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  • Scholarship program rewards more than 600 military children

    The 2009 Scholarships for Military Children Program has awarded 625 scholarships worth $1,500 each to children across the United States and overseas. "We know education is the key to a better future," said Defense Commissary Agency Director and CEO Philip E. Sakowitz Jr. "And, over the past nine

  • Veterans Assistance Project begins in Burlington County

    A pilot program to assist military veterans who enter the court system has expanded into Burlington County. The Veterans Assistance Project, first announced last December by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, is a combined effort of the Judiciary, the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans

  • Google Voice answers nation's call

    Google is tinkering with a new service that could transform the way troops on the frontlines communicate with their families on the homefront. Google Voice assigns users a single U.S. phone number that can ring at phones in multiple locations like the home, office or on a cellular device -- all at

  • Redesigned NCO retraining program begins with voluntary phase

    The 2010 Noncommissioned Officer Retraining Program has a new look and focus as the Air Force seeks to fill approximately 1,124 shortage career field and special duty positions. The entire program has been reduced from nine months to 120 days to better serve both Airmen and the Air Force and will

  • Air Force officials release Staff Sergeant selections

    Air Force officials selected 15,223 of 30,574 eligible Senior Airman for promotion to Staff Sergeant for a selection rate of 49.79 percent. The average score for those selected was 275.81, with an average time in grade and time in service of 2.09 and 4.69 years respectively. The average score was

  • VA creating 28 new vet centers

    Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced today that combat veterans will receive readjustment counseling and other assistance in 28 additional communities across the country where the Department of Veterans Affairs will establish vet centers in 2010. "VA is committed to providing

  • Piece of history retires from Jersey Guard

    The Airmen of the 108th Air Refueling Wing gathered on the McGuire Air Force Base tarmac the morning of Aug. 07 and said goodbye to an old friend that flew combat missions from Vietnam to Iraq during a 52-year military career. With pieces of chalk, the Airmen signed their names on the gray fuselage