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Local student pilots test aircraft

Written by Staff Reporters on November 6, 2014. Posted in Military, News.

Last week the skies over Santa Rosa County were filled with a variety of helicopters flown into Naval Air Station Whiting Field for the 25th annual Naval Helicopter Association (NHA) Fleet Fly-In.

Vets build for vets

Written by Staff Reporters on October 30, 2014. Posted in Military, News.

During April’s storms and flooding, the local Veterans of Foreign War, Post 11367, lost its shed when a pine tree fell on it.

Navarre cadets weigh college options

Written by Staff Reporters on October 23, 2014. Posted in Military, News.

Not many students would consider Georgetown University a “safety school.” Then again, not many students are like Jackie Neville. Neville is the Cadet Commander of Navarre High School’s NJROTC. She has been working on her application to both the Air Force and Naval academies since the middle of her junior year.

801st SOAMXS Airman earns Bronze Star

Written by Staff Reporters on October 16, 2014. Posted in Military, News.

Hurlburt Field, Fla. --An Airman from the 801st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron received a Bronze Star medal during a ceremony here, Oct. 2.

Prison program helps veterans re-enter community

Written by Staff Reporters on October 9, 2014. Posted in Military, News.

Santa Rosa Correctional Institute in East Milton functions as its own community. Behind the prison’s electrified fences, one dormitory has been designated specifically for veterans. Special programs are offered inside the dorm and aimed to help veterans re-enter the outside world.

Tricare for young adults

Written by Staff Reporters on October 9, 2014. Posted in Military, News.

When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, one of the hotly debated parts of the law was the ability for dependent children to remain on their parents’ policy until the age of 26.

Changes coming for Air Force promotions

Written by Staff Reporters on October 9, 2014. Posted in Military, News.

“Firewall 5s,” the highest rating airmen can receive for their performance are in the crosshairs with promotion system changes rolling out in the Air Force. Inflation has changed these top rated reports from being scarce to now making up a substantial amount of reports received.

Eglin townhall prompts military medicare assistance for developmental disabilities

Written by Staff Reporters on October 2, 2014. Posted in Military, News.

Tallahassee, FL —Florida is the first state in the country to offer Medicaid waiver services to active military families deployed from another state where they were already receiving services. The Florida Legislature passed and Governor Rick Scott signed the 2014-2015 It’s Your Money Tax Cut Budget which created this program.