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Military Health Care System

Posted on February 20, 2012 by tiffaniwalker

I spent last week on Capitol Hill with our Secretary of Defense. The questions about our defense budget were tough—as they ought to be. The stakes are high. There are no easy answers in cutting $487B from the budget, but …
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Posted in Chairman's Corner, DoD News, Medical Monday, Military Money | Tagged Air Force, Army, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense, Department of Defense, DoD, DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable, Gen. Martin Dempsey, health, Marines, medical, military, military families, National Guard, Navy, service members, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S.. Army, USMC, veterans, wellness | 5 Comments

USMC Junior Leaders Lead the Way in Helmand Province

Posted on February 20, 2012 by jtozer

Video from 2nd Marine Division (Forward) PAO Brig. Gen. Lewis Craparotta talks about the vital role that Marines junior leaders play in Helmand Province. In order to execute the mission, he says, “it’s a requirement to be out there living amongst the …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged Afghanistan, Afghans, COIN, commanding, corporals, Defense, downrange, General, Helmand province, junior, leaders, leadership, Marines, military, mission, operating, sergeants, USMC | 1 Comment

Teaching Financial Responsibility to Your Children

Posted on February 20, 2012 by jtozer

Brenda S. McDaniel, Program Analyst, Personal Financial Readiness Program (Military Community and Family Policy) Your kids learn all about reading, writing, and arithmetic in school, but when it comes to saving and spending, it’s your turn to be the teacher! …
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Posted in DoD News, Military Money | Tagged airman, budget, careful, children, credit, Defense, DoD, finance, future, helping, impulse, kids, Marines, military, money, sailors, saving, service members, soldiers | Leave a comment

Worth a Thousand Words: Competing for the Olympics

Posted on February 20, 2012 by dmoss

Pvt. Ryan McCulloch, left, and Pvt. Julio Saunders, World Class Athlete Program, spar during a practice session at the World Class Athlete Program taekwondo facility at Fort Carson, Colo. Both Soldiers are trying to earn a spot in the 2016 …
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Posted in Worth A Thousand Words | Tagged Afghanistan, Air Force, coalition forces, Defense, deployed, DoD, Marine Corps, Marines, military, Navy, services, soldiers, U.S.. Army, Worth a Thousand Words | 1 Comment

Bye Bye BCGs: New Glasses Issued to Trainees

Posted on February 19, 2012 by jtozer

By Melissa K. Buckley, Leonard Wood From www.army.mil FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. – Military recruits who wear glasses won’t be issued S9s or “birth control glasses” anymore — the nickname given to the iconic BCGs because many service members believe …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged Air Force, airman, Army, BCGs, Defense, DoD, eyes, eyewear, Fort Leonard Wood, glasses, Marines, military, Navy, New, sailors, service members, soldiers | Leave a comment