Reserve re-up bonuses: Act fast
These Reserve re-up bonuses will go away Sept. 5, when the new list takes effect. Zones are the same as the current bonus chart except for Zone C, which runs from 14 to 16 years under the old criteria.
View Article38 Okla. National Guard members return home
Friends and family have welcomed home 38 Oklahoma National Guard members from their deployment to Afghanistan.
View ArticleROA opens membership to NCOs
Noncommissioned officers are now eligible to join the Reserve Officers Association under a change in the 91-year-old group's bylaws approved over the weekend.
View Article50 spouses get financial counselor fellowships
Fifty military spouses have received fellowships to study to become accredited financial counselors under the FINRA Investor Education Foundation's Military Spouse Fellowship program.
View ArticleNew PT guidance delayed
Policy updates for physical training expected last month are not yet finalized, so the Air Force bought itself more time.
View ArticleProsecutors can remain on Bales case
A military judge says a team of Army prosecutors can remain on the case of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales for his sentencing next week, even after they read documents they weren't supposed to.
View ArticleTricare Help: How can I prove baby is covered?
A. Your brother can get all the information he needs by visiting the ID Card/Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System office on any military installation or by calling the main DEERS support...
View ArticleKevlar for the Mind: MMA, yoga may offer benefits as PTSD treatment
The military spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year on mental health research and care.
View ArticleSenators: Let rural vets use Indian Health Service
The success of an Alaska program that gives veterans the option of being treated at Indian Health Service clinics could be a model for other states, said Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska.
View ArticleArmy Corps of Engineers promotes STEM careers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is trying to encourage veterans, children of active-duty service members and others to pursue education and careers in science, technology, engineering and math, in the...
View ArticlePathologist: Fort Hood victims shot numerous times
A civilian who tried to stop the gunman during the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood was shot six times, and one of the soldiers killed in the attack was likely shot while lying on the ground, a...
View ArticleFemale soldier asks pop star Pink to Army ball, 'pretty, pretty please'
The singer Pink is the latest celebrity to receive an invitation to a military ball - this time from a female soldier in Afghanistan who put a new, musical twist on her invite.
View ArticleFBI says it can't reinstate ex-soldier until 2015
An FBI official on Wednesday told a judge that a Virginia man who won a discrimination lawsuit against the bureau can't be reinstated as a special agent until 2015 because of budget cuts.
View ArticleMan sentenced to 10 years in rape at Ft. Meade
A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a minor in a home on Fort Meade.
View ArticleUSAF report on unmanned aircraft due in Sept.
The head of the Air Force's remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) Capabilities Division expects a major review to be complete by the end of September.
View ArticleOfficial: Funding for JLTV testing could dry up next summer
Due to funding cuts, program managers for the next-generation light infantry vehicle being designed for the Army and Marine Corps are preparing to take a calculated gamble with the program's testing...
View ArticleU.S.: Egypt violence 'serious blow' to peace efforts
In a stern warning to Egypt's leaders, Secretary of State John Kerry said the escalating violence throughout the country Wednesday had dealt a 'serious blow' to political reconciliation efforts between...
View ArticleManning takes stand, apologizes for hurting U.S.
Pfc. Bradley Manning took the stand Wednesday at his sentencing hearing in the WikiLeaks case and apologized for hurting his country, pleading with a military judge for a chance to go to college and...
View ArticleReserve trims re-up bonus list
The Navy Reserve has released the first update to re-enlistment bonuses in more than a year and a half, adding two brand-new ratings, tweaking some existing rating/skill/paygrade combinations and...
View ArticleSource: Four sailors to fight punishment tied to diving deaths
Four sailors have refused non-judicial punishments stemming from the drowning deaths of two divers during February training at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., a source tells Navy Times.
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