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Memorial signs honor fallen Butler County soldiers
Friends and families of two of Butler County’s fallen heroes joined elected officials Friday at Veteran’s Park for a sign dedication and blessing ceremony honoring Cpl. Nicholas H. Olivas and Staff Sgt. Robert A. Massarelli.“On Good Friday, this ceremony adds another solemn chapter to this day,” said Hamilton Mayor Pat ...
Pentagon cuts number of furlough days
The Pentagon will sharply cut the number of unpaid furlough days civilians will be forced to take over the next several months from 22 to 14, defense officials said Wednesday, reducing the impact of automatic budget cuts on as many as 700,000 workers. Some 13,000 civilians at Wright-Patterson Air Force ...
‘Real American hero’ honored with memorial sign
Aiden Luff was just a few months old when his father, Sgt. David J. Luff Jr. was killed Nov. 21, 2010, in Iraq after insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire.But now, after a roadside sign – Sgt. David J. Luff Jr. Memorial Highway – was dedicated Saturday along Ohio ...
Wright-Patterson furlough notices expected March 21-25, base leader says
Thousands of Wright-Patterson civilian employees are expected to receive furlough notices between March 21 and March 25, the base commander said Friday. The unpaid time off the job will hit about 13,000 employees when the 22-day furloughs, or one day a week off work without pay for the next 22 ...
Popular Wright-Patt event canceled because of budget cuts
Freedom’s Call Tattoo, an outdoor festival that attracts tens of thousands to the grounds of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force every year, has been canceled this summer, due to defense budget cuts, according to Wright-Patterson officials. “We simply cannot spend tax dollars on such events when sequestration ...
Air Force suspends tuition assistance program due to spending cuts
The Air Force has followed the lead of the Army and Marine Corps and blocked new enrollments in a college tuition assistance program because of automatic spending cuts. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has 1,374 airmen using the tuition assistance program enrolled at dozens of universities, according to the base. The ...
Air Force might suspend tuition assistance program
The Air Force will consider suspending a tuition reimbursement program for airmen under pressure from the Department of Defense to make “significant reductions” to the program for incoming applicants.The Army and the Marine Corps have already suspended the tuition program for soldiers and Marines as the effects of automatic budget ...
Service workers at base at risk of cut hours, layoffs
Hundreds of civilian employees at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base dubbed “non-appropriated funded” workers are exempt from furloughs that could affect 13,000 other civilian employees on the base, but they may not be safe from a reduction in work hours or layoffs, one supervisor said.These workers tend to children in day ...
Frequently asked questions about sequestration
Some frequently asked questions about sequestration: Q: Will civilian insurance for furloughed Wright-Patterson Air Force Base employees be affected? A: Col. Cassie B. Barlow, commander of the 88th Air Base Wing headquarters at Wright-Patterson, said civilian insurance that is part of the federal government will not be affected. “That will ...
Wright-Patt waiting on Pentagon for more details on cuts
Wright-Patterson leaders and employees anxiously awaited the impact of sequestration as a Friday countdown to the automatic spending cuts loomed. Many questions remain unanswered and won’t be known until the base receives instructions from the Department of Defense and the Air Force, according to Col. Cassie B. Barlow, commander of ...
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