Family members of Guard and Reserve personnel mobilized for the Global War on Terror will continue to receive Tricare health plan benefits until Oct. 31, 2007, according to Pentagon officials. DOD recently decided to extend the deadline for an additional two years. The extension applies to family members of 170,000 reservists called to active duty for more than a month. For more information, click here.
Every year, Congress and the military debate which combat assets should head to the boneyard and which have more life left in them. Lawmakers often opt to keep Air Force systems that bring jobs to their districts, which complicates matters as the service looks to modernize and ditch certain platforms.…