Monday, June 22, 2015

FW: Military Report: House Votes for Biggest Pay Raise in 5 Years, Deep Divides in Defense Bills, and MORE


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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:16:45 -0400
From: military@e0.email.military.com
Subject: Military Report: House Votes for Biggest Pay Raise in 5 Years, Deep Divides in Defense Bills, and MORE
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Military Report
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JUNE 22
House Votes for Biggest Pay Raise in 5 Years The House passed their version of the 2016 defense budget, which includes plans to give service members a 2.3 percent pay increase for 2016.  Read More
Senate Kills Commissary Plan, Keeps BAH Cuts The Senate voted to kill a plan hatched by its armed services committee to privatize five large commissary stores.  Read More
Deep Divides in Defense Bills The House and Senate released their versions of the FY 2016 defense bill.  Read More
Join MOAA, Fight for Your Military Rights As a BASIC Member, you'll also gain access to extensive benefits tailored to the needs and lifestyles of military officers.  Read More
Careers for Veterans at CompuCom In addition to being widely known as an award-winning IT outsourcing company, CompuCom is acclaimed for their ongoing commitment to military heroes.  Read More
Best Veteran Employers: A Top-35 List We've compiled Civilian Job News' original list of top Veteran Employers  Read More
A+E Networks is Hiring Veterans A+E Networks strongly supports the hiring of our servicemen and women as they transition back into civilian life or seek career changes.  Read More
Military Values in the Business World Two alarming trends have started to emerge in MOAA's work with candidates in career transition that run contrary to the basic tenants of officership.  Read More
Disney Discounts for Military Families Thinking about booking a Disney vacation? Before you go, check out how to save on tickets, hotels, magic hours, Disney Cruises and more.  Read More
Air Force Offers 1 to 3 year Sabbatical The Air Force Career Intermission Program application window opens July 1 for eligible Airmen interested in taking one to three years off active duty for personal or professional needs.  Read More
Up to $1 Million Coverage from $41 a Month Protect your family's future for less. Could your family survive if something happened to you?  Read More
New Army Doctrine Chapter on Army Ethic A major revision of Reference Publication (ADRP) 1, The Army Profession, includes a new chapter on the Army Ethic.  Read More
No PMI, Nothing Down, Use Your VA Loan Now Don't waste this great benefit. Rates are near historic lows and you don't have to pay PMI or have a large down payment.  Read More
Save up to 66% on Co-Pays and More Save money and time by covering doctor co-pays, prescriptions and more.  Read More
DoD Integrated Lodging Pilot Program The Department of Defense recently launched an Integrated Lodging Program Pilot that will provide quality government and commercial lodging with better services at reduced rates.  Read More
Deal of the Week: 15% Off Identity Protection Lifelock is offering all military members, veterans and their families 15% off Lifelock Memberships.  Read More
100,000 Jobs Mission A coalition of companies that launched a mission to hire 100,000 veterans by 2020 has shattered their initial goal and increased the goal to 300,000.  Read More
VA Launches Program The VA has announced a new employment program aimed at helping job-ready, homeless Veterans exiting homelessness gain stable and long-term employment.  Read More
AAFES Smart Car Giveaway The Army & Air Force Exchange Service along with Welch's and Sour Jacks will give away two Smart cars in the Promotion in Motion Smart Car Giveaway.  Read More
Army Publications Go Mobile The Army is pushing knowledge to the point of need by making e-Publications (EPUB) available for download to Soldiers' mobile devices.  Read More
Boots to Business A coalition of companies that launched a mission to hire 100,000 veterans by 2020 has shattered their initial goal and increased the goal to 300,000.  Read More
DeCA Support for Feds Feed Families Commissaries are serving as collection points for the Feds Feed Families campaign.  Read More
Navy Releases New EIDWS Quals Navy Information Dominance Forces (NAVIDFOR) has released a new Enlisted Information Dominance Warfare Specialist (EIDWS) Qualification Program Instruction.  Read More
Five Things To Do When Transitioning There are five steps we recommend every transitioning servicemember consider as they contemplate the move out of uniform.  Read More
Navy Celestial Navigation Training Goes Online Two new training modules for celestial navigation and geodesy and maps are now accessible to fleet users via the MetEd portal.  Read More
Service Star Authorized for Air Guard and Reserve The policy has changed for how Active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Airmen may wear the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.  Read More
VA Conducts Suicide Risk Study Scientists were recently able to identify very small groups of individuals within the VHA's patient population with very high, predicted suicide risk.  Read More
Navy Seabee Museum Opens New STEM Center The U.S. Navy Seabee Museum recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony, launching its newest youth-oriented Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Center.  Read More
Penn Mutual Center for Veteran Affairs The Center for Veterans Affairs at the American College of Financial Services offers mentoring, education and training to servicemembers trying to get into the finance industry.  Read More
VA Launches Campaign The VA National Center for PTSD (NCPTSD) is inviting the public to participate in its "PTSD Awareness: June 2015" campaign, which began June 1.  Read More
Wall Street Warfighters Foundation The Wall Street Warfighters Foundation has trained and placed over 50 participants into the financial services industry.  Read More
New Law in Michigan Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed into law a bill requiring universities to credit veterans and active servicemembers for college-level training they received while serving in the military.  Read More
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