DOD officials said late Wednesday that military families forced by Hurricane Katrina devastation to evacuate base housing in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi can choose to relocate anywhere in the continental United States. The families can get a maximum of two months advance pay, and safe-haven allowances for 180 days after reaching their destination. Call Defense Finance and Accounting Service hotline at (800) 756-4571, ask for option 6.
The Air Force may wind up buying land to build 120 new intercontinental ballistic missile silos as part of its revamped infrastructure approach for the new Sentinel ICBM.