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  • Understand NAF: Costs necessary for on-base events

    Should events and programs on base be free? Why pay for them? There's good reason particular events require admission, mainly because people would have to seek these events or services elsewhere at higher cost.Take the Buckley MMA Fight Night for example. People pay almost $400 for ringside seating

  • Buckley offers tax assistance options

    [This information is from 2013 and is no longer current. It is solely maintained on this page for archival purposes]Two tax assistance programs are currently offered on base for members of Team Buckley: the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, managed by the 460th Space Wing Legal Office, and

  • TSA offers pre-screening program for active duty

    The Transportation Security Administration recently announced that active-duty service members in the U.S. Armed Forces are now eligible to participate in TSA Pre✓™ at Denver International Airport. TSA Pre✓™ is available at the South Checkpoint.TSA Pre✓™ is a pre-screening program that allows

  • BAFB to host youth, teen safe relationship workshops

    In recognition of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month in February, the Buckley Air Force Base Family Advocacy Program partnered with the Joint Services Sexual Assault Response Team to host two workshops for parents and children to increase awareness on the topic. The first workshop, Teen

  • 'Start small, Save big': Team Buckley to learn smart savings

    The Buckley Airman and Family Readiness Center encourages people to "Start small, Save big" during Military Saves Week activities beginning Feb. 25.This event is available to all members of Team Buckley including all military members, retirees and civilians, as well as their spouses."Military Saves

  • If sequestration triggers, furloughs begin in late April

    If sequestration is triggered next week, unpaid furloughs for civilian Defense Department employees will start in late April, Pentagon officials said here today.Sequestration is a provision in budget law that will trigger major across-the-board spending cuts March 1 unless Congress agrees on an

  • Panetta notifies Congress DOD preparing for furloughs

    Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has notified Congress that the Defense Department is prepared to implement furloughs for civilian personnel in response to the threat of sequestration.In a memo to all employees, Panetta vowed to continue working with Congress to avoid sequestration, which would add

  • Save $100 a year; unplug a mini-fridge

    Anyone who has had a leaky roof knows even little drops will eventually fill a bucket and flood house. When spending money on wasted energy, small improvements can add up to big dollars saved.One type of energy often wasted is standby power; this is the power an appliance uses when it is turned off.

  • Get involved: Lady Panther Social coming soon

    A Lady Panther Social is scheduled for 2 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Leadership Development Center. All women with access to the base are encouraged to attend.This social will be part one of two in a self-defense series. Part one will cover self-defense techniques and tools. Part two will take place in

 

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