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DODEA schools offering free or reduced meals amid shutdown
Families of students attending Department of Defense Education Activity schools can apply for free or reduced price school meals during the shutdown, which has affected the income of many military and DOD civilian families. The eligibility is based on income and family size, as required by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Eligibility continues as long as the household income qualifies under the...[Read More]
DODEA schools offering free or reduced meals amid shutdown
Families of students attending Department of Defense Education Activity schools can apply for free or reduced price school meals during the shutdown, which has affected the income of many military and DOD civilian families. The eligibility is based on income and family size, as required by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Eligibility continues as long as the household income qualifies under the...[Read More]
DOJ charges conspirators involved in Navy marriage fraud cases
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday the unsealing of an indictment of 11 individuals who were allegedly involved in conspiracies to bribe and commit marriage fraud with U.S. service members, according to a DOJ release. The charged individuals took part in a scheme that specifically recruited military personnel to engage in sham weddings to evade immigration laws and obtain legal ...[Read More]
DOJ charges conspirators involved in Navy marriage fraud cases
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday the unsealing of an indictment of 11 individuals who were allegedly involved in conspiracies to bribe and commit marriage fraud with U.S. service members, according to a DOJ release. The charged individuals took part in a scheme that specifically recruited military personnel to engage in sham weddings to evade immigration laws and obtain legal ...[Read More]
Dominican Republic Grants US Access to Restricted Areas for its Deadly Fight Against Drugs
For a limited time, the U.S. can refuel aircraft and transport equipment and technical personnel at restricted areas within the San Isidro Air Base.
Dominican Republic says it seized cocaine that was on speedboat destroyed by US Navy
Authorities in the Dominican Republic say they have confiscated some of the cocaine transported by a speedboat that was destroyed recently by the U.S. Navy, as the Trump administration carries out a controversial anti narcotics mission in the southern Caribbean
Don’t call it a ‘quagmire’: defense secretary refuses to speculate on length of Iran war
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deflected questions from Congress Wednesday on the future of the Iran war and attacked lawmakers who questioned the conflict’s purpose and goals, calling them “reckless, feckless and defeatist.” A hearing on the Pentagon’s $1.45 trillion budget request for fiscal 2027 became a hotly contested debate on Iran, with House Armed Services Committee members asking how long...[Read More]
Don’t miss these Tricare and other health benefits deadlines
Important health care enrollment deadlines are looming for those in the U.S. military community. Don’t miss these health care coverage deadlines listed below. Tricare open season Tuesday, Dec. 9: The Tricare open season ends at midnight Eastern Standard Time. Beneficiaries can make changes to their Tricare health care plan, such as switching from Tricare Prime to Tricare Select. Visit tricare.mil/...[Read More]
Doorstep grocery delivery expanding to all US commissaries
Eligible customers will soon have access to doorstep delivery from all 178 commissaries in the United States, commissary officials announced Tuesday. The service, through the Commissary Click2Go program, has been offered at 70 commissary locations since January. Starting June 22, the Defense Commissary Agency will begin rolling out the delivery service to the remaining 108 stores, reaching all sto...[Read More]
Double amputee paratrooper to jump into Normandy for 82nd anniversary of D-Day
On June 7, 2012, Jon Harmon was a 19‑year‑old private first class on his first deployment in Afghanistan when an explosion took both of his legs — and nearly his life. Now, exactly 14 years to the day, the former paratrooper will step out of a WWII-era C-47 and jump into the same drop zone where paratroopers of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment and the 82nd Airborne fought on D‑Day. “The fates...[Read More]
Dover ‘personal effects specialist’ job posting creates stir on social media
A job announcement from a veteran-owned military contractor raised alarm on social media Wednesday over a potential escalation of U.S. military operations abroad. Manassas, Virginia-based Joint Technology Solution, Inc., has active job advertisements on Indeed and Glassdoor for on-call, part-time “personal effects specialists” to handle the belongings of fallen service members at Dover Air Force B...[Read More]
Dozens of military commissaries now offering doorstep delivery
As of Wednesday, 32 commissaries have rolled out the new doorstep delivery benefit, with another 14 expected to come online by the end of the day, said Kevin Robinson, spokesman for the commissary agency. And by Sunday, eligible customers near another 24 military grocery stores will have the option of having their discounted groceries delivered to their doorstep, under a new contract to provide th...[Read More]