Department's National Center for Telehealth and Technology and the Veterans Affairs Department's mental health informatics section have partnered to develop an interactive online educational and life-coaching program.Moving Forward, at

  • Exchange launches new and improved website

    Online shopping with the Army & Air Force Exchange Service is easier than ever thanks to a refresh of the organization's official website, www.shopmyexchange.com, in preparation for the key holiday selling season, said AAFES officials.Improvements include a new home page layout design, complete with

  • Two combat controllers hike with USAF Seven Summits Team

    For some people, hiking and climbing for days, and sometimes months, through some of the harshest environments known to man, would seem like an arduous task. Two Airmen from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., experienced just that as they summited Mount Rainier, Wash., July 19 through 22.Staff Sgt.

  • Through Airmen's Eyes: A Wounded Warrior’s road to recovery

    The cool breeze and darkening night slowly embraced the German landscape. Everything seemed to be perfect and in place; however, events quickly turn tense with the sound of metal grinding asphalt and a motorcycle slamming the road. That sound led to Airman 1st Class Clint Williams participating in

  • Airmen flip for charity

    What originally began as a dream workout, changed to working out a dream when Airmen here had the idea for the ultimate CrossFit challenge: Flipping an 800-pound tire 11 miles to raise money for wounded veterans. "My goal was to flip the tire downtown," said Staff Sgt. Cody Lytle, who is assigned to

  • Free smartphone app designed to keep Airmen informed

    The Air Force launched a free mobile application geared toward informing Airmen and families about force support squadron morale, welfare and recreation events happening on their bases."MyAirForceLife," developed by the Air Force Personnel Center, links eligible patrons to force support

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