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11/05/2008
Lowe's, Home Depot offer discounts
The Home Depot and Lowe's, the world's largest home improvement retailers, once again are offering 10 percent Veterans Day discount to active-duty service members, reservists, retirees, veterans and their immediate family members.
10/28/2008
DoD Contracts for Free YMCA Membership for Deployed Guard and Reserve Families
The Department of Defense announced October 1 that families of deployed members of the National Guard and Reserve, active duty members on independent duty and their families, and active duty service members assigned to selected bases would be eligible for free family memberships at participating YMCAs in their local community.
10/20/2008
COLA increase is 5.8%, biggest since 1982
The Dec. 1 cost-of-living adjustment for military and federal civilian retirees, disabled veterans and survivors will be 5.8 percent, with the increase first appearing in Jan. 1 checks.
10/3/2008
Military spouses get boost for federal jobs
An executive order signed Sept. 25 by President Bush allows hiring managers for all federal agencies to hire qualified military spouses without going through the competitive process.
09/03/2008
Bush signs sole-survivor benefits bill
President Bush on Friday signed into law an expansion of military benefits to sole surviving members of a military family who decide to leave the military. The law applies retroactively to sole surviving members of families in which one or more siblings were killed or severely injured in the military.
08/28/2008
Military Strives to Maintain Financial Readiness Among Troops
The economic downturn that has hit many Americans appears to have had less impact on U.S. servicemembers, partly because of the nature of military service and partly due to the vast network of programs and services available to help them, defense officials said.
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