CONGRESS APPROVES COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN SERVICEMEMBERS AFFECTED BY STOP-LOSS
Congress has approved payment of $500 per month of involuntary service for eligible military members between 11 September 2001 and 30 September 2009. If you or a friend fall into the stop-loss-affected group, each of the services has a special link with instructions for making application.
Follow this link for the DoD news release: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=56337 Thanks to member Kouri Wysong for this alert. Please pass this improtant information along!
SENATOR ORRIN HATCH INTRODUCES LEGISLATION ENABLING MILITARY RETIREES TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS UP TO AGE 47
U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah has introduced legislation as part of the Defense Authorization Act that would raise the entry age from 37 to 47 for military personnel seeking employment in special federal careers such as law enforcement and firefighting. The age limit for civilians will remain at 37. This significant benefit for military personnel is long overdue and the AFSAA salutes Senator Hatch for championing this important change. In remarks regarding his proposal, Senator hatch said, "By increasing the maximum age for these vitally important positions, we are giving military retireees who served honorably for 20 years or more the opportunity to apply. Providing them with the opportunity to put their impressive expertise and skills to work for the federal government is not only the right thing to do, but also will enhance public safety and national security."
AFSAA strongly endorses the Hatch proposal and will be tracking House action in the months to come.
UPDATE ON MSPB Decision of Note:
On August 26, 2009, OPM Director John Berry issued a memorandum to all heads of Executive Branch agencies announcing a government-wide policy that arose out of a July MSPB decision involving a veteran-preference eligible applicant for a Diplomatic Security Service law enforcement position. As we reported last year, the MSPB ordered the State Department to waive the maximum age entry level requirement (37) for the applicant, Robert P. Isabella, because they had not shown that the age requirement was essential to the position. Berry cautioned federal agencies that they must waive the age requirement absent such a showing for applicants under the Veteran Employment Opportunities Act of 1988.
AFOSI AGENT FLETC's HONOR GRADUATE OF THE YEAR
On August 31, 2009, the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center announced that Air Force OSI Special Agent John M. Carpenter was FLETC's Honor Graduate of the Year for 2008. SA Carpenter, of basci criminal investigator class 804, graduated with an academic average of 98.36, a firearms score of 286, and a physical efficiency battery average of 94, making the top FLETC grauduate of all agencies. SA Carpenter is an AFOSI Reservist who supports operations in the National Capital Region and overseas. He joins previous honorees from the US Secret Service, US Customs and Border Patrol, HUD, DCIS, and Capitol Police, among others.
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