Feb. 3, 2016 Understanding your state of legal residency “What is your state of legal residency?” It’s a question our office asks every day when drafting wills and powers of attorney and the answer has important legal consequences for tax liability among other things. Active duty military members can rotate duty stations every two years, which adds
Feb. 1, 2016 Sesame Street supports military families in transition Elmo, Big Bird and Abby Cadabby are teaming up with the Defense Department to support thousands of military families as they transition to civilian life, according to Transition to Veterans Program Office officials.
Jan. 29, 2016 FYI: Politics, social media Things are starting to heat up on the political scene, so in this week's episode of FYI, Tech. Sgt. Holly Roberts-Davis reminds us about the Defense Department regulations concerning politics and social media.
Jan. 26, 2016 Elections 2016: Americans Can Vote - Wherever They Are Election Day, Nov. 8, 2016, is fast approaching. No matter where you are stationed, registering to vote and getting your absentee ballot is simple, fast and easy.
Jan. 25, 2016 Service Members Should Register and Request Absentee Ballots Now DoD personnel and their families who plan to vote absentee should complete a registration application and request their ballots now, according to the Federal Voting Assistance Program.
Jan. 25, 2016 Training like we fight Reservists from the 315th Airlift Wing conducted a multifaceted training mission by way of a C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina to Ramstein Air Base, Germany this weekend.The mission focused on several objectives, which maintained the pilot’s qualifications in flying,
Jan. 25, 2016 Ministry of presence – A Reserve chaplain’s way of connecting with Airmen Flying with an aircrew on an operational mission is not a task most people associate with when thinking about a military chaplain. Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Ronald Apollo, a chaplain with the 315th Airlift Wing, calls it “ministry of presence” and he sees this as the bedrock of what an Air Force chaplain
Jan. 22, 2016 Blended Retirement Talking Points Blended Retirement Talking Points• There is no need to be anxious about the blended retirement system in the current FY2016 NDAA. Everyone who is currently serving as well as those who enter the force on or before December 31, 2017 is grandfathered under the current military retirement system.
Jan. 19, 2016 Reservists reflect on Desert Storm 25th anniversary With the statement, “This will not stand” by President George H. W. Bush, the largest mobilization of U.S. Air Force Reservists since the Vietnam Conflict was initiated to respond in support of Operation Desert Storm Jan. 16, 1991.For, then, Charleston Air Force Base’s 3,618 Reservists, 1,413 Airmen
Jan. 14, 2016 Remembering Desert Storm: Where we are today in the Total Force Continuum A quarter of a century ago this week marked the opening salvo in Operation Desert Storm. The operation was an American shock and awe campaign to evict Saddam Hussein from Kuwait and displayed airpower that the world had not seen since Operation Linebacker II over Vietnam. I was honored to be part of