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Policy has Airmen Donning their Blues
The blues are back.
A new Air Force policy requires most airmen to wear their blue uniforms every Monday while on duty.
In a Sept. 4 memorandum to all Air Force personnel, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz said the policy change was to go into effect Monday.
Senior leaders discussed the issue at a recent four-star conference, Schwartz said, stating: "We all agreed that part of our image, culture and professionalism is instilled in our blues."
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Military Report - Hurricane Hotline for Reserve, Families
Army Reserve Soldiers and families that need assistance due to the recent hurricanes can call the Family Programs Outreach and Support 24 Hour Toll-Free Number at 1-866-345-8248 or email at usarc.fr@usarc-emh2.army.mil.
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Military Report - Exchanges Optical Pricing Now Online
Authorized shoppers who click on the new "Glasses & Contacts" link at the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) website now have access to the prices comparable to those found in the exchanges' brick-and-mortar Optical Shops and Vision Centers through FramesDirect.com and MilitaryContacts.net. With single vision eyeglasses starting at just $39, FramesDirect.com's Exchange Online Mall website features some 50,000 prescription frame styles and 8,000 sunglasses from more than 200 brands, all discounted 10 percent -30 percent with free shipping. The site also allows troops and their families to upload pictures and virtually try on different frame styles. Authorized customers can log onto their Exchange Online Store and click the Exchange Mall logo or access the site directly by logging onto www.exchangeonlinemall.com.
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How the DoD learned to stop worrying and love open source
The House draft of the annual defense budget reauthorization bill prominently lists open source software (OSS) among the objectives that should be considered in the procurement strategy for aerial vehicle technology and veteran health systems. If the bill passes in the House, it would be the first time that the National Defense Authorization Act explicitly expresses a preference for OSS.
OSS has seen rapid public sector uptake over the past few years. Governments around the world are streamlining their technological infrastructure and reducing their IT costs by using emerging open technologies. Adopters have reported a wide range of benefits, including greater interoperability, less dependence on any single vendor, more competitive pricing, and greater flexibility.
The benefits of OSS are even greater in a military setting, where open technologies could provide troops with a tangible strategic advantage. One vocal advocate of open source adoption in the military is deputy undersecretary of defense, Sue C. Payton, who helped author the Department of Defense's Open Technology Development Roadmap in 2006. She argues that OSS could increase the agility of modern warfare by helping to accelerate deployment of new technologies that are essential to success on the front lines.
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Flickr: Gettysburg
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Flickr: Southern Unionists
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Flickr: Confederate Monuments
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Flickr: War Between The States
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American Battle Monuments Commission
The commission also provides friends and relatives of those interred in its cemeteries or memorialized on its Tablets of the Missing with color lithographs of the cemetery or memorial on which is mounted a photograph of the headstone or commemorative inscription. The Andrews Project, named in honor of its sponsor, the late Congressman George W. Andrews, is ABMC’s most popular service.
We can assist you in your planned visit to any of our sites, can arrange for the placement of floral decorations at an individual's grave or marker, and can give you information on any individual buried or honored at our cemeteries or memorials.
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RealClearPolitics - Articles - How Hostages, And Nations, Get Liberated
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Pajamas Media » Former CIA Agent in Iran Comes In from the Heat
Some years later, while I was stationed in Europe working for the CIA, I met with three Iranian agents who were shopping for nuclear parts. The agents confirmed what I had heard through the Guards: that Hashemi Rafsanjani had promised retaliation for the downing of an Iranian civilian jet by a U.S. warship over the Persian Gulf on July 3, 1988, toward the end of the Iran-Iraq war. According to the U.S government, an inexperienced crew mistakenly identified the Iranian Airbus as an attacking F-14 fighter; 290 people were killed. The agents said it was Rafsanjani who ordered the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland on Dec. 21, 1988, which killed 270 people. They also talked about involvement of a Palestinian man and the radio transmitter that carried the bomb, information that I passed on to the CIA. I made an assessment at that time that Iran had ordered, through surrogates, the bombing of the Pan Am flight.
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