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Military to reduce community, public outreach

Pentagon officials announced a plan that will enable the military services to resume conducting community and public outreach activities in the new fiscal year, but at a significantly reduced capacity, Oct. 18, 2013. This cost-cutting measure will yield a savings of $104 million in fiscal year 2014.Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel outlined the

Gunnery Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson named USO Volunteer of Year

When military families are separated, even the biggest, burliest, toughest Marine can get misty-eyed at the thought of a son or daughter that is far away. To ease the homesick hearts of deployed parents, GySgt Jeremiah Johnson, a USO volunteer at Camp Hansen in Okinawa, has ensured that the United Through Reading's Military Program is available to

Marines, sailors encouraged to make a difference with new sexual assault survey

The Secretary of the Navy has announced a new Department of the Navy sexual assault survey for 2013, which started Oct. 15, and can be taken online via any device that can access the internet.The Department of the Navy Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (DoN SAPRO), which answers directly to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, created the

Hagel thanks Fisher House for Death Gratuity payments

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel greatly appreciates the generosity of the Fisher House Foundation in making $100,000 death gratuity payments and providing other funds to the families of fallen service members, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said in a statement released Oct. 11, 2013.The Fisher House Foundation offered to make the death

WWII Marines accounted for

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that two U.S. Marines missing in action from World War II, have been accounted for and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors. U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Henry S. White, 23, of Kansas City, Mo., and Staff Sgt. Thomas L. Meek, 19, of Lisbon,

Combined Federal Campaign placed on hold

The Combined Federal Campaign has been placed on hold while the federal government shutdown continues, according to a Pentagon memo, Oct. 11, 2013. Susan A. Yarwood, the human resources director with Washington Headquarters Services, announced that CFC activities in the continental United States, apart from on-going employee contributions, are

Wounded Reserve Component Marines receive support

Reserve Marines go through the same intense training and work in the same military occupational specialties as active-duty Marines. So it is only fitting that if a Reserve Marine is wounded, falls ill or becomes injured they receive the same consistent support as their active-duty counterparts. When Sgt. Michael Dickerson, a reservist with

Carter to step down as Deputy Defense Secretary in December

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has announced that Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter will step down December 4.Carter has served in senior Defense Department positions since the start of the Obama administration including as undersecretary of defense for acquisition technology and logistics under Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates before becoming

Affordable Care Act has little impact on TRICARE beneficiaries

The Affordable Care Act, also known as the health care law, was created to expand access to affordable health care coverage, lower costs, and improve quality and care coordination for all Americans.Under the health care law, people will have health coverage that meets a minimum standard (called "minimum essential coverage") by January 1, 2014,

Fisher House steps forward to aid DOD in paying death benefits

The Fisher House Foundation has stepped in to aid the Defense Department so families of fallen service members can receive the full set of benefits they have been promised, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said here today.The Fisher House Foundation and DOD entered an agreement that includes the $100,000 death gratuity payment."I am offended,

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