Tag: military life
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A double funeral at the Air Force Academy for much alike father and son
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cadet Timothy Barber and his father Greg shared an infectious smile, buoyant optimism, dedication to service and love of flight. Eulogists at a Thursday Air Force Academy funeral for the father and son say their…
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A double funeral at the Air Force Academy for much alike father and son
Cadet Timothy Barber and his father Greg shared an infectious smile, buoyant optimism, dedication to service and love of flight. Eulogists at a Thursday Air Force Academy funeral for the father and son say their similarities made the double blow of their deaths in a Dec. 31 plane crash in Texas even harder to take.…
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New Pentagon spending plan includes health care changes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The National Defense Authorization Act (S 2943) signed into law Dec. 23 orders an avalanche of changes to the Tricare healthcare benefit used by service members, retirees and their families. It also makes sweeping reforms…
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New Pentagon spending plan includes health care changes
The National Defense Authorization Act (S 2943) signed into law Dec. 23 orders an avalanche of changes to the Tricare healthcare benefit used by service members, retirees and their families. It also makes sweeping reforms to how the military direct-care system is organized and operates. The sheer number of changes and additional studies being mandated,…
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Small Army unit that tracks ballistic missiles has global mission
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A tiny Army unit from Colorado Springs is keeping troops safe from ballistic missiles around the globe. The 1st Space Company, with fewer than 200 soldiers now based in an office building off Powers Boulevard,…
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Small Army unit that tracks ballistic missiles has global mission
A tiny Army unit from Colorado Springs is keeping troops safe from ballistic missiles around the globe. The 1st Space Company, with fewer than 200 soldiers now based in an office building off Powers Boulevard, operates missile warning sites in the Middle East, Germany and Japan that use infrared satellite images to track launches across…
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Doctors indicted in $100 million Tricare fraud case
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Valley physician is among a dozen doctors, pharmacy owners and marketing pros accused of a kickback scheme that prosecutors allege involved a sham medical study used to bilk up to $102 million from the publicly-funded federal health program for…
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Doctors indicted in $100 million Tricare fraud case
A Valley physician is among a dozen doctors, pharmacy owners and marketing pros accused of a kickback scheme that prosecutors allege involved a sham medical study used to bilk up to $102 million from the publicly-funded federal health program for military family members. Walter Neil Simmons, 47, of Gilbert, an emergency medicine doctor who has worked at two metro Phoenix hospital…
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Chase Bryant opens for Brad Paisley at free Air Force Academy concert
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There was slim chance Chase Bryant wouldn’t wind up in the music business. With a grandfather who played with Roy Orbison and Waylon Jennings and uncles who founded the legendary country band Ricochet, Bryant has…
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Chase Bryant opens for Brad Paisley at free Air Force Academy concert
There was slim chance Chase Bryant wouldn’t wind up in the music business. With a grandfather who played with Roy Orbison and Waylon Jennings and uncles who founded the legendary country band Ricochet, Bryant has country music in his blood. He opens for country superstar Brad Paisley at the Air Force Academy’s Stillman Field on…