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  • More customers using MyPay for faster, safer service

    When the Defense Finance and Accounting Service first launched the myPay Web-based pay account system in 2000, less than 500,000 military, military retirees, annuitants and federal civilian employees were listed as online users. Today that number includes 3.7 million users with access to pay account

  • Retiree dental coverage available

    Good oral health is an important part of maintaining overall health, and a military retiree's access to dental coverage does not end when they hang up their uniform. With the Tricare Retiree Dental Program, retired servicemembers can purchase affordable dental coverage for themselves and their

  • DoD identifies more phases for Iraq medal

    The Department of Defense announced March 10 that additional campaign stars are authorized for wear on the Iraq Campaign Medal. The campaign stars recognize a servicemember's participation in DoD-designated campaigns in Iraq. Airmen who have qualified for the ICM may display a bronze campaign star

  • Women pilots of WWII inspire generations

    Under a clear blue sky, beneath the spires of the U.S. Air Force Memorial here, military aviators gathered March 9 to pay homage to the achievements of the first women to fly military aircraft during World War II. The memorial service and wreath-laying ceremony, with a reception afterward, was a

  • Retiree receives first hand transplant in DOD

    A team of military and civilian doctors performed the first female hand transplant in the United States at Wilford Hall Medical Center recently. Retired Master Sgt. Janet McWilliams is the 10th person in the U.S. to undergo this procedure and the first to have it done in a Department of Defense

  • Air Force retiree on U.S. Paralympic Winter Games team

    The U.S. Olympic Committee has announced the 50 athletes of the U.S. Team that will compete at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C., March 12 to 21, and an Air Force retiree is among them.The U.S. Team, made up of athletes from 20 states, will compete in alpine skiing, biathlon,

  • People celebrate 100 years of military flight

    Servicemembers and civilians remembered 100 years of military flight during the Foulois Centennial Military Flight Celebration here, March 2. The celebration honored Maj. Gen. Benjamin Foulois, a Signal Corps pilot who flew the "Wright "B" Flyer" aircraft. In his honor, the crowd watched a

  • Stopping health care fraud saves everyone money

    Fraud is one of the major factors in the skyrocketing cost of health care in the United States, say Tricare officials, and health care fraud -- costing taxpayers billions of dollars each year -- really does affect everyone.Tricare protects its beneficiaries -- and their wallets -- by preventing,

  • Air Force, DOD pioneer passes away

    The first woman to serve as major general in the Air Force, and the Department of Defense, passed away Feb. 15. Retired Maj. Gen. Jeanne M. Holm is credited as the single driving force in achieving parity for military women and making them a viable part of the mainstream military.The Portland, Ore.,

  • Air Force Assistance Fund campaign under way

    The 37th annual Air Force Assistance Fund "Commitment to Caring" campaign is under way through May 7. Air Force retirees can still give to the fund through a one-time gift of cash or check, or by payroll deduction from retired pay. "The AFAF has a long tradition of providing critical assistance to