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Pentagon to restart anthrax vaccination program

July 1, 2002 Defense Department officials announced Monday they are restarting a modified anthrax vaccine immunization program now that the vaccine provider has passed Food and Drug Administration scrutiny. Only service members, essential civilians and contractor personnel going to or serving in high-threat areas will receive the vaccine, said Dr. Bill Winkenwerder, assistant ...

Military pay raise averages 6.9 percent

January 7, 2002 Service members will see an average increase of 6.9 percent in their January pay. "It's the largest pay increase in 20 years," said Navy Capt. Chris Kopang, director of compensation at the Defense Department, in a recent American Forces Information Service interview. In general, officers will see their pay increase ...

Pentagon suspends special military deployment per diem

October 12, 2001 The Defense Department has suspended its requirement that services track deployment days and pay $100 per day to troops who are deployed more than 400 days in any two-year period. The 2000 National Defense Authorization Act mandated that the services report how many days each service member spends deployed. Any ...

DoD announces plan to replace food stamps

August 1, 2000 Service members who qualify for food stamps-and some who don't-may soon get debit cards to use in commissaries, DoD officials announced July 28. Defense Secretary William S. Cohen told reporters at the Pentagon last week that the DoD-issued cards would be credited with a fixed monthly value based on the ...

DoD seeks to civilianize support positions

June 7, 2000 Civilian employees have served in every major American war since the Revolution, freeing service members to concentrate on winning battles. That tradition continues today, as roughly 700,000 civilians serve the Defense Department throughout the United States and at least 17 foreign lands as well. DoD is now trying to "civilianize" ...

DoD to offer Web access to pay accounts

December 8, 1999 Military and Defense Department civilian employees and retirees will soon be able to make many routine changes to their official pay accounts whenever they want by phone or via the World Wide Web. The Defense Finance and Accounting Service is in the process of implementing the Employee/Member Self Service program. ...