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Wright-Patt fire department aid to local cities could be impacted by sequestration
Wright-Patterson firefighters could end emergency runs to local communities because of reduced manpower if furloughs of civilian base employees hit, a firefighter union leader says. Mandatory unpaid time off the job would mean a two-person emergency central dispatch would be reduced to one staffer, and firefighters could not support a ...
Gold Star Wives given a day of recognition
Gold Star wives don’t have to wait for their day of recognition any longer. Friday, April 5, is that day. The Miami Valley chapter of the Gold Star Wives of America, made up of spouses of military service members who have died, has 38 members who can mark the day ...
Ohio Sen. Brown to co-chair Air Force Caucus
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown has been appointed co-chairman of the Senate Air Force Caucus, a group of bipartisan lawmakers from across the nation who represent the interests of Air Force bases in their states. Brown, D-Ohio, will join Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming, in the top leadership spot of a caucus ...
U.S. military facing sweeping spending cuts, Hagel says
By Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press and Barrie Barber Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned Wednesday that sharply deeper cuts to personnel, health care and weapons systems will be needed across his department to put the brakes on spiraling costs and reshape the military for leaner budgets ...
‘Real American hero’ honored with memorial sign
Aiden Luff was just a few months old when his father, Sgt. David J. Luff Jr. was killed Nov. 21, 2010, in Iraq after insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire.But now, after a roadside sign – Sgt. David J. Luff Jr. Memorial Highway – was dedicated Saturday along Ohio ...
Wright-Patterson furlough notices expected March 21-25, base leader says
Thousands of Wright-Patterson civilian employees are expected to receive furlough notices between March 21 and March 25, the base commander said Friday. The unpaid time off the job will hit about 13,000 employees when the 22-day furloughs, or one day a week off work without pay for the next 22 ...
Popular Wright-Patt event canceled because of budget cuts
Freedom’s Call Tattoo, an outdoor festival that attracts tens of thousands to the grounds of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force every year, has been canceled this summer, due to defense budget cuts, according to Wright-Patterson officials. “We simply cannot spend tax dollars on such events when sequestration ...
Air Force suspends tuition assistance program due to spending cuts
The Air Force has followed the lead of the Army and Marine Corps and blocked new enrollments in a college tuition assistance program because of automatic spending cuts. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has 1,374 airmen using the tuition assistance program enrolled at dozens of universities, according to the base. The ...
Air Force might suspend tuition assistance program
The Air Force will consider suspending a tuition reimbursement program for airmen under pressure from the Department of Defense to make “significant reductions” to the program for incoming applicants.The Army and the Marine Corps have already suspended the tuition program for soldiers and Marines as the effects of automatic budget ...
Service workers at base at risk of cut hours, layoffs
Hundreds of civilian employees at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base dubbed “non-appropriated funded” workers are exempt from furloughs that could affect 13,000 other civilian employees on the base, but they may not be safe from a reduction in work hours or layoffs, one supervisor said.These workers tend to children in day ...
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