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Navy Reenlistment Bonus Rates

The Navy has released new reenlistment bonus rates. Bonuses are paid to encourage individuals to reenlist in jobs with projected shortages. Sailors in 159 NECs saw an increase in award levels, 161 NECs saw a decrease, and 311 NECs remained the same.

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Air Force Hurricane Hunters

Sunday August 31, 2008
The Air Force Hurricane Hunters have evacuated from Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi to continue operations at Homestead Air Reserve Station near Miami to support ongoing missions into Hurricane Gustav and flights beginning today into Tropical Storm Hannah. Reservists of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the Hurricane Hunters, have been tracking Gustav over the past several days as it has grown from a depression into a Category 4 hurricane, and prepares to land on the Gulf Coast. These Reservists fly missions into these powerful storms to provide the best possible data used by forecasters at the National Hurricane Center to project the direction and intensity.

Commissaries Gearing Up for Case Lot Sales

Sunday August 31, 2008

It's that time of the year again. Each May and September, military commissaries hold massive case lot sales, where patrons can save 50 percent or more off regular commissary prices on bulk-sized products.

To see when the September sales dates are at your nearest military commissary, visit https://www.commissaries.com/case_lot_sale.cfm.

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