By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Dec 23, 2008 22:14:04 EST
At a recent gathering in a small auditorium at Fort Lee, Va., wounded soldiers listened as everyone in their chain of command up to a full colonel reassured them that life in the post’s Warrior Transition Unit remained good.
Capt. David Payne, their company commander, reminded them that Fort Lee had ranked in the top five of 35 WTUs for 15 straight months, according to monthly online polls. The barracks are "rated the top in the Army." Three members of the cadre are former wounded soldiers themselves.
Lt. Col. Robert Lather told them the hospital is being revamped, with more space dedicated to active-duty soldiers so they don’t have to wait in long lines with troops going through Advanced Individual Training.
"Your mission is to heal," said Col. Donna Diamond, head of Fort Lee’s Kenner Army Health Clinic. "We’re here to make sure your needs are addressed."
In the back of the room, Sgt. Loyd Sawyer shook his head.
"We’re having another dog-and-pony show," he said.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/12/military_lee_warriortransition_122308w/
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Defense Officials Address Sexual Assault Reporting Issues
By Army Staff Sgt. Michael J. Carden
Dec. 17, 2008
Three years of data and study have helped Defense Department officials determine that unreported occurrences -- not frequency of assaults -- is the main issue concerning sexual assaults within the three U.S. service academies, the deputy director of the department’s sexual assault prevention and response program said.
“There’s a gap between the number of incidences … being reported to us anonymously on survey and the actual number of cadets coming forward and reporting those incidences to the authorities at the academies,” Air Force Lt. Col. Nathan Galbreath said. “And that gap is what we’re most concerned about.”
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=52374
Dec. 17, 2008
Three years of data and study have helped Defense Department officials determine that unreported occurrences -- not frequency of assaults -- is the main issue concerning sexual assaults within the three U.S. service academies, the deputy director of the department’s sexual assault prevention and response program said.
“There’s a gap between the number of incidences … being reported to us anonymously on survey and the actual number of cadets coming forward and reporting those incidences to the authorities at the academies,” Air Force Lt. Col. Nathan Galbreath said. “And that gap is what we’re most concerned about.”
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=52374
Friday, December 12, 2008
Murtha targets military bonuses for fiscal 2010 cuts
By Chris Strohm CongressDaily
December 11, 2008
Faced with immense pressure to trim its budget, the Pentagon should cut enlistment bonuses to military personnel, end its reliance on emergency supplemental spending and get serious about reforming its acquisition processes, a top congressional appropriator said Wednesday.
"What I'm saying is, there's going to be less defense spending," House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Murtha, D-Pa., said in a speech at the Center for American Progress on defense priorities.
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=41610&dcn=todaysnews
December 11, 2008
Faced with immense pressure to trim its budget, the Pentagon should cut enlistment bonuses to military personnel, end its reliance on emergency supplemental spending and get serious about reforming its acquisition processes, a top congressional appropriator said Wednesday.
"What I'm saying is, there's going to be less defense spending," House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Murtha, D-Pa., said in a speech at the Center for American Progress on defense priorities.
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=41610&dcn=todaysnews
DOD launches Web-based system to help with moves
By Doug Beizer Federal Computer Week
Published on November 24, 2008
A new Web-based system is available to military service members to help them manage moves to new posts.
The U.S. Transportation Command’s Defense Personal Property System encompasses all aspects of the military move process, the Defense Department said, adding that It lets family members, government managers and moving companies to plan, move and receive shipments. DOD announced the system Nov. 19.
The system lets service members begin planning moves by using any computer with an Internet connection, said Army Lt. Col. William Carberry, the joint program manager for the DPS system.
http://www.fcw.com/online/news/154486-1.html
Published on November 24, 2008
A new Web-based system is available to military service members to help them manage moves to new posts.
The U.S. Transportation Command’s Defense Personal Property System encompasses all aspects of the military move process, the Defense Department said, adding that It lets family members, government managers and moving companies to plan, move and receive shipments. DOD announced the system Nov. 19.
The system lets service members begin planning moves by using any computer with an Internet connection, said Army Lt. Col. William Carberry, the joint program manager for the DPS system.
http://www.fcw.com/online/news/154486-1.html
Monday, December 8, 2008
National Resource Directory Helps Wounded Warriors
By Jamie Findlater
Nov. 26, 2008
A Web-based network of support for wounded warriors, veterans and their families, as well as the families of the fallen, has sprung from a collaborative effort by the departments of Defense, Labor and Veterans Affairs.
The National Resource Directory will include information on care coordinators, health care providers and support partners, Dr. Lynda Davis, deputy undersecretary of defense for military community and family policy, said during an “ASY Live” interview today on BlogTalkRadio.com.
“Working with wounded ill and injured servicemembers and their families, there [are] many resources and individuals available to help them,” Davis said. “We needed one source that can tell us where everyone in the country is who wants to help our wounded warriors and their families.”
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=52108
Nov. 26, 2008
A Web-based network of support for wounded warriors, veterans and their families, as well as the families of the fallen, has sprung from a collaborative effort by the departments of Defense, Labor and Veterans Affairs.
The National Resource Directory will include information on care coordinators, health care providers and support partners, Dr. Lynda Davis, deputy undersecretary of defense for military community and family policy, said during an “ASY Live” interview today on BlogTalkRadio.com.
“Working with wounded ill and injured servicemembers and their families, there [are] many resources and individuals available to help them,” Davis said. “We needed one source that can tell us where everyone in the country is who wants to help our wounded warriors and their families.”
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=52108
Friday, November 21, 2008
Obama administration faces hard choices in managing ground troops
By Katherine McIntyre Peters
The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments on Monday released three new reports aimed at informing the next administration as it makes difficult decisions in shaping a new military strategy.
Comment on this article in The Forum.The nonpartisan center's analysts laid out detailed accounts of the recruiting, equipping and organizational challenges confronting the ground services and recommended the Obama administration cut some weapons programs, reorganize special operations forces and reconsider plans to substantially increase the size of the Army.
The reports were the latest installments in the center's "Strategy for the Long Haul," a comprehensive look at how the services are poised to face the most likely strategic challenges in the coming years. The 15-volume collection of monographs seeks to inform the Pentagon's upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review, which will get under way in early 2009, as well as guide the Obama administration.
Full story: http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20081117_3643.php?zone=NGpopular
The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments on Monday released three new reports aimed at informing the next administration as it makes difficult decisions in shaping a new military strategy.
Comment on this article in The Forum.The nonpartisan center's analysts laid out detailed accounts of the recruiting, equipping and organizational challenges confronting the ground services and recommended the Obama administration cut some weapons programs, reorganize special operations forces and reconsider plans to substantially increase the size of the Army.
The reports were the latest installments in the center's "Strategy for the Long Haul," a comprehensive look at how the services are poised to face the most likely strategic challenges in the coming years. The 15-volume collection of monographs seeks to inform the Pentagon's upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review, which will get under way in early 2009, as well as guide the Obama administration.
Full story: http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20081117_3643.php?zone=NGpopular
Monday, November 3, 2008
VA hires Navy to build claims processing system
BY BOB BREWIN, BBREWIN@GOVEXEC.COM
The Veterans Affairs Department has asked the Navy to develop a computer system to process the complex claims for educational benefits that veterans will file under the new GI bill President Bush signed into law in June.
Comment on this article in The Forum.In an Oct. 17 letter sent to the House and Senate VA committees, and obtained by Nextgov, VA Secretary James Peake wrote that the agency has hired the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in Charleston, S.C., to build a system to process educational benefits for veteran as outlined in the 2008 GI bill. The bill, called the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act, was part of the 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Act that provided veterans with expanded educational benefits. For example, the bill hikes payments for tuition from $1,300 a month to a payment that is pegged at the highest tuition at a public university in a veteran's state of residence, which for Massachusetts would be $10,232. The bill includes monthly living expenses of $1,100 to $1,200.
In July, VA planned to develop a procurement for the new system through the Office of Personnel Management's Training and Management Assistance contract, said Keith Pedigo, assistant deputy undersecretary at the Office of Policy and Program Management at the Veterans Benefits Administration. He testified at a hearing of the House VA committee on Sept. 24.
Full story: http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20081029_2928.php?zone=NGpopular <http://gove-media.com/portal/wts/ccmcfOaQe8aqo8-L7EnkbQ6Mivd>
The Veterans Affairs Department has asked the Navy to develop a computer system to process the complex claims for educational benefits that veterans will file under the new GI bill President Bush signed into law in June.
Comment on this article in The Forum.In an Oct. 17 letter sent to the House and Senate VA committees, and obtained by Nextgov, VA Secretary James Peake wrote that the agency has hired the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in Charleston, S.C., to build a system to process educational benefits for veteran as outlined in the 2008 GI bill. The bill, called the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act, was part of the 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Act that provided veterans with expanded educational benefits. For example, the bill hikes payments for tuition from $1,300 a month to a payment that is pegged at the highest tuition at a public university in a veteran's state of residence, which for Massachusetts would be $10,232. The bill includes monthly living expenses of $1,100 to $1,200.
In July, VA planned to develop a procurement for the new system through the Office of Personnel Management's Training and Management Assistance contract, said Keith Pedigo, assistant deputy undersecretary at the Office of Policy and Program Management at the Veterans Benefits Administration. He testified at a hearing of the House VA committee on Sept. 24.
Full story: http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20081029_2928.php?zone=NGpopular <http://gove-media.com/portal/wts/ccmcfOaQe8aqo8-L7EnkbQ6Mivd>
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Limited pensions possible for Filipino vets
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Oct 22, 2008 10:56:00 EDT
The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee chairman sees room for a possible compromise that would pay pensions to some World War II Filipino veterans who served under U.S. command.
Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, the Senate veterans’ committee chairman, has been pushing along with his House counterpart, Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., to provide pensions to about 19,000 veterans who served with the U.S. military as Filipino Scouts and in other roles.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/military_filipinoveterans_pensioncompromise_102108w/
Posted : Wednesday Oct 22, 2008 10:56:00 EDT
The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee chairman sees room for a possible compromise that would pay pensions to some World War II Filipino veterans who served under U.S. command.
Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, the Senate veterans’ committee chairman, has been pushing along with his House counterpart, Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., to provide pensions to about 19,000 veterans who served with the U.S. military as Filipino Scouts and in other roles.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/military_filipinoveterans_pensioncompromise_102108w/
Friday, October 17, 2008
New president will face major challenges at Defense
By Katherine McIntire Peters kpeters@govexec.com
October 16, 2008
Two new reports by the non-partisan Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments detail some of the deep challenges the next administration faces in managing the all-volunteer military and a shrinking base of defense contractors.
The reports, released on Wednesday, focus on military manpower and the U.S. industrial base. They are part of a 15-part series the center is producing to inform the 2010 quadrennial defense review required by Congress and to help shape the next administration's defense strategy.
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=41212&dcn=todaysnews
October 16, 2008
Two new reports by the non-partisan Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments detail some of the deep challenges the next administration faces in managing the all-volunteer military and a shrinking base of defense contractors.
The reports, released on Wednesday, focus on military manpower and the U.S. industrial base. They are part of a 15-part series the center is producing to inform the 2010 quadrennial defense review required by Congress and to help shape the next administration's defense strategy.
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=41212&dcn=todaysnews
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Military relied on bonuses to lure new recruits
By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
October 3, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After seven years at war, the military paid recruits hundreds of millions of dollars over the past year as they answered the call to duty.
According to data obtained by The Associated Press, the Army and Marine Corps doled out nearly $640 million in the fiscal year that ended Tuesday to entice recruits to join up.
The two services continue to bear the brunt of the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but recruits were buoyed by incentives that can be as high as $40,000 each. All told, the enlistment incentives coupled with the promise of thousands more for education, increased the costs of Army and Marine bonuses by 25 percent over last year's totals, The Associated Press has learned.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1008/100308ap2.htm
October 3, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After seven years at war, the military paid recruits hundreds of millions of dollars over the past year as they answered the call to duty.
According to data obtained by The Associated Press, the Army and Marine Corps doled out nearly $640 million in the fiscal year that ended Tuesday to entice recruits to join up.
The two services continue to bear the brunt of the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but recruits were buoyed by incentives that can be as high as $40,000 each. All told, the enlistment incentives coupled with the promise of thousands more for education, increased the costs of Army and Marine bonuses by 25 percent over last year's totals, The Associated Press has learned.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1008/100308ap2.htm
Bush order allows direct hiring of military spouses
By Tom Shoop tshoop@govexec.com
September 29, 2008
President Bush issued an order last week granting federal agencies the authority to bypass competitive hiring regulations to appoint spouses of military service members to civilian government jobs.
"It shall be the policy of the United States to provide for the appropriately expedited recruitment and selection of spouses of members of the armed forces for appointment to positions in the competitive service," Bush's executive order <http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/09/20080926-8.html> stated.
The order allows agency heads to make noncompetitive appointments to the following groups of people:
* Spouses of military service members who are on active duty under orders that authorize a permanent change of station move -- assuming the spouse is moving, too.
* Spouses of totally disabled retired or separated members of the armed forces.
* Widows or widowers (who have not remarried) of service members killed on active duty.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0908/092908ts1.htm
September 29, 2008
President Bush issued an order last week granting federal agencies the authority to bypass competitive hiring regulations to appoint spouses of military service members to civilian government jobs.
"It shall be the policy of the United States to provide for the appropriately expedited recruitment and selection of spouses of members of the armed forces for appointment to positions in the competitive service," Bush's executive order <http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/09/20080926-8.html> stated.
The order allows agency heads to make noncompetitive appointments to the following groups of people:
* Spouses of military service members who are on active duty under orders that authorize a permanent change of station move -- assuming the spouse is moving, too.
* Spouses of totally disabled retired or separated members of the armed forces.
* Widows or widowers (who have not remarried) of service members killed on active duty.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0908/092908ts1.htm
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Time running out to vote absentee
Register soon to receive and return ballot on time
By Jim Tice - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Jul 22, 2008 11:28:46 EDT
It’s getting to be prime time for service members and families who are stationed overseas and who want to vote in the Nov. 4 election for president, congressional seats and state and local offices.
Members of the U.S. military community overseas should register as soon as possible to vote by absentee ballot if they haven’t already, say officials at the Military Postal Service Agency.
State-by-state guide
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/military_voting_072108w/
By Jim Tice - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Jul 22, 2008 11:28:46 EDT
It’s getting to be prime time for service members and families who are stationed overseas and who want to vote in the Nov. 4 election for president, congressional seats and state and local offices.
Members of the U.S. military community overseas should register as soon as possible to vote by absentee ballot if they haven’t already, say officials at the Military Postal Service Agency.
State-by-state guide
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/military_voting_072108w/
DoD: Waiver system will not affect recruiting
By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Jul 20, 2008 9:58:31 EDT
The Defense Department is going to implement standardized enlistment criteria and a simpler, more uniform way of reporting the types of waivers, including those for past bad behavior, given to new recruits across all the services.
Despite the new guidelines, each service may determine how it wants to apply waivers to new recruits, said Bill Carr, deputy undersecretary of defense for military personnel policy. The new guidelines are designed to give the Pentagon a better way to report and analyze the number and types of waivers given to new service members and how those recruits perform during their careers.
In the past, each service categorized offenses differently, making it almost impossible to conduct reliable research with the data, Carr said.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/airforce_recruitwaivers_072008w/
Posted : Sunday Jul 20, 2008 9:58:31 EDT
The Defense Department is going to implement standardized enlistment criteria and a simpler, more uniform way of reporting the types of waivers, including those for past bad behavior, given to new recruits across all the services.
Despite the new guidelines, each service may determine how it wants to apply waivers to new recruits, said Bill Carr, deputy undersecretary of defense for military personnel policy. The new guidelines are designed to give the Pentagon a better way to report and analyze the number and types of waivers given to new service members and how those recruits perform during their careers.
In the past, each service categorized offenses differently, making it almost impossible to conduct reliable research with the data, Carr said.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/airforce_recruitwaivers_072008w/
Friday, July 18, 2008
Hearing next week on don’t ask
By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jul 18, 2008 6:41:38 EDT
The House Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing next week on the impact of the controversial "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy that bans military service by people who are openly gay.
This will be the first formal hearing on the issue since Congress enacted the law 15 years ago.
Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a gay-rights advocacy group in Washington, praised Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif., "for her leadership in reviewing this obsolete law."
Davis chairs the House Armed Services military personnel subcommittee.
Sarvis said the hearing will launch "a conversation about the national security impact of losing qualified, capable service members."
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/military_dontask_hearing_071708w/
Posted : Friday Jul 18, 2008 6:41:38 EDT
The House Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing next week on the impact of the controversial "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy that bans military service by people who are openly gay.
This will be the first formal hearing on the issue since Congress enacted the law 15 years ago.
Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a gay-rights advocacy group in Washington, praised Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif., "for her leadership in reviewing this obsolete law."
Davis chairs the House Armed Services military personnel subcommittee.
Sarvis said the hearing will launch "a conversation about the national security impact of losing qualified, capable service members."
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/military_dontask_hearing_071708w/
Bill seeks to ease disruptions caused by military service
By Elaine S. Povich, CongressDaily
With family and job disruptions among the biggest concerns of military service members, the House Veterans Affairs Committee approved a bill Wednesday designed to ease some of the problems they face when they leave active duty and return home.
The bill would require colleges and universities to refund tuition for service members who could not complete their course work because they were called to active duty. It would allow service members to cancel without penalty contracts such as those with cell phone companies.
Rep. John Hall, D-N.Y., said the bill allows a veteran to obtain his or her old telephone number when they return from duty.
Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=40493&dcn=e_gvet
With family and job disruptions among the biggest concerns of military service members, the House Veterans Affairs Committee approved a bill Wednesday designed to ease some of the problems they face when they leave active duty and return home.
The bill would require colleges and universities to refund tuition for service members who could not complete their course work because they were called to active duty. It would allow service members to cancel without penalty contracts such as those with cell phone companies.
Rep. John Hall, D-N.Y., said the bill allows a veteran to obtain his or her old telephone number when they return from duty.
Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=40493&dcn=e_gvet
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Nonprofit tapping social networking to help ex-soldiers nab civilian jobs
Hire a Hero uses open source data integration tools job search effort
By John Fontana , Network World , 07/14/2008
In the face of astonishingly high unemployment rates among enlisted military personnel returning to post-war life, a nonprofit group is empowering soldiers with social networking savvy to help them transition to the civilian workforce.
Using the community and social networking features of YourMembership.com and online relationship management services donated by Salesforce.com, Hire a Hero is combating a 22% unemployment rate among junior enlisted personnel looking for post-military employment.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/071408-hire-a-hero.html?hpg1=bn
By John Fontana , Network World , 07/14/2008
In the face of astonishingly high unemployment rates among enlisted military personnel returning to post-war life, a nonprofit group is empowering soldiers with social networking savvy to help them transition to the civilian workforce.
Using the community and social networking features of YourMembership.com and online relationship management services donated by Salesforce.com, Hire a Hero is combating a 22% unemployment rate among junior enlisted personnel looking for post-military employment.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/071408-hire-a-hero.html?hpg1=bn
Navy puts brakes on NASCAR sponsorship
By Mark D. Faram - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jul 11, 2008 15:18:12 EDT
Navy officials have decided to pull the plug on their support for a NASCAR racing team after seven seasons and concentrate instead on other types of advertising products.
The decision on whether to go ahead with another year of the $7.5 million sponsorship was due on July 1.
"This won’t impact the remaining portion of this season; we’ll see it through," said Capt. Jack Hanzlik, spokesman for the Navy’s chief of personnel in Arlington, Va. "It is also no reflection on JR Motorsports as we have been very pleased with our relationship and the team’s performance — we just think it’s time to look at other advertising options."
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/navy_nascar_recruiting_071108w/
Posted : Friday Jul 11, 2008 15:18:12 EDT
Navy officials have decided to pull the plug on their support for a NASCAR racing team after seven seasons and concentrate instead on other types of advertising products.
The decision on whether to go ahead with another year of the $7.5 million sponsorship was due on July 1.
"This won’t impact the remaining portion of this season; we’ll see it through," said Capt. Jack Hanzlik, spokesman for the Navy’s chief of personnel in Arlington, Va. "It is also no reflection on JR Motorsports as we have been very pleased with our relationship and the team’s performance — we just think it’s time to look at other advertising options."
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/navy_nascar_recruiting_071108w/
Friday, July 11, 2008
Troops need more language skills, experts say
By Cristian Hernandez - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jul 11, 2008 13:09:55
Every service member needs some minimum foreign language skills before deploying — but that capability could require an extensive change in language and cultural training that would have to start long before they enter the military, a House subcommittee was told Wednesday.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/military_foreignlanguages_071008w/
Posted : Friday Jul 11, 2008 13:09:55
Every service member needs some minimum foreign language skills before deploying — but that capability could require an extensive change in language and cultural training that would have to start long before they enter the military, a House subcommittee was told Wednesday.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/military_foreignlanguages_071008w/
Misinformation clouds new GI Bill
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 11:34:09 EDT
Full-tuition educational benefits included in a new veterans’ program signed into law on June 30 will not take effect until Aug. 1, 2009, unless Congress approves a change in the new law.
There will be a 20 percent increase, effective this Aug. 1, in Montgomery GI Bill benefits for active-duty veterans and veterans who have served two or more years of active duty, raising the maximum benefit to $1,321 for a full-time student who has three or more years of active service, under terms of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008.
Full tuition benefits, plus stipends for living expenses and books, will not take effect under the law until Aug. 1, 2009, despite earlier claims by aides to the bill’s chief sponsor that those payments would be retroactive to when the bill is signed.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/military_gibill_benefits_070708w/
Posted : Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 11:34:09 EDT
Full-tuition educational benefits included in a new veterans’ program signed into law on June 30 will not take effect until Aug. 1, 2009, unless Congress approves a change in the new law.
There will be a 20 percent increase, effective this Aug. 1, in Montgomery GI Bill benefits for active-duty veterans and veterans who have served two or more years of active duty, raising the maximum benefit to $1,321 for a full-time student who has three or more years of active service, under terms of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008.
Full tuition benefits, plus stipends for living expenses and books, will not take effect under the law until Aug. 1, 2009, despite earlier claims by aides to the bill’s chief sponsor that those payments would be retroactive to when the bill is signed.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/military_gibill_benefits_070708w/
Study: Gays don’t undermine unit cohesion
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 10:19:03 EDT
WASHINGTON — Congress should repeal the "don’t ask, don’t tell" law because the presence of gays in the military is unlikely to undermine the ability to fight and win, according to a new study released by a California-based research center.
The study was conducted by four retired military officers, including the three-star Air Force lieutenant general who in early 1993 was tasked with implementing President Clinton’s policy that the military stop questioning recruits on their sexual orientation.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/ap_gays_military_070708/
Posted : Tuesday Jul 8, 2008 10:19:03 EDT
WASHINGTON — Congress should repeal the "don’t ask, don’t tell" law because the presence of gays in the military is unlikely to undermine the ability to fight and win, according to a new study released by a California-based research center.
The study was conducted by four retired military officers, including the three-star Air Force lieutenant general who in early 1993 was tasked with implementing President Clinton’s policy that the military stop questioning recruits on their sexual orientation.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/07/ap_gays_military_070708/
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