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Military Report is the most comprehensive military benefits and quality-of-life newsletter for military personnel and retirees. Make sure that you and your colleagues subscribe for this free update publication. -------------------------------- 13 NOVEMBER 2006------------------------------------------- Free Military Education Seminar - Online! Discover how easy it is to use your GI Bill benefits in conjunction with tuition assistance to get the maximum benefit you're entitled to. Earn your degree 100% online, no matter where you're stationed. Learn More. 8th Air Force to Become New Cyber Command The 8th Air Force will become the new Air Force Cyberspace Command. The 67th Network Warfare Wing, now under 8th Air Force, and other elements already within the 8th, will provide "the center of mass" for the nascent Cyberspace Command. More Deal of the Week: Motorola RAZR V3 Sale For just $79.99 get the unique, ultra thin RAZR V3 in black, blue, silver or pink. Features quad band, long-range Bluetooth capabilities & VGA camera. PLUS! Take an additional $25 off your order. More Air Force Could Extend Officer Assignments Some Air Force officers now could spend as many as four years at a duty station before getting a new assignment. Air Force officials are looking for ways to reduce the number of permanent change-of-station moves for officers. More Please Take This Short Survey Your feedback will help us better understand military needs, and by completing the survey you will have the chance to win one of the following: $1,000, $500, $250 or $100. You must be in active duty in the U.S. military. More Military Scholarships Supplement your Tuition Assistance and GI Bill benefits with free money. We can help you find a scholarship. Search for yours today. GI Bill Increase -- Find a School Today Last month the Department of Veteran Affairs announced that the GI Bill has increased to $38,700 - a total increase of nearly $1,500 over last year. This means you have earned a monthly payment rate of $1,075. More Air Force Officials Announce New Guidelines Air Force leaders have announced changes to assignment availability Code 50 maximum stabilized tours. Members serving in a Code 50 designated stabilized tour will have their tour automatically extended 12 months beyond the current expiration date. More Anthrax Vaccine Program to be Resumed Based on the continued threat to servicemembers deployed to the United States Central Command and Korea, the Department of Defense has issued a policy to resume the mandatory Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program. More Army Increases Weight Limits for Females Weight limits for female Soldiers have changed to incorporate current research regarding differences between male and female body types. The change allows most females to weigh 5 to 19 pounds more under Army Regulation 600-9. More Exchanges Let Customers 'Take it Home Today' The Army and Air Force Exchange Service is expanding its "Take it Home Today!" initiative, which allows servicemembers immediately to enjoy furniture, major appliances, carpeting, mattresses and box springs, and select electronics. More Fully Paid Household Claims Servicemembers who have household goods damaged or lost during government-directed moves will be reimbursed under a more robust "full replacement value" standard starting by at least March of 2008. More Holiday Radio Special Features Stars Country music stars Vince Gill, Toby Keith, LeeAnn Womack and George Strait share their favorite holiday memories and traditions in a "Red, White and Air Force Blue Christmas" radio special, slated for release this month. More Insurance Companies Owe Servicemembers Several insurance agencies must pay back more than $70 million to 70,000 servicemembers after allegedly using misleading business practices. More Meningococcal Vaccine Now Available in Europe Stars and Stripes reports that students at U.S. military schools in Europe have a few weeks to get vaccinated against meningitis. More Most Retirees to Get Benefit Increase Social Security payment recipients and most military retired members will receive a 3.3 percent Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) starting in January, 2007. More Featured Job: Management Training Program Learn how to run your own business and share in the profits you help create in our fun, fast-paced, 100% promote-from-within environment! Start your own personal enterprise today! More Navy Launches Electronic Service Record The Navy has officially launched the Electronic Service Record (ESR) within the Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System (NSIPS). More Navy to Track Individual Augmentation Task Force IA and Navy officials are ensuring Sailors assigned to Individual Augmentation (IA) billets are being accurately tracked and rewarded for their service. More New Website Offers Casualty Assistance Training A new Casualty Assistance Training and Resource Website is designed to help those who aid family members after a Soldier's death. More Open Season Begins for Civilian Insurance Programs The Air Force's Office of Personnel Management has announced an open season will be held Nov. 13 through Dec. 11 for three civilian benefit programs. More Organization Sponsors Art and Essay Contest The Armed Services YMCA has launched its annual art contest and its essay contest. More SMART 360 Coming to the Fleet The Center for Naval Leadership (CNL) at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek recently put forth plans for a new leadership training system. More Students Can Apply for Scholarships at Commissaries The Scholarships for Military Children Program applications, sponsored by the Defense Commissary Agency, are now available for 2007. More The Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund The Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief offers children and spouses of the fallen and of severely injured servicemembers assistance with college tuition at an accredited college or university, as well as help with home and car repair, utility bills and many other basic needs. More Transition Workshop Valuable to Veterans All separating servicemembers should know about Transition Assistance Program workshops, say Labor Department officials. The Labor Department teams with DOD and the Department of Veterans Affairs to offer these workshops to transitioning servicemembers. More TRICARE Information Now on One Website The TRICARE Website has a new name, a new look and a new home. It is now part of Tricare.mil, which is now the official Website for all TRICARE information. Tricare.mil puts all of the TRICARE information on one Website. More TRICARE Shares its Patient Safety Program The Military Health System (MHS) developed Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS) to improve the culture of patient safety in hospitals and other health care settings. More TRICARE Survivor Benefits Family members are entitled to TRICARE benefits as transitional survivors or survivors if their active duty service sponsor who died while serving on active duty for a period of more than 30 days. More Websites Help Deliver Care Packages A Maryland family started the AnySoldier.com Web site as a way for people to support deployed Soldiers. Two years later, the family created separate sites to help those in the sister services. More Website Adds Personally Procured Moves Military members moving within the continental United States (CONUS) can now use SMARTWebMove (SWM) at www.smartwebmove.navsup.navy.mil for Personally Procured Moves (PPM), previously known as Do-It-Yourself (DITY) moves. 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