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- LADY VALOR: THE KRISTIN BECK STORY Lady Valor is a documentary film about Kristin Beck, a former Navy SEAL who came out as a transgendered woman on Anderson Cooper's CNN program in 2013. The network…
- The cerebral former head of Naval Nuclear Propulsion has served through a period of service calamity and upheaval.
- Topics in this Week's News Include:, 1. New DoD Policy Focuses on Mental Health and Deployment, 2. 2007 Housing Rates Posted, 3. AMVETS Report Highlights Needs of Returning Service Members, 4. Adaptive Sports Programs Aid Injured Service Members, 5. AKO Offers Video E-mails to Deployed Soldiers and Families, 6. Close Call on Physician Reimbursement Rates, 7. NMFA Attends America Supports You Conference, 8. What's Important to You?, 9. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!, Here's the News!!!, 1. New DoD Policy Focuses on Mental Health and Deployment:, The Department of Defense has issued improved policy guidance for military personnel with deployment-limiting psychiatric conditions, and for those who are prescribed psychiatric medications. The new…, 2. 2007 Housing Rates Posted:, Service members will receive an average 3.5 percent boost in their Basic Allowance for Housing in 2007. The planned BAH increase starting January 1 works out to approximately $300 million more than…, 3. AMVETS Report Highlights Needs of Returning Service Members:, On November 9, 2006, AMVETS released the report, Voices For Action: A focus on the changing needs of America's Veterans. The report resulted from their first ever National Symposium for the Needs of…, 4. Adaptive Sports Programs Aid Injured Service Members:, Active duty service member's lives change after they become wounded. Many had very active lives and participated in many different sporting ventures. Thanks to modern technology, they don't have to…, 5. AKO Offers Video E-mails to Deployed Soldiers and Families:, Soldiers and families can now communicate by video e-mail through the Army Knowledge Online (AKO) intranet portal. On the first day, more than 3,500 video emails were transmitted. AKO video messaging…, 6. Close Call on Physician Reimbursement Rates:, On December 7, Congress passed H.R. 6111, the "Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006". Of particular interest to military families is the provision to allow physician payments to continue at…, 7. NMFA Attends America Supports You Conference:, Across America, ordinary people have found significant ways to show their unwavering support of our service members and their families. The Department of Defense America Supports You (ASY) program is…, 8. What's Important to You?, Should DoD do more to support families of deployed service members? Is helping military spouses in their careers a priority? How about making it easier for you to get an appointment at your local…, 9. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!, This is the last NMFA Government and You E-News for 2006. Look for its return on Tuesday, January 9. The NMFA Government Relations staff wishes you and your loved ones a happy and joyous holiday…
- An extended look at how DoD arrived at what one analyst calls "an inflection point," what it means, and where things could go next.
- Tough love remains one of those concepts our society embraces mostly in the negative. It's just, well, too tough. The following commentary certainly constitutes a fine example of tough love, coming…
- By Anna Blanch Rabe, MilitaryOneClick.com, The last few weeks have been a tumultuous time for those who are an immigrant military spouse. So what do you need to be aware of, and what do you need to be thinking about right now?, There are a few questions you need to be able to answer for yourself:, What is your legal status? What is your country of origin? What should you carry with you? Why does this matter? The numbers of foreign born and naturalized Americans serving in the US Armed Forces…, 1. What is your legal status?, If you are a naturalized citizen , then you should be fine. The recent Executive Orders (about immigration, travel from specific nations , and immigration enforcement) do not apply to you and you…, Parole in Place program appears to have been cancelled, In November, 2013, the United States Department of Homeland Security expanded a previously existing military immigration law called parole in place that directly benefited the family members of…, 2. What is your country of origin?, The immigration Executive Order of January 24, 2017 sought to ban the travel of any non-citizens who has one of seven countries as their country of origin: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Libya,…, 3. What should you be carrying with you at all times? What should you do if stopped?, Here is what you might considering carrying on you: Your military identification, a copy of the document that shows you have a visa (or a I-94 arrival/departure card with duration of status indicated…, General resources and information, If you don’t already have powers of attorney in place, a family care plan (or an equivalent non military resource like a family preparedness plan )–each state handles assignment of custody of…, Air Force –, Air Force base legal offices do not handle immigration matters as a general rule, the exception is those JAG officers involved in supporting those recruits applying for citizenship during basic…, Army –, Army JAG Offices don’t generally handle or offer legal assistance on immigration for military dependents. Some ACS offices do provide information and support for military service members and…, Coast Guard:, The Legal Assistance Office instruction lists citizenship, Green Cards, and visas as sub-types of legal assistance offered by the Coast Guard to the extent that legal assistance resources and…, Marine Corps –, USMC JAG Officers do not specifically assist military service members and dependents with immigration forms or advice. They do offer some information on legal service office webpages, like this one…, National Guard –, They have a legal detachment but use the installation or closest JAG is for UCMJ violations. Start with your legal detachment., Navy –, One of the best military resources is the US Navy Immigration and Naturalization page. It explains the process of applying for naturalization as a service member and the process of legally bringing a…, USCIS, These are the pages specific to the USCIS website that deal with military connected immigration and immigrants. You will also find all forms for free on the website. Do not pay anyone for a copy of…, 1-877-CIS-4MIL, USCIS has established a toll-free military help line, 1-877-CIS-4MIL (1-877-247-4645), exclusively for members of the military and their families. USCIS customer service specialists are available to…, Finally, The situation is evolving. If you have questions, I cannot emphasize how important it is that you seek out a specialist immigration attorney to answer questions. Do not rely on second- or third-hand…
- It didn’t take long for the United States to distance itself from Israel's Jan. 28 drone attack on an Iranian weapons factory in the city of Isfahan.
- By the end of World War I, more than 500 soldiers were part of an effort that would influence the future of American Signals Intelligence (SIGINT).
- Months of preparation preceded a month-and-a-half-long air war that left 33 American pilots and their crew members dead.
- ComedyFinished_Cvr550 Hardcore crime novel fans need no introduction to Donald E. Westlake, but here's some background for the rest of you: Westlake wrote over 100 books (many under his Richard Stark…