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The article offers suggestion for military personnel planning to leave the army and get back to civilian life. It mentions several factors that should be considered like supporting spouse and children, deciding to go to school or searching for job. Some of the suggestions include choosing a civilian career, making sure to leave the military with an education or a certified skill and saving enough money in case of a tough job market.

The article offers information on the U.S. military trainee Pfc. Dez Del Barba dealing with a small cluster of trainees who had come down with strep. Topics discussed include according to the National Institutes of Health, the bacteria commonly referred to as Group A strep, a common cause of tonsillopharyngitis; and whereas the Del Barbas are a military family and He was following his mother, who retired after 23 years of service, into the California Guard.

The article focuses on the challenges faced by service members and their families during military moves due to labor shortages, making it difficult to predict the upcoming moves. Topics include improvements in the moving process rules, the shortage of truckers, and the transition to a new Global Household Goods program.

The article focuses on the recreation program for military personnel and their families in the U.S. It explains Defense Department's Healthy Base Initiative which aims to improve the health of retirees, service members, retirees and their families. It also discusses the available "morale, welfare and recreation" activities in military facilities and the travel discounts for service members.

The article focuses on educational services available for military personnel and their dependents in the U.S. It explains that the Department of Defense Education Activity operates 194 schools in 14 districts located in 12 foreign countries, seven states, Guam and Puerto Rico and all are on U.S. military installations. Several programs for service members include the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) and Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP).

The article discusses how Army Medicine is improving comprehensive care for soldiers, families, and retiree of the U.S. Army. According to the author, Army Medicine has evolved to make significant contributions to global health care, medical research and training. The author adds that Army Medicine wants to engage U.S. Army soldiers, retirees, family members, as well as civilians in dialogues about health in support of greater readiness and improved life.

The article focuses on honoring fallen U.S. soldiers wherein surviving families wear tattoo on their bodies. The author mentions that this very personal design has become a symbol for the world to know that someone dear to them has fallen, whether a husband, a father or a comrade. The article also cites the provision from the revised U.S. Army Regulation 670-1 in 2007, better known as the Army tattoo policy, which allows all soldiers and new recruits to wear tattoos on their neck that were done in good taste. INSET: ARMY TATTOO POLICY.

The article discusses U.S. military families and divorce and suicide rates among military personnel. The author reflects on the impact of long deployments and multiple combat tours on family relations and the stress levels of soldiers. Other topics include counseling services, the role of army chaplains, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The article informs about the Warrior Call, a suicide prevention effort that asks all Americans to call a veterans or service member and steer to services and support. Topics include Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in response to a September report on the shocking number of military suicides; and Suicide rates of the service members and military families are high, as suicides are particularly pronounced at Camp Lejeune, Fort Bragg and Fort Carson.

The article reports on the morale, welfare and recreation (MWR) programs for U.S. military servicemen. It discusses that MWR activities go wherever the military troops go and that funding is self-liquidating or come from sales of concessions in the bases. The article also details leisure facilities including areo clubs that give Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-certified flying lessons , arts and craft centers and cyber cafes.

The article presents the U.S. military Tricare health program that caters to the health care needs of soldiers, reservists, retired military personnel and their families. It explains that Tricare uses both military and civilian hospitals and clinics in the treatment of soldiers and their dependents. The article also discusses the basic health care plans including Tricare Prime, Tricare Standard and Tricare Extra.

This article details the experiences of National Guard families Arnolds, Lees and Cooleys in Mississippi in 2005. The first of the guards were deployed in Iraq on January 3. That was when an advance unit of the 150th Combat Engineers, the National Guard battalion bases in Lucedale, went to Kuwait and then Iraq.

Presents strategies for military retirees on overcoming the problems of buying homes in the U.S. Reason behind the reluctance of military people to purchase houses; Potential benefits of investing in real estate to military families; Impact of rising home values and mobility of service on military families.

Presents photographs of U.S. armed forces taken in honor on the National Military Appreciation Month in May 2005. Scenes of deployment ceremonies; Depiction of soldiers engaged in a street-level operations and after a gun battle; Reunion of soldiers with their families.

Focuses on the challenges faced by several wives of soldiers following the death of their husbands during the Iraq war. Relationship of Amanda Jordan of Enfield, Connecticut with husband Phillip Jordan, a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps; Problems encountered by Amanda upon her assignment to Casualty Assistance Calls Officer (CACO) Lieutenant Colonel David Kilbourn and assistant CACO Staff Sergeant Sylvia Kebabjian; Information on the experience of Chelle Pokorney, widow of Marine First Lieutenant Frederick E. Pokorney Jr.

Mentions the public relations effort of the United States Pentagon in regard to American families waiting for U.S. soldiers to return home from Iraq. Views of families who have members in Iraq; Concern of Nancy and Bob Canon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who are waiting the return of their son who was deployed with the Third Infantry Division to Baghdad, then redeployed to Kuwait instead of coming home; Criticism of U.S. President George W. Bush for his remark "bring them on"; Idea that the families have a sense of mistrust against the U.S. government for not responding to their complaints; How the conversion to an all-volunteer military did not defuse antiwar sentiment; Number of members in the organization called Military Families Speak Out.

The article reports that National Association of Realtors reports the median price for existing homes nationwide increased in May, compared to 2020. Topics include military families are seeing properties with shortage of inventory; and rising home prices are pushing up the a cost of rent so service members describe bidding wars between tenants in response to a Military Times callout for service.

The article offers information on support services available for military personnel in the U.S. The military services include child care, family centers, family support groups and financial readiness resources. The private services, however, include relief societies and national military family associations, USA CARES and Operation Homefront.

The article reports on the hot air balloon flight offered to U.S. soldiers from Fort Carson and their family members as part of the 2nd Annual Celebration of Honor Fly on July 26 and 27, 2008. The idea for the hot air balloon flight originated from Dave Charbonnel, a retired sergeant first class. Around 300 soldiers and their family members participated in the flight. The soldiers and their family members were also given free breakfast burritos and pastries, as well as coffee, water and Joint Juice.

The article discusses the inaccurate notifications that the families of U.S. soldiers, who died of friendly-fire, received. The family of Private First Class Jesse Buryj was told by a notification officer that he died from his injuries when he was thrown from a Humvee, but according to his death certificate, he was killed by a gunshot in the back. The family of Corporal Pat Tillman was notified that he was killed by enemy fire during a gun battle, but his death was really fratricide.

Presents the results of a survey on how the U.S. Armed Forces serve the families of war victims conducted by the "Military Times" newspaper in 2005. Ambiguity of the families on the information provided by the military regarding the cause of the death of a soldier; Views of the families on the performance of the military in handling initial death notification and follow-up services; Comments from the parents of married servicemembers.

Highlights the "Faces of the Fallen" art exhibition at the Women in Military Service For America Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. U.S. soldiers featured in the artwork at the exhibit; Characteristics of the portraits in the exhibition; Reactions of military families on the exhibition.

Deals with the United States Army's Exceptional Family Member Program for the family member of an active-duty soldier. Members of the committees of the program; Information on the exceptional family member.

The article offer information related to Adam Slabodnick, a member of the Ohio Army National Guard's 1485th Transportation Company, 371st Sustainment Brigade. Topics discussed include his work as job as a physical education teacher at Avon Lake High School in Avon, Ohio; and his services to the younger recruits on their pushups and talk about taking tests that helped him get through missing his wife and kids as well.

The article focuses on the decision of the U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) official to privatize households goods shipments of services members to address spate of problems. Topics mentioned include the problems with moving household goods from one duty station to another, complaints from military families on late deliveries and damaged goods, and other initiatives being taken by the TRANSCOM to address the problems, such posting customer satisfaction scores of moving companies online.

Discusses the tax benefits granted to military personnel and their families in the U.S. under the Military Family Tax Relief Act of 2003. Requisites to qualify for the exclusion of the gain on the sale or exchange of a principal residence; Information on military death benefit or gratuity; Scope of the deduction for unreimbursed travel expenses of the U.S. National Guard Bureau troops and reservists.

The article reports on the financial advice given to the families of military personnel in U.S. from Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, a American non-profit organization that was founded in 1904 and the workshops they conduct. Topics discussed include information on Maternity care and Child care options.

The article reports that senior enlisted advisers in the U.S. have told legislators on March 8, 2017 that the impact of federal civilian hiring freeze may worsen with the permanent-change-of-station season for service members. The moves are reportedly expected to negatively affect military spouses' employment prospects and increase unemployment. Also discussed are difficulties in hiring child care providers.

The article offers information on the psychological consequences of operational tempo to military families in the U.S. Topics include the stress caused by operational tempo on military families, incorporation of military families in the planning of the Department of Defense (DoD), and changes to retirement benefits of military personnel.

The article examines the issues of inequality and compensation of service members and their families in the U.S. Topics discussed include the discriminatory policies that denied the military families to access their benefits, unaddressed issues of sexual violence in the military and discriminatory language in the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that bars access to benefits for same-sex couples.

The article reports the U.S. Congress's request from U.S. Dept. of Defense to study the explicated protection for family lawbreaker service members' family opposed and states that if the defense act is passed the Pentagon has to take care of the dependents.

The article reports on the changes in the rules for transferring GI Bill benefits to families of U.S. military personnel beginning August 1, 2013.

The article discusses the developments in the U.S. military, particularly on the tax-free Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) benefit. It claims that the amount received from the BAH depends on one's rank, the place of deployment and dependents. The opinion of U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant Michael Koehler on the BAH developments is also cited.

The article offers tips for U.S. military families on managing their household moves. Theresa Donahoe, wife of Army Colonel Patrick Donahoe, suggests getting rid of unnecessary items when packing and paring down canned and frozen foods six months before the move. It advises military households to try to target a range of dates because some moving companies will refuse military shipments on certain dates. It emphasizes the importance of arranging the move with the transportation and personal property office.

The article presents information on the goal of the Army Family Covenant which was unveiled by the U.S. Army in 2007. According to the author, it ensures that soldiers can find the resources they need, when they need them, and that they have the tools to remain self-reliant. Lieutenant General Jack Stultz Jr., Army Reserve chief and commanding general for the U.S. Army Reserve Command, mentions the four keys to becoming a successful military, namely the Soldier, that Soldier's Family, the Soldier's employer, and a supportive community.

The article offers the author's views on the launch of new military retirement program in the U.S. in 2018 which is claimed to reduce the long-term personnel expenses of the Department of Defense. The author argues that military families must understand all the available options for retirement to make a better financial decision upon the enactment of the new retirement program. The increase of military basic pay in 2017 is also discussed.

The article focuses on the move of the advocacy group The Military Coalition to make an appeal to the House Armed Services Committee to end the offset in the Department of Defense's Survivor Benefit Plan payouts and the Department of Veterans Affairs' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation program. It provides overview of the benefits received by military families and survivors under such programs. It also mentions the effect of the offset to roughly 63,000 military families.

The article focuses on the effectiveness of regulations by the U.S. Defense Department in restricting high-cost payday, vehicle title and refund anticipation loans to military personnel and their dependents based on its report to Congress. Consumer advocates criticize the regulations in reference to the Military Lending Act, under the 2007 Defense Authorization Act. The report recommends the amendment of the law to narrow the definition of a covered borrower to dependents listed in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS).