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- Many service members are swamped with student loans, Panetta warns
More than 40% of service members hold student loan debt, making it one of the top sources of anxiety for troops, in some cases adding more stress than war itself, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday. Part of the problem is that service members aren't taking advantage of laws meant to help them manage their student debt. "Because of their sacrifice, it should be easier, not tougher, for service members to be able to pay off their college debt," Panetta said. Reuters
(10/18)
 
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- McKeon: Shelved weapons system would save lives in Afghanistan
House Armed Services Committee chairman Buck McKeon, R-Calif., is urging the White House and Pentagon to re-examine a decision to shelve the Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar system intended for use in Afghanistan. The U.S. withdrawal plan prompted an end to use of the system, which McKeon called "a significant new defense for our deployed forces" that "immediately, and measurably, reduced U.S. military casualties from indirect fire" in Iraq. The Hill/DEFCON Hill blog
(10/18)
- Obama, Romney seek veterans' votes
President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are focusing heavily on courting veterans, writes Harvard professor Linda J. Bilmes. Veterans as a group are twice as likely as the rest of the electorate to cast ballots, she writes. Los Angeles Times(tiered subscription model)
(10/19)
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- Military officers create app to help guide troops
A Navy lieutenant and a Marine Corps captain are the creators of a mobile application to help service members locate resources at military bases and posts. The Military Traveler has been downloaded from iTunes more than 30,000 times since its launch in March 2011. Business Insider
(10/18)
- Corporate programs for hiring veterans lead to divisions
The processes for hiring veterans at many companies, including General Electric and Booz Allen Hamilton, involve separating applications submitted by commissioned officers from those submitted by enlisted veterans, Shaun So writes. "Yes, there are distinct differences between enlisted and officer leadership roles," he writes, but "I don't think that those differences should prevent an enlisted veteran candidate from future corporate leadership training opportunities." Forbes
(10/18)
- Tricare Prime cuts coming to Tricare West region
Starting April 1, as many as 30,000 Tricare Prime participants will have to shift to Tricare Standard plans as the Pentagon moves ahead with a reduction of Tricare Prime providers. Three states and two cities will be cut from the Tricare Prime network in the Tricare West region. Navy Times
(10/18)
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