DOD announces same-sex spouse benefits

Today, the Department of Defense announced its plan to extend benefits to same-sex spouses of uniformed service members and Department of Defense civilian employees, according to a DOD news release issued today.After a review of the department's benefit policies following the Supreme Court's ruling

Airmen asked to participate in DoD anti-tobacco video competition

The Department of Defense (DoD), Health Affairs, has recently announced a new tobacco countermarketing video competition aimed to target the message of tobacco being an enemy of our military as it degrades their health, fitness, mission readiness and work productivity. The competition entitled,

460th Space Wing celebrates 9th birthday

No sweat! BAF volunteers clean up ministry center

The fall season is just around the corner, and with that in mind, a 455th Air Expeditionary Wing chaplain and his assistant, deployed here from Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., wasted little time in organizing an event to spruce up the Airman Ministry Center Aug. 16 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.The

Commissary reopens on Mondays

Starting Aug. 19, the Buckley Commissary will be reopened for normal business hours.The commissary closed its doors on Mondays in July due to sequestration, but is now returning to normal business hours.For additional information, contact 720-847-7100.

Birds of Prey battle for Commander's Cup

The annual tradition of 743rd Military Intelligence Battalion's Sports Week began July 15 as company teams fought it out to take control of the Commander's Cup. The Annual Battalion Sports Week has been a tradition of the 743rd MI Bn., 704th MI Brigade since 1999. The Soldiers, NCOs, officers and

Hagel announces reduction in civilian furlough days

Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees who have had to take a weekly unpaid day off from work since July 8 are getting some relief, as the total number of furlough days has been reduced from 11 to six, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today.Here is the complete text of

Ideas can save millions

Submissions for the 2013 President's Securing Americans Value and Efficiency Award are due Aug. 9.Since 2009, the SAVE Award has allowed federal employees to submit more than 85,000 ideas in an effort to save tax dollars.Applications for the SAVE award must improve quality at a lower cost, simplify

MAVEN travels to the stars and beyond

AF to change TA approval process for FY14

Beginning Oct. 1, the Air Force is set to change the approval process for Military Tuition Assistance for Fiscal Year 2014.Pending final DoD approval and release of the AF FY14 MilTA program, Airmen will not be able to apply for FY14 courses until further notice. Once approved, Airmen may submit