Military folk hard hit by Hurricane Katrina now have Tricare counselors up-close-and-personal at a number of evacuation sites to provide information about benefits, contact numbers, and claims procedures. Now, if they could just explain the rules to the rest of us. Just in case, here’s the Humana Military Tricare South number, 800-444-5445.
The Air Force is planning to spend $2.19 billion over the next five years to acquire new C-37 jets for transporting military and civilian leaders. That’s on top of another $1.17 billion in projected funding for the VC-25B “Air Force One” replacement.