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  • Exchange rewards good grades

    Hard-working students deserve recognition, so the Army & Air Force Exchange Service is rewarding military students in grades 1-12 who maintain a "B" or better average with the "You Made the Grade" program."We love it when military students excel, so it's natural to encourage and reward great

  • myPay preparing for Spring 2013 release

    The Spring 2013 myPay release will affect all users and be phased in over the next five months, beginning May 11. It requires users to change their passwords every 60 days using stronger 15- to 30-character passwords. The change strengthens security and complies with current Defense Department

  • Official urges troops, vets to tap VA services, benefits

    Former Army Maj. Tommy Sowers understands firsthand that the last thing many service members preparing to transition out of the military want to do is attend more briefings or fill out more forms than they already do.But Sowers, now an assistant secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs,

  • Warrior Games camp prepares Air Force team

    Athletes representing the Air Force during this year's Warrior Games participated in a weeklong training camp here April 14 to 20.The Warrior Games, held May 11 to 16 at the U.S. Air Force Academy and U.S. Olympic Training Center, are a sport competition for ill and injured service members and

  • VA expedites decisions for long-standing claims

    The Veterans Affairs Department is expediting compensation claims decisions for veterans who have waited one year or longer, VA officials announced April 19.Effective April 19, VA claims raters will make provisional decisions on the oldest claims on hand, officials said, which will allow veterans to

  • Obama welcomes Soldier Ride participants at White House

    A group of wounded warriors received a presidential send-off at the White House today as they launched a four-day bicycle ride to show the world and themselves what they're still capable of accomplishing.President Barack Obama joined Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki on the South Lawn

  • Wounded warrior takes aim at recovery

    You can't tell Axel Gaud-Torres is a wounded warrior when he's smoothly polishing his archery skill on the range. He draws, steadies his breathing, and looses arrows with patience and steadfast concentration. Then you see the cane and notice a limp as he sets off to inspect his targets and retrieve

  • Air Force restarts tuition assistance

    The Air Force has officially restarted military tuition assistance, effective immediately. The service restarted the program as a result of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013, where Congress called for the MTA program to continue in the current fiscal year. As a

  • Streamlined DEERS procedures provide better efficiency

    A modification in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System is expected to streamline personal records for better efficiency, the director of the Defense Manpower Data Center said here April 9.In an interview with American Forces Press Service and the Pentagon Channel, Mary Dixon said

  • Vets share heartbreak, hope in confronting brain injuries

    Heads nodded in understanding, voices choked up, tears flowed and laughter occasionally rippled through the room as a group of veterans gathered to bare their souls about the challenges of living with traumatic brain injuries and to encourage each other on.The informal session has become a regular

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