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.
Active-Duty Airmen only have a few days left to submit an official waist-to-height ratio into the Air Force’s new online application. But the service clarified July 23 that this first body composition measurement is not meant to be scored as part of the new Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, or PFRA