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Barrie Barber is a reporter for Cox Media Group Ohio covering military and veterans affairs.
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Private sector commits to hire or train 435,000 veterans and military spouses
Companies participating in a program to help veterans find work have hired or trained 290,000 veterans and military spouses since August 2011, nearly tripling the original goal of the program with about eight months to spare, according to the White House. First lady Michelle Obama said Tuesday that the program ...
F-16 set to relocate to Wright-Patt
Toledo-based F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets are expected to call Wright-Patterson home temporarily this summer while crews repave a runway, part of an $11 million project at Toledo Express Airport, according to military and civilian authorities. The Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing needs to relocate to a base ...
Wright-Patt does not raise threat level after Boston bombing
A day after the bombings in Boston, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has not raised its security threat level, according to base spokesman Daryl Mayer. Thousands of vehicles travel on and off the base every weekday at Ohio’s largest single site employer. A 2011 population tally showed more than 29,000 military ...
Air Force restores tuition program
The Air Force has restored open enrollment of a popular tuition assistance program thousands of Wright-Patterson active-duty airmen have used to pay for college degrees. The Air Force, faced with a forced cut of more than $10 billion before October because of automatic budget cuts known as sequestration, suspended new ...
Wright-Patt to review security for Air Force Marathon
Air Force Marathon organizers will review security procedures at the popular event that draws thousands to Wright-Patterson in the aftermath of bomb explosions at the Boston Marathon, an Air Force leader said Monday. Col. Daniel Semsel, vice commander of the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson, said he expects “a ...
Dayton-area native to lead Air Force Research Laboratory
The new civilian leader of the Air Force Research Laboratory said he’s “comfortable” with the White House commitment to the high-tech laboratory’s budget in the next fiscal year, but the Wright-Patterson-headquartered command might have to rely on private sector or academic research more often if sequestration remains intact in the ...
Wright-Patt employees want greater say on when to take furloughs
Air Force Materiel Command employees want a greater say in when and how they take mandatory unpaid furlough days, union leaders said Friday. The American Federation of Government Employees Council 214 and the AFMC, headquartered at Wright-Patterson, were back in contract negotiations over 14-day furloughs after an agreement on 22-day ...
Dayton VA needs more space for Indiana clinic, agency says
The Dayton VA Medical Center wants to double the size of a Richmond, Ind., satellite clinic that could mean relocating the medical facility to an existing building near local highways, according to a VA spokeswoman. The VA hopes to lease a 12,000-square-foot building with more parking spaces in place of ...
Obama pushing round of military base closures in 2015
The White House will attempt to “repeal and replace” sequestration with less deep cuts and push for two new rounds of military base closures in 2015 and 2017 to cut costs, defense officials said Wednesday. The proposed $526.6 billion spending proposal represents about a 0.7 percent decline from the 2012 ...
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 ...
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