Tricare inpatient costs increase for fiscal 2010

Every year the costs for Tricare-covered inpatient services are reviewed and are subject to change. For the coming fiscal 2010, which runs Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, 2010, there is an increase for some out-of-pocket costs paid by Tricare Standard beneficiaries at civilian hospitals for inpatient care and

Civilian employees to receive equal base salary increases

Defense Department employees paid under the National Security Personnel System will receive the same base salary increases this year as their General Schedule counterparts, a Defense Department official said Sept. 29. The move comes as senior Defense Department, Office of Personnel Management and

Oktoberfest 2009

Communications present no ‘show-stoppers’ in joint-base endeavor

Personnel from the 87th Communications Squadron finished preparing 300 computers here Sept. 18 to be installed at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst in support of the joint-base endeavor. Fort Dix, McGuire Air Force Base and NAES Lakehurst are all combining support services in accordance with a

621st CRW supports Africa Partnership Station 2009

Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing here recently returned from a six-month split deployment to West Central Africa in support of Africa Partnership Station 2009, an initiative aimed at improving maritime safety and regional security on the African continent. APS is an international,