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Virginia lawsuit over Army officer’s traffic stop will be settled
A Virginia town is settling a lawsuit that sprang from a Black and Latino Army lieutenant being pepper sprayed during a traffic stop.
Trump planning to withdraw more US troops from Iraq
The Trump administration will announce Wednesday that it is withdrawing additional troops from Iraq, as President Donald Trump tries to make good on his campaign promise to disentangle the country from “endless wars.”
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
VA should already care for veterans with bad-paper discharges, experts say
Congress is ooking into the issue of whether the VA is wrongfully denying services to veterand with bad-paper dischrarges.
Travel restrictions lifted by DoD at these states and host nations
Thirty-nine states and five host nations meet the conditions to lift travel restrictions.
By Kyle Rempfer
US Pacific Air Forces issues travel restrictions waiver for unaccompanied short tour assignments
“The intent of the waiver is to start moving airmen with unaccompanied tours in order to facilitate members reuniting with their families."
By Diana Stancy
Pentagon’s stop movement order extension a hardship for some PCS’ing families
Most service members will have to wait until at least July to PCS now.
By Diana Stancy
Voluntary extensions are targeting soldiers on their way out during the pandemic
“Whether it’s resignation, retirement or ETS for enlisted soldiers, they’re being offered the option to extend if they want to do that, or to reenlist or withdraw. "
By Kyle Rempfer
Here are the new exemptions to the military’s coronavirus travel ban
The ban has been extended to June 30, with more guidance on who can apply for a waiver.
DoD travel ban amid coronavirus pandemic extended to June 30
The decisions will be reviewed every 15 days and could even result in the travel ban being lifted earlier. But they could also be extended beyond June 30 as well.
Canceled spring break? Troops can now carry over up to 120 days leave this year, thanks to COVID-19 travel ban
The new policy, backdated to March 11, allows troops to accumulate more than the standard 60 days of leave ― though no more than 120 ― through September 30. They will have until Sept. 30, 2023 to use up that excess leave.
Army issues guidance on breaking and extending leases during stop-movement order
Landlords aren't required to terminate a lease or suspend rent payments based on the Pentagon's stop-movement order.
By Kyle Rempfer