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11 MARCH 2013 Army, Marines, and Coast Guard Cut TA Sequestration Impacts Fed Employees Deal of the Week: Exclusive Savings on MSC Cruises VA Bill Introduced in Congress Get $50k SGLI Supplement From $4 a Month Sequestration Affects DoD Schools, Commissaries AAFES March Madness Sweepstakes A Loan Limits for High-Cost Counties Valor Website Adds Recipients Top Tax Tips -- Military.com Tax Center Hertz Committed to Hiring Veterans Navy Creates PTSD App We Need Your Feedback - Your Opinion Counts Get a List of 2013 Military Benefits Vintage Part of the Memphis Belle Comes Home 2013 Military Pay Calculator AF OTS Selection Results AF to Recognize Women's Contribution AF Thunderbird Schedule Cancelled AF Cancels TDY Orders, Airshows AF Reserve Activates Cyber Ops Group Women in the Air Force Navy Barracks Recipe Contest Navy Inns Save You Money Remembering the Air Force's First Woman Museum Showcases Contributions Print and Post This Week's Military Report Headline Military News Army, Marines, and Coast Guard Cut TA The Army, Coast Guard, and Marines have all announced they are suspending future tuition assistance program enrollments. Read More Sequestration Impacts Fed Employees Because of sequestration, the Department of Defense will soon initiate furlough for its 800,000-plus civilian employees. Read More Deal of the Week: Exclusive Savings on MSC Cruises $599 7-night Mediterranean Cruise + Exclusive Savings for Military. Read More VA Bill Introduced in Congress Representative Jeff Miller (FL-01), Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Veterans Affairs, and Ranking Member Mike Michaud (Maine-02) recently introduced the Putting Veterans Funding First Act of 2013. Read More Get $50k SGLI Supplement From $4 a Month If SGLI isn't enough for your family, get $50k additional coverage for as low as $4 a month. Read More Sequestration Affects DoD Schools, Commissaries Civilian personnel at Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) schools and the Defense Commissary Agency will be affected by sequestration. Read More AAFES March Madness Sweepstakes The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is teaming with Unilever/NCAA to offer Exchange shoppers a jump on the big tournament with a new 60" LG TV in the "March Madness Sweepstakes." Read More A Loan Limits for High-Cost Counties The VA loan guaranty program limits the maximum guaranty amount to $417,000 for 2013. Read More Valor Website Adds Recipients The names of Medal of Honor recipients recognized for their battlefield valor before Sept. 11, 2001, now are listed on the Defense Department's valor website. Read More Top Tax Tips -- Military.com Tax Center With the start to the new year behind us, it is time to once again plan ahead for tax season. Read More Hertz Committed to Hiring Veterans Start your civilian career with a company that can provide endless opportunity and a career path that lets you choose where you want to be. Read More Navy Creates PTSD App The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is co-funding an affordable, hi-tech, solution for managing stress that could help prevent PTSD. Read More We Need Your Feedback - Your Opinion Counts Your opinion counts! Do you make purchase decisions for the military or a federal agency? Read More Get a List of 2013 Military Benefits The Military.com Benefit Calculator is designed to quickly and easily connect you with your benefit information based on your military service and status. Read More Vintage Part of the Memphis Belle Comes Home Airman Ralph Barrett was cleaning out his tool box at home when he found again the part that he had found by chance four decades earlier. Read More 2013 Military Pay Calculator Calculate your military pay on Military.com to see how much you'll make at your next duty station. Read More AF OTS Selection Results A total of 247 men and women from across America were recently selected to attend the Air Force Officer Training School. Read More AF to Recognize Women's Contribution The U.S. Air Force has begun a month-long recognition of women's contributions to our Air Force. Read More AF Thunderbird Schedule Cancelled Due to the sequester, the Air Force has cancelled all aviation support to public events for at least the remainder of the fiscal year. Read More AF Cancels TDY Orders, Airshows As a result of sequestration taking effect on March 1, the Air Force is expected to absorb more than $12 billion in reductions this fiscal year. Read More AF Reserve Activates Cyber Ops Group The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) activated the first cyberspace operations group in the Air Force March 1. Read More Women in the Air Force March is Women's History Month. In 1942, the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) took the unheard-of step of forming and employing two women's aviation units. Read More Navy Barracks Recipe Contest Navy Nutrition is holding a recipe contest to compile an online barracks cookbook. Read More Navy Inns Save You Money Servicemembers and DoD civilians can save money on official travel by staying at Navy Gateway Inns & Suites. Read More Remembering the Air Force's First Woman Staff Sgt. Esther McGowin Blake has the distinction of being the "first woman in the Air Force." Read More Museum Showcases Contributions The exhibits at the Museum in the Women's Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery depict the past, present and future of military women on active duty. Read More

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