Author: Dan Wolken
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AFA won’t repeat mistake
The Pentagon is moving ahead with plans to slash its network of Tricare Prime providers, starting by eliminating the Prime option in three states and two cities in the Tricare West region. As of April 1, as many as 30,000 Prime beneficiaries — retirees, Active Guard and Reserve troops, and family members — in Iowa;…
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Air Force begins the search for new coach
FORT HOOD, Texas — Nearly three years after the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, many of those affected are urging the government to declare it a terrorist attack, saying wounded soldiers and victims’ relatives otherwise won’t receive the same benefits as those in a combat zone. About 160 people, including relatives of the 13 people…
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Basketball players to wait it out
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2012 – Upon returning to U.S. Pacific Command headquarters in Hawaii after visiting three Asia-Pacific nations, the top U.S. commander in the region said he’s encouraged by their willingness to partner more closely with the United States in what he called a foundation of the U.S. strategy there. Navy Adm. Samuel J.…
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Air Force basketball coach quits to take Richmond job
Peterson Air Force Base members will conduct emergency response exercises Oct. 22 to 26 as part of the 21st Space Wing’s continued commitment to ensure base readiness. These exercises may cause short delays at all Peterson AFB and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station gates. There will be some traffic disruption and potentially some temporary delays…
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FALCON’S MOONEY IS SPIDER’S MAN
DALLAS – According to the Military Child Education Coalition, an estimated 80 percent of military connected children are forced to move between 6-9 times as they complete their K-12 education and, along with geographical moves, comes changes in educational settings and curriculums. With these unique challenges in mind, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service…
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Senior Open eyes Springs
PENSACOLA, Fla. — An Air Force major has died during survival training at a base in the Florida Panhandle. The Air Force said Maj. Garrett Knowlan died Oct. 11 during the course in how to survive in open water after parachuting. He was training at Pensacola Naval Air Station. Military officials said they could not…
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Back on the BRINK
Soldiers and Marines have had the most deployments, seen the toughest fighting and suffered the greatest number of U.S. casualties in recent wars.As in most post-war periods, ground forces will see their career opportunities tighten faster than other service branches. The Army plans to shed 60,000 troops, or 11 percent of its active force, to reach…
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Overcome in OT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2012 – Fort Knox, Ky., today became the first military installation to earn the Gold Medal Award of Excellence in Park and Recreation Management in a competition conducted by the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration in partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association. Officials announced Fort Knox’s selection as…
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Road block?
WICHITA, Kan. — A former Kansas soldier will spend 10 months in federal prison for entering into a sham marriage so he could get additional military benefits and his Jamaican bride could become a legal immigrant, a federal judge ruled Monday. In a rare move, U.S. District Judge Monti Belot rejected the prosecution’s request for…