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City-Data.com is an awesome place to contact like minded people. Is there a "tutorial" on how to use this site? I would like to subscribe to a particular forum and track messages but I do not know how. PLease advise.
City-Data.com is an awesome place to contact like minded people. Is there a "tutorial" on how to use this site? I would like to subscribe to a particular forum and track messages but I do not know how. PLease advise.
Crew Chief will also be a dedicated MOD for this forum, so please welcome him. We now have 3 dedicated MOD's that will assist as necessary. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your Military Life and Issues Moderators...
Regular Military Compensation Calculator - Regular Military Compensation Calculator - This calculator will compute your regular military compensation based on your inputs. Regular military compensation is the approximate amount of an equivalent civilian salary. The information requested is necessary to determine your cash salary elements and estimate your marginal Federal tax bracket. No identifying data is requested nor retained by this web site. - This web site is published by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness - - (added 18Mar2013)
The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC®) serves the DoD community as the largest central resource for DoD and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today. DTIC Home Page- (added 03Jan2013)
Air Mobility Command - AMC Travel - This is to the official Air Mobility Command Travel Web page. Whether you are traveling Space Required or Space Available, this page is your one-stop shop for all your travel needs, including Passenger Terminal contact information, locations, and regulatory guidance. - (added 24Dec2012)
Boards of Review Reading Rooms - Boards of Review Reading Rooms Department of Defense Electronic Reading Room for the Military Departments Boards for the Corrections of Military/Naval Records(BCMR) and the Discharge Review Boards(DRB). The Reading Room contains the decisional documents for each of the Boards from October 1998. The personally identifiable nformation has been removed (redacted) from these documents. - (Added 12 Mar 2013)
DFAS Home - Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) provides payment services to the United States Department of Defense. A lot of good pay and retirement information on this site. - (added 01Dec11)
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Drivers In The Military - DMV.ORG is a privately owned website that is not owned or operated by any state government agency. It does cover pertinent information regarding military personell. - (added 09 Dec 2011, updated 24 Dec 2011.)
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Veterans ID on Driver’s License or ID Card by State by militarybenefits.info . Currently there more than 35 states plus Puerto Rico that provide the veterans designation and most of the remaining states have passed legislation and are in the process of implementing. Read more: Veterans ID on Driver's License- (added 23 Jan 2014)
"Military OneSource is a free service provided by the Department of Defense (DoD) to active duty, Guard and Reserve service members, and their families with comprehensive information on every aspect of military life including deployment, reunion, relationships, grief, spouse employment and education, parenting and child care, and much more.
Military OneSource has policy and programmatic information, helpful resources, products, and articles and tips on numerous topics related to military life. Services are available 24 hours a day by telephone and online. In addition to the website, Military OneSource offers call center and online support for consultations on any number of issues such as spouse education and career opportunities, issues specific to families with a member with special needs, and financial support and resources.
Military OneSource also offers personal non-medical counseling services online, via telephone, or face-to-face. You can receive non-medical, short-term counseling, as well as assistance with financial management, taxes, career services, health and wellness, and much more."
An interesting, informative site - (Added 24 Dec 2012)
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TogetherWeServed - Connecting US Marines, Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen and Coast Guardsmen - "Together We Served has reconnected more Veterans than any other military website" - "With over 1.3 million military members, Together We Served is the largest exclusively U.S. Military network of it's type. Just by entering the units or duty stations you served in on your service profile page, we will instantly provide you with a list of all other members who served with you, at the same time, ready for you to make contact." - (Added 09 Aug 2012)
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Interesting: Inspired to Serve - Today's Military "The Today’s Military website is produced by the United States Department of Defense. This site is not intended as a recruiting tool for any branch of the U.S. Military. Rather, it was developed as a resource for parents, educators and young adults curious about military service." - (Added 09 Aug 2012)
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Citizenship for Military Members - Added 14 May 2012:
From the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Web Site:
Members and certain veterans of the U.S. armed forces may be eligible for naturalization through their military service under Section 328 or 329 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
Army Regulation 601–210, Personnel Procurement, Active and Reserve Components Enlistment Program, 8 February 2011, Rapid Action Revision (RAR) Issue Date: 4 August 2011
Recruiting and Retention: An Overview of FY2011 and FY2012 Results for Active and Reserve Component Enlisted Personnel
Lawrence Kapp
Specialist in Military Manpower Policy
May 10, 2013 www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32965.pdfadded 09 Jul 2013.
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Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemembers- added 21 Jan 2014
The Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemembers (UCX) program provides benefits for eligible ex-military personnel.
The program is administered by the States as agents of the Federal government.
The law of the State (under which the claim is filed) determines benefit amounts, number of weeks benefits can be paid, and other eligibility conditions.
You should contact your State Workforce Agency as soon as possible after discharge. It may be helpful to have a copy of your service and discharge documents (DD-214 or similar form) when you open your claim. In many states, you may now file your claim by telephone and/or internet.
Where can I find information about recreation areas available to military personnel?
Recreation.gov lists public recreation areas, but the database does not include sites that are available only to military personnel. Instead, we have provided links to the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) sites. For more information or if you have questions about a specific military recreation site, please contact the managers at that specific site directly:
Just to update our forum. Please welcome Erma, she will be moderating this forum, so please feel free to congratulate her.
Welcome to the Team
I have a question regarding entry into the service. Where would be the right place(or person) to ask this question?. Maybe you could answer it?.
I don't want to waste a recruiter's time if i am too old but i have questions. Myself and a nephew of mine want to join, my nephew has questions regarding minimum education level.
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