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  • Budget request preserves troop health benefits, official says

    The $48.7 billion in medical spending contained in the 2013 defense budget request follows Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta's often-stated priority of keeping faith with military members, a senior Defense Department official said Feb. 13.Though the request would establish or increase TRICARE

  • Budget proposal aims to support troops, families

    President Barack Obama's fiscal 2013 budget proposal has several provisions for service members, veterans and their families.According to an Office of Management and Budget fact sheet released Feb 13, the budget request includes:-- $8.5 billion in Defense Department base funding to support military

  • AF 2013 budget: Cuts while keeping agile, flexible, ready force

    The Air Force released its fiscal 2013 budget Feb. 13 and stressed the need for difficult budgetary cuts to meet the new defense strategy while maintaining the service's agility, flexibility and readiness.The Air Force is requesting $154.3 billion in the president's 2013 budget, a reduction of five

  • Troops, families to benefit from landmark settlement

    Service members and their families are among the Americans who will benefit from a "landmark" $25 billion foreclosure settlement between the government and banks, federal and state officials said Feb 10.The federal government and 49 state attorneys general reached the agreement with the nation's

  • Mental injuries, illnesses are killers

    What would you do if you suffered a broken leg tomorrow? Chances are, you would go to an emergency room, see a doctor, have your leg x-rayed and placed in a cast and get a set of crutches. You wouldn't be back to 100 percent right away, but you could at least function.Now, what would you do if you

  • Women can suffer same deployment ills as men

    It once was thought that servicewomen neither were exposed to the same combat situations as men nor developed the same psychological injuries. But officials now recognize otherwise."With the type of combat we're in now, ... it's probably the only place where men and women really are equal,"

  • Deadline nears in 'Serving Abroad' photo contest

    The contest deadline to submit photos is fast approaching for an exhibit titled "Serving Abroad ... Through Their Eyes," which will depict the daily life of military deployments and overseas assignments.The contest's focus is to show the most compelling photos of friendships, places, faces, losses

  • USO promotes healing of 'invisible wounds'

    The USO has adapted to the needs of service members and their families throughout its 71-year history and continues to serve America's troops as it works to educate others about the invisible wounds of war, a senior executive of the organization said.Frank Thorp, a retired Navy rear admiral and

  • Proposal would expand support for military caregivers

    First Lady Michelle Obama has announced a series of measures intended to increase the nation's support for caregivers of wounded, ill and injured service members.Joined by Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis and senior military leaders, Obama announced the Labor Department's proposal to expand military

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