It's Pay Raise Time for Troops
Troops worldwide will receive a 3.9 percent pay raise starting on Thursday, but Defense Department civilian employees working overseas will see only a 2.9 percent bump in their paychecks. Workers in 37 metropolitan areas will see an even greater increase.
Hot Line Can Help With Holiday Blues
Officials with Boston-based Screening for Mental Health Inc. work with the Defense Department to help people deal with and spot their mental ills, including alcoholism.
Pentagon Eyes Orbiting Power Station
Military planners responsible for finding space resources to support troops on the ground think the time may be ripe to advance the 40-year-old space solar power concept to help reduce the logistics train behind forward-deployed forces.
ID Theft Surges Among US Troops in UK
The number of U.S. military members in England who have had their identity stolen this year continues to rise, the Air Force said last week.
Baseball Greats Recall WWII Service
Former New York Yankee Jerry Coleman was one of a panel of World War II-era baseball greats to talk about their time on the field and in the field, part of the American Veterans Center's annual conference.
Six Iraq War Vets Win Congressional Races
Six veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom won their congressional races Tuesday, giving recent combat veterans their biggest presence in national government yet. In 2006 Patrick Murphy was the only veteran who served on the ground in the most recent Iraq conflict to win election to Congress.