As part of the deficit debates that have engulfed Washington this year, there's been talk of sweeping changes to military retirement benefits.

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This NAVADMIN announces the authority for Sailors selected for separation under FT12 quota-based Enlisted Retention Board (ERB) to obtain a time of service waiver in order to apply for funding towards commercial certification and/or licensure exams found on Navy Certification Opportunities Online (COOL) Website.

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This NAVADMIN announces the monthly topics for the peer mentoring program: Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) for 2012. CSADD was designed as a resource and tool for Active and Reserve Sailors, Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) candidates and Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) to promote good decision making processes, enabling leadership development and influence among peers at the most junior levels.

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The following Navy Reserve Officers have been promoted the grades of Captain, Commander, Lieutenant Commander, and Lieutenant, Line and Staff Corps.

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This holiday season, I want to tell you how proud Darleen and I are of the work you and your families are doing throughout the fleet. Because
of you we remain the world's greatest Navy.

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The Navy Legislative Fellows Program provides a unique opportunity for Naval officers and Department of the Navy civilians to broaden their understanding of the legislative process and the operation of congress through a year-long full-time assignment to a congressional member or to the professional staff of a defense oversight committee.

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The following Active Duty Officers have been promoted to the permanent or temporary grades of Captain, Commander, Lieutenant Commander, and Lieutenant, Line and Staff Corps, and Chief Warrant Officer, W5, W4 AND W3.

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Britain has agreed to sell all of its 74 decommissioned Harrier jump jets, along with engines and spare parts, to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

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Bath Iron Works reached a major milestone in the process of building a next-generation warship when it celebrated the keel-laying for the first Zumwalt-class destroyer.

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The Old Post Chapel on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall was filled to capacity Nov. 29 as representatives from the Washington DC. Chief's Mess paid tribute to the Navy's first female master chief petty officer.

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The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development today announced that a new national report shows that homelessness among Veterans has been reduced by nearly 12 percent between January 2010 and January 2011. The 12 percent decline keeps the Obama Administration on track to meet the goal of ending Veteran homelessness in 2015.

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Active duty service for demobilizing National Guard and Reserve members would be extended by 45 days to allow time for decompression from combat, as well as preparation for transition to civilian life, under a proposal sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.

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Retroactive to Jan. 1, 2010, death gratuity and burial benefits provided for active-duty deaths will be extended to reservists who die while at home during or between successive days of inactive duty training.

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For the roughly 75,000 sailors who passed the advancement exam but didn't make rate, it was a wake-up call. High retention means many sailors are competing to fill a limited number of spots. And every point in your final multiple counts more than ever before. Here's what you should know about making rate in the spring of 2012:

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Letters are arriving in the mailboxes of 4.9 million TRICARE beneficiaries whose names and personal information were stolen in Texas in September, notifying recipients that their information was indeed among the data stolen and providing instructions for getting free credit monitoring.

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Doyle Quisenberry was honored as one of the ten Hampton Roads veterans/retirees for the “2011 Still Serving” award for having served our country and still serving the Hampton Roads region by making significant contribution to the Hampton Roads community through his volunteer efforts with the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) organization for the past 14 years.

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The IT industry is screaming for more qualified skilled workers. What if you could complete valuable career training in weeks?

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The U.S. Department of Defense Civilian Expeditionary Workforce (CEW) that deploys civilians to Afghanistan to assist U.S. Forces and the Afghan authorities currently has an immediate need to fill 350 positions in Afghanistan, especially in such areas as linguist (Urdu), electrical engineering, safety, intelligence, logistics, public affairs, contracting, planning, and governance.

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