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target=_blank>AF Needs to Reduce Size by 16,600
target=_blank>Deal of the Week: Save 10% This Valentine's Day at 1-800-FLOWERS.COM?
target=_blank>Army '05 Budget Covers More Off-Post Living Costs
target=_blank>Army Program Helps with Absentee Voting
target=_blank>DoD Announces Korean Defense Service Medal
target=_blank>Fisher House Explains Rules for Free Airline Tickets
target=_blank>Improved Scholarship Finder Available
target=_blank>LES Changes Made to Reduce Identity Theft
target=_blank>Navy, Marines Promote Suicide Awareness
target=_blank>New Law Provides Military More Tax Breaks
target=_blank>Patriot Express Flights To Be Eliminated
target=_blank>Pentagon Cancels Internet Voting
target=_blank>Sea Warrior e-Learning: One-Stop Shopping
target=_blank>Print and Post This Week's Military Report
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AF Needs to Reduce Size by 16,600
Facing manning excesses, the Air Force has announced it needs to get rid of 16,600 airmen over the next 18 months. target=_blank>More

Deal of the Week: Save 10% This Valentine's Day at 1-800-FLOWERS.COM?
Romance, roses & savings, too! Fall in Love with 1-800-FLOWERS.COM?! Valentine's dreams come true when you shop at 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. target=_blank>More

Army '05 Budget Covers More Off-Post Living Costs
At $98.5 billion, the Army's proposed spending plan for fiscal year 2005 covers average pay raises of 3.5 percent for Soldiers and 1.5 percent for civilians, and eliminates out-of-pocket expenses for living off-post, according to a senior Army official. target=_blank>More

Army Program Helps with Absentee Voting
The Army's Voting Assistance Program aims to ensure that Soldiers, their families and DoD civilians overseas can exercise their right to vote. target=_blank>More

DoD Announces Korean Defense Service Medal
The Defense Department announced today the creation of the Korean Defense Service Medal (KDSM). target=_blank>More

Fisher House Explains Rules for Free Airline Tickets
Although the DoD provides a travel entitlement for service members and their families in serious medical emergencies, the Fisher House Foundation is hoping to help those service members and families not covered under the rule. target=_blank>More

Improved Scholarship Finder Available
Military.com has released a new and improved online Scholarship Finder, which helps servicemembers, veterans and their families search millions of dollars in military-related scholarships. target=_blank>More

LES Changes Made to Reduce Identity Theft
Stars and Stripes reports that earning statements for servicemembers and Defense Department civilians, and paychecks for military retirees will soon lose some key numbers. target=_blank>More

Navy, Marines Promote Suicide Awareness
While the number of suicides in the Navy and the Marine Corps is below the national average, suicide has been within the top three leading causes of death in the two services during the past decade. target=_blank>More

New Law Provides Military More Tax Breaks
The Internal Revenue Service is helping taxpayers use a new law that adds deductions for some reservists, expands the definition of combat zone, and provides income exclusions for military death-benefit payments and certain home sales. target=_blank>More

Patriot Express Flights To Be Eliminated
Citing cost, flexibility and empty seats, the Defense Department plans to eliminate almost all Patriot Express routes starting in fiscal 2006. target=_blank>More

Pentagon Cancels Internet Voting
Citing security concerns, the Pentagon has canceled Internet voting that would have involved as many as 100,000 military and overseas citizens from seven states in November. target=_blank>More

Sea Warrior e-Learning: One-Stop Shopping
Navy leaders are now promoting the Navy's "Excellence Through Commitment and Education and Learning" initiative, Sea Warrior -- the newest achievement tool -- e-Learning -- to help Sailors with their career development. target=_blank>More

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