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Open season ending soon for Tricare, dental, new child care accounts
Troops must enroll in the new dependent care flexible spending account program by Dec. 11.
By Karen Jowers
Pentagon not doing enough to control open burning, report says
The Radford Army Ammunition Plant emits nearly three million pounds of pollutants each year
By Peter Rathmell
Reminder: Open seasons end Dec. 13 for Tricare, FEDVIP
This is the one time of year when you can make changes in your Tricare plan, unless you have a qualifying life event such as moving, marriage, birth of a child, or retirement from active duty.
By Karen Jowers
Military health care deadlines looming
Dec. 13 is the deadline for Tricare and FEDVIP enrollment and changes.
By Karen Jowers
Tricare open enrollment begins — and your costs may go up
If you want to make changes to your Tricare coverage, or enroll in a plan, you must do it by the open season deadline.
By Karen Jowers
Biden-Putin meeting could set stage for new era in arms control
The fabric of arms control has been fraying, notably with the abandonment in 2019 — first by Washington, then by Moscow — of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Putin confirms Russian exit from Open Skies Treaty
The Russian president signed a bill to withdraw from the treaty allowing surveillance flights over military facilities, following the U.S. exit from the pact.
Before US-Russia summit, measure demands any new missile treaties include China
Sen. Steve Daines is proposing a higher bar for any new limits on America’s ballistic missile arsenal.
By Joe Gould
US tells Russia it won’t rejoin Open Skies arms control pact
The decision means only one major arms control treaty between the nuclear powers — the New START treaty — remains in place.
Russian lawmakers vote to follow US out of overflight treaty
Moscow has signaled its readiness to reverse the withdrawal procedure and stay in the treaty if the United States returns to the agreement.
Offutt airmen say goodbye to troubled but beloved jets
The OC-135B spent the last 20 years flying aerial photography missions — primarily over Russia — in carrying out the international Open Skies Treaty.
By Steve Liewer, Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald via the AP