The Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) is an enrollment program that works with military and civilian agencies to provide community support, housing, educational, medical, and personnel services to Families with special needs. Active Duty Soldiers with family members who have a emotional, physical, or developmental/Psychological disorder are eligible to enroll in in the … [Read more...]
NCPACE
The Navy College program for Afloat College Education (NCPACE), was designed to enhance navy sailors with high quality learning opportunities from accredited post secondary institutions. It was created to provide men on board the opportunity to receive the same quality education opportunities that the sailors on shore receive. Tuition for this NCPACE is 100% funded. Books and … [Read more...]
On Vacation with TRICARE: Urgent or Emergency Care?
By Sharon Foster TRICARE Management Activity 7/13/2011 - FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AFNS) -- Even the best-planned vacations can be disrupted with injury or sickness. While TRICARE follows beneficiaries when they travel, understanding when something constitutes an emergency room or urgent care visit can help the beneficiary save money and time, officials said. TRICARE defines an … [Read more...]
Airmen included as ‘extras’ in ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ Film
By Capt. Kristen D. Duncan Air Force Special Operations Command Public Affairs 6/30/2011 - HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFNS) -- Optimus Prime may have said "Autobots, roll out," but it was Hurlburt Field Air Commandos who rolled out the red carpet when the third installment of the Hollywood blockbuster "Transformers" franchise filmed here in September 2010. Close to 50 Airmen from … [Read more...]
The British Military Tournament Show Dec. 2-4 to Include U.S Army
June 16, 2011 OVER 700 PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING ACTIVE COMBAT SERVICEMEN & WOMEN AND MUSICIANS FROM THE ROYAL NAVY, ARMY, ROYAL AIR FORCE AND THE US ARMY, PLUS SKILLED HISTORICAL AMERICAN CIVIL WAR RE-ENACTORS. AND MUCH MORE. Narrated live by Anthony Andrews Earls Court: December 2 – 4 Tickets on sale 10am Friday June 10 Presented by ABF The Soldiers' Charity in Association … [Read more...]