The White Falcon - 05.09.1980, Blaðsíða 2

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September 5, 1980
Hometown news merges. . ._____________________________________________________________________
The Army and the Air Force have merged their hometown news programs to
form an Army/Air Force Hometown News Directorate as part of the Air Forc4
Service Information and News Center at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas. ■
Merging the program will save some 35 positions. The consolidate*
directorate is expected to produce approximately 120,000 print media re-
leases, 10,000 photo releases, 150 radio/television tapes and 600 feature
releases on individual airmen and soldiers monthly.
Authorization bills passed. . ._____________________________
Congress last week passed several key pieces of legislation including
the $852 billion Defense Authorization bill and the National Emergencies
Act. Containing the Nunn-Warner pay revisions, this legislation has a
major impact on military compensation, as well as procurement of military
hardware. Details of the bills will be made available in the future.
TDY house hunting. . .
Champus. .
Air Force members may now take up to seven days of permissive tem-
porary duty to house hunt at their new duty stations. The program was es-
tablished for service members making a permanent-change-of-station move
who will live in non-government quarters.
The service member must travel from the old duty station and return
there following the permissive TDY. Individuals who are scheduled for re-
mote tours who wish to resettle their families at designated locations are
also eligible for the program. Only one house-hunting trip is authorized
per PCS move.
People entering basic military training, officer training school or
going to a first duty station are not eligible. Other ineligibles include
those going to a technical training course of less than 20 weeks and in-
dividuals separating or retiring Check with the local personnel office
for additional information on thl program. ^
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SCOPE OF BENEFITS—CHAMPUS is a controlled program of benefits for
medical care obtained from civilian providers. Its basic program provides
a very broad, comprehensive medical benefits package. The benefits avail-
able for mental and emotional illness are matched by no other program.
CHAMPUS generally does not have benefit limits such as days, visits, or
dollars. A much broader spectrum of medical and paramedical providers are
recognized for benefit purposes than is the case with other comparable
programs. It is a program based on "medical necessity" rather than arbi-
trary limits. This is very significant to beneficiaries in terms of long-
term availability of benefits, but, again, makes claims administration
much more difficult because substantially more information is required to
process claims. CHAMPUS beneficiaries have a scope of benefits that is
one of the best, if not THE best, available to any large group. Overall,
it is significantly more comprehensive than the two government-wide plans
offered to civilian federal employees.
COMMANDER ICELAND DEFENSE FORCE
RADM Richard A. Martini
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER
LCDR M. L. Sundin
EDITORIAL ADVISOR
JOC Bob Rainville
EDITORIAL STAFF
J01 David Crowe Jr.
J02 Frank Fisher
J03 David Guise
PH3 Thom Lindgren
SN Karen Dean Guise
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