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IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE:
- FREE - 2000 VET BENEFITS GUIDE RELEASED
- NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN AFROTC
- AF SAVINGS BOND CAMPAIGN APPROACHING
- ARMY OFFERS AT-HOME ASSOCIATE DEGREES
- AAFES RECALLS CHILDREN’S CLOTHES
- AIR NATIONAL GUARD’S NEW RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN
- NAVY ANNOUNCES NEW HIGH TECH RECRUITING TOOL
- ARMED FORCES DAY – MAY 20th
- MILITARY’S BEST COMMISSARIES
- KOSOVO CAMPAIGN MEDAL APPROVED BY PRESIDENT
- LEGALLY SPEAKING
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FREE -- 2000 VET BENEFITS GUIDE RELEASED
A recently released guide entitled “Federal Benefits
for Veterans and Dependents” outlines a variety of
federal benefits available to veterans and their
dependents. Produced by the VA, the guide addresses
everything from eligibility of benefits to describing
the benefits themselves, including health care, pension,
education, employment, burial, and many more. The guide
also includes a listing of VA offices and facilities as
well as important contact numbers. For a FREE copy of
the 2000 Vet Benefits Guide, simply go to our website at
http://www.militaryreport.com and click on the “archives”
button on the top of the homepage.
NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN AFROTC
The Air Force ROTC has posted its summer 2001 job
listings. Positions available for officers in the ranks
of first lieutenant through lieutenant colonel include
commander/professor of aerospace studies (14 positions),
assistant professor of aerospace studies (90 plus
positions), regional director of admissions (14 positions).
These vacancies are at universities across the country.
For more information about the various positions and
Application procedures, simply go to our website at
http://www.militaryreport.com and click on the
“archives” button on the top of the homepage.
AF SAVINGS BOND CAMPAIGN APPROACHING
The Air Force will kick off its annual Savings Bond
Campaign on June 1. The goals of the campaign are to
increase the participation rate by 5 percent and to have
10 percent of current bondholders increase their
allotments. Both Series EE U.S. Savings Bonds and Series
I U.S. Savings Bonds will be available through payroll
deduction. The interest rates in effect for the campaign
will be 5.73 percent for EE Bonds and 7.49 percent for
I Bonds. The Campaign will run from June 1-30.
ARMY OFFERS AT-HOME ASSOCIATE DEGREES
The Army has teamed up with Columbia Union College, a
fully accredited college in Silver Spring, MD, to provide
soldiers, their families, and civilians the opportunity
to earn an associates degree by mail. Offered through the
Army Corresponding Education and Training System (ACETS),
army personnel and their families will have up to a year
to complete a course with no set limit on the length of
time it takes to earn their degree. The fees will include
a $50 registration fee for the degree program, $60 each
time the student registers to take one or more classes,
and $80 tuition per credit hour. The Defense Activity for
Non-Traditional Education Support will reimburse 75
percent of the tuition upon completion of a course. For
more information, call DSN 927-2079/5715 or 757-878-2079
or write to: Army Institute for Professional Development,
Army Training Support Center, Attention: ACETS, Newport
News, VA 23628.
AAFES RECALLS CHILDREN’S CLOTHES
The AAFES, along with the U.S. Consumer Safety Commission
and two manufacturers, has recalled some styles of baby
clothes and several vacuum models. Healthtex/VF Playwear,
Inc. has recalled infant and newborn clothing styles in
their “Little Impressions” and “Healthtex” lines. The
recalled clothing was sold during the fall and winter
1999 in sizes 3-24 months and contained permanent labels
that had the style number and the words “Made in
Thailand.” The recall resulted in a finding that snaps
can come loose and become a potential choking hazard for
young children. Also, BISSELL Homecare, Inc. has recalled
some vacuum models in their PowerClean and PureAir lines,
which were sold through AAFES from July 1998 – March 2000.
The vacuums are missing a 3” plastic flex where the power
cord enters the handle, which presents a risk of shock
and burns if the power cord tears, exposing bare wires.
Customers should stop using the vacuums immediately and
contact BISSELL for repair. If you want a copy of the
list of recalled childrens clothes and a list of
recalled vacuum models, simply go to our website at
http://www.militaryreport.com and click on the
“archives” button on the top of the homepage.
AIR NATIONAL GUARD’S NEW RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN
The Air National Guard is aggressively perusing a goal to
reach its fully authorized strength of 106,678 people by
recruiting 2,500 men and women before Sept. 30. In
addition to making an effort to retain current personnel,
the Air Guard is ready to launch a $13 million advertising
campaign targeting people between the ages of 17 and 23.
Part of that money will be earmarked to hire an additional
27 recruiters this year and 38 more between 2001 and 2003.
It is essential that the Sept. 30 goals are met, insist Air
Guard officials, as they will be authorized an additional
1,300 people in 2001.
NAVY ANNOUNCES NEW HIGH TECH RECRUITING TOOL
The Navy’s Recruiting Command unveiled their newest
recruitment tool at the Fort Lauderdale Air and Sea Show
on May 5-7. Attendees at the show had the opportunity to
take a virtual flight with the Blue Angels. For the first
time, the Navy has provided a simulator to the public that
allows the audience to feel as though they are actually
flying in formation with the famous squadron. Housed in a
tractor-trailer truck, the simulator consists of a custom
theater with 20-seat motion pod and can accommodate up to
200 virtual pilots per hour.
ARMED FORCES DAY – MAY 20th
May 20, 2000 marks the 50th Armed Forces Day. On August
31, 1949, secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced
the creation of an Armed Forces Day, a day honoring those
who serve their country in uniform. Replacing separate
Army, Navy and Air Force Days, the single-day celebration
unified the Armed Forces under one department – the
Department of Defense. There will be celebrations around
the nation honoring the 2.7 million men and women in
uniform.
MILITARY’S BEST COMMISSARIES
The 1999 Best Commissary Awards were announced by the
Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) at a May 4 ceremony.
The winning commissaries are: Best Large Commissary in
the U.S., McChord Air Force Base; Best Small Commissary
in the U.S., Armament Research Development and Engineering
Center (Picatinny Arsenal); Best Large Commissary
Overseas, Yongsan, Korea; Best Small Commissary Overseas,
Taegu, Korea. Evaluations of the 17 nominees dealt with
such areas as management, customer service, meat and
produce departments, and accountability controls.
KOSOVO CAMPAIGN MEDAL APPROVED BY PRESIDENT
A Kosovo Campaign Medal, approved by President Clinton in
a May 3 executive order, will be awarded to qualified
members who served in the U.S. Armed Forces in Kosovo (or
contiguous waters or airspace, as defined by regulations)
after March 24, 1999. Members may be awarded the Kosovo
Campaign Medal in lieu of the Armed Forces Service Medal
or the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal but may not receive
more than one of these medals for service in Kosovo.
However, those members that qualified for the Armed Forces
Service Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
between March 29, 1999 and May 1, 2000 for serving in
Kosovo will remained qualified for those medals. The
Kosovo Campaign Medal can also be awarded posthumously,
according to regulations.
LEGALLY SPEAKING
(General legal discussions for the military community
by the Law Firm of Shaw, Bransford, Veilleux and Roth)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces recently
held that the Navy had gone too far in its efforts to
balance national security and the accused’s right to
counsel in a court-martial. In U.S. v. King, the accused,
a cryptologic technician, potentially faces the death
penalty for providing a computer disk containing U.S.
submarine secrets to the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC.
At the beginning of the case, the Navy issued a protective
order governing the handling of classified information,
which included a requirement that an Information Security
Officer (ISO) monitor all communications between the
technician and his attorneys. The accused challenged the
order on grounds that it interfered with his attorney-
client privilege to confidential communications. The Navy
-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeal upheld the
protective order. However, after Navy counsel admitted
that interim security clearances could be approved for
defense counsel in just a few weeks, the Court of Appeals
found that provision requiring an Information Security
Officer did not represent “the least restrictive means
of providing appropriate protection of classified
information and the accused’s right to counsel.”
Therefore, the Navy may not prosecute the case until they
have granted interim clearances to defense counsel and
dropped the requirement for ISO monitoring.
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