FW: Military Report: Veterans Day Discounts, 2014 Retiree COLA Set and More

Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 19:54:43 +0000

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Subject: Military Report: Veterans Day Discounts, 2014 Retiree COLA Set and More

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04 NOVEMBER 2013 Budget Uncertainty Plagues DoD Veterans Day Discounts and Freebies Deal of the Week: Special Holiday Rates at IHG Army Hotels Tuition Assistance Denied Due to Timing $1 Million Coverage as low as $41 a Month Retiree COLA Set for 2014 Veterans Day 2013 Chevron is Committed to Hiring Veterans Veterans Virtual Career Fair AF Makes 'God Clause' Optional Transitioning? Create Your Plan Military Homeownership Explained Free White Tail Magazine Subscription IAVA National Veterans Day Events Senate Bill Would Expand VA Eligibility Stamps to Honor Medal of Honor Recipients USNI Book Looks at Anti-Access Warfare AF Bands, Thunderbirds Resume Ops AF Changes Records Appeal Process Airmen Can Get Locked Out of AF Network AF 2014 Selection Board Schedule AF Releases F-16 Accident Report New Navy Social Media Websites Deployment Tips: Children AF Officers Selected for Squadron Command DoD Directs New Cyber Protections AAFES to Open Doors Early for Thanksgiving AAFES Homeward Bound Contest Exchanges Baby Photo Contest Navy Holiday Stress Campaign Navy Begins CFC Campaign Navy Dealing with Network Outages Navy Aligns PASS Pay and Personnel Print and Post This Week's Military Report Headline Military News Budget Uncertainty Plagues DoD In the aftermath of the government shutdown, senior Pentagon leadership expressed frustration over growing budget uncertainty. Read More Veterans Day Discounts and Freebies Celebrate Veterans this Veterans day with lots of discounts and free offers. Read More Deal of the Week: Special Holiday Rates at IHG Army Hotels This holiday season, IHG Army Hotels wants to thank servicemembers and family members for your sacrifices. Read More Tuition Assistance Denied Due to Timing The recent shutdown of the U.S. government has led to disapproval of some Sailors' requests for Tuition Assistance (TA). Read More $1 Million Coverage as low as $41 a Month Your family's future is important. Could your family survive financially if the unthinkable happened? Read More Retiree COLA Set for 2014 Based on the 2013 Consumer Price Index, military retirees and annuitants will get a 1.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment in their January 2014 retiree checks. Read More Veterans Day 2013 Veterans Day is Nov. 11, and across the country VA and Veterans organizations will hold events. Read More Chevron is Committed to Hiring Veterans Start your civilian career with a company that can provide endless opportunity. Read More Veterans Virtual Career Fair Help move your career to the next level and find your next job at this virtual event. Read More AF Makes 'God Clause' Optional After reviewing the cadet Honor Oath, the Air Force's Academy has decided to make the final clause optional. The last clause reads "so help me God." Read More Transitioning? Create Your Plan The Transition Center now features a personalized Transition Action Plan for those leaving the military. Read More Military Homeownership Explained Learn about the different benefits from renting to owning your own home and how a VA loan can impact you. Read More Free White Tail Magazine Subscription Western Whitetail Magazine is proud to offer all military members (past and present) a free subscription to their digital magazine. Read More IAVA National Veterans Day Events The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America invites all Post-9/11 vets to march in one of several Veterans Day parades throughout the country. Read More Senate Bill Would Expand VA Eligibility The American Legion expressed support for draft legislation that would "expand and enhance eligibility for health care and services through the Department of Veterans Affairs." Read More Stamps to Honor Medal of Honor Recipients The U.S. Postal Service will issue special Medal of Honor stamps on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Read More USNI Book Looks at Anti-Access Warfare The new book, Anti-Access Warfare: Countering A2/AD Strategies, by Sam Tangredi, is the first book to examine the concept of anti-access and area denial warfare. Read More AF Bands, Thunderbirds Resume Ops The Air Force is implementing a coordinated plan to resume public outreach and community engagements at a reduced capacity. Read More AF Changes Records Appeal Process Airmen who fail their fitness assessment now may appeal to their wing commanders rather than submit an appeal to the Air Force Board for Corrections of Military Records. Read More Airmen Can Get Locked Out of AF Network Individuals who inappropriately store and transmit Personally Identifiable Information (PII) over the Air Force Network will now have their accounts locked in response to the violation. Read More AF 2014 Selection Board Schedule The Air Force Selection Board Secretariat has released the calendar year 2014 selection board schedule. Read More AF Releases F-16 Accident Report U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa officials released the results of their investigation into the Jan. 28 crash of an F-16 Fighting Falcon over the Adriatic Sea. Read More New Navy Social Media Websites The U.S. Navy's All Hands Magazine officially launched its Facebook and Twitter pages Nov. 1. Read More Deployment Tips: Children For some tips on what you can do to have special times with your children before you leave on deployment, see this article. Read More AF Officers Selected for Squadron Command More than 80 Air Force officers from five medical career fields have been selected for squadron command. Read More DoD Directs New Cyber Protections The Secretary of Defense recently directed that DOD organizations take additional steps to protect unclassified controlled technical information from cyber intrusions. Read More AAFES to Open Doors Early for Thanksgiving Army and Air Force Exchange doors will open at 4 a.m. in the United States the day after Thanksgiving. Read More AAFES Homeward Bound Contest In the Army & Air Force Exchange Service's latest contest, a picture and 50 words could be worth $10,000. Read More Exchanges Baby Photo Contest Military moms will definitely want to enter the Army & Air Force Exchange Service's "Mom and Baby Photo" sweepstakes. Read More Navy Holiday Stress Campaign With the holiday season approaching, Navy officials announced the launch of its annual holiday stress navigation campaign Nov. 1. Read More Navy Begins CFC Campaign The U.S. Navy Center for Service Support (CSS) announced today that it will officially begin its Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) donation season Nov. 6. Read More Navy Dealing with Network Outages Many Internet-based applications associated with Navy Personnel Command (NPC) continue to experience downtime. Read More Navy Aligns PASS Pay and Personnel The Navy Pay and Personnel Administrative Support System (PASS) Program and Navy Pay and Personnel Services are now under the umbrella of Navy Personnel Command (NPC). Read More

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