FY 2013 Defense Budget Request: Military Health Care Takes a Hit The budget request outlines higher out-of-pocket health care costs for active-duty and retired service members

• Written by: Craig Collins on February 15, 2012
• Categories: Defense-Wide
• Tags: Issues, Military Medicine, Military News, Military Personnel, US Military, Veterans Affairs

The Department of Defense’s budget proposal for the 2013 fiscal year, while including a 1.7 percent increase in basic pay for military personnel, contains several provisions that will also increase …

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FY 2013 Defense Budget Request Force Structure Changes A first look at cuts in force structure and personnel numbers

• Written by: Chuck Oldham (Editor) on February 13, 2012
• Categories: Conflicts & Operations, Defense-Wide
• Tags: Defense Budget, Issues, Military News, US Military

For those wondering what the administration’s Strategic Guidance document meant when it discussed a smaller and leaner force structure, the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request Overview released today added some …

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Automobile Factories Switched to War Production As America Entered World War II No more cars as civilian car and truck production was banned for the duration

• Written by: Dwight Jon Zimmerman on February 10, 2012
• Categories: Conflicts & Operations, Defense-Wide
• Tags: Military History, World War II: 70 Years

“The most important single task before the nation is the rapid conversion of the automobile industry to war production.”

—R. J. Thomas, president United Automobile Workers

American consumers, who had …

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President Nominates USAF’s First Female Four-Star, USACE Promotes First Female General

• Written by: Rhonda Carpenter (Editor) on February 9, 2012
• Categories: Defense-Wide
• Tags: Military News, Military Personnel, US Air Force, US Army Corps of Engineers

On Feb. 6, 2012, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that President Barack Obama had nominated Lt. Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger to the rank of general, and as commander of the …

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Imminent Danger Pay Now Prorated by DoD

• Written by: Chuck Oldham (Editor) on February 9, 2012
• Categories: Conflicts & Operations, Defense-Wide
• Tags: Military News, Military Personnel, US Military

This month, the Department of Defense (DoD) changed the way imminent danger pay (IDP) is determined.

In the past, service members would receive $225.00 per month IDP if they spent …

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DLA Regional Commands

• Written by: J.R. Wilson on February 8, 2012
• Categories: Defense-Wide, Logistics
• Tags: DLA 50th Anniversary, Logistics, US Military

The U.S. Defense Department has divided the world into six geographic unified combatant commands – Europe (EUCOM), Africa (AFRICOM), Central (CENTCOM – basically, the Middle East), North America (NORCOM), South …

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2013 Defense Budget Military Pay and Benefits Changes Panetta floats slower military pay growth, cuts to retiree benefits

• Written by: Craig Collins on February 6, 2012
• Categories: Defense-Wide
• Tags: Military News, Military Personnel, US Military, Veterans Affairs

When Defense Secretary Leon Panetta publicly outlined the 2013 defense budget proposal on Jan. 26, 2012, he revealed a topline Pentagon request – a $525 base budget – lower than …

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Hog Smoke, Osprey Ops, and Dog Tired Marines | Military Photos

• Written by: Chuck Oldham (Editor) on February 2, 2012
• Categories: Conflicts & Operations, Defense-Wide
• Tags: US Military

Periodically we’ll be sharing favorite photos we’ve come across in putting together our various publications and the DMN website. These photos won’t necessarily be the newest or the most newsworthy, …

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The 2012 Defense Budget: Personnel Provisions The recently passed FY 2012 defense budget cuts end strengths, trims benefits packages

• Written by: Craig Collins on February 1, 2012
• Categories: Defense-Wide, Programs & Tech
• Tags: Defense Budget, Military News, Military Personnel, US Military

For the past 10 years, military personnel have enjoyed an expansion of benefits unrivaled in the history of the nation’s military – salary, health care benefits, pensions, and special pay …

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2013 Defense Budget Cuts Overview FY 2013 budget proposal cuts some programs but skips hard decisions

• Written by: Robert F. Dorr on January 31, 2012
• Categories: Defense-Wide, Programs & Tech
• Tags: Defense Budget, Issues, Military News, US Military

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta revealed details of the Obama administration’s defense budget proposal in an announcement at the Pentagon on Jan. 26.

The plan for fiscal year 2013, which starts …

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