Children's Fest
The 20th Annual Children's Fest celebrating the Month of the Military Child is April 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fort Bragg Fairgrounds. The festival is open to the public and admission is $8, which includes all carnival rides and prize drawings.
Not Alone
My
name is Keli Lowman and I am the Regional Director for Not Alone. Our
organization provides free online, over the phone, and in person mental
health care to military servicemembers, and their families. Along with
family support we also encompass girl/boy friend, domestic partners, as
well as parents. Our referral service is very similar to Military One
Source however our mental health providers are screened and must comply
with training in the specialty areas of combat stress, PTSD, and PTSD
with TBI.
We
have created a clinician led spouse support group that will meet weekly
on Fort Bragg, and I would be very appreciative if you could help me
pass the word about Not Alone, as well as the spouse support group. If
you have any questions or would like to talk further please do not
hesitate to email or call me!
Attached
is a quick snap shot of our services as well as the spouse group
information sheet. Thank you for your support of the fabulous men and
women of Fort Bragg!!
Keli Lowman
910-728-5577
The Operation Purple program is open to Service members from any military service branch (active or reserve component), the Coast Guard, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, or the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, and their families. Summer Camps are open to military children ages 7-17, with priority given to children whose parent or guardian is or will be in a deployment.
Need help finding a sitter? Look no further!
Army,
Marines, Navy and Air Force Families - You now have a paid membership
to Sittercity to help you find local babysitters and nannies.
AUSA Family Updates
Army Launches 12 New Apps
The
newly launched Army Software Marketplace prototype now delivers 12
mobile training applications for Soldiers to use on personal phones or
tablets. The publicly-facing apps, now approved for Army-wide use, are
available online via www.marketplace.army.mil.
When fully implemented, the Marketplace will deliver web-based and
downloadable applications to all devices approved for use within the
Army’s Common Operating Environment on the Army network.
Army Offers Summer School Option
Registration
is open for the U.S. Army Educational outreach Program’s ‘Gains in the
Education of Mathematics and Science (GEMS) program; which prepares
middle and high school students in the studies of science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM). Each summer, students participate
in week-long internships at Hood College or Hagerstown Community College
while working within state-of-the-art science laboratories. For more
information and to register, visit the U.S. Army Educational Outreach
Program website at http://www.usaeop.com.
Military and Spouse Career Fair in D.C.
All
ranks of active duty, retired, former, and Reserve/National guard
Servicemembers and their spouses, as well as government employees, are
encouraged to attend a free career fair, hosted by the Military Officers
Association of America (MOAA) with approximately 100 employers,
career-development seminars, and onsite resume critiques in Washington,
D.C., on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. The event will be held from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. (seminars begin at 8 a.m.) at the Walter E. Washington
Convention Center in Hall D. The center is at 801 Mt. Vernon Place,
N.W. For more information, visit http://www.moaa.org. For more on this article please go to: http://www.military.com/military-report/military-and-spouse-career-fair-in-dc
Internships for Wounded Warriors
Are you a wounded, ill or injured Servicemember looking to increase your career readiness and use your time productively while you recover? Consider participating in an Operation Warfighter internship! To get an idea of how an internship could help you during your recovery and rehabilitation, read the story of one of the interns on the DoD Warrior Care Blog. For more information about Federal internship opportunities, send an e-mail to warriorcare@osd.mil. To read this article in its entirety, please go to: http://www.military.com/military-report/internships-for-wounded-warriors.
Internships for Wounded Warriors
Are you a wounded, ill or injured Servicemember looking to increase your career readiness and use your time productively while you recover? Consider participating in an Operation Warfighter internship! To get an idea of how an internship could help you during your recovery and rehabilitation, read the story of one of the interns on the DoD Warrior Care Blog. For more information about Federal internship opportunities, send an e-mail to warriorcare@osd.mil. To read this article in its entirety, please go to: http://www.military.com/military-report/internships-for-wounded-warriors.
Transition Services Now Mandatory for Soldiers
Soldiers
now must participate in transition services before they leave active
duty. An execution order requiring them to make use of the services is
in force throughout the Army. The order applies to all Soldiers who are
leaving active duty, whether they are Regular Army members who are
separating or retiring or reservists demobilizing after six months or
more on active duty. The order, which implements a directive issued
last year by Army Secretary John McHugh further requires that transition
processing begin at least 12 months before a Soldier leaves active duty
and that the Soldier’s commander oversee the process. To read this
article in full, please go to: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/04/army-transition-services-now-mandatory-040312w/
Soldiers Seek to Return to Traditions, Discipline
Soldiers
can expect tighter standards and discipline, changes to professional
military education and doctrine, more coaching and mentoring, and a
return to Army traditions and events as a result of the service’s
yearlong Profession Campaign. The Army Profession Campaign report,
released April 2, follows a year of surveys, focus groups, blogs and
forums to give the Army a chance to examine itself and determine what it
means to be a profession and for Soldiers to be professionals, said
Col. Sean Hannah, director of the Center for Army Profession and Ethic,
which is part of the Combined Arms Center. With the release of this
report, the Army will now move from a campaign of learning into a
campaign of execution, to act on the recommendations in the report. To
learn more, please go to: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/04/army-profession-campaign-soldiers-discipline-tradition-040312/
TRICARE Contract Battle Heats Up
TRICARE
beneficiaries across 21 western states won’t know for another three
months whether TriWest Healthcare Alliance will continue to administer
their healthcare benefit beyond March of next year. After 16 years,
TriWest lost its latest bid to continue to run the TRICARE West Region
under a third generation support contract, this one worth an estimated
$20.5 billion over almost six years. Defense Department officials
awarded the contract instead to a company new to TRICARE users, a
subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, Inc., of Minnetonka, Minn., the
nation’s largest health insurance entity. TriWest, however, is
protesting that award to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
GAO has 100 days, until early July, to decide whether the contract was
awarded properly or if it should be reversed or re-bid. To read this
article in full, please go to: http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,243325,00.html
Official Details Pentagon Health Care Proposals
The
Defense Department's top medical official, Dr. Jonathan Woodson,
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, detailed in a Capitol
Hill hearing the Pentagon's strategy to corral health care costs while
continuing to provide a high level of care. Defense Department leaders
have sent four proposals to Congress designed to reduce costs while
minimizing financial burdens on beneficiaries. Woodson, who also serves
as director of the TRICARE Management Activity, told the committee the
proposals mitigate the burden on any particular group of beneficiaries
while meeting the department's cost-saving mandate. Woodson also feels
that the fiscal 2013 budget proposal is a responsible path forward to
sustaining the Military Health System in a changing world and recognizes
that the fiscal health of the country is a vital element of national
security. To read further about these proposals, please go to: http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=67642
TRICARE Dental Under New Management
MetLife
will take over managing the TRICARE Dental Program and begin providing
dental coverage for more than 2 million active duty family members,
selected and individual Ready Reservists and their families on May 1,
2012. This change does not affect TRICARE’s Retiree Dental plan (TDP).
All TDP enrollees will receive welcome packages and new enrollment
cards. To learn more, please go to: http://www.military.com/military-report/tricare-dental-under-new-management
Learn Proper Flag Disposal
How
people should honor the flag when it becomes worn, torn, faded and
threadbare is not clear to many who fly it. The section of law dealing
with American Flag etiquette, generally referred to as the Flag Code,
clearly states that, “When a flag is so worn it is no longer fit to
serve as a symbol of our country, it should be destroyed by burning in a
dignified manner.” Many veterans service organizations collect worn
flag for proper disposal. For more information on our flag, read the
Flag Cod or visit the American Flag Etiquette webpage at: http://www.usa-flag-site.org/etiquette.shtml
Deal of the Week: Military Discounts
Visit
the Military.com Discounts Channel to find hundreds of discounts for
Servicemembers, reservists, guard, veterans, retirees and their families
- Travel, clothing trucks, electronics, fitness and more. For more
information, please go to: http://www.military.com/military-report/deal-of-week-military-discounts-040212
Featured Employer: AT&T Hiring Military
At&T
is hiring veterans and transitioning servicemembers. Visit the
AT&T Veteran Talent Portal to apply for jobs, translate your
military skills and network with other veterans. In the military, you
contributed to a disciplined, motivated and successful team. You’ll be
right at home with AT&T. We continuously recognize the
contributions of our armed forces. In every area of AT&T, you’ll
find retired military and active reservists who made the transition to
civilian life. For more information, please click on the following
link: http://www.military.com/military-report/featured-employer-att-hiring-military-03261
Understand Your Military Pay
With
basic pay and 70 types of special pays and allowances, including BAH,
military pay is customized to yoru situation. Changes in pay grade,
duty status, your military occupation, duty station, or deployment
status can have an impact on your pay. See 2012 Pay Charts, Flight Pay,
Basic Housing Allowances, Advance Pay Enlisted Breakouts and more at: http://www.military.com/benefits/military-pay/charts?ESRC=mrvr.nl
The Best Cities for Servicemembers and Spouses to Find Jobs
Every
year, more job seekers flock to large cities in the hopes of finding
employment. However, large cities might have lower employment rates
than smaller cities. According to a Forbes report, cities such as, new
York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago, all ranked low on the
annual Best 100 Cities to Get a Job List. While these large cities
languished on this list, smaller, lesser-known cities moved up in the
ranks. Most were chosen because of their affordable housing and immense
job opportunities, especially for Servicemembers and military spouses.
To view the list of cities and read this article in full, please go to:
http://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/content/career-advice/job-hunting/best-cities-for-servicemember-and-spouse-jobs.html?col=1198882780881&comp=1198882780881&rank=1
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