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  • New process cuts GI Bill claims processing times by more than half

    As part of its ongoing transformation from paper-based to electronic claims processing, the Department of Veterans Affairs has continued to improve the automated payment of benefits for veterans participating in the Post-9/11 GI Bill education program. As a result, VA is now providing benefit

  • Thrift Savings Plan officials warn against unsanctioned app

    A free iPhone app for the Thrift Savings Plan available at the Apple App Store could pose a security risk, program officials warned.A notice on the Thrift Savings Plan website says the "TSP Funds" app, which asks participants for their account login information, is not sanctioned."This app is not

  • Pentagon's top doctor details sequester's effect on health system

    The Pentagon's top health affairs official detailed March 13 for Congress the immediate and long-term effects of sequestration on the Defense Department's military health care system and its medical mission.Dr. Jonathan Woodson, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, told the House Armed

  • Military substance abuse research progresses, doctor says

    Defense Department officials are developing research-based methods to curb substance abuse among service members, their families and veterans, a senior DOD medical official said here March 12.Dr. Michael E. Kilpatrick -- deputy director for force health protection and readiness programs in the

  • First lady urges businesses to hire veterans, spouses

    Veterans and military spouses make good employees because they know how to develop and execute complex plans, and they're at their best when faced with high-pressure situations, First Lady Michelle Obama told attendees at the Business Roundtable Conference Center here today.In her remarks, Obama

  • AF extends Post-9/11 GI Bill benefit transfer phase-in period

    Some Airmen will be able to transfer all or a portion of their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to their family members without incurring a four-year active duty service commitment thanks to a program phase-in extension implemented this month.When initially implemented, the Post-9/11 GI Bill education

  • New issue of Airman magazine hits newsstand

    The March issue of Airman magazine is now available to download. In this issue, the cover story, titled "100 Years of Flying," tells the story of the Air Force's oldest flying unit, the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, and follows the unit from its early days of Pancho Villa and the Wright brothers to a

  • Airman revisits recovery with Lt. Dan

    Lt. Dan, as "Forrest Gump" film actor Gary Sinise is affectionately known, may not actually be a member of the military, but he treats each service member he meets with the deep-seated respect that should be given to a brother-in-arms. For Hurlburt Field's Tech. Sgt. Christofer Curtis, a CV-22

  • Hagel takes office as 24th defense secretary

    Just before his private swearing-in ceremony as the 24th secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel and his wife, Lilibet, arrived at the Pentagon this morning and were greeted by Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, military assistant to the secretary of defense.Hagel, delayed more than 30 minutes by

  • PTSD and TBI: One Airman's road to recovery

    Traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder have been two topics of great discussion recently, thanks to the debate going on in the National Football League and the recovery of veterans as they return home from the war in Afghanistan.One person who has experienced both and is on the

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