The Department of Veterans Affairs is warning its callers of a marketing scam that is targeting veterans, announced the Defense Department. The VA learned of a marketing company that had purchased two telephone numbers each off by one digit from the VA National Call Center and the GI Bill Center, according to a Dec. 6 release. If either number is dialed, “the answering party will offer a gift card and try to obtain personal and financial information, including credit card information from the caller,” wrote the VA in a recent Facebook post. The answering party may even transfer the caller to the VA after the caller’s information is obtained.” The VA asserts it “will never ask for credit card or banking information over the phone.”
U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles have roared out of Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., for the last time. The 104th Fighter Wing’s last three F-15Cs departed the base Oct. 23 for the “Boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., ending the aircraft's era on the frontlines of homeland defense.
