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Photo: Seaman Kenneth Wood prepares to put money on a Navy Cash card aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Darien G. Kenney/Released

Most Recent Legislation Affects Military, Civilian Paychecks

Posted on January 27, 2013 by bniegel

Legislation increases Social Security withholding taxes to 6.2 percent. For the past two years during the “tax holiday” the rate was 4.2 percent.
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A section of Arlington National Cemetery, Va., shows a fraction of the 110,000 wreaths placed at the graves of fallen service members during Wreaths Across America, Dec. 15, 2012. DOD photo by EJ Hersom

A Lesson for My Daughter

Posted on December 18, 2012 by tiffaniwalker

I ventured out this weekend with my daughter in tow for the annual Wreaths Across America program at Arlington National Cemetery and was immediately struck by what this meant to my daughter.
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Aerial view of Farah City, Farah province, Afghanistan from the gunner's mount of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a flight Nov. 11. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup/released)r

Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah

Posted on December 14, 2012 by tiffaniwalker

This is the first in a series of posts from Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah and their mission in Afghanistan.
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Photo: Service members stand at parade rest before they transfer flag-draped transfer cases during an arrival ceremony honoring fallen U.S. service members whose identities remain unknown. The remains received full military honors and represented the losses associated with recent JPAC recovery missions from World War II and the Vietnam War. (Department of Defense photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

Worth A Thousand Words: Honoring The Fallen

Posted on December 11, 2012 by bniegel

Service members stand at parade rest before they transfer flag-draped transfer cases during an arrival ceremony honoring fallen U.S. service members whose identities remain unknown.
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Photo: U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, secure the area after being lowered from a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk during a mission Nov. 7, 2012, in Afghanistan. Pararescue teams assault, secure, and dominate the rescue objective area using any available Department of Department or Allied, air, land, or sea asset. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)

Worth A Thousand Words: 360 Degree Parameter

Posted on December 5, 2012 by bniegel

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, secure the area after being lowered from a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk during a mission in Afghanistan.
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