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  • Healthcare referral in hand? Money in pocket

    How would you like to go to your next specialty healthcare appointment knowing that you were saving more than 50 percent? One small step can save you money. What if it were as simple as making sure you had a referral?The good news? It is that simple.When your referral for specialty care is

  • North Dakota Joins Military Education Compact

    North Dakota is now part of the Interstate Compact for Educational Opportunity for Military Children, an agreement with 36 other states to streamline the transition between various schools, for military families, as they deploy and move from state to state.The state's involvement was marked by a

  • Diagnosed? How cancer clinical trials could help

    When Ellen Beare learned she had Stage 3 breast cancer, she decided not to tell people at work."I just didn't want to be defined by cancer," Beare said. For many, that sentiment rings very common today. Nearly 12 million Americans were diagnosed with some type of cancer in 2010, according to the

  • The Judge's Bench: July UCMJ actions

    The following members of the 319th Air Base Wing were punished under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) in July 2011:Nonjudicial Punishment Actions:· A senior airman from the 319th Communications Squadron received an Article 15 for violating a lawful regulation by smoking and distributing

  • Sven’s Summertime Safety: An American tradition

    There's nothing like the smell of a $5 bundle of firewood filling the air in base housing on Friday and Saturday nights throughout the summer months. Whether you're in your backyard or out in the woods camping, the tradition of sitting around a fire watching "cowboy cable TV" with friends or family,

  • Personal touch helps TRICARE beneficiary take on cancer

    The diagnosis sent Jerry and Kim Browning reeling: Cancer.It was 2009 and it had been a while since Jerry Browning, a retired Service member, went to the doctor. When he did, his doctor ran several tests on him, including a biopsy."And the biopsy came back cancer," he said.Soon after Jerry's