Military Saves Week kicks off at Buckley

Buckley UPSS saves money, eases unit purchasing constraints

Team Buckley is cleaning out their closets in an effort to save money, clean up and help out unit purchasing constraints.The Unit Purchased Supplies Surplus system was created for units to take a good, hard look at what they really need and what they have in excess. Then, units can list these items

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

Budget concern: Buckley to host Town Hall for civilian employees, supervisors

Buckley Air Force Base will host a Town Hall meeting scheduled 8:30 a.m. March 1 at the Leadership Development Center. This Town Hall meeting will focus on the looming administrative furlough and how it relates to members of Team Buckley, to include information on benefits, leave, pay and other

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[This information is from 2013 and is no longer current.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