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  • Airmen must revalidate dependents

    By Dec. 31, every Airman will be required to provide their servicing finance office with documentation for all dependents as part of Air Force audit readiness efforts.This one-time, Air Force-wide recertification process will allow the Air Force to validate Airmen's basic allowance for housing

  • Tricare Service Centers closing April 1; benefits not effected

    Tricare walk-in services across the continental United States will be shutting down April 1, 2014, as the result of a proposal from the Defense Health Agency to cut costs across the Department of Defense.Walk-in services that will be effected include billing, enrollment, changing a primary care

  • Team Dover Airman awarded the Bronze Star Medal

    A lone Airman and his service dog responsible for training Afghan forces and keeping Army Special Operations forces safe from improvised explosive devices, brought home more than just himself and his companion. Staff Sgt. Jason Spangenberg, 436th Security Forces Squadron, military working dog

  • Team Dover Airman wins communications field’s highest award

    Most Airmen take for granted how much they rely on computers, telephones and the internet to complete their missions. One Team Dover Airman has successfully guaranteed that everyone's equipment works without a hitch. Master Sgt. David White, 436th Communications Squadron plans and implementations

  • AF requests BRAC from House Appropriations Committee

    The Air Force presented to the House Appropriations Committee panel its fiscal 2015 budget request March 12, showing it will take more risk with military construction and military housing and is requesting another round of base realignments and closures."In the (fiscal year) 15 President's budget

  • ‘Transition GPS’ helps troops re-enter civilian world

    Feedback on "Transition GPS," which prepares service members to enter the civilian workforce, indicates it improves on the program it replaced, the director of the Defense Department's Transition to Veterans Program office said here March 11.Transition GPS -- for goals, plans and success -- is a

  • Voluntary application processing continues during force management pause

    Late last week, Air Force officials initiated a strategic pause to all force management programs to fully evaluate potential changes to the timing, composition and eligibility criteria for each program based on budget adjustments and early lessons learned."Complex strategies are rarely perfect from

  • Cyber Tip: Scammers Target WhatsApp Users

    Last month, Social network giant Facebook announced the acquisition of WhatsApp for $19 Billion. If you are not already aware, WhatsApp is an application that is run on smartphone devices (ie - iPhones, Blackberrys, Androids) allowing people to send SMS (Short Message Service or text) and