Family members of Guard and Reserve personnel mobilized for the Global War on Terror will continue to receive Tricare health plan benefits until Oct. 31, 2007, according to Pentagon officials. DOD recently decided to extend the deadline for an additional two years. The extension applies to family members of 170,000 reservists called to active duty for more than a month. For more information, click here.
Unit commanders are being told to separate service members who can’t shave their cheeks and chin for medical reasons for more than a year, according to new guidance from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
