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  • DFAS begins recouping separation pay soon

    Recouping military retirees' voluntary separation incentive special separation benefit and other separation payments by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service will resume in August. Separation payments and others, such as severance pay, were offered to active-duty servicemembers to reduce

  • Elmo and friends visit Bolling

    There are very few who would dispute that children sometimes don't listen. Military parents have a new friend to help, and he's travelled all the way from Sesame Street. Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street, partnered with USO to deliver special Sesame Street performances

  • Schofield painting unveiled at Arlington National Cemetery

    Friends, supporters, cemetery staff and members of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard gathered at the Arlington National Cemetery Visitors Center this morning to witness the unveiling of artist Gary Schofield's work "The Arlington National Cemetery Painting."Schofield's painting depicts members of the

  • Military liaisons serve as ambassadors to country delegations

    Days after the close of President Barack Obama's Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., approximately 30 Joint Team Andrews military liaisons completed their nearly month-long missions to coordinate logistical support for each arrival.Military liaisons were assigned to each country and were

  • AFDW displays superior service during 2010 Nuclear Security Summit

    Andrews AFB, Md., became a gateway for the largest U.S. hosted summit in 65 years, April 9, when delegates from 26 nations and over 30 aircraft disembarked and embarked at Andrews to attend the Nuclear Security Summit April 12-13 hosted by President Barack Obama in downtown Washington D.C."This has

  • 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' law under review for possible repeal

    During the January 2010 State of the Union Address President Barack Obama proposed an assessment of the February 1994 law, called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," be conducted with the goal of repealing the law. With that guidance, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates established a working group to review the

  • Aerial Porters lend a hand to world leaders

    For one week, Andrews AFB, Md., became a mecca for aerial porters throughout the Air Force. Fifty porters were tasked from installations throughout the United States to augment Andrews own compliment of 48 porters supporting the Nuclear Security Summit.Airman 1st Class Alex Rose from the 3rd Aerial

  • ATV operators should keep safety in mind

    As spring rolls in and summer is right behind it, many of us are out enjoying fun in the sun that includes recreational activities.One of those activities includes riding all-terrain vehicles. Last week, two 11th Wing servicemembers were badly hurt in separate ATV mishaps. ATVs are fun, but they

  • AFDW employees anticipate Web 2.0 access

    Opinions on the soon-to-be implemented opening of social networking sites on Air Force District of Washington networked computers are as varied as the users of those tools. The Department of Defense officially directed all DoD networks to open firewalls to Web 2.0 tools. As a result, the Air Force