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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…

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…

An extended look at how DoD arrived at what one analyst calls "an inflection point," what it means, and where things could go next.