Feb. 21, 2008 New Web-based assignment application debuts March 3 The power to apply for your next home-basing and follow-on assignment will soon be literally at your fingertips. Starting March 3, all active-duty enlisted members and officers (lieutenant colonel and below) who are slated to serve an unaccompanied tour of 15 months or less will have the ability to
Feb. 21, 2008 Personnel Center announces advanced assignment, deferment program for deployed Airmen Some deployed Airmen who have served uncharacteristically long tours of duty will become qualified for a special advance assignment/deferment program, according to Air Force Personnel Center officials here. "This program recognizes that some of our Airmen, enlisted and officer, who have served a
Feb. 14, 2008 Remember OPSEC when using social networking Web sites Myspace, Facebook and Togetherweserved may seem like harmless social networking Web sites, but when used improperly, those sites can be operational security nightmares for the Air Force. Users of these sites should never divulge information that may become a threat to national security. "Information
Feb. 14, 2008 Airmen SRB, CSRB January reenlistment bonuses retroactive All eligible Airmen in Air Force Specialty Codes with a selective reenlistment bonus or those with a critical skills retention bonus who reenlisted Jan. 1 or later are authorized retroactive payment effective immediately. The 2008 National Defense Authorization Act., signed by President Bush Jan.
Feb. 13, 2008 Virtual MPF adds new self-service program for assignments A new self-service assignments application launching Feb. 19 will eliminate a visit to the military personnel flight/element, saving Airmen both time and effort as part of the continuing initiatives of the Air Force's Personnel Services Delivery Transformation. Using the Expanded Permissive
Feb. 13, 2008 Postal Service offers first-time military discount Planning to send a care package to a military service member serving abroad? Send it after March 3 to take advantage of a new flat-rate box from the Postal Service that is 50 percent larger and delivered for $10.95 to an APO/FPO address -- $2 less than for domestic destinations. "This is the first
Feb. 7, 2008 New earned income credit rules lucrative for some Airmen Filing his family's taxes each year online, Master Sgt. Ron Przysucha says he normally receives about $3,000 in tax returns. This year however, he was taken by surprise when the same Web site he traditionally uses calculated his return at nearly $8,000. "I immediately thought it was a mistake and I