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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. -------------------------------- 27 AUGUST 2007------------------------------------------- Is SGLI enough? $400K from SGLI not enough? $800K of AAFMAA's Level Term I (to age 50) is only $35/mo. Isn't your life worth it?? Paying Back Premiums Unavoidable Stars and Stripes reports that roughly 56,000 servicemembers owe the Defense Department an estimated $25 million for failing to pay premiums for life insurance they did not realize they had. The DoD estimates some 23,000 active-duty troops in dual-military marriages owe the Pentagon. More Deal of the Week: Military Special Get Samsung's BlackJack for as low as $99.99 and keep track of your personal and professional life in one economical, easy-to-use PDA. Shop AT&T 24/7. More The 3 Most Common Education Questions Is the school a member of the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC), listed by the Defense Activities for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES), or have programs approved by the VA for use with GI Bill? More Health Care Benefits Improve for Reserve A streamlined TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) health care program launches Oct. 1, 2007. The revamped version is affordable and simpler, with one premium level instead of the current three-tier system. Monthly premiums are $81 for the servicemember and $253 for member and family coverage. More Sponsored by USAA Tell us about your ROTC experience. You can post and vote for your favorites. The most popular postings will win an iPod shuffle or Digital Camera. Get started now. Group Takes Action for Servicemembers Members of the group, "Operation: Action Packed!" sends boxes of letters, snacks, phone cards and other small items troops serving in hostile and remote areas of the world. Packages are personalized to match individual requests. More Exchanges Expand Shipping Services The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) has been aggressively extending packaging, shipping and business services to Army and Air Force installations throughout the United States. Two additional AAFES-operated postal/business locations are scheduled to open in Colorado. More The Fleet Reserve Association Offers Free Guide For Sea Service If you want to make sure your pay, benefit and quality of life needs are being heard on Capitol Hill, you need FRA! As a professional military advocacy association, we make sure members of Congress understand the unique challenges of military service. More Meet the Challenge: Landstuhl Heroes Deserve Your Support Recovering troops at the U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany need your help. During a recent visit there, American Legion National Commander Paul A. Morin and American Legion Auxiliary President JoAnn Cronin found these war heroes are in need of comfort items and essentials. More Immigration Information for the Military Stars and Stripes reports that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has launched a military-specific hot line to help troops and their families better navigate the agency's paperwork and processes. The telephone number is (877) 247-4645 and is toll-free for stateside callers. More Air Force to Honor Women's Contributions In conjunction with its 60th anniversary celebration this year, the Air Force is paying tribute to female servicemembers through its 2007 Air Force Heritage to Horizons Women's Training Symposium scheduled for Oct. 31 - Nov. 2 at the Waterford Receptions center in Springfield, Va. More Marine Given Guidelines on Dwell Time The Commandant of the Marine Corps recently set a deployment to dwell ratio of 1-to-2. This means that for every four months spent deployed, the Marine will have eight months at their home base or station. The 1-to-2 deployment to dwell ratio applies specifically to active-duty Marines. More Register for the Boston Career Fair The Military.com Career Fair is coming to Boston on September 5, 2007. The event will feature top employers seeking the valuable skills you learned in service to your country. You can also attend employment workshops focused on helping you leverage your military experience in the civilian job market. More Featured Job: Find a Construction Job with Helmets to Hardhats Helmets to Hardhats is a national program that connects National Guard, Reserve and transitioning active-duty military members with quality career training and employment opportunities within the construction industry. You can search by trade, find Certified Apprenticeships and more. More Mattel Recalls More Toys Stars and Stripes reports that Mattel's second toy recall this month affects dozens of toy sets sold at military exchanges. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) have pulled the recalled toys from the shelves. Parents will have to contact Mattel to get a refund. More Staff Sergeant Promotion Rates The Air Force selected 15,130 of 36,608 eligible senior Airmen for promotion to staff sergeant. The staff sergeant selection rate was 41.33 percent. Score notices are available on the virtual Military Personnel Flight and the Air Force Portal. More Organization Debuts New Mobile Canteens One of three USO mobile canteens recently visited Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. during drill week as part of an effort to reach out to servicemembers who are not often exposed to the USO. The USO is using the new set of wheels to help the agency travel to military installations. More Program to Eliminate Sizing Shortfalls Sizing shortfalls in clothing and equipment distributed at central issue facilities is soon to be a thing of the past with the new Uniform System for Improved Tariffs (USFIT) program. The USFIT program uses 3-D, whole-body scanners to record the shape of Soldiers' bodies. More Reach Out and Read Reach Out and Read is a Boston based national literacy program created to make literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric primary care. The organization provides books to children at pediatric check ups. More Retired Airmen Teach Cadets Air Force Junior ROTC instructors must be retired military from any Air Force specialty with at least 20 years of active duty and have good morale character. All instructors actually work for the school system in the areas in which they teach, and a member's retirement pay is supplemented by the local school board. More Navajo Code Talkers Recognized The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff recently met with a group of "Navajo code talkers" to commemorate their outstanding service during World War II. The Marine veterans used their native Navajo language to baffle the Japanese during the War. More Survival Training to be Required of All Airmen Air Force leaders plan to broaden the focus of SERE (survival, evasion, resistance and escape) training for all Airmen due to the threat of isolation and capture for Airmen supporting the war on terrorism. SERE training teaches Airmen principles, techniques and skills to survive and more. More Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) was designed to help friends and families who have lost loved ones serving in the armed forces. TAPS was founded in 1992 in Anchorage, Alaska, and has been helping friends and families cope for more than 14 years. More Army Releases New Study The Army has announced the results of a recently completed study that identified positive, measurable links between Soldiers' use of recreation and Family programs and readiness and retention. Study findings will be integrated into future recreation and Family program resource and marketing decisions. More Nominations Sought for Engineering Awards The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is seeking nominations for its Golden Torch Awards now through Oct. 1. The Golden Torch Awards are designed to highlight the accomplishments of distinguished black engineers and technical professionals. More Army to Launch New Game America's Army will declare war on the fictional country of Ganzia Sept. 27 when it launches "True Soldiers" for X-Box 360, the latest evolution of the popular Army-sponsored computer game. Players create a Soldier, go to basic and advanced weapons training, then deploy to Ganzia. More Career Program for Undesignated Sailors Professional Apprenticeship Career Tracks (PACT) is a program designed to enlist Sailors into a monitored general apprenticeship program, which provides Apprentice level formal training and on-the-job training that leads to a viable career field within two years on board their first Permanent Duty Station. More Firefighters Fund Helps Servicemembers The Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund was founded in memory of its namesake, a decorated member of Rescue 4 of the New York Fire Department and chief of the Dix Hills Volunteer Fire Department, who killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The fund offers education and financial assistance. More Commissaries Promote Family Day Commissary officials are urging military families to enjoy a meal together often, but especially on Family Day, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. During the month of September at commissaries around the world, customers can enter to win a commissary gift certificate. 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